Just remember the words reverse hyperthreading. It is already in core 2 duo's I hope they turn it on for the quads. Of course my machine is not due for upgrades for a couple of years. I remain unimpressed with this AMD chip (4400+ X2) I have, it just does not multitask properly. It sure is...

I don't mind Maxtor myself they have replaced drives (4 or 5) for me because I thought they were too noisy. Also they make better and worse drives but people do not pay a bit more for added reliability. I have 18 active drives right now on my main system and many are maxtors. Some will likely...

Quote: Originally Posted by JaGWiRE And the significance of that post is what? The same significance as yours of course.

When I was a kid we had this all the time. Young people today are just too soft.

I have 3 laptops in the house right now an older Dell 8200 (dells are not as bad as people tell you they are worse) way too big and heavy but I needed a desktop replacement for a year. A sony VIAO the one with the 13.3 inch screen, all in all a decent machine but not spectacular. It has been...

I have the 5400 rpm version of that drive. NTFS will prevent problems writing many files as the root directory will fill up in FAT (only so many root entries permitted). You will not be able to format in FAT32 in windows XP anyway (a Windows 98 machine can do it, or a Mac). Xp will not allow a...

I prefer the gift card usable at most ANY retailer in the world. Those are mostly redeemed but some is lost on the street. Why buy someone a gift card unless they have a particular problem like spending all their cash on booze or something? But hey that just something I don't get.

There usually are strata bylaws against letting animals run free (don't know if you call them Stratas stateside). So they must respond to a written complaint. You may need evidence (photo of said cat running free). If not then live traps and a drop off at the humane society (this cat was on my...

As I remember SP 1 gave you the option of backing up the files so you could later roll back. I don't remember trying the roll back to see if it worked but system restor would not. I don't much care for many computer games but I did play Deus Ex and the Riddick game. I liked them. That is my...

The dots just disappear. But then I am a fair bit colour blind.

The link would not work but I think it was the Harriet I met. I was standing there at the Austrailian Zoo having just ran into Steve Irwin in the bathroom (I was wondering why there were so many women hanging outside the door) and this young lady started asking the kids what was special about...

Turned 50 today. Now I am on the dark side of 100.

I am vegetarian but I figure if you want turkey eat turkey. Just my feeling on things that look like meat. That said my kids sort of like tofu dogs and some of their friends like them better than meat dogs. I have know people who found eating those meat substitution things made it too hard to...

Quote: Originally Posted by lip MAC users account for a very tiny percentage of iPod users. Why would they keep this when most pc users do not have firewire, regardless if it is better. Cheers, LIP Really don't most modern motherboard have firewire? It seems odd for Mac...