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    Write your opinion and get $10 via Paypal

    Sign up at www.propinions.com , add 5 opinions and they will send $10 to your PayPal account. The only catch is that each opinion must be at least 100 words. Of course I would be grateful if you could put vezzie in the refrral :)
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    Free cordless iron $130 value

    Can you show us the written detail for the free Car Vac ? Or did the telephone sales tells you about this?
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    Gigafast USB 802.11b Wireless FREE A/R (PCClub)

    If the symptom is random disconnections, have you try DISABLING the WIRELESS ZERO CONFIGURATION in XP?
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    FRAUD EBAY ALERT: Complex EBAY scam explained! (Reason for all those email hoaxes)

    Okay.. so we've heard many experiences about being scammed.. Can anyone suggest what's the SAFEST method if we really have to finish an oversea transaction? Some safe transactions that I can think of: 1. Using Discover One-Time number or similar. I think Discover One-Time number is pretty...
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    Creative Labs Sound Blaster Extigy $74.94 Audigy $94.99 AR @ Amazon

    They give the rebate because they just released Extigy NX series. :) YEs, extigy is same class as Audigy (based on USB1.1). And their latest NX series are in the same class as Audigy2 (Based on USB2.0)
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    Warm? NEC 4x +/- DVDRW 175 Shipped no rebate no pricematch

    How fast does it take for a 4x Drive to burn a Full DVD? Will it burn cdr too?
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    Extigy $70 shipped AR

    Do you think they will release Extigy 2 anytime soon? (Since Audigy 2 is out already)
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    wireless router choices and questions

    Why don't you count NetGear mr314 in? Good enough you know.. Take a look at this Comparison. Sorry it's a Google Cache. Last time I tried, the website won't open.
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    RAID in Notebook PCs

    Just forwarding glugglug's Opinion from similar thread in Highly Technical forum: Originally posted by: glugglug you can get SCSI externals easily enough... but then you are defeating the purpose of having a laptop no? USB 2.0/firewire drives don't approach the speed of ATA even though they...
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    RAID in Notebook PCs -HT

    I don't mean to post a duplicate thread, but at first I really don't know which forums should this subject belongs to. So I post it here and the General Hardware forum. I think this subject could be considered as "Highly Technical" since not many ComputerUser done this before. One interesting...
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    RAID in Notebook PCs

    I am using IBM Travelstar 40gnx 40Gb @ 5400rpm. I believe that is the fastest laptop HDD so far according to this benchmark.. Thanks for the replies so far. Please keep the comments coming as I believe It could help other members too in the future.
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    The name(s) of your PC(s) ?

    2.4Ghz AthlonXP Desktop : Time Waster 2.0Ghz Mobile P4 Laptop : Head-Acher :P
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    RAID in Notebook PCs

    I used to work with one powerful desktop for all my computing needs. But due to a lot of field-trip study, I decided to switch for a laptop. So far I didn't feel any significant speed decrease switching from AthlonXP 2Ghz -to-> Mobile Pentium 4 1.9Ghz; But I really miss the fast transfer rate...
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    How Much Memory is Enough

    For Win2k: 256Mb is enough For WinXP: I'll vote for 512! Trust me... peace of mind... If you think you're gonna install multiple OS (Virtual PCs), crank it up to 1,024Mb.
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    Yet another question on the ideal RAID stripe size

    Once I read from a site that says 16k performs better (I set mine to it, and no performance problem so far). But I forgot what the site is, he actually compare and benchmarked all the results. I'll post a follow up once I found it back..