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Wow, thanks for the reply! 5 minutes for the initial install is awesome! Will there be a "Safe Mode" GE can be booted into? Or is it basically already in safe mode? Will we be able to write small scripts that will act like shortcuts in the command prompt? Will GE support multiple monitors? How about plug and play devices, in case we somehow crash the machine and need to back up saved games on an external HDD? Will security be an issue with this OS, or not really? (Things such as software patches, firewalls, etc; are they needed?) What if, for some reason, a game requires the .NET framework be installed? We will be able to add that? Sorry, got too much time on my hands. Thanks again!

My neighbor pays me by the hour. Sometimes my name will SOMEHOW get into the hands of a complete stranger and I'll get a call and they live "over yonder." When that happens, I'd just charge a fee just to drive over there (just enough to pay for gas) and then once there, assess the situation, then charge whatever rate is necessary. If all else fails, lock yourself in your room, order pizza online (make sure you get the combos with the 2 ltr sodas!) and have the delivery guy hand it to you through the window!

One thing I want is snow. Since moving to the south, I miss it dearly. The only other thing I want....I'll never get.

How long does the installation take? Can we create an unattended install? Will GE support wireless networking? Will there be graphical limitations (such as no wallpaper, windows 98-style taskbar) so that more power can be directed to the games? You talked about having no page file; is there any way to use my extra harddrive like an iRAM card? Or am I confusing how each of those work... Hope these are valid questions....

Use MAC address filtering, too. If your router lets you, there should be something that lists IP address range. If you're only going to have your laptop and one other computer on the network, limit your IP range to 2 addresses. That way no extra IP addresses should be assigned to unwanted guests. And if you aren't going to let anyone else on your network, try disabling the SSID broadcast. Just make sure you can reconnect to the router! Hope that is some useful advice....

I'm a poor college student and am having to live with my P4 machine....So no 64-bit support for me. The project sounds quite interesting! Are you going to have a "live" Q & A session sometime soon, or do we just post them here?

MAC address filter? WEP/WPA key?

Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies!

If they play HL2 or CS Source or something along those lines, aren't they going to need a graphics card? Or did you just forget to list one?

................So then I said, "That ain't my bagpipe lassie, but keep on playin'!"

Tom's Hardware just released this article that should give you an idea of what to expect from Intel over the next 2+ years.

I play CS every day. Used to play Halo and BF1942 a lot, also. Sadly, my graphics card is not up to the challenge...

I got a flat tire! I'm suing the Department of Transportation for leaving that nail out in the middle of the road!

I'd love to have an Intel Pentium M laptop for school and an AMD 64 x2 desktop for gaming.

Thanks to all for your input! The issue has been resolved. We replaced the color cartridge, because it was empty. Well, it now prints fine on the envelope in "black" and in color. Microsoft Works was the program used to print on the envelope. Apparently, some word processor programs don't actually tell the printer to print black using, well, black. Instead, it's a really really really dark grey, and draws all its ink from the color cartridge. There's supposed to be a setting in the word processor where you can change it to print in "true black." Anyone have any idea where that is?

"GO GO POWER RANGERS!" Love that song.... John Williams, Linkin Park, Halo and Halo 2 soundtracks, Coldplay, The Killers, songs featured in TV commercials, I'll listen to just about anything except rap, country, r & b, and a select few others.

As for noise, my chipset fan used to make a weird noise. It turned out the way it was designed, the blades were so low that they were hitting the plastic that held the wires to the heatsink. I've since disconnected the fan because it was so annoying!

Yes, did the Cartridge Cleaning. Like I said, the black come out fine on everything but the envelopes; only invisible ink on the envelopes... But thanks for the suggestion! Haha! I told my neighbor if all else fails, it'd be cheaper to get a new one then to have it repaired. This printer was one of those free ones you get with an eMachine.....Granted the eMachine turned out to be very nice, but the printer....heh....

Has anyone else had problems with the demo, gone out and bought the full retail version, and had the full version work fine? I'd love to get this game, but I don't have $40 to spend on a game that's not garaunteed to work on my machine. Here are my specs, if that helps: P4 2.4B Ghz (Northwood) 1 GB Dual DDR 400 (Kingston) ABIT IS7-E Motherboard w/ Intel 865PE Chipset HIS Excalibur 9200SE 128MB AGP 8x (Powered by ATI Radeon 9200SE VPU - 200MHz) Windows XP Pro SP2 Latest BIOS, chipset and ATI drivers

My neighbor called me the other day, saying her Lexmark Z705 inkjet printer was printing documents fine EXCEPT for envelopes. When my neighbor had first bought the printer, it only printed text on envelopes in red ink. Now, for some reason, it won't print black ink on envelopes. It seems to print color fine, but not black. I've done multiple print page tests, and the black ink is just fine. Comes out nice and solid, no missing parts or anything. But when it comes time to print an envelope, apparently the black ink magically turns into invisible ink! That's cool and all....but how will the mail lady know where the envelope is going? Any ideas?

Amen! As for the socket confusion, I've noticed the same thing, too. Some vendors have both 478 AND 479 pin Pentium M's. It's really confusing...

Actually, no. The program I use just takes the regular pics I have, resizes/colors them, and then puts them together in a way that they form one big picture. I probably have less than 20 wallpapers of girls. Mainly Lindsay Lohan, though. You know, my wife? I was really thrilled with the Air Force logo, though. That turned out better than I expected!

Heh, tell me about it. I'm still running two desktops on 802.11b. If I had a job (and money) I'd upgrade!

Here's a cookie! The monitor I bought was on sale, so I got it. Bad idea....it had a 16ms response time. Whenever I played Halo, ghosting would occur. It just looks....weird....and it was distracting. That's great that you like your monitor; but no one attacked you or anything, so chill. Oh ok; on pricegrabber they'd given the monitor nearly all 5 stars, but it was only about 16 reviews. I'll try to do more research next time!

Since you will be gaming, make sure the monitor has a fast response time (milliseconds). 8ms or less is good for gaming! Also, I used this guide from PC World to help me buy my monitor. And below the copied text I link to two monitors I thought you might like: Contrast ratio: This term refers to the difference in light intensity between the brightest white and the darkest black that an LCD can produce. Look for a contrast ratio of 400:1 or better--with anything lower, colors may wash out when you turn up the brightness and may disappear when you turn it down. However, higher is only better up to a point. Contrast ratios over 600:1 are unlikely to provide any advantage, and monitor vendors are likely using "fuzzy math" to calculate those values, anyway. Brightness: Expressed as candelas per square meter (cd/m2) or nits, this specification measures the greatest amount of light that comes from a screen displaying pure white. Nearly all LCDs have a brightness level of 250cd/m2 or greater, which should be more than sufficient. (In comparison, CRT monitors typically average about 100 cd/m2--though you might see some high-brightness CRTs.) Vendors usually set the brightness level to maximum on new monitors to impress customers. But after using the monitor for a while, you will likely want to turn the brightness down a bit to spare your eyes. Digital versus analog: If you have a graphics card with digital video-out, choose an LCD that has digital input. The image won't have to convert from analog to digital and back again, so it will be clearer. Even if you don't have a DVI port on your system, choosing a digital LCD makes sense, because your next desktop PC probably will have a DVI port--and most digital-capable monitors also have a VGA (analog) connection. Digital inputs tend to be found on more-expensive LCDs. Very few notebook PCs come with digital outputs for external monitors. However, some notebooks can gain a DVI connection when they attach to a docking station or port replicator. .....and the monitors (click): Samsung SyncMaster 915N Black 19" LCD Monitor Screen size: 19" Resolution: 1280 x 1024 (SXGA) Response Time: 8 ms Contrast Ratio: 700:1 Brightness: 300 cd/m2 Hyundai ImageQuest L90D+ Silver/Black 19'' LCD Monitor Screen size: 19" Resolution: 1280 x 1024 (SXGA) Response Time: 8 ms Contrast Ratio: 700:1 Brightness: 300 cd/m2 Prices are under $400....atleast that's what PriceGrabber says. Hope that helps.