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    Best scanning software for OS X?

    Here's another vote for VueScan from Hamrick software, www.hamrick.com. The software works with a huge variety of scanners and is incredibly feature rich. However, it's also simple enough for those interested in just obtaining a high quality scan without a huge amount of fuss. It's great for...
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    ººººº--§§§§§§§--The Freebies thread--§§§§§§§--ººººº Part 0b110 (six).

    Offers: 1. Shuttle ST61G4 barebones with matching silver Plextor 760A DC/DVD IDE Internal Burner. CLAIMED BY NEONKEVO 2. Intel '02 Socket 478 P4/2.8GHz/512/800 SL6Z5 Costa Rica Processor CLAIMED BY NEONKEVO 3. Intel '01 Socket 478 P4/2.8Ghz/512/533 SL6PF Malay Processor CLAIMED BY...
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    Magic Mouse - Yes or No [poll]

    This.
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    Why would I even consider buying an ipad, ipod or iphone?

    I get what you're saying OP, but I think that you're blaming the wrong people and being a little myopic in your perspective. You say that Apple has a fiduciary duty vis-a-vis its subcontractor's workers. Do you know what a fiduciary duty is? It is a legal duty to put the interests of...
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    Can Cdrom or Floppy cable be used as HD??

    Floppy cable -- definitely not; different pin layout CD drive cable -- the connector will fit, but the cable may not work if it's the stndard 40 strand/40 pin IDE cable and your hard drive requies the ATA 133 compliant (80-strand, 40-pin) cable. HTH
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    "What parts should I get?" Most Popular List

    Bumpkus, because this post should be at the top for a while.
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    Looking to buy new hard drive 250MB or 300MB

    Storage Review's roundup of the currrent crop of 250GB drives is located at http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200601/250_1.html
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    Bad Hard drive? 250GB showing up in bios as ~136GB

    There is a thread on this issue here. You might try some of the suggested solutions there. Good luck!