Posted 11/04/2009 at 02:26:42pm

Though I'm not too sure about the wireless thingamabob. I still use my THX-cert 2.1 pro-media's and other than a slightly scratchy pot on the volume knob, these still sound absolutely wonderful.

Someday I'll order some fader lube and fix that volume potentiometer.

Posted 10/31/2009 at 08:52:11pm

"Let's nip it in the bud before it goes viral."

 Then why did you write an article about it and being it to our attention?

Posted 10/31/2009 at 08:48:31pm

Your argument analogy is flawed in a couple of ways.

1. The most obvious flaw is that you conclude your argument talking about the Upgrade pricing. The point of this post and subsequent responses was about a person getting a new OEM key after a motherboard failure. That has nothing to do with the Upgrade products.

2. Your analogy is flawed by assuming the "house you are renting" is said motherboard. By your analogy, a person purposely fries his mobo in order to get a replacement key from microsoft. Just ain't gonna happen. You don't need to argue in attempted parables to talk about motherboards and replacing a OEM key that was tied to said motherboard.

But since you started it, here's a more accurate parable using your analogies:

A person rents a house and obtains renters insurance paid in full for the year. That insurance is tied to this particular dwelling. A tree falls on the house before the policy lapses. The person rents a new house. After a phone call, the insurance company allows him to transfer his existing policy to the new house.

Now THAT makes sense and there is nothing wrong, cheating, or stealing about it.

Posted 10/30/2009 at 12:42:00pm

Good info, thanks!

 I don't do any of the social sites or even link aggregators, so I can honestly say I did not know this

However, if you click on the user ID, there are a few comments from this ID. They do seem to be relevant to the articles so I think there may be a human operator and not a bot. Doesn't mean it's not spam though.

Posted 10/30/2009 at 12:37:29pm

Don't be dense.

How is it cheating or stealing if the company who makes the product authorizes you and gives you a new key?

Posted 10/30/2009 at 09:28:01am

And that compares to this build how?

Your comment is the equivalent of saying, "My son just bought a brand name computer for $1008.21 out the door." In other words, it tells us nothing. Do some research, what MacBook Pro did he buy - what are the system specs? How do those system specs compare to this? Then you might have added something to the conversation and one of two things will happen: we'll say, "Wow a macbook pro for a similar price that beats the crap out of this build." or you'll say "Wow. I can now see that my son paid way too much for an underpowered PC tethered to its hardware and software."

Posted 10/20/2009 at 02:20:20pm

Look at all these comments about Vista - in a Windows 7 article. That is exactly the point of this piece - Windows 7 is good enough to stand on its own merits. Instead, it's already been relegated to "This is Vista fixed/service pack/should have been" etc.

Posted 10/09/2009 at 11:56:27pm

I know this holds interest for some, but to revive the concerns from the ComiCon comments... what does this have to do with a Personal Computer and how I can maximize my experience with one?

Posted 10/08/2009 at 08:12:50am

... I can't fathom why people in these comments are recommending a third party application when a few simple command lines as instructed in this article work wonderfully.

Posted 10/06/2009 at 11:37:29am

First off, good article. Articles like these are the reason I come to MaxPC.

You write contradictory statements though early on. You write,

"...but the trick to security is to always keep your attackers guessing. Many routers give you the ability to make the wireless network invisible, but don’t bother with this feature. Setting your network to invisible might keep people from accidentally latching on to your connection, but anyone using the right tools can find it easily."

So you say to always keep attackers guessing then in the very next breath, say to ignore a feature that adds yet another layer of "guessing. That's just silly. Of course, if you're securing your router and don't need to broadcast it, why not turn off broadcasting? You know the SSID and as you say, the trick is to keep the attackers guessing and each layer helps.

Turn off that broadcast and maybe your neighbors more visible router will be attacked and not yours.