Recent content by acid16

No, you're right... I guess what I meant to say was, a time before internet was really popular and common, or the modern version of the "PC". I am talking mostly about the time I grew up, early 90's etc. My first computer actually was a mac... in like 1989. No internet or anything, but I played...

So I thought I'd make a thread here for people to talk about their first computer system they ever owned, but with a caveat to make it interesting. When you talk about your first computer system, you also need to say one embarrassing or stupid thing you did involving either building the...

Further to my last post, I just found the following info buried in the dell Q&A: "As it turns out, the U2312hm does not have the DP port "out", which is necessary to daisy chain the monitors. You could go with the alternative of a DP hub, or choose a different monitor. I would highly...

I've almost definitely settled on the Dell Ultrasharp U2312HM monitors. Anyone have experience with these? They seem to have everything I desire: PROS - 1920x1080 - IPS - No integrated speakers (pro for me, as I plan to have external speakers) - A pretty thin bezel (according to reviews)...

Thanks for all the detailed replies. I am just going to address my initial list with new info I have gathered from this thread/online research 1) 60hz IPS or 120hz TN? I am definitely eliminating 120hz. I don't plan to use 3d, and eyefinity is unlikely to exceed 60fps, plus I had no idea how...

Disclaimer: I haven't posted on here since 2003... that's 11 years. I have fallen out of the loop, so please forgive me if I sound incredibly stupid. It's nice to be back here though. I have decided to build a 3x1 triple monitor gaming setup that will use eyefinity. Thus far the learning...

Thanks thorin..... Here are somemore good ones! http://www.canadacomputers.com (Ontario) http://www.bigfootcomputers.com (Ontario)

Everything has a MTBF..... EVERYTHING. Nothing in the world lasts forever (i'm sure some would debate this, talking about the universe or some crap, but were talking about computer parts here!). MTBF = Mean time before failure. Even motherboards get old and need to go to motherboard heaven...

I think it's about time to start a comprehensive list of stores inside Canada, and ones that ship to Canada. I've spent a great deal of time looking for ones that ship to Canada... i'll start off the list with a few of them. If you find one not on the list, add it and i'll check it out and...

This will make you feel better

Does anyone know why when getting something shipped accross the border from canada, I will get charged 7% GST and 8% PST? This is what i've heard. How does this work?...... how do they know how much the stuff inside the package is worth (officially) and who collects these taxes? ... I dont...

Go to Dairy Queen. They char grill all their burgers. They are 100% beef and freshly made always. that's why you gotta wait in the drive thru for 10 minutes at dairy queen, but it's worth it. If you want your stuff fresh at mcd's, then just ask for certain stuff. I always get big extras with...

Just another question while on this topic. Running two S-ATA drives in Raid 0......... it's best to have each of them as master drives, and then run the 2 cd-roms as slaves, correct?

The biggest reason to go with S-ATA is 10,000RPM drives will soon become a standard. The days of 7200RPM are over. Give it 2 years and NO ONE will be manufacturing them anymore (except for laptops and maybe for people like E-Machines or some crap). If you have no use for 10k rpm, then go with...