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    Need Help Choosing a Notebook

    Any thoughts ? ?
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    Need Help Choosing a Notebook

    Thanks for the reply, but my budget wont allow much streching. And by reliable i meant mainly the good brand reliability, cos i heard Acer is not that well built. So out of those three whats better ?
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    Need Help Choosing a Notebook

    I am looking to buy a reliable Notebook mainly for; Image editing (PS Cs4 usually), some 3D Modeling (SolidWorks & AutoCAD ) then for some casual gaming (mostly racing type - ex Dirt,Grid..) and usual work. so far im interested in : Asus A52JR-X1 core i5 430M ATI Mobility Radeon HD...
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    Wifi adapters, USB or PCI ??

    thx for all the replies, maybe i'll try to find a wireless router then. i was considering these as temporary and cheap alternatives. well i'm going to use a nokia wifi enabled phone, which usually can be used in a normal wifi network as well.
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    Wifi adapters, USB or PCI ??

    thx for the reply, so what about usb ones ? are they worthless at all ? btw will there be any change if i go for a brand like D-link ?
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    Wifi adapters, USB or PCI ??

    Im pretty new to wifi networks, all your ideas are valuable :) [i have internet connection to my main pc through a wired 4port LAN router ] I'm looking for a cheap wifi adapter to be used for following (range is not that important, i'll use it inside the room and v closer. speed wise...
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    Online shop with worldwide shipping (for pc hardware stuff) ?

    As said only its hard to find online shopping webs (pc accessories like networking stuff, storage devices .....) that ships to Sri Lanka. Its much better if worldwide free shipping available. so i would like to know if any of you knows any good & trustable site that ships here ( any...
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    SATA to IDE convertors, Bootable ??

    My Mobo dont support a Sata drive, but i got a Sata hard disk. so i need the Sata Hd be converted to IDE. I see lots of convertors. But the prob is it should work as my main (and only) Hard disk, so it should be bootable,reliable and can install OS's to it. I tried a SATA->USB 2.0...
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    Help for SATA 150 ! Any hardware guru pleeese Help

    I tried a SATA->usb2.0 convertor. It identified as a hard @ bios but strange thing was windows setup said it's partitions cannot be used to install windows. But it works perfectly as just a mass storage within Windows(as a normal hard disk, without OS installed to itself) So i'm thinking to...
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    Help for SATA 150 ! Any hardware guru pleeese Help

    No i couldnt find any such setting. and its strange if there is such setting to make it read only no? By searching more in the net i found via vt8237 has problems with SATA II drivers running at 150 speeds. So anyway I might have these options with this HD, what do you think best for me...
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    Help for SATA 150 ! Any hardware guru pleeese Help

    Another strange thing happened, i tried it on a eSATA card of a friends machine, it worked ok. i made a partition and copied few files. Then i connected it back to my pc and in windows it showed the new partition and the files. The files were working and i could copy them to my IDE hard. But...
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    Help for SATA 150 ! Any hardware guru pleeese Help

    First of all this is a bit old P4 machine, i'm trying to give maximum details as it will help you to understand the situation: P4 prescott 2.4ghz Asus P4 V8x-x mobo (only supports sata150) (VIA VT8237 chipset) 768MB Ram Asus Radeon 9800xt Maxtor 80 GB IDE (works fine) Maxtor 250GB...
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    Windows (Vista) 32bit and 64bit programs/softwares

    I want to know is there anything as 32bit or 64 bit only programs/softwares other than OS? The thing is i am going to install 64bit OS to pc. If i do that will there be any problem installing programs that worked under 32bit? Can i use any program i previously worked with in the 32bit...
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    Driver Installation problem in Toshiba P200 laptop win xp

    Yes i know that this Toshiba Satellite P200 PSPB6C RT7 Laptop originally comes with windows vista pre-installed, but i really want to use windows xp. Toshiba doesnt give most drivers for windows xp. i tried getting drivers through windows update, but it only updated LAN driver. these are...