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    First laptop purchase for engineering/software development/small business

    Hey, I am finding myself in need of a notebook. I've never owned one before as everywhere I go has had a desktop handy, but now I'm finding it more common to work in laboratory environments and otherwise away from home. This is what I need: * Reasonably powerful CPU - I use everything...
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    How to delete W7 RC1 files after W7 install?

    Okay, so my current computer is running Windows 7 Professional (x64), installed to my C drive. Previously, I had it set up so that WinXP Pro was installed on C, and then I had installed the Windows 7 RC1 on a separate drive, drive E. This was set up as a dual boot. I'm sure I made a mistake...
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    Planning storage config for new build - advice

    In about May or June I will be building a new PC around SNB. I want to totally revamp my very aged storage config, which consists of 3 HDDs, two of which are over 4 years old. I may retain one of the drives which is a ST3640323AS (Seagate 640Gb) for data backup if I can find a good 5.25...
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    Best <$200 "holdover" GPU?

    I currently have a 9600GT which is really starting to feel inadequate for some of the new games I've acquired over christmas (woohoo!). I want to upgrade, but here's the deal. I will be building a ground-up new PC around June as a college graduation present (from me, to me). That will be a...
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    Software for custom startup profile

    I am looking for a piece of software which I had previously had installed on a different computer. Basically, the program allowed one to create a startup profile that would only launch certain windows services and programs. You could run it from a regular windows startup, and it would...