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Looking for performance laptop, budget ~$1000

That bad? :/ I wouldn't even be able to play games that were high-end a couple or three years ago?
- flamingspinach
- Post #3
- Jul 14, 2009
- Forum: Laptops
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Looking for performance laptop, budget ~$1000

I'm looking for a new laptop, and have a budget of $1000 US. Currently I have an HP business notebook, the nw8240, which I really like - my only complaint being that it runs rather hot. I'm looking for something similar in functionality as a replacement, and I've sort of been out of the loop...
- flamingspinach
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- Jul 12, 2009
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Laptops
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Looking for an external storage solution

ColdFusion718, wow, seems like a good deal :) I'd need it before I head back to college in August, but I'll keep an eye out. As for fans, well, I'm going to college in Singapore, so would that make a stronger case for getting something with a fan? It's only a couple degrees north of the...
- flamingspinach
- Post #9
- Jul 12, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Looking for an external storage solution

Well the requirement of a power supply doesn't worry me - I can live without being able to carry it around school, and if take it with me while travelling, the power supply isn't fragile (I assume) and I could just pack it in a suitcase. Anyone have anything to add? Brand names to suggest...
- flamingspinach
- Post #5
- Jul 11, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Looking for an external storage solution

Great, thanks for the advice. :) I'll probably go with a 3.5 inch one since 250 GB won't be enough, I think. I guess in your opinion external enclosures are entirely out of the question, then? Since they seem to be even less portable than the 3.5 inch externals... By the way, just how durable...
- flamingspinach
- Post #3
- Jul 10, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Looking for an external storage solution

OK, what I'm looking for is some sort of external hard drive (maybe 500 GB or so) that I can use with my laptop while at college. I'll be going back to school in August and I have a few internal hard drives lying around here at home from computers I used to use in high school and middle school...
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- Jul 10, 2007
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Computer Building
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Please recommend me a new pair of headphones

I used to be a fan of the ear-enclosing ones, but on a friend's recommendation I picked up a pair of Koss Portapros from amazon for about $40, and they're really great. Even though they're the type that sit outside your ear, there's barely any sound leakage to the outside, and the bass is a lot...
- flamingspinach
- Post #3
- Jul 10, 2007
- Forum: Headsets and Headphones
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Partition table

Wow, that's quite a list! Thanks for the suggestions, I'll check them out! :) -fs
- flamingspinach
- Post #3
- May 6, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Any way to get disk space usage closer to file size on disk?

I'm not sure if I understand what you're asking, but have you tried defragmenting the drive?
- flamingspinach
- Post #2
- May 6, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Well, I'm sick of dealing with the lack of space. Second hard drive time.

Seagate drives are more reliable than most. I'd suggest getting a Barracuda series drive.
- flamingspinach
- Post #5
- May 6, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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What is a reliable keyboard?

Anyone? o.o
- flamingspinach
- Post #4
- May 6, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Partition table

I'm fairly sure I have managed to destroy the master boot record of one of my hard drives, by attempting to restore a MBR backup using `dd`. The drive contained a FAT partition (Dell's standard utility partition), an NTFS partition, and about 70MB free space at the end. Is there any way for me...
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- May 6, 2006
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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What is a reliable keyboard?

Are you saying it's more likely that USB keyboards will have a diode-laced detection matrix? Perhaps the protocol is better suited to sending mass up/down events, but I don't think that the keyboard merely being USB will allow this, since it is the actual physical construction of the keypad that...
- flamingspinach
- Post #3
- May 6, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Anyone know how to use Alcohol 120? Need hlp plz

First create an image of the CD, then load it using one of Alcohol's virtual drives. Then install the game from the virtual drive. That should make the program recognize the virtual drive as the CD drive which SHOULD have the CD in it, which will actually contain the image. -fs
- flamingspinach
- Post #2
- May 5, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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What is a reliable keyboard?

Hi! I'm looking for a keyboard that is able to register more than three key presses at a time, hopefully as many as possible. I hear that this problem is caused by the matrix underneath the keys not containing diodes and thereby not recognizing certain key combinations (...
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- May 5, 2006
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Computer Building
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Using my new hard drive

I just found an old 30GB HDD lying around, which I hooked up as IDE0 slave. It has a bunch of data on it which I don't want to delete and don't really have anywhere to transfer to. I also want to install Linux on this HDD, perhaps a disk install of Knoppix, or Debian. I'd go for Gentoo but since...
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- Sep 23, 2005
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Linux

Um, well, technically that's linux but are you sure you don't want a distro? -fs
- flamingspinach
- Post #3
- Sep 23, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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!?!? Misreported free disk space on NTFS

haha, actually, there was quite a bit of stuff in the recycle bin, but even after emptying it, the problem was still there, though the "disappeared" space was of course a lot smaller. I rebooted again, and this time chkdsk DID magically run before boot. Took about an hour, and it seemed to fix...
- flamingspinach
- Post #6
- Jun 25, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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!?!? Misreported free disk space on NTFS

I had 6 gigabytes of space left on my primary partition. I created a 4GB file and then deleted it. Now Explorer tells me I have 200 MB left... what happened!? o_O I tried running chkdsk and scanw32. The reported free space kinda moved around between 171 MB and 227 MB. Also chkdsk "couldn't...
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- Jun 24, 2005
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Warning: Microsoft Wireless Desktop 3.0 "Comfort Edition"

ditto to bum -fs
- flamingspinach
- Post #4
- Feb 24, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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S754 - S939 worth it?

There really isn't much difference between s939 and s754 right now. Once the faster chips come out, they won't be made in s754, but if you're planning on getting a s754 3000+ vs. a s939 3000+, especially since you already have the s754, I'd just stick with that. The 6600GT would definitely be...
- flamingspinach
- Post #2
- Feb 24, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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ISO creator (not ripper)

WinISO worked great for me, thanks. :) -fs
- flamingspinach
- Post #13
- Feb 9, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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PSUs?

... it might have been useful to link the entire URL, including the ever-important GET variables. :P Edit: Eh? It works now... did you edit it? -fs
- flamingspinach
- Post #7
- Feb 6, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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ISO creator (not ripper)

Is there a program I could use to create an ISO directly? I don't mean rip one from a CD, I mean directly create one from a filetree? Thanks! -fs
- flamingspinach
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- Feb 6, 2005
- Replies: 12
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Opinion on Video Card

eVGA is a great company, but all nVidia FX cards are horrible failures. Well... they work, but they're not worth the money you'd spend on them. At that price, I'd say try to find a Radeon 9800 Pro. -fs
- flamingspinach
- Post #5
- Feb 4, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Video Card

Absolutely. I only recommended 6600 GT because I thought 6800s are about $300 (right?), and the OP wanted $250. At least the BFG one is $300. And if you're going to get a video card you should definitely try to get a BFG... -fs
- flamingspinach
- Post #19
- Feb 4, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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I need a cheap 5.1 sound card that actually works

After a bit of research, I found a couple: 1 2 I'm not quite sure what the difference between the two is. On Newegg, the stats seem exactly the same - on AOpen's site there are a few differences (i.e. non-deluxe uses an AOpen chipset, Deluxe uses C-Media chipset) but they seem negligible...
- flamingspinach
- Post #4
- Feb 4, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Wow, just got another phone call from AMD support

Thanks for looking at my wish list. :) Actually I'm more of a headphones person... the reason I want the Audigy2 ZS is not primarily for its excellent sound quality, but for the fact that it has excellent hardware MIDI support (including native SoundFont), and of course because of EAX 4. I may...
- flamingspinach
- Post #27
- Feb 4, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Building new computer Need help

Nothing beats NewEgg for sheer vastness of selection, though. -fs
- flamingspinach
- Post #13
- Feb 3, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Wow, just got another phone call from AMD support

Actually Monarch was the one who was being idiotic, AMD was the one that upgraded his CPU. -fs
- flamingspinach
- Post #22
- Feb 1, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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What kind of damage did i just cause my computer?

Because he said when he moved his RAM to a different slot the computer booted. -fs
- flamingspinach
- Post #9
- Feb 1, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Can't delete folder in windows XP

Do that, it will work. -fs
- flamingspinach
- Post #5
- Jan 31, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Raise your hand if you think Dell is s***

*time stops* OWNED! :P -fs
- flamingspinach
- Post #79
- Jan 31, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Video Card

Get a 6600 GT. It's plenty good. :) -fs
- flamingspinach
- Post #2
- Jan 31, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Mac vs. Windows

Haha, pwned, blackinches! TheGeek: blackinches usually speaks in the third person. It annoys some people. -fs
- flamingspinach
- Post #28
- Jan 27, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Mac vs. Windows

"Besides gaming"? Um, gaming is a DISadvantage of Macs... >_> All I can think of is that MacOS X is based on open-source software. w00t. Apart from that, IMHO, Macs have no redeeming qualities whatsoever. -fs
- flamingspinach
- Post #2
- Jan 27, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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DELETE

Are you asking if anyone can delete this for you? In that case probably no. -fs
- flamingspinach
- Post #3
- Jan 26, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Aaaagh! Help! >_<

w00t! Microsoft's fix worked just fine. I deleted the files, and now XP is running smoothly. Hooray! Thanks for all your help. /me wanders off to make a Knoppix CD just in case -fs
- flamingspinach
- Post #6
- Jan 26, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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PNY vs XFX 6600GT

PNY is known to suck. XFX is not known to be good. Therefore I'd get the XFX if I had to pick between the two. But if you have a gift certificate that only applies to the PNY, go ahead and get it. When people say a manufacturer is "bad" it only means not as good as all the others - if PNY cards...
- flamingspinach
- Post #2
- Jan 26, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Aaaagh! Help! >_<

Don't have an old Win9x boot disk... >_< Is this the same as "system restore"? Because System Restore is not enabled on my system... I'm at school now so luckily I can browse the web. :P I found this - unfortunately I "uninstalled" it already, so I don't know if this will work anymore...
- flamingspinach
- Post #5
- Jan 26, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems

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