As a reference for you - I played about 700 hours of Oblivion on an Athlon XP 2400+, 512MB RAM, Nvidia 6200, Win XP system last year. Obviously I sacrificed a lot of outdoor eye candy but the gameplay was generally great. Turn off grass!!
I just upgraded my RAM to 2GB. I have started running...
Well, to answer the actual question - no.
For example under Windows 2K I am running a 6200 with a Primary CRT at 1024X768 and another CRT at 800x600. Lower res than yours admittedly. 32 bit colour. The 2D stuff is virtually instantaneous. The processor is an athlon XP 2400+. I have 2GB of...
I suppose you know about this......?
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ReadyDrive is a feature of Windows Vista that enables Windows Vista PCs equipped with a hybrid drive to boot up faster, resume from hibernation in less time, and preserve battery power...
Look at the Lian Li A10 - and it has ports on top under a little flap.
As to your other point - I stopped putting towers on the floor years ago in my fight against dust and dirt (We don't vacuum my computer grotto much - not enough visible carpet to warrant a visit by the vacuum cleaner)...
Sorry - got to jump in here.
The certification is not about doing a job - it is about getting a job.
You need the certification to get past the agencies, get past the know-nothing suits in personnel, and to get yourself an interview with the person who actually knows something from the IT...
An official dealer for the type of laptop ypu have should be able to clear the password for you. They are deliberately made difficult to clear for obvious reasons. They are NOT like desktop PCs.
Two hard drives.
1 partiton for OS about 15Gb. Drivers, utilities and perhaps office. Personal documents and mail files.
Rest of 1st hard disk for perhaps pics, movies and music.
2nd Hard drive split down middle into 2 partitons.
1st partition for games.
2nd partition for BACKUPS...
Seriously for a moment...
Unless you just won the lottery, are seriously wealthy or really have a NEED to build the fastest, best, biggest, highest powered PC possible may I advise you to seriously think about the economics.
A PC is a set of 10 - 20 individual components.
Some...
15GB max os partition on smaller drive and use imaging s/w to make regular backups to backup partition on other drive. Reinstalling OS drivers, patches, utilities firewall, anti virus etc is a pain.
Perhaps look at different backups.
Do a full backup every couple of months and a differential every day or more realistically weekly. I wouldn't bother with incrementals as they are a pain to restore.
Based on personal experience.
Avoid PC World high street chain - miserable range of stock and expensive. I only use them in emergencies.
Overclockers www.overclockers.co.uk are superb and cater exclusively for people who are serious about their PC components. Next day delivery except for...
Many thanks ShockwaveVT, 3NF.
3NF, I hope your brain rebooted safely :)
Yeah, OK ShockwaveVT, point taken. It was a bit long. I got carried away. Sorry. :o
Thank you for taking the time to answer all those irritating little questions that have bugged me for ages. You are so right about...
Its a sin of omission not commission.
What I had worked perfectly for me so I didn't chnge it. When MS finally wound up Win 98se support I stayed with Win98se for a while but then despite my best efforts got hit with malware my security software reported but couldn't clear. I had a choice of...
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