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If it makes you feel better, I have a brother in Wyoming who is on a 28 kbps dial up and that's the best available in that market. Talk about dino-tech!

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FYI: One of the issues in that warranty extension program is black screen on certain HP/ Compaq laptops.

Looks like my powerboost went away. For more then a year it measured 18 mbps from home to Chicago & New York. I have noticed slower downloads over the past couple months, and with the economy doing what it's doing, it would not surprise me to see Comcast slowing things down. It's still the...

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (3.00GHz/1333MHz/2X4MB L2) and Dual 256MB PCIe x16 nVidia NVS 290, Dual Monitor DVI Capable ...is my advice. I run the QX6850 and if I bought GPU's today I would buy the NVS cards.

Does this answer your inquiry? http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=127120

I have no interest in Nvidia and to the best of my knowledge and belief, neither does gnome. When I needed to know what cards to use, I was told to come here and find gnome as he is the expert on gpu's for trading and I was sold in the quadro card. That's how I came across this venue and I enjoy...

I did it last summer, drove an RV from south Florida to Grand Canyon (south rim in AZ) then on to Las Vegas, spending a month in each place, with a laptop and wireless broadband. In an urban area it works seemlessly. You can literally drive down the highway and trade, use e-mail, etc. You...

Listen to gnome and buy the quadro card for trading. There are lots of reasons to: Quality Value Size (fits single x16 slot) Heat Sucess (best card for trading)

I live in hurricane alley as well as the severe thunderstorm capital of the world, so what you hear from me may not be necessary for you, but here's what I have and why, and I never miss a tick: 60 amps 120vac (3x20 amp circuits) of power behind my trading desk. One circuit is dedicated...

The disc can't walk and chew gum at the same time. If you only have one disc, then that's all you have to work with and you can have Page File, but it's not going to have the performance otherwise if you had 2 hdd's.

My OS and all program files are on my C:/ drive. If your C:/ drive is 50gb, you will very likely never fill it as long as you keep storage off that drive. All of my storage is on my D:/ drive. This has music, videos, pics, docs, everything anyone would save to a local disc. Going on 8 years...

Definitely agree on the "form follows function" as they say in architecture (of buildings). I advise the grandparents and non-power users who want e-mail and google to buy the $299 dell special. But for engineers, traders, etc. I honestly do not know of a company that makes a decent system at a...

Always always always in any transaction where you are the buyer, remember the money is in your pocket (or account or custody of some sort) and you are in complete control. Do not hesitate to say repeatedly "well that would be a deal breaker. I can't have that." and see how fast they change their...

re charging more for xp then for vista when vista is "standard" on the product they are selling, the first rule of business 101 - How much do you charge for what you are selling? Answer As much as you can get. If they can get $50 out of you, they're going to. If they thought they could get...

thanks to everone on the risks and benefits of doing an iso of current hdd vs streamlining. I think i'll do both as time is available. Great ideas. thanks!

Question: What's the difference between doing all that work (the slipstream) and just making an iso of my C:/ drive as it exists today? It seems to me that the drive as it exists today would serve me better because it has so many more programs on it that I will want if it becomes necessary...

Sweet. I'll be working on that one over the weekend. Thanks!

No, but close. The QX6850 was $1,195 when I bought it. I got a full ATX case w/ 2x240mm fans. 2xAsus DVD+/-RW lightscribe drives, 2x(2x2gb) OCZ plat DDR3 1333 ram, EVGA 8800 ultra, 5xSeagate ES series 250gb HDD's, Asus P5K64WS DDR3 1333fsb mobo w/ PCIeX16 times 4, 950 power, and a 19 in 1 card...

I used newegg to get my parts. I had priced out the system I wanted (a DDR3 1333fsb system with Intel QX6850 the day that cpu came out) and the price was around $10k from the major cpu manufacturers (Dell still does not sell DDR3 systems). I spent $3,500 and today coulld build that system again...