Posted 11/19/2009 at 09:56:34am

I will stick with my Lenovo D400 IdeaCentre. All the same features and more. Up to 8TB of storage (4 hot swappable drives plus 2 internal drives), can access remotely and is smaller than a 9" cube. Comes with iTunes Server and One Key USB backup

Posted 11/19/2009 at 09:40:03am

Than SMU did not look to hard as there are plenty of workstation class laptops that are more than capable of performing the duties their faculty member wanted - SAS modeling - such as the Lenovo W700 series. Barrring that a better solution would be a remote Citrix connection that he could log into from any computer in the world that clones his dekstop environment. Much more secure and quicker and no need for providing laptops or netbooks for employees.

Posted 11/18/2009 at 07:49:16am

But that is not what you said. You stated there were no 5000 series cards in stock. If you took my advice and looked at Zipzoomfly's web site you would see that they have the card you are looking for in stock and available for immediate shipping. Not AMD's fault that Newegg has yet to stock it.

Posted 11/17/2009 at 07:51:06am

That is where you are wrong, as there is plenty of software available that makes use of DX 11 not names Windows 7 (which in my book is pretty good reason onto itself to purchase a 5000 series card). Try googling direct 11 software. The only buggy software is Rivatuner which does not work well under Win64 and this is for Nvidai and AMD. Also your interpretation of this article seems a little buggy as well.

Posted 11/17/2009 at 07:44:31am

Ever hear of Newegg, Tigerdirect, Zipzoomfly? All three have HD 5000 series cards listed for sale and in stock. Do not know where you were looking (Worst Buy maybe) but they are and have been availalbe online for a while now.

Posted 11/13/2009 at 10:16:18am

Unless you want a surround view setup which will require more monitors. A friend of mine has a setup with 9 LCD's for gaming with surround view.

Posted 11/13/2009 at 09:52:37am

What mis-representation of facts? Verizon is comparing their 3G serive to ATT 3G service. The maps displayed are spot on accurate. The only mis-representation is from ATT whining about it. ATT just fix your network and provide nationwide 3G serive like Verizon and Sprint does and problem is solved.

Posted 11/10/2009 at 10:15:10am

Except the rest of the world is not following suit. WiMax is currently deployed in over 145 countries. By the time LTE becomes reality (currently vapor ware) WiMax will be 2nd generation with speeds of 1 Gbps and will be available to roughly 1 billion people by end of next year. I would say the rest of the world is following Sprint and Intels lead on 4G as WiMax exists now while LTE does not. Sounds to me Sprint is the one that has made the sound investment strategy, not ATT or Verizon.

Posted 11/06/2009 at 08:02:40am

The problem with most spyware is that it likes to hide out in your system restore, so even after you think you have successsfully removed it; after a reboot it restores itself form system restore and reinfects your system. You will need to disable system restore (doing so will delete and restore points you have created), I also disable the system restore service as just disabling system restore does not always do the trick.

Posted 11/03/2009 at 07:07:35am

No surprise here, as Verizon is the most expernisze carrier on the planet. I looked at jumpping to them last year when my contract with Sprint was up, but could not believe how much my monthly bill would increase. I use Exchange daily for work and ahve both a Blackberry (coporate paid) and a Pre (personal phone) and the BES fee from Sprint is only $20 a month vs. closer to $50 from Verizon. Total plan bill for each device is $65 a month wit unlimited data (this includes the 23% corporate discount I receive, VZ only offers 8%). I have had no problems with Sprint coverage, and I travel all over the world for my job.