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My Thinkpad T61's HDD died, so the question is what should I use for replacement? Purpose: I'm a TPM consultant, so clients aren't always super quick with providing one of their computers for me to do my work. Home computer for movies, internet, any real computing that I shouldn't be doing...

Going to be installing linux on a Thinkpad T61 soon, and was looking around for recommendations on a modern linux GUI. Any recommended distros are welcome too. Last time I ran linux as a home computer, it was back in the days of Gentoo 2, so KDE and Gnome were... primitive. Generally when I...

I'm running Windows 7, and gave my fiance a windows 7 laptop for Christmas, to replace her aging macbook pro. She's looks at the start menu search, but isn't able to search files, just applications, and would like that fixed. Looking around for a solution, I see that MS had this for vista...

I'm receiving a Dell SSD (DPN: K11MF) to replace my SSD as part of a dell Part Dispatch warranty issue. It appears that the Dell drive is an OEM LiteOn SSD. What I've found: LiteOn model: LCT-128M3S Controller: Marvel 88SS9174 SATA: 3gb/s Does anyone have experience with this or...

Looking for recommendations for a small office guest wireless router. Should I just head to Fry's and get a standard consumer router, as its only going to be for guest access, or should I hunt down a pro Dell or Cisco wireless router? What are the advantages, to correlate with the higher...

I've got a student license of Win 2k3 EE that I run at home for a file server, and various other things that I've wanted to test on a toy rather than at work. When I built it, I used an external dvd drive to install the OS, and never bothered to put in an internal drive, so now I've got a sata...

I've backed up a couple of my DVDs to my NAS as ISOs, and I'm looking for software to manage my DVD collection, before trying to backup and manage my whole environment. Right now, its just a simple file structure tree which I know well, but I'd like something database driven to pull up...

I have a laptop with a 54mm Type II Express Card slot, and I'd like to get a pair of USB 3 ports. The cards range from $15-50, depending on location/brand/etc. The question I have is: Does anyone know of an Express Card with 2x USB 3 ports that can provide USB 3 power without a dongle? Any...

I've come to the conclusion that a whole new build is in order, as my old system became my server, and the laptop just isn't quite cutting it at this point for space. I'm looking for a gfx card which will support at least 3x 24" monitors, as I'm looking to get more real estate for work. I'd...

I have an opportunity to buy a Dell E6510 w/ a 128gb SSD. Any information on who makes it/if its worth the premium? I'd install win 7 pro on it, so I'd have access to the TRIM function, but I'm looking for additional information vs a 5.4k or 7.2k drive. I'm still searching, and figured...

Guys, thanks for helping me out. I'm looking for a business-class laptop for doing a lot of MS Office work and web programming. Battery life and and speed (core 2 duo or better, 2gb ram ++) are really important to me. Finally, I really make use of 15" screens, and don't feel that any smaller...

I got my sister a Gen 1 iPhone running 1.1.4 through a friend @ AT&T, unlocked. She's got AT&T already with Voice & Text, but doesn't have any data plan whatsoever. The iPhone is notorious for getting constant updates and other non-intentional internet access. The only internet I want to...

I just got a monitor with a DisplayPort interface, and am in need of a new gfx card for my Windows XP x64 box. Should I care about a DisplayPort interface? If so, with a price range of $200-$300, what cards offer this? I see that nVidia GTX260 offers support in some limited fashion...

My cheap 21" viewsonic monitor just bit the dust. I tried using both DVI & VGA cables w/ 2 computers, and nothing doing. I know the dell 24" 2408WFP is real nice, but are there other comparable monitors for code/websites and hd movies? Price range between 500 - 1000, to the door. Thanks...

I have both XP x64 & Vista Business x32 (legal). I understand that I can use the same keycode for x32 & x64. If I can get a Vista Business x64 disk, should I make the switch? Is there any business reason to do it. I'm not doing it for games, as my lame graphics card (GeForce 6500) was an...

10K Raptors aren't that much cheaper than SAS drives, has anyone actually compared them? I would imagine that the SAS drives (either 10k or 15k) should best the SATA drives because the SCSI standard permits full duplex. Noise/heat may prevent this from working, but if anyone has experience...

Short: Any known MB's that support normal DDR2/DDR3 that also have a SAS controller onboard? It seems simple, since SAS is much faster than straight SATA, but I haven't seen it, and I don't want to deal with the latency/issues with ECC/FB-DIMM. I haven't found anything yet Goals: Workstation...