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signifigantly better? no. it will be only marginally better; performance advantages will become more visible as you scale up more ide devices (multiple ide harddrives, multiple cd-roms/cd-rs), more concurrent applications, and moving of large files. complex

yes. i think the limit of one 802.11b access point is something like 150 users. performace will degrade gradually up to that point, but you need lots of users. i myself have never experienced it, although i've only seen up to 50 users connected to one access point. complex

all these trading computers are quite overpriced. they offer the 191t for 699?!? newegg offers it for 659. the ram is 45 per 256mb while you can get it from crucial for 36. if every part of the computer is marked up (even over retail prices!) then you can imagine how much they're making...

never used it, but: http://www.ekimsw.com/lcdtest/ complex

i personally would be ok trading on a cable modem, even shared among 4 or 5 people, as long as it was price-appropriate and had a history of dependability. for example, my home cable modem is very reliable, going down only once in almost two years. however, if i was going to be paying a...

the BART is the bay area rapid transport, the subway in the bay area. he is in california. complex

longshot: very nice! good links. as for throughput, you should have no problem. i run my home desktop pc on wireless, 24/7. i can download things at about 350 kilobytes/second, which is maxing out my cable modem. latency, i think it will add approx. 5-10 milliseconds, which is negligible. (my...

the popular matrox millennium g450 comes in a pci version. you may want to just add a dual head pci card to your current system, leaving the current agp card alone. there is no motherboard that i know of that has multiple agp slots. i think because of how the agp slot access memory and...

the manufacturers generally will not allow an lcd out into the marketplace with more than 8 burned out pixels. these may be a mix of different types of defects, either stuck on (white, red, green, or blue) or stuck off and thus black. any more than this and they junk it. now, as for the...

just found a link to the mr814 at a great price. http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10328497 complex

i would recommend a netgear router, either the MR314 or the MR814. With rebates and/or sales they can be about 60 or 70 dollars, new. I have the MR314 and it is very easy to use, and quite popular (second only to Linksys, I think), so finding help from other users is very easy. as for...

as opposed to pricewatch, i would recommend www.ibuyer.net. i've found that a lot of the 'bottomfeeder' companies just cruise pricewatch, undercutting the other guys' lowest price, then get you with shipping, or some other random 'add-on cost'. the retailers on ibuyer.net seem to be a lot more...

bobcathy has the best idea. prefer natural light, then incandescent, then halogen (dimmable, preferably. this is the one advantage of halogen lamps: most are dimmable), then fluorescent. never right over the screen, or reflecting off the screen. i'll presume you meant fluorescent in the...

to find out what services commonly run run on what ports, check out http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers in order to tect your computer, you may want to try www.grc.com and running shields up (note: mr. steve gibson, the owner of that site, likes to use lots of exclaimation points...

rearden: dual processors, i've found, usually don't help trading apps. however, as a test, try loading up all the software you normally use and see if the cpu ramps up and stays above 75 for most of the time. it probably won't. but if it does than dual procs might help you. still, it won't help...

spectacular link! i'm studying for my series 7, i already have my a+ certification and 6 years IT experience, and i'm near nyc. many thanks. complex

in short, dual channel is almost totally good. dual channel means that the motherboard has a second, dual path to the memory, or ram. this increase in memory bandwidth is advantageous for most every application, in particular when used with a faster processor and when lots of ram is needed...

i've never used either of those modems personally (verizon used either efficient, westell, of 3com modems), but i've researched the possibilities. the 675 is cap only. it can never be flashed to support dmt. the 678 can be flashed to support either dmt or cap. the step-by-step instructions...

as i said before, you need to read the blurb on the page i gave you. it says that some a31 models have video in. i've done further research and found exactly what you are looking for. go to www.thinkpad.com and then click on A series, at the bottom. then click 'view all models' and then...

not all dsl modems are created equal. there are different standards, and different types. your dsl modem may be CAP or DTM. if you have hdsl or idsl you may have a special modem. what type of modem is in your computer now? also, it may or may not be obvious, but you won't be able to have...