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    Zacate HTPC questions

    Hey everyone, long time no post. I just moved back to the US and am received a big ass Samsung flatscreen (42 inch) from a friend. I have an Acer 3820TG that handles my basic gaming needs (Tf2, L4D2 etc.) but I wanted to get a Zacate HTPC setup for the media server / tv / MAME / light...
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    13"-14" laptop ~$900, light gaming, mobility... and an iPad?

    I've got a bluetooth travel keyboard (from my old N800) so hopefully that will hep with the iPad. Envy looks great, it is pricier and I'm a little tepid on HPs...
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    13"-14" laptop ~$900, light gaming, mobility... and an iPad?

    Everyone raves about the Sony Z but isn't the base config $2000?
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    13"-14" laptop ~$900, light gaming, mobility... and an iPad?

    Hey there, I'll admit I'm a netbook buying / regretting soul who can't stand the sheisty 10.1" screen and pew pew power of my 1000HE. I travel a lot for business There are two types of travel I do: a few days on-site with a client a few weeks on-site with a client For the...
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    Overcoming Price

    my old powerbook was great, i'm less impressed by the recent run of MBP problems, and quality.
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    Dead? macbook - pretty sure it's the logicboard

    awesome suggestions everyone, thanks. memory and hdd are in perfect working order as i've tested them on other laptops now. but... bake it!?
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    Dead? macbook - pretty sure it's the logicboard

    a friend of mine took her macbook to apple and they said the logicboard was dead. she gave it to me because she didn't want to pay the $1000 or whatever to fix it. is it worth it to try and replace the logicboard or should I just part the rest of the system out - everything else is in pretty...
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    smallest cheapest SFF to run Team Fortress 2

    Hey everyone, I travel a lot for my job and use a small netbook for the day to day internet stuff, but i'd like to be able to bring a real work station with me wherever I go. I don't have a budget for something like a mac book pro or high end gaming laptop but figured maybe a SFF would be...
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    In light of the L4d 50% steam weekend sale...let's all converge (new players that is)

    i'd love to play L4D with y'all, unfortunately I live in france and that may cause some ping issues... but who knows? steam ID: sleepkyng
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    L4D runs like crap on my rig.

    cirrico - yeah i dunno. I did reclean the nvidia drivers and all my browser problems went away as well - however it works i guess. darklcd - thanks for the hint, i'll keep my eyes peeled for this.
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    L4D runs like crap on my rig.

    think i figured it out - digsby runs a wrapper.exe in the background even after I closed it (lil bastid) that messes with L4D. now I'm running things on high or very high with 2xAA and it's working fine at 1600 x 1050. THANKS EVERYONE! I really appreciate it. Gonna use driver sweeper...
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    L4D runs like crap on my rig.

    then reinstall the same drivers?
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    L4D runs like crap on my rig.

    ok i think this definitley an nvidia driver issue. cuz now my browsers (both ff and chrome) are going whack with rendering images and text... damnit...
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    L4D runs like crap on my rig.

    tried it enabled and disabled - didn't do anything.
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    L4D runs like crap on my rig.

    First: $45 for a CPU is the best I can do now. Especially only playing Steam games. Second: Gotta go with what I've got - and Server 2k3 runs screamingly better than xp for everything I've used it for, including TF2. Answer: 1600 x 1050 (native) and 1280 x 1024 - no dice on either working...
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    L4D runs like crap on my rig.

    man, that would be fantastic, but even better would be if you could read my computer's mind and convince it to run L4D really well.
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    L4D runs like crap on my rig.

    as soon as I start playing, online, offline, campaign whatever lags like a beoutch, slow response to key inputs and mouse look, everything seems really delayed. I updated the Nvidia driver at Steam's request which was a bit of a pain (had to convince it that 2k3 was xp) but like I said, i...
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    Street Fighter 4 DLC already confirmed...

    they've tried to release free content on console, but that's up to M$
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    L4D runs like crap on my rig.

    TF2 runs absolutely fantastic at full or high everything and 2xAA e2180 oc'd at 2.8ghz 2 gigs 800mhz sata drive eVga 8800gs 348mb oc'd windows 2k3 32bit. what gives?
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    FS: 1 month old fujifilm finepix z10fd camera, 7.1mp, anti-blur, anti-shake etc.

    I bought this on newegg when it came out but it's not the camera for me, i'm looking for something much more professional. here's a link to the camera's specs...
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    FS: ipaq , ram, belkin wifi router, magic cards, gba games, price drop! More to come

    2x 256mb intel mac mini ram - $15 shipped. 1 - nokia 6102, UNLOCKED TRI-BAND GSM, camera doesn't work, screen is wonky (perfectly usable) - $35 shipped. 1 - 54g wirless belkin router with ethernet ports - $21 shipped 1 - drill dozer for GBA with box and manual - $11 shipped 1 - gunstar super...
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    wtb: laptop hard drive for older thinkpads

    I need two laptop hard drives, size does not matter (it's heart that counts, right? :D ) perfer 1gb and up but will take anything over 500mb. don't want too pay much more than shipping for these as this project is already getting expensive. let me know what ya got!
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    FREE: TONS of Misc. Stuff

    please don't sip on hatorade and shoot me a pm!
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    FREE: TONS of Misc. Stuff

    I'd like one of the non-blue pocket knives and the kryptonite lock give me a pm if those are still available.
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    Apple Mac mini

    my mac mini solo runs parallels fine with 2gb of ram. it doesn't scream and I probably couldn't run games on it, but for word processing, picasa 2 and a couple of programs that are windows exclusive, i'm pretty happy with it.
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    wtb: 1gb usb flash drive and 2.5" pata drive

    lookin for a good quality 1gb drive (unless you've got a 2gb for real cheap :D). also if you've got a pata 2.5" drive 60gigs and up for cheap (4200 is fine) i'm interested, but i want to know if it's a pull or if it's got any bad sectors. thanks!
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    Staples MIR for 200gb Maxtors

    got mine about 4 weeks after - i used staples online though.
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    super light and portable cheaptop

    there's a lot of x31s for sale at anandtech for $225 a piece, but it's still over what i want to pay. i was thinking about an old thinkpad 600x maybe... I know that's heavier but maybe more durable and cheap.
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    super light and portable cheaptop

    those porteges are pretty, but maybe out of the "super cheap" price range :D
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    super light and portable cheaptop

    i want something light and portable that is very rugged. any time i travel (in africa, asia or south america) my laptop is always with me, bumping into people, being packed on trains, following out of tuk tuks, all sorts of crap. i live in a constant fear of hd crashes, or just freak...
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    super light and portable cheaptop

    dang, x20 seems like a much better deal. i'll look into it. i've heard that converting a laptop with CF might be bad though because of the rewriting?
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    super light and portable cheaptop

    trying to find the cheapest possible solution to use this: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/addonics-compactflash-adapters-replace-notebook-hard-drives-249594.php basically I want to build a light system (thinking thinkpad 240) that will run puppy linux - an on the go work station...
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