Recent content by jspsh

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    Thinnest/lightest notebook with 14.1" or greater screen??

    T42 is the best
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    Cannot Access IBM Recovery Partition After GRUB

    That's the fix I tried. It still gives a BSOD.
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    Cannot Access IBM Recovery Partition After GRUB

    Can anyone help me with this? After creating a new partition with Partition Magic 8.0 and installing Fedora Core 3 with GRUB, I cannot boot up into the IBM Recovery partition. I searched and found that I needed to change the bootloader configs but doing so gives me a session manager BSOD upon...
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    Good NTFS Resizer

    Can anyone recommend me to a reliable NTFS Resizer that works without fault? Are there any free solutions?
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    Really weird thing happened at windows restart...

    the "foreground window" sounds like someon started the Window Accessibility's Narrator feature Start->Programs->Accessibility->Narrator
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    What's the best Linux distro for beginners?

    MEPIS is very good for beginners. It provides all the drivers and plugins needed to replace Windows XP. The only problem I had was Firefox's tendency to crash with a segmentation fault everytime I visited a multimedia heavy site.
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    linux suggestion for old hardware?

    try vector linux for the Pentium Pro 200
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    Is IBM really worth the extra money?

    I think I'll probably go with the T-series. There's a low end express model that's within my price range. (T42 2378R4U) I'll stick in at least another 256MB of RAM. From what I've read, T-series with 6 cells can last 4.5 hours. Is that true in real life?
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    Is IBM really worth the extra money?

    Well, that certainly explains why there is no mention of the cover material on the R51 specifications page.
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    Is IBM really worth the extra money?

    I'm in the market for a 4-6 pound laptop with Pentium-M and at the very least a 30GB HD. Is this IBM Thinkpad really worth the extra money? For the same price, I can get a decent HP nc6000 at eCost. ThinkPad R51(IBM Think Express Program) 2883ELU $1,034.10* Microsoft Windows XP...
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    Mac vs. Windows

    is there even anyway to spawn an unix shell in OS X? i was playing with those powerbooks at compusa and had a lot of trouble finding somewhere to run commands
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    13yr old girl to address Linux conference

    those debian people are overrating her abilities
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    Firefox Memory Usage

    Is this a common problem? Does Firefox have a memory freeing problem of any sort?
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    The best Operating System for you!

    windows 95? wth
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    Linux Distro on Notebook

    I'm thinking about wiping out my notebook HDD and installing a linux distro on it good or bad idea ?