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Ah- I think I missed the family plan. That could indeed be a good solution.

I'm wondering if anyone out there has an online backup solution for multiple computers that they like. Household currently has 2 PCs and 2 Macbook Airs (and a number of mobile devices). Most of the solutions I'm seeing out there- Backblaze, Crashplan, etc.- seem to charge a flat per...

Chiming in here a little bit late, but in all honesty, the best bet would be to go to an Apple Store and let her try them out. The baseline difference between the Apple laptops- Macbook Air is in the middle in terms of thickness and lightness (it's still pretty thin and light), as well as...

Just to be clear- the size is 12.5" long (slightly under that, actually). I know some people have been reporting 15+, but that seems to be from Amazon and is incorrect (maybe the length of the box it comes, though).

Managed to pick up the Gigabyte 970 at Microcenter/Westbury about 2:30PM this afternoon. They started the day with 4 EVGA ACX Superclocked and 2 Gigabyte cards; by the time I was there they were showing 2 GB and 1 EVGA. It's possible they got more in/still have some (website is showing 2 and...

So let's say micro ATX, with the SG10.

Is the EVGA web store down for anyone else?

If you're gonna ask us to build/list a PC for you or seek advice about a build, please answer all of the following questions: 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Web browsing, typing, and some gaming. No FPSs; most demanding thing will probably...

Check the actual EVGA site- one at stock, another OCed but not as much as some of the ACXs. http://www.evga.com/Products/ProductList.aspx?type=0&family=GeForce+900+Series+Family

If there's likely to be a significant bump in price/performance, I'd be willing to do that. Most of the recommendations I see out there seem to be suggesting AMD due to better price/performance- is the expectation that the 9xx series is going to change that?

Microcenter is very close by (15 minutes).

As noted, first fully new build in 7 years. I'd like to go in more of a SFF direction, so either Micro-ATX or Mini-ITX for case and motherboard. 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Primarily Web browsing and word processing. Some gaming as well; DA3...

Current monitor is a Dell 2407WFP- a great monitor, but it's now 8 years old and I want something bigger before the end of the year. Not coincidentally, I'm also looking to do a brand new system- the current computer isn't quite from 2006 like the monitor, but it's not that far off. I'd like...

In case anyone's curious- I've been convinced (especially since it's being given as a present) to eventually go for a lifeproof case, once one that supports the 5s comes out. In the mean time, I picked up an Otterbox Commuter for $21.99, from Newegg, which had the cheapest price for something...

Looking for a case that will best protect an iPhone 5s, preferably with the ability to still use the new fingerprint features. Otterbox Defender and Commuter have been updated, but there are some complaints about the Defender that I've seen out there (specifically that there's not no bezel...

Anandtech recently posted a review of the PQ321Q, here. Looks like some minor issues with color and response time, but the reviewer loved the screen.

On the contrary; it's actually awesome for business users. How many business users use more than 5 programs? 10 at the most? Just putting all of those on display when you start will be perfect for businesses. And if they're designed as Metro apps (and I have to imagine that the next version...

Sounds almost exactly the opposite of MicroSoft.xxx

Freelancer wasn't really a space-sim, though Starlancer was and was quite fun. Tachyon: The Fringe was also later. But to be honest, what's really needed is a fully updated version of TIE Fighter, which for my money was one of the best games ever made.

No, I don't. The vast majority of non-corporate Windows 7 installs are done on new computers by OEMs. Those OEMs customize default search, browsers, etc to be whatever they want, and a substantial amount choose something other than Bing.

Excellent! I'm probably going to skip the VBA for right now and do it by splitting up the formulas and using a combination of DATEDIF and IF (probably mostly on a second sheet). Many thanks for the help.

Unfortunately my strength with Excel is weak, and I'm not entirely sure what to search for in general... I have a spreadsheet with a series of dates in Row 1 (with the exception of A1), data corresponding to the date in rows 2-12, and then a series of formulas below that. The dates are not...

Note that MS sells Windows 7 Professional upgrade directly for $29.99 for students (no faculty, unfortunately). Also available, for $79.99, is Office Professional Academic 2010. Link is here.

Of course, * is a wildcard and can be helpful, depending on the phrase you're trying to search for. There are a few specialized search engines out there that have a 'not within x words' operator (a more nuanced version of the "-" operator), but I don't think Google has that available.

I don't currently have any vista x32 or xp computers in the house, and would like a way to use the recovery disc if necessary. Has anyone found a way to do so, or are we still limited to those OSs in the case of a reinstall (or, for that matter, an initial install)?

As a side note for those posting about the populations on myspace/facebook- Facebook is much more prevalent among those who went to college, are in college, or absolutely plan on going to college (in high schools, for example, it's much more popular in private schools and top public schools...

Atom is NOT in that range. The chip itself is, but the standard chipset uses a good 30W or so. AMD could have beaten that with a lower power chipset and processor.

Yes, it's not doing the right thing. MS sells OEM licences cheaper than retail ones because the OEM licenses are only supposed to be used on the original machine. The entire point is that if one wanted a retail license they would pay for it.

The only reason I use credit cards is a) convenience and b) 1-3% back, depending on the purchase. Other than that, though, I don't use them, and they're paid off at the end of each billing period (usually within a day of the statement).

Agreed. On the other hand, reminding about gift cards (which can be gotten cheaper from ebay and therefore reduce the net price of an already good deal) is reasonable, within the thread. I'd also say that anything in a major store's ebay store (ncix, for example, or zipzoomfly, both of which...

Note that the normal Home site has the $39.99 price, but no free shipping and no 7% off. With that said, doing ebay/cashback for a Dell gift card code can potentially drop the net price back down, albeit working more like a rebate.

Circuit City has it for $380 and then a $100 rebate. Should come out sliiiightly cheaper than OfficeMax in the end, but you'll have to wait for the rebate and still pay tax on that $100. EDIT: Looks like there are click through links out there on some of the deal sites for 10% off of...

That is incorrect with Vista. You have to upgrade from a previous install (incidentally, I believe it's still possible to install Vista, choose not to put in the key, the launch an upgrade from within Vista again and this time put in the key).

As others have said- an upgrade copy will certainly work, but it will wipe out the old stuff completely (the same as if you stuck in a full retail version and had it format and install).

Two systems: Lenovo R61 and a homebuilt Q6600/4GB RAM setup.

I currenly have an IP35Pro. The problem that I'm seeing is that while 2 of the ram slots work (the two closer to the back of the motherboard), the front two don't seem to. This is now an issue, since I'm trying to run a 4x2GB setup for ram. Am I missing a setting or is it possible that two of...

Simple solution: Stop tweaking. Stop installing non-signed drivers (especially since at this point most of the major tweaking programs have signed drivers). Stop moving files in system folders (that includes Program Files). Stop running programs that require admin access. Essentially...

Yes.

Very likely (though if you have a separate antivirus program, make sure to check that too- especially if both of them go on at once, that would be a major slowdown). As far as defender goes, try setting it to another time and seeing if it makes a difference.

Autodefrag wouldn't do that to you anyways; it's low priority on the I/O and therefore shouldn't slow you down. My first instinct is antivirus or similar. Have you checked scheduling on those?