Posted 11/19/2009 at 12:03:16am

i dont think it will be that much more expensive, but i am concerned about battery life.  the trend on netbooks for battery life has been very positive in the last couple of years, would hate to see that go away.

Posted 11/03/2009 at 09:58:02pm

its not that m$ wants gwl to die, just to be on life support.  they will never let it truly die, but just exist in its current undead zombie state.

Posted 08/13/2009 at 04:11:49am

Great article.  I swear the MaxPC guys are spying on me!  They seem to write an article at the very time I need it.  The Symbolic Links article, Top Freeware Programs, and now the cable management article.  I just bought all the components for my i7 system yesterday!

Posted 06/11/2009 at 12:19:49pm

elitist videogame assholes are still elitist assholes.

"back in my day, we had to walk 12 miles uphill both ways in the snow in my videogames!"

if games are soooooooooo easy now, you will have to create your own challenges, like speed runs or no-death runs.

people want graphics to improve, and that is a selling point.  sorry, that is the way it is

you should be happy more people are playing videogames, and that its mainstream.  you shouldnt need to define your selfworth by being a "true gamer".

many of the peggle and wii haters dont realize this, but more mainstream videogames mean more money for the industry, and more hardcore games, not fewer.  these games may have their difficulty curves eased, but again, find your own challenges.  if michael jordan could find his own, you can find your own. 

and lastly, you can never go back.  those days are gone.  move on, its okay. 

Posted 05/28/2009 at 08:28:09pm

how would one best optimize using the steam example with one ssd and one hdd?

if the link from the hdd led to the folder in the ssd, would the files still be read at ssd speeds?

this may be obvious to some, but im wondering it the extra step that needs to be taken will negate the fast read speeds of the ssd if it first has to search the hdd for the link.