Recent content by ethraax

To be fair, it's $60 before MIR.

Has anyone run into interference problems with these? I currently use a 2.4 GHz wireless mouse (one of Logitech's mice, actually), and I have my WAP sit very close to my computer (usually on a shelf right next to it). I would love to buy these, and I really like the idea of wireless, but I'd...

Perhaps I'm too slow. I really can't decide between the T420 for $680 or the X120e for about $450. They both seem like great deals. I should probably get the T420 though - the larger screen and keyboard, and better processor, would be nice for programming. I guess it's also portable enough...

I think I'm going to go for the Thinkpad X120e. I've read some more reviews about it online and the reviewers seem to like it. Plus, it's incredibly affordable - only $450 for the base model (and I'll probably also buy some extra RAM, so about $475 total).

I *am* willing to drop most gaming. Whatever gaming I do will be simple puzzle games and old games from the 90s. Neither of the two require a dedicated graphics card. The things I want are a good keyboard, a long battery life, low weight, and low(ish) budget. Hell, I've even considered...

My current laptop is supposed to be a gaming laptop. It has a dedicated video card and decent screen, but it gets really hot, is really loud, and has no battery life. Also, the keyboard is pretty awkward. As I spend far more time programming than gaming, I'm looking for a laptop that's good...

Do you think the M4 is worth an extra $50 over the C300?

I'm waiting to see the price on it. If it's expensive, I think I'll just get the C300, since the 128gb version is on sale on Newegg for $200. If it's a comparable price to the C300, I'll jump for the new version. I've heard that the performance is only a marginal upgrade though.

I didn't see the 3TB drive, but was it 5400 rpm? If so, then this drive should run faster. Plus, the warranty is for five years, and the normal hard drive warranty length is three years.

What? After the graphical data is loaded into RAM, there should be no performance hit. Certainly not an FPS hit. I think the best you could expect is much faster load times.

Do you think it will drop down to $200 though? The retail price is currently $255 on Newegg and $245 on Amazon. I was also thinking about the next generation, but I've heard that the C400/M4/etc. is more of a side-grade than an upgrade. If it starts at $250, then I'm not sure if it's worth...

Link - I can't decide if I should go for this or wait for the next generation. I heard these are very good and the next generation is only a marginal upgrade.

I do it but I use FreeBSD, not Windows Server 2008. On my server, I use rsync to load the most recent copies of my files onto the server and then take a snapshot with ZFS, and then create a nice symbolic link to the snapshot folder (.zfs/snapshot/%snapshot_name%). This happens every day, so I...

And I thought this was a purely verbal thing. Try plugging it into a different port. If it works, then you have a bad port. Although it's IDE, and most modern motherboards only have one IDE port. Try using a different cable. Try plugging it into a different computer. Try plugging a...

Let me get this straight: instead of dropping files onto a DVD and keeping it on a shelf somewhere, you want to drop files onto a HDD and keep it on a shelf somewhere? I guess you get higher storage density...