Recent content by jaiello

I have two Synology NAS systems and I use them for my Time Machine backups for three MAC systems and they work great. I actually have it set up so that the Macs alternate between the two NAS systems on each backup. Very slick. If you already have the Synology you need to enable the Time...

Tough sell at $350 considering the memory configuration. I sold a 3rd Gen iPad with 64GB and ATT 4G for $325 yesterday. Best I could get on the Bay.

My Mini and my MBP are both new so this will be my first upgrade to them. I am just going to upgrade the OS rather then do a clean install because of how simple and easy I anticipate it to be. If I had owned these for a while I would probably go the clean install route.

I have used many. I thought that the Buffalo was the best until I got a Synology. I have a 212+ and a 712+ with WD Red drives in them. Can't beat these NAS units. Yes they are a bit pricy but when I stopped to figure what I have on these drives it's well worth the expense.

I thought that the Red was best for a RAID system only and that there would be no tangible benefit to having Red over green in a single drive scenario?

I use Synology in my home and could not be happier. The user interface is super easy to use and the features are excellent. I never tried the QNAP but can't imagine being any happier than I am with the Synology box. I have two 212+ and a 712+ and I use the Western Digital Red 3TB drives in them.

I have 2 Air Port Extremes sitting here on the floor because they just flat do not work in my environment. I have two Linksys boxes that work great. YMMV.

Stay away from 16 port switches that do not have fans. When a 16 port switch is fully loaded the heat that is generated can over time cause the unit to fail. I had a Netgear 16 port switch fail because of the heat and replaced it with a 24 port Netgear switch with a fan and the unit runs very...

Anyone try these yet?

The OP is corrct though. His question is about how to deal with his Cable Company. It is unlikley that he will get someone knowledgable enough to help him on the first try. You guys are all trying to fix his problem without understanding the question. His question is how do I deal with my...

Acronis is the way to go. They have a cloning feature that I have used many times without any adverse effects. Just bear in mind that Win7 and Office will have to be reactivated but that should not be a big issue for you.

I don't think the sparks came from the PS. I think that the compressed air somehow caused the problem to occur but for the life of me I can explain why.

Last night I took a computer out of my equipment closet so I could install Ubuntu 11.10 on it. I opened it up to make sure that everything was there and used some compressed air to blow out the dust. I plugged it in and sparks flew. There was a series of sparks and loud pops and the smell of...

I am running this same board with no issues. None. Different memory (Corsair Rampage) but who knows. I love the board.

For me it was my ATI drivers that had been uninstalled by Drive Sweeper. I followed the instructions I found here and re-installed Drive Sweeper and restored the backup of the deleted files and then SP1 installed with no issues. Of course after that I had to uninstall and reinstall my Catalyst...