Recent content by raduga

The 3Gbps figure is because it's a Serial-ATA (SATA 2) drive. I googled "Biostar n4sli-a9" and quickly found that it has 4 SATA ports, so you're good to go. They might be SATA 1 (1.5Gbps), but that doesn't matter at this moment in time. Almost no hard drives really push the 1.5Gbps limit except...

This is really the right question, IMHO. It makes more sense to me to have a specific forum for storage issues. Sure, storage is usually seen as the most boring component of all, but there's still a lot to discuss. Furthermore there are going to be a lot of interesting new technologies...

And how long does AS last when it's "installed" on the chip?

I'm primarily a Linux user. For the past few years at home I've gotten by with my Mac, but I'm building a Windows gaming rig now that will serve as my primary home desktop. I'm kinda hoping to run Vista or XP with VMware, and run Linux in the VM. Is anyone doing this? Do Vista and VMware...

This is kind of a hugely important topic. Y'know... hard drives and stuff.

Creating aliases is a little bit different depending on the shell you're using. But basically, try 'man alias'. You can say: alias rm='rm -i'

That seems like a really low price to pay for the single most important part on your car. Kinda like paying for discount airbags. I would definitely check www.tirerack.com for ratings before purchasing any tire. That said, they could be perfectly good tires. When do we find out which model?