Posted 11/08/2009 at 11:20:06am

The AUDIO MP3 link is for the No BS Podcast #122: DROID is Short for Android :?

  http://dl.maximumpc.com/maxpc_122_20091030.mp3

123 should be easy too :)

 http://dl.maximumpc.com/maxpc_123_20091105.mp3

Posted 10/16/2009 at 04:29:03pm

This is work, not your home. Every heard of this catagory?

Total cost of ownership

It applies at home too. Upgrading for eye candy doesn't get you anywhere. M$ isn't helping anyone but themselves.They want to kill XP for $$$ and thats it. If XP is so bad and 'outdated in every category' it would die by itself. Vista will & time will determine 7's fate.

fyi... I skipped Vista at home. I went from XP to Windows 7 Ultimate (64bit) in August, thanks to Technet :D I don't miss XP, but 7 isn't that great. IE still sucks, along with most of M$'s software. I use the same 3rd party apps that I used in XP. Security software, VLC, Firefox, and Office 2007 all run the same. I had to find clones for M$ PowerToys for Windows XP.

People come to me when things don't work so I shouldn't complain. Job security is great! 

Posted 10/16/2009 at 11:44:37am

Thats BS at its finest.

Windows 7 will gain momentum because M$ is killing XP. 

Posted 10/05/2009 at 12:14:08pm

I paid $269 for TechNet, and downloaded Winodws 7 Ultimate (64bit)  2 months ago. I put Office 2007 on all my systems and have the rest of the software and keys too.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/default.aspx

Posted 10/02/2009 at 03:24:19pm

http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp168/Gigabyte_2008/MPC/Maximum_Fail.jpg

Posted 09/11/2009 at 11:16:53am

CPUs are great for folding, you just need to use the right one. The linux SMP client and Big WUs are the best thing going now. They require at least 8 cores. My Q6600@3.2 get around 6,000PPD with normal Core A2 WUs. Stock is around 4,000.  GPUs are great, but they don't blow CPUs out of the water for F@H.

Posted 09/09/2009 at 11:51:57pm

I posted the same thing in the feedback thread on 09 Aug.

Sounds like Ray has to many startup apps, plain and simple. As for the app he is looking for... sometimes we miss the obvious. Adding more bloatware should be avoided, especially since that's probably what created the problem. Windows Task Manager's Processes tab can normally identify the culprit, sort by CPU & Mem usage. The Performance tab is nice too.

Windows 7 has several tools. I don't care much for the article but it identifies some  useful tools in 7.

 http://www.nirmaltv.com/2009/07/29/5-ways-to-monitor-and-improve-windows-7-performance/

Posted 07/07/2009 at 02:28:53pm

My .11 series drives haven't failed, but I read a lot of horror stories. You can't blame anyone for not trusting Seagate right now. It took them a long time to release firmware updates for the .11 series, and no real warning to my knowledge. You can still purchase bad drives. Who knows what Seagate is up to now, besides avoiding recalls & bad press.  Some people are already reporting bad experiences with the .12 series. I'm keeping an eye out for firmware updates.

Importants links:

Firmware Updates for Seagate Products [207931]

ALL FIRMWARE UPDATES - see here

Posted 06/18/2009 at 12:17:57pm

Its not that bad, Intel made it easy for us.

http://processorfinder.intel.com/

Posted 04/17/2009 at 12:08:35pm

Thanks for the best BS Podcast ever!