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Dell Still Gets Thumbs Up
Blog Comment In the example you show the Dell has a superior processor - probably a faster hard drive (you've not quoted the speed of the compaq HDD). But I don't work for Dell and I'm not here to defend them. But I have been looking at the higher end of the...
[October 15, 2007, 22:00]
Hardware Failure - Same Problem On Two Very Different Machines
Forum Last week the machine simply gave up, everything seemed to switch on fine, the hdd's came on, the DVD drive will open, all the fans are running, BUT there is no screen activity, and the machine does not even start running the boot-up systems, so...
[December 6, 2006, 12:53]
Billionaire Backs Defendant In Landmark P2P Case
Talkback Without copious media like Music, DVD's, TV programmes and home video why would I need more that my 3GHz CPU, my 200GB HDD, Firewire, Windows XP, 1GB RAM, DVD/RW, SUrround sound speakers -- it's all driven by media.
[March 29, 2005, 17:06]
Intel SSD - Details. 32-160GB, Production In Next 30 Days, £400-ish
Blog A HDD video server capable of supporting 2000 streams can be replaced with an SSD system supporting 2400 streams, 98 percent power reduction,75 percent space reduction and 6x read performance increase.
[August 19, 2008, 19:43]
New Ubuntu Out Tomorrow
Blog Comment I tried running it from a disc and it detected most stuff pretty well but required a HDD installation to install the video card drivers. The main reasons I will have to keep windows are: Games - it's pretty much the best gaming platform especially...
[April 23, 2008, 14:02]
Power Mac G5 Rev B
Member Review I've been using my Rev B Power Mac G5 Dual 1.8GHz (2GB RAM, 160GB HDD, 256MB ATI Radeon 9800 XT, Bluetooth, 20in. AL Apple Cinema Display) for a few months now, and all I can say is WOW! This is the nicest computer I've ever owned, it's pretty much...
[September 14, 2004, 16:23]
Vista SP1 - Now Installed And Running
Blog Comment I wouldn't have expected there to be much or any difference from the transfer to a usb hdd as the bottleneck would be the drives read/write times but it doesn't explain the erratic estimated time. Glad you managed to get SP1 installed.
[March 25, 2008, 14:14]
Intel SSD - Details. 32-160GB, Production In Next 30 Days, £400-ish
Blog Comment I think the reason they focused on 5400 rpm HDDs is that is the speed selection that most closely resembles the actual speed a 7200 rpm HDD would be running at in a laptop when you add in power management of the HDDs.
[August 22, 2008, 5:24]
Nuggets: Omnibook 6000 Does Movies With Ease
News Gb HDD A glance at the specs of Hewlett-Packard's Omnibook 6000 shows that this high-end notebook is a fully functional beast of a machine. The 700MHz processor means it's certainly no slouch in the speed stakes, and the 12Gb hard drive, 128Mb RAM...
[August 18, 2000, 16:40]
Dell Admits Indian Mistake
Talkback I'm not a computer geek, but i DO know that for a simple wireless router issue, one doesnt need to format the HDD, for Gods sake! I have had incredible service since day1. My Dell laptop (inspiron 8200) broke down on the 5th day after purchase.
[August 23, 2004, 21:04]
Dell Admits Indian Mistake
Talkback I'm not a computer geek, but i DO know that for a simple wireless router issue, one doesnt need to format the HDD, for Gods sake! Comment: I have had incredible service since day1. My Dell laptop (inspiron 8200) broke down on the 5th day after...
[March 28, 2006, 6:18]
If It's Anything Like My Model 100CT It Will Be Brilliant
Member Review It is well made and quite robust, I've upgraded it to a 20 Meg HDD. I am only speaking from the experience of my Toshiba 100CT, which I have found to be excellent value. Yes it is small, the screen is difficult to see, but for portability it is...
[July 1, 2005, 9:33]
"Monster Machine! But The Screen..."
Member Review I've got the 1705Smi (3.06GHz, 120GB HDD, 512MB DD-RAM, 128MB GeForce, wireless LAN, DVD-R/RW). The specs are really impressive. The software is also superb. But firstly, I had a stuck pixel at nearly the center of the screen, and a subpixel on the...
[November 20, 2003, 13:21]
Microsoft: Set Your Systems For Vista
News Vista-capable Premium Ready Processor Modern chip (at least 800MHz) 1GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) System memory 512MB 1GB GPU DirectX 9 capable (WDDM support recommended) Runs Windows Aero Graphics memory (none...
[May 19, 2006, 10:45]
There's No Worm In Your Apple - Honest
Talkback If someone can sit down on your machine to install it - why not just steal your HDD or your computer? Why not lock your front door? Why not live in a better neighborhood? Why not go to a better school so you make more money?
[November 1, 2004, 19:55]
Dell Admits Indian Mistake
Talkback It all started from ordering a HDD Caddy from a website and the ROYAL MAIL just screwed it up. Mr. IT consultant . Referring your comment: God help you if you encounter any problems not in the script in front of the call centre employees in India.
[May 31, 2006, 15:10]
Samsung Hybrid Hard Drive Extends Laptop Battery Life
Talkback HDD hype has been cringe worthy (care of Samsung)… predictions of flash replacing HDDs have been laughable (Samsung again). By 2009 the average HDD capacity shipped is forecast to be somewhere between 200-300GB (Source: TrendFOCUS).
[May 16, 2006, 11:55]
Hardware Failure - Same Problem On Two Very Different Machines
Forum HDD (in rare cases a corrupt bootsector or bad jumper settting on a hard drive can cause certain brands of motherboards (e.g.some gigabyte boards) to not even display the bios). Hi Richard, It is very unlikely a virus - Is the only thing that got...
[December 13, 2006, 13:11]
Political Correctness Puts Disk Drives In A Spin
Talkback Maybe all HDD's over 16 should be renamed Mr.drive. We all most likely have better things to do with our time, than read these and send replies. But, it is coming to something when all people seem to want to do is rename everything, whether it is...
[November 27, 2003, 12:46]
In Web We Trust?
Blog HDD are not reliable enough (3-5 years lifetime? There is no doubt that the web has changed our lives. We are looking for information, pictures, news, music, video; we are shopping, dating, you name it.
[July 28, 2008, 18:24]
