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I'm sure this has been asked over and over, but SSDs are getting better and better every few months. Long story short, I need to replace my wife's 500GB 5400rpm drive. The MBPro is in great condition, it's just the harddrive is slow as hell. This is for a MacBookPro9.2 (mid 2012 model)...

Looking to do some light gaming on my 2011 MBA. Basic stats are 256GB hdd, 4GB or RAM, 1.7GHz i5., and a Intel HD3000 w 386mb. This is not a gaming machine, I know that for sure. I feel like this thing overheats just encoding videos in iMovie 90% of the time. I'm just looking for something...

Kind of a noob question but it's a unique situation. My office has a Netgear router that has built in Sprint LTE service as a backup/failsafe for when we have fundraising events. The back of the router has 2 spot for antennas. 1 for the LTE and 1 for the wireless component of the Router...

Super noob question here. I have a SOL Republic set of headphones that I plug directly into my controller to hear the game sound while I play. They are iPhone compatible and have the 3.5mm jack and was wondering if all I needed to buy was the headset adapter for the controller or if I needed...

Finally got my XBOne and need to snag a good deal on XBox Live. Reg price us around $60 now. I use to find deals for $30'ish back when my XB360 was working (it's been about 1.5 years). Are there any good places to look other than the usual (Amazon, NewEgg, GameStop). Thanks. Like I said...

I have a white Xbox 360 with RROD and a XBox 360 slim that had maybe 10 hours on it that's dead (won't post). Contemplating getting a new XBone since I have so many games for the 360 but want to off load these guys first if possible. The Slim unit doesn't post. It powers up and about 3...

I have 3 batteries that need replacing. I have had some issues with 3rd party batteries in the past with them not fitting properly and/or they died within a few months. Are there any specific 3rd party vendors you all have used that have had good/great results with? Looking on Amazon and...

We have a slightly older DSLR but it still takes amazing pictures. however we only have 2 lenses in the bag at the moment. The stock 18-55 and a 55-200 for when the kids are playing sports and/or performing on stage. Looking to upgrade to a more grab and go lens to snap street/family shots...

Still on the [h]unt for a new ultrabook to replace an aging Dell Latitude E6500 for consult work and possibly light gaming. Been searching online and reading through this forum at what most of you all are looking at. I finally got a chance to go to BestBuy and get a hands on feel for some...

I respect my fellow [H]'ers comments and perspectives so I'm here for some advice! Need to replace my Consulting laptop. I do have a 13" MBA for personal use, but this repalcement machine is strictly for VPN'ing into side work stuff and Windows specific tasks. Currently I have an older Dell...

Folding with my MB Air in some spare time and the fan starts to spin like a jet engine. Anyone have any experience with running a MBA for long periods of time with 194 degree temps? Please note, I'm not planning to do this 24/7. Just when I have a few hours to spare at work when I bring...

Getting ready for the summer and have a few different trips planned. I plan on purchasing a solar charger and/or SC w/ battery pack and wanted to see what other [H] members are using (I don't really trust the reviews on Amazon). I found this one that comes with both a SC and the battery...

slightly used pedal. just wasn't what I was searching for.... http://www.ebay.com/itm/161268675039?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Background on the situation. Basically there are a handful of first graders in my daughter's GT program that use Minecraft for coding basics and whatever else they can knock MC for use in educational settings. There was talk about creating a private server for them that could be used for...

Disclaimer: Haven't started mining yet. Just reading still and ordered my RPi earlier this week. Curious if anyone is mining with RPi's and if you are exclusively still doing BTC only or moving on to alternative mining processes? I know you can't use the eruptors for anything other than...

Not sure if this is the right place to post this... So I took advantage of the BestBuy $75 off new iPhone5s deal and got the wife and I a new pair of phones. Unfortunately, now all 3 of our iHome docks at the house are practically rendered useless. I have seen some 30 pin to lightning...

Looking to add a little HTPC for the living room. I've been reading a lot about the product and everything that it can do but I'm unsure of one factor. If I implement one of these, can I use one of the USB ports to add a external hard drive and run my movies from there or are they specific...

Anyone have any experience with these guys? I've been looking online and found plenty of decent reviews, but none of them were [H] approved reviews... :rolleyes: They basically meet all my requirements to be a new set of headphones for the office. iPhone compatible with the remote and mic...

I recently upgraded my old Linksys 54g w/ DDWRT that was slowly dying with a newer Base Model Airport Extreme I won on Ebay. Airport Extreme is working great and throughput is rocking so far. I do want to add a simple external HDD to the router so I can create a mini NAS to share some...

I have a question on buying a used Halo 4. Will I be able to play it online or will I have to buy an online activation code like other games are starting to do (BF3 for example). I don't play online often, but I wanted to give H4 a shot and see what I can do. I didn't want to shell out $35...

Here's the background of what happened earlier this week and what I've been tasked to do. Early this week, my company had a Town Hall meeting that was held in one location. It was an company wide meeting that all employees had to attend or watch via the Live Stream broadcast from their...

Wife is wanting to do some light phototouching on her new Mac and doesn't like the iPhoto settings and the way it takes over the photos in general. I know there was some App that Google just bought out and was making free on iOS devices and had good ratings on the OSX version as well; but I...

Didn't sell last time... ends in 3 days. price is lowered to $30 to start. http://www.ebay.com/itm/160934058681?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Old xbox RROD'ed back in April... just got my new XboxSlim and don't need this little fella anymore. worked flawlessly for me since day one. Used sparingly over the course of a year (family man with 2 little kids so I don't have that much time to play)...

So last week I ordered a new 13" MBP for the wife. Our old white MB from mid '07 is finally going down hill. I ordered a refurbed June '12 model from the apple website and had it sent to the store at Barton Creek Mall (Austin). I went to pick it up last night and when they brought the box...

So I ordered the wife a new Macbok Pro 13" last week and it should be in tomorrow. Our older Mid 07 White Macbook has been a great laptop for the past 5.5 years, but the hard drive is starting to show signs of dying. I want to try and ressurrect the Macbook with a SSD (maybe 160GB or so) and...

Greetings Fellow [H]'s. Quick run down of my situation. New Job, New Challenges. My new job is with a QAQC team where I'm replacing a guy that left about 9 months ago. Unfortunately, the guy that left did not leave any detailed information on the Test and Production servers running...

New house wasn't wired for surround sound... and we really don't watch movies like we use to now that we have 2 kiddos. My loss, your gain. http://www.ebay.com/itm/160891063013?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

So we just bought a new house about a month ago and my old trusty Linksys with DD-WRT is starting to crap out. The Linksys' range is somewhat ok, but the signal towards the back of the house is really weak ( our bedroom). After reviewing my needs, I'm leaning towards a simple Airport Express...

Ok. Really tough to ask this, but I swear on my [H]eart I've been asked to attempt this and could use some help. A family friend took his life about 10 days ago and the family is still coming to grips with everything. His brother has access to the guy's laptop and has the iPhone 4 in his...

I've got 2 Wall Mountable LCD Arms for sale. Used them a few years ago in the clinic and just don't have a need for them anymore. Asking $40.00 for each. Local pickup available here in Austin. not sure on the shipping outside of town, but if you are really interested, I can work out those...

I've got a Sony DCR-SX85 video camera with content on it. I've tried downloading the videos from the camera with both the included CD and application and using Windows Movie Maker. Problem is, I can get the video, but no audio for some reason. Does anyone have a 3rd party free app that would...

Try to figure this out for a friend of mine. She is using a photography software that has an activation key (usb key). Problem is, her kiddo hit her machine and bent the usb key and now she has trouble getting it to work in her laptop all the time.... She's asking if there is a way to copy...

I have a Win 2k3 Server with TS on it for our medical dictation software. Here's the problem: I have 10 Win machine RDC'ing into the Server to access the program. However throughout the week, I'll start to get multiple sessions per each client... ie: Nursestation 1 (session1) Nursestation...

Anyone have any experience with these switches. It's time to upgrade the office network and I'm looking at these in particular for Gigabit LAN connections. We've successfully been using the older unmanaged Power Connects for 6 yrs or so without any issues, but the clinic load for the Medical...

So last night I was playing COD:Blops and was starting one of the last levels when I had to use the restroom. I paused the game for about 3 minutes, came back and the controller was unresponsive and I had to power off the unit completely. I restarted the unit and is sat there for about 15...

Seriously.. they are announcing... the announcement. Gotta love Apple for that. Link to Story I imagine dual cameras and folder in a new iOS update. Maybe a Retina Display... Hell if they are nice enough they might drop the price of the original iPad to $199 or so and still get a few...

I've trying googling this but I'm not really getting anywhere.... I have this 3rd bedroom that's been my office / studio for the past 5 years. My Cable modem and Router are in this room with my little NAS too. Problem is... in 5-6 weeks, I'll have a little kiddo taking over the room and I'm...

I'm at about my wits end trying to install these drivers. Here's the situation: I have a Windows 2k3 server running RDCs to a medical touchscreen based system housed on the server. All machines previous to these 3 new ones are all running Windows XP SP3 with 32 bit operating systems. The...

Just wanted to get some [H] advice on this. Just got a little Samsung Go Netbook from AT&T with Win 7 Starter and wanted to get a light weight AV for it to make sure it's covered for those that might be using it on the road. It's just going to be used as a on the go-POS (point of Sale)...