Recent content by jrocks84

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    Difficult Combo: Looking for laptop with numpad and high quality display

    Look at the Asus U500. 15" with a 1080p IPS display and a numpad.
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    Anybody have a 6th grader?

    I'm in University now, so not that... far past the days of grade school. Pretty much the only way you were allowed to use an electronic device in class was if you had a disability that required it.
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    Unauthorized network card

    Lenovo white-lists network cards in their Bios. There are bios's floating around the internet which remove that limit.
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    Z77 Mobos with Thunderbolt: Will they connect to the iPhone 5?

    Nope... Lightning has nothing to do with Thunderbolt despite it's confusingly similar name.
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    Holy netbook junkware!

    Not as bad as Toshiba. One of my friend's laptops came with literally pages of bloatware!
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    What's the big deal with FlexView ThinkPads??

    The primary difference IMO are the vertical viewing angles. Colors become darker and washed out quickly with TN panels, but don't with IPS.
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    which SSD to get, Intel SSD 120Gb 520/330 or Vertex 4 ???

    330 is better for most people because it's unlikely that you will be able to tell the difference in real world usage, but if you demand the absolute best, then 520.
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    which SSD to get, Intel SSD 120Gb 520/330 or Vertex 4 ???

    Intel. They are the only ones with reliable Sandforce SSDs. Edit: You should also look into the Crucial M4 and Samsung 830 because they are good and reliable too.
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    When you write down a phone number, do you space out the numbers with a - or a dot?

    That some people used periods is news to me.
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    Why Quadro 3000M is 300$ more than AMD M8900 on Precision M6600?

    I believe NVIDIA charges far more for their workstation cards than AMD does, mainly because they have a better reputation for performance and compatibility in that field (whether or not it is actually true is up for debate).
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    think i have reached the max of ichr10

    I do believe I saw someone say that there was a bandwidth limit of around 600 MB/s for the ICH10R, which is in line with what you are seeing.
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    Help choosing between these laptops

    This isn't a gaming laptop.
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    lga 1366 CPU, need MB that works with vertex 3ssd

    Replace the SSD, not the motherboard. Those non-Intel Sandforce SSDs are very unreliable.
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    Dell XPS 13 - Ultrabook that looks like they've almost got it right

    Well... as much as I hate to say it, hopefully Apple will use IPS displays in the future Macbook Pro refresh. Then maybe they'll set off the same display spec war we see going on now in phones/tablets.
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    HP Envy vs Macbook air vs macbook pro

    They have a light which shines on the keyboard. It seems to be personal taste which people prefer.