Recent content by macosx

Anyone call for details? I checked edmunds and found there's a 1000 rebate on Corollas. Their TMV (estimated street price) is 12900, or 2000 more than the advertised price here. That's on an '07 model. It's possible a dealer has an older '06 or even an '07 model that has been used by the...

Nice deal for a toy or regular use item, but be careful if you plan to use these type of cranked devices for an emergency. Some contain a hidden rechargeable battery (which may explain your surprising run time), and fully charging that battery may take longer than 1 minute of cranking. You might...

Well, mine can do 200 spp! Beat that!

What's your application? If it meets your needs, it might be ok, but these cards are being phased out. About the same price per MB as the SanDisk Extreme® IV CompactFlash® 8GB SDCFX3-8192 List Price: $559.99. The new cards are LOTS FASTER. I'd expect the Extreme card is faster than the...

quote: My Maxtor hard drive just crashed after about 1.5 years. Out of waranty :-( Not buying more Maxtor drives anymore.

It's time to cancel DSL and get Cable! While you're at it, sign up for Cable VOIP or Vonage and cancel your local telephone. Not all will find this setup ideal, but if enough people jump ship, they'll reconsider. When you look at the total cost of Cable versus DSL, once you factor local...

Signed up. Looks interesting, but I started getting tons of spam, even before I used or gave out the address. On the default settings, the spam blocker is POOR! You have to use the white/black lists and sender confirmation feature to get rid of spam.

Here's a question: bitch (1) or dog (3)?

Looked around, but his company seems to be a little young to have made the ratings. Still, based on the some of the details I've seen, it appears that they have a bona fide business plan and I wish them luck. I'm considering throwing my $10 in the hat on this one, though the plan seems somewhat...

Actually, that's exactly my point. Support is usually the last thing some of these companies consider, but probably one of the most important things to a customer, next to functional performance. I'm sure my calculations and estimates are not accurate, but it's easy to see that it's not...

Another company that competes in the same price point and has received good reviews (do a search) is hostpc.com. Like the other fellow, I've had an account on hostpc for half a year now, and I'm nowhere near the limit. How they do it is simple: automation. Everything is virtually just a program...

I got my Seagate rebates after 3 long months. Have not received Hitachi rebates for 2 prior purchases yet, one from over a year ago. That drive crashed and they're refusing to replace it under warranty because it expired a year and a month after purchase.

I've had two Dell hard drive failures in 2 years. The first one was a month after the original 1 year warranty on the laptop ended, so the didn't cover it. The replacement failed a year later. Found out the replacement only carries a 90 day warranty. Most hard drive manufacturers warranty for up...

If you're looking for a good computer chair, this is one you have to look into

Me too. But I just did a back of the napkin calculation and I think that's going to be a challenge. The current 1024x768x16=12.58 mbits, and at 100% theoretical (50-80% is more reasonable, not to mention keyboad, mouse, hard drive/cd-rom, and other usb devices in use simultaneously that also...