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It was a rhetorical question ;) You say its no reason to get your panties in a bunch and never buy another MS product again. And they you say not to buy products that use DRM. So which is it? Not supporting a COMPANY that promotes DRM is not much different than not supporting a PRODUCT...

Every time someone catches wind of another DRM "feature" coming up in Windows there's an anti-MS "shitstorm." Why do you think that might be?

Because real lava lamps are HOT and BIG. Its already hard enough to cool a computer quietly without adding another heatsource, and he probably has better things to do with all that space.

Writing English is hard because of all the wacky rules it has that you can basically ignore when you're speaking. I before E when? Who cares, just make the right sound ;)

I think he's also forgetting you could overclock the P4 as well and beat the pants off that Celeron ;)

It was moving really fast, and then it stopped. This is because they literally throw the packages from the conveyer belts into the trucks.

You'd think AMD would've noticed if that were the case ;)

You're correct.. its a 31 stage pipeline, not 31 pipelines. Its a rather important difference.

In your specific case, P4 HT vs AMD, you notice a large difference mostly because Windows has truely awful multitasking.

Do you have any idea how dusty it must be in there now??

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I guess. :rolleyes:

I missed the sarcasm too, but it all makes sense now :D

IBM makes lots of servers and workstations using PowerPCs, just not consumer boxes.

Yeah, I did that too. S-video extension cables were like 1/4 the price of ADB extensions the same length. Worked great :)

You're a CS major and complaining about the ease of swithing between networks in linux? Seriously, write a couple quick bash scripts - ie: connect to apartment wireless, connect to home wireless, connect to school wireless, connect to ethernet, and their disconnect equivalents - and you're...

That was what I was thinking, as well. Socket A Semprons have higher model numbers than their Athlon equivalents.. only explanation is the model number means something else. Maybe they're "officially" equivalent to Durons of that clockspeed ;)

Most of the Unreal series, Quake series, NWN, Tribes. There are more, but that should get you started. :) I don't run Fedora, but I run the same desktop that Fedora uses (Gnome) and it runs prefectly on my P3/1ghz. Probably could get by with a lot less.

I'd go with an NV video card because of their better driver support, and pretty much any motherboard these days will work nicely. nForce chipset has drivers, but they're proprietary so they're not distributed with the kernel like many drivers - this means you'll want to burn the drivers to a cd...

PCI-X is basically faster/wider PCI, PCI-e is a whole new interface.

Anyone know how the MSI overclocks, if at all? I read a review on the Gigabyte that said it was a pretty poor overclocker, but I can't find anything on the MSI. I'm not looking for anything really hardcore, just a 100-200mhz or so.

Whats the front look like now? I do like what you did with the drive bays. Very nice.

Hell, even when I built a computer for my father (who is pretty tech-savvy, he works as a freelance programmer) I still made sure he okay'd all the parts with me first. He made some pretty good choices on his own, but hey, better safe than sorry ;)

People today love pushing the blame on everyone else.. Your buddy didn't research his purchase sufficiently and had some trouble because of it. So you come in here and blame it on Lian-Li or Newegg for not advertising that this case has a different layout than most towers. If your buddy couldn't...

No, because there's nothing new about it. There have been cases like that for ages, although most enthusiasts probably aren't familiar with them. Thats a very common configuration in OEM cases, and minitowers. As for the motherboard fitting, it sounds from this: like you're forgetting to...

From what I understand, the only major difference is that 939 has dual-channel memory support, and this doesn't make a huge difference in the real world. See the [H]ardOCP 939 article for the details.

I could care less if it makes things better for Intel (or any other company). If it makes the motherboard more fragile than the CPU would have been, then its all around worse for the consumer. As if Intel doesn't make enough money already :rolleyes: And for what its worth, I've never bent...

First thing that strikes me, is that those multipliers don't match up.

Are you planning on moving the computer around at all, or is it just going to sit under a desk until you upgrade or replace it? The Antec is much, much heavier. And really, the only advantage of the Antec is that it comes with a PSU. Personally, I'd go with the Coolermaster. Aluminum...

Ah ok, its been a *very* long time since I've been shopping for a new Mac :)

Usually Apple doesn't, but they do sometimes. Other dealers usually will have recent models, new and in box. They're not as much cheaper as you'd hope, though. I've had good luck with Small Dog - www.smalldog.com.

My current (x86) laptop has a 1024x768 12" screen, I don't mind it at all. Personally I prefer higher-res LCDs, I think they look nicer.

The 60gb is stock on the 1.2ghz 14". I'd definately pick up some more ram, another 256 or so at least. You should be able to use any decent PC2100 so-dimm, so pick it up at newegg, or whatever your favorite online store is. Both the iBook and the Powerbook have 512k on-die L2, and the...

Most laptop power adapters will work straight from 220vac with just a plug adapter. Check the label, it should say something like "Input : 100-240V" - no use paying more than you need to. :)

I'm curious what trouble you've had with Enermaxes that you RMA'd them for - my 350W has started to emit a high-pitched whine after about a year. :rolleyes:

Huh? He's been making the program as a "gift" for the past seven years. Why is it an awful idea (other than the NDA bit) to make it open source so the community could continue support? Its has nothing to do with taking his work for granted - it has to do with carrying on a project he's no...

It converts from USB to Ethernet, but not back. For it to work, the other end (the webcam) would have to understand ethernet.. but it doesn't.

I've used KT333, KT266, nForce1 and nForce2 boards, all work fine at stock speeds. PureBooYah is correct though, for socket A overclocking, NF2 is king. I haven't use any A64 boards yet, but it seems like VIA has got their shit together these days regarding stability.

Yea, my G3 is overclocked a bit (400-450) :) One of very few models that you can overclock simply by messing with some jumpers, rather than soldering.

You can tweak it quite a bit (at lot more than the classic Mac OS for sure ;)) but its still pretty limited in some ways. I'm primarily a linux guy, I mostly run windows for gaming, so I really like *choice* :)

Very cool, thanks for the info :)