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    The convergence of mobile and desktop operating systems

    What do you think of this trend? iOS - OSX Windows - Windows Phone Android - Desktop Linux Mobile phones are becoming very powerful, so it's only natural that they do more. The manufacturers seem to recognize this and make moves towards the unification of desktop and mobile world. Of...
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    2.5TB in 2010?

    Do you think we're going to see a 2.5 terabyte hard drives in 2010? They have to use the GPT, and the motherboard has to be EFI if you want to boot off it. So maybe manufacturers are waiting till EFI becomes more wide spread? XP also does not support GPT. It could be couple of years...
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    OCD about sorting files...

    Don't know if this is the right forum to start this topic but still... Does anybody else have an OCD with sorting files on their computer? Audio, Video, Pictures, Documents, Bookmarks, Emails, Software... I MUST have everything in perfect order: perfectly named and organized. I have to...
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    Is there really a need for a high-end system anymore?

    So I decided to move back into desktops from laptops and after looking around some prices and hardware, It seems nowadays a low-mid tier system will run everything except for games perfectly and fast. Years ago you had to, and wanted to upgrade to make general programs work faster but it...
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    2010 is going to be so special!

    The world of IT is now focused on the mobile phone industry, right now it's the hottest sector, everyone wants a piece of it. 2010 looks like a year when things get standardized... capacitive screen, multi touch, pinching, every device will have those. And there are so many great devices...
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    How many processes do you have running?

    Couple of years ago, I used to run tons of extra apps, my tray bar was pretty full, calendars, system info software, logitech drivers..... But then I got bitten by a minimalist bug got tired of constantly trying to manage running applications and decided to cut down a bit, slowly, I ended...
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    What would you want in PSP2?

    Personally, I'd love if it was powerful enough to play PS2 games, that would be amazing! My wishlist so far is: 2 analogue sticks DivX Certification/playback Bluetooth 2.1 or higher Wireless Dual Shock 3 support An internal non-proprietary HDD would be nice (160GB like the iPods)...
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    Have consoles ever been this big?

    PS2 was a killer console so were Super Nintento and Sega Genesis but I don't remember consoles ever being this popular, many people are switching over to consoles from PCs. For the first time consoles are taking over PCs, except for RTS, they have PCs beat, the graphics are incredible, they...
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    PSP Go! confirmed, revealed!

    http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/30/sonys-psp-go-leaks-out-before-e3-is-obviously-a-go/#thankYou That think looks hideous, also if you listen in the beginning of that vid, Gran Turismo is also confirmed.
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    Concentrating with Aero UI

    Hey, I moved to Vista today, I have to say, I really like it, once you disable UAC, it's like XP+ But I have a small problem. I don't know why, but I have a hard time with Vista's glassy theme. Explorer and taskbar being translucent makes it really hard to concentrate on files at hand...
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    Do RTS games make you smarter?

    I've read about people insisting that RTS(CoH, Civ) games make you smarter cause they require more thinking like boards games(Chess, etc) blah blah blah, I wonder what are you thoughts on this? Personally I think it's a bullcrap, cause all RTS games are pretty much the same and it's build...
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    How many dead pixels do you have?

    Hey, Received my Dell laptop couple of days ago, and found 1 dead pixel on it, it's in the upper right corner but still, it's like buying a new car with a scratch. I thought of calling Dell about it but I'm kinda hesitant, with all that hassle waiting for an engineer and all that crap...
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    What Vista theme is this?

    Hey, I was wondering if any of you recognize this theme, and would help me identify it please? I looks so clean, nothing extra.
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    Recommend a RAID card.

    Hi, I need a RAID 5 card for my pc, The idea is to hook up 4 1TB drives to it. I've done some searching around and what I found are the following... Highpoint RocketRaid 2310 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=368154 Promise FastTrak TX4310...
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    emule, dead?

    Hey, I've been out of the scene for couple of month and recently I tried eMule and DirectConnect again, and none of them work, emule didn't connect to any servers, and most of them are gone and DC wouldn't download the hub list. Are they dead?
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    What do you think of this system?(yep, another noob system builder)

    AMD Sempron 3600+ 2.0GHz Socket AM2 http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=320782 Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=335582 Corsair XMS2 5400 DDR2 http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=305551 Corsair Powersupply 450W http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=338686...
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    Looking for a good scanner for photos.

    Hey there, I'm planning to buy a flatbad scanner to scan old family photos, I have a budget of 150 euro(ex shipping) I was wondering if there is anyone here that knows things about scanners? Also the scanning dpi, is there a much difference really in the quality? betweek say...
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    Core 2 Duo, T7500 or T7300?

    Hi, I'm buying a laptop but can't decide which CPU to go with T7500 is 2.2GHz and T7300 is 2.0GHz, I'm not encoding anything or rendering anything, however, I do work with vmware quite a lot and usually have a media player classic, firefox(with like 30 tabs) and acdsee open, anyone...
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    Dell 1708FP or 1908FP, anyone got one?

    Could you please measure it tell me how high is it? I was on the Dell's website but the sizes listed there are including the stand, and I need to know how high is the monitor without the stand just the monitor(including the bazels) Thank You!
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    RAID 5, what if your motherboard fails?

    Do you lose your data if you have your disks RAID 5ed with motherboard's RAID functions and suddenly your mobo fails?
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    NAS vs PC File Servers

    Hi, I can't decide between buying a NAS, Infrant ReadyNAS NV+ or building my own file server box. I like Infrant's small size and no OS On the the other hand, PC file server has more configuration options and is cheaper, however I'll probably run a windows on it so it makes it kinda...
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