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OSX has this great feature where you type the file name in the finder Window and it finds the file on your hard drive. Is there a plug-in that would work for this on Windows XP? It's very useful for when you are attaching files. Thanks.

You're not dating it. Who cares what it looks like.

Have you built machines for friends before? Are you willing to be the 800 help line every time something goes wrong? HTPC's can get complicated. I'd question whether or not this is worth it to you.

I'd look more into your objectives. How quiet do you want it to be? Does form factor matter to you? How much time do you have on your hands? Do you want HTPC software or basically just a computer hooked up to your TV. This can become very all encompassing. I'd dig more into what you really...

Instead of posting about it, why not go buy a few hundred iPads and make yourself some money?

I have a system with one of the 40GB Intel mainstream SSD's. The thing now needs more storage space. It's running server 2003. I will order one of the 120GB drives probably from Intel. How easy will it be to migrate this system to the new drive? Re-installing it is not an option. I'm...

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No amount of technical skills will make a logic board cost less than $400. You can extend the Applecare before 1 year is up. The standard coverage gives you 1 year of hardware warranty and 90 days of application support. Applecare lets you call and ask things like, how the **** do i import...

It's both funny and stupid how people get upset about this and drops. Apple doesn't hide what is covered by Applecare. People drop their very expensive device, likely without even a rubber cover on it, and then walk into a store and expect the warranty to cover things that the warranty...

Apple doesn't sell hardware.

Well, what do you think happens when newspapers subscription rates drop so much that they can't employ reporters any longer? The giving away of news has cost that industry a huge amount. Unlike online music sharing where people getting free music drives up music sales, free online news really...

That was fully accounted for in my statement.

Kind of like how XP should have the latest version of DirectX, but they won't do it as it would hurt the adoption of the newer OS's?

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Many studies show that people talking on the phone drive as bad as people who are drunk. Is it really worth putting people's lives at risk? Most of the time when I see people driving like an idiot, they're yapping on a phone. This includes talking into an earpiece. Rant all you want, but...