Recent content by DarthWombaT

You probably hate the combination of a short keypress and bottoming out you get with most rubber dome keyboards.

I've never used the actual keyboard they sell but the general consensus is that for the price their keyboard is solid. I got some custom key caps and they were okay at best, but for the flexibility it's definitely an awesome option once they refine or improve the etching. Word around the block...

get 10 more of them, make a beowulf cluster

Are there popular games out now this build would have trouble playing? I don't really know AMD anymore...

I've only lapped when one or more components gets a "wait... wtf...." when you look at it (e.g. thermaltake heatsinks)

I wouldn't take any edition of Windows XP directly on the internet without being behind some sort of firewall

I managed to kill three IBM Model M keyboards in the span of 15 years, one of which I was the original owner. I bought a Das Keyboard and love the thing. They keys have a similar feel, although I wish they had a tougher press like the M did...

Makes a huge difference. Numbers aside, it's like an entirely different machine SSD vs HDD. edit: to be fair, I've never run 7 on a HDD. But when I made the transition from a HDD to an SSD on XP I was absolutely amazed. That SSD was half as fast as the one I'm using now to run 7 on.

Well the two SSDs that I own are both MLC and have made me never want to own a conventional hard drive again I believe the difference in both cost and longevity is due to the way information is stored in an SLC vs MLC. For me, I just set my OS up so that it rarely writes to the drive unless I...

7.3 I bet a PCI-E SSD will get that 7.9

I've been running a C7 1500mhz m0n0wall

I'm probably one of the biggest fans of XP but with an SSD and 12GB of memory it's time to move to an OS that can meet my needs...

This makes me very happy! I looked for something that maybe someone concocted for a 7 RC but couldn't find anything like what you linked, which is what I want!

What does windows 7 offer by way of themes? I'm talking something sexy I can download from Deviant art like I have been doing in XP for years. This is my favorite feature of XP, and not a lot of people know about it. I've had people look at my laptop and say something silly like "Woah I love...

I've been reading about it and it doesn't always persist under every condition (being unplugged and off, etc), so the settings could very easily be reset and then I'd have to somehow get back into windows again.