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I'm not really a fan of on The "Little PC" is a Fanless Nettop Sporting a 1.6GHz Atom Processor

Posted 11/04/2009 at 01:50:19am

I'm not really a fan of small PCs (full-tower Gigabyte Aurora 570 desktop case and 24-in WS HP A7217A CRT here)... but that Stealth LPC-395F is rather cute.(Eek...did I just say "cute" in re ...

This is too funny... on Microsoft's Clippy Makes Dramatic Return in Office 2010 Thriller

Posted 07/10/2009 at 05:23:22pm

I actually giggled while watching this video.The similarity to a real movie trailer was astounding.(I don't use Office 2010 yet,as I'm still using Office 2003.) ...

Old hardware is fun... on Dawn of the Personal Computer: From Altair to the IBM PC

Posted 06/05/2009 at 11:39:07pm

While most of my PC is modern,the keyboard I'm typing this on is a 1991 IBM Model M.Sure feels just like a old-school PC.It's quite funny to think that the IBM Model M I'm typing on came out when I wa ...

2 things you missed.. on The 50 Most Important PC Components of the Modern Computing Era

Posted 05/12/2009 at 07:09:56pm

I'd also like to point out the Sony FW900/9012 24-in widescreen CRT in high-end CRT monitors. (How do I know? I own one of these fabulous 93-lb widescreen wonders.)(Although,mine's a HP A7217A which i ...

Just thought I'd chime in on 100th No BS Podcast Spectacular: Nathan's New PC (The Apologies in Advance Edition)

Posted 04/11/2009 at 08:42:00pm

Just thought I'd chime in and say the "Vista Drivers" parody of Eye of the Tiger is quite hilarious.Seems spot on with the orginal. ...

I'm sure glad I have Qwest DSL... on Time Warner's Puny Bandwidth Caps Break out of Texas

Posted 04/11/2009 at 07:31:35pm

I'm so glad I'm using Qwest DSL.(I'm paying for their 7Mbps DSL..). Now that I think about it.. Comcast's 250GB cap doesn't seem so bad (although I still don't like it..) Time Warner Cable is thankful ...

Quite interesting.... on It’s no Joke – Microsoft is in the Tee Shirt Business

Posted 03/07/2009 at 05:40:09pm

Just FYI, I can't see any images at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/softwearbymicrosoft/I do think this is a interesting move on Microsoft's part. ...

I have 2 questions: 1. How on Seagate Barracuda Drives Failing at an Alarming Rate. Are You Affected?

Posted 01/16/2009 at 02:29:50pm

I have 2 questions: 1. How can you tell what firmware your Seagate 1TB drive has,and where it was made?2.Does this only affect the 1TB Seagate drives, and not the 1.5TB Seagate drives ? ...

I think I'm singing a new tune.. on A World Without Windows XP

Posted 08/20/2008 at 08:35:11am

I recently upgraded to 32-bit Vista Ultimate...and although it's taking me time to get used to Vista,I like it so far.Drivers are still a pain,but I think they'll improve over the months ahead.Vista i ...

Waiting for Windows 7 on A World Without Windows XP

Posted 07/16/2008 at 03:39:54am

I'm personally going to bypass Vista altogether. I'll just wait for Windows 7 to be released. ...

$700 for the Pro Extended on Acrobat 9 Release Represents Good News, Bad News for Adobe PDF Users

Posted 06/27/2008 at 02:40:08am

$700 for the Pro Extended version???EXCUSE ME?? That's messed up. Thank goodness I don't need or use Acrobat. Just my opinion. ...

This is great!!! on April 2007 - Hardcore Hardware Head-to-Head

Posted 08/07/2007 at 03:14:20am

Thanks for the digital edition. I've been looking for something like this for a while...now it's official? Sweet!!! ...

You might also look at OpenSuse.. on Why (almost) Everyone Should Try Ubuntu

Posted 07/27/2007 at 02:58:58am

I'm running OpenSuse 10.2 on my backup PC,and I think it's wonderful. Fast,stable,and has detected every piece of hardware I've added. (Which hasn't been much..yet,as I'm trying to keep my Linux ri ...