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    Kids taller than parents

    I'm guessing that the kids also have a bigger shoe size than their parents?
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    Altec Lansing MX6021 or Logitech Z623?

    Aren't the above couple sets of speakers not good for my needs? If not, what other models should I look for?
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    Altec Lansing MX6021 or Logitech Z623?

    I'm looking for a new set of speakers--either, 2.0 or 2.1. The sound card is whatever comes integrated with the mobo and all I listen to is mp3 songs, Youtube, divx files, movies, Internet radios, and the like. The speakers will be positioned over a table on the sides of my 16:9 computer...
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    Help me get a printer. Need advice.

    Just curious, does the driver for this HP printer have any significant bugs?
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    Inkjet printer that lasts long without printing

    Update: I already bought the above printer, Epson Stylus NX625 All-in-One Printer, and I'm rather happy with it. The driver was really easy to install on a Win7 32-bit machine and said driver consumes much less system resources on stanby than the previous driver for an HP printer did. Also...
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    Inkjet printer that lasts long without printing

    Thank you for your advice! I've found this printer: Epson Stylus NX625 All-in-One Printer Which has XL ink cartridges, the black one is rated at 945 pages while the color ones are rated at 755 pages. That should make for cheap prints even using genuine Epson ink cartridges. All the online...
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    Inkjet printer that lasts long without printing

    I do not need photo printing, but as long as I can print images in color and bits of text in color I will be alright (budgets, sketches, diagrams, etc.). Let's say I need a color printer 40% of the time, while the other 60% is B&W only. Eventually, I've been browsing the user manuals for...
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    Inkjet printer that lasts long without printing

    Now that's interesting! I was considering those inkjet Brothers with their high-capacity ink tanks as well. Particularily, I was looking at this two models: Brother DCP-J725DW: A4-size, with 600 A4-page ink tanks, and WiFi. Brother MFC-5890CN: prints up to A3 size, scans up to A4 size, 900...
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    Inkjet printer that lasts long without printing

    Thank you for your advice! :) One more thought, should I perhaps invest on a color, laser, multi-function printer? I do not know how much they cost nor what the cost of the replacements are when it comes to color laser printers.
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    Inkjet printer that lasts long without printing

    I want to replace my old all-in-one color inkjet HP printer--which happens to have a bug in its driver (where some lines of text are printed bolder than others)-- with the following setup: A b&w, multi-function, laser printer to choose from this two Brother printers: DCP-7060D or DCP-7065DN (I...
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    Beginner options?

    I found this Introduction to Computer Science course very interesting: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-fall-2008/ It's done with Python plus a bit of matplotlib. I've enjoyed every bit of this course...
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    Python GUI experts

    Hoping not to hijack this thread: I've never done an GUI, but I'd like to be able to set up some simple interfaces as the front end for some utility tools of my own, how do PyQt and Tk compare? I guess I'm going to need something easy to learn with plenty of documentation and examples. Once...
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    Hopefully not the typical "I want to program" thread...

    Thank you for your advice, but I preffer to learn something else given the amount of time that has elapsed since the last time I coded in Basic. Python looks very interesting so I'll be delving into that for a while. I'm sure Python has to have some shortcomings or downsides compared to other...
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    Hopefully not the typical "I want to program" thread...

    Thank you, Sir! For now, I'll be doing this introductory course so I can remember what I used to do back in the day: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-fall-2008/index.htm This course uses the 2.x series...
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    Hopefully not the typical "I want to program" thread...

    I'll be going with the 3.x series then, thank you! :)
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    Hopefully not the typical "I want to program" thread...

    I found out there's too stable releases of Python: 2.7.2 and 3.2.1. I guess I'll be going with 2.7.2 just to make sure I have more learning materials available to me. Is this the correct choice? If I go with the 2.7.2 release, will it be a problem moving to the newer version in the future?
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    Hopefully not the typical "I want to program" thread...

    Thank you guys for all your enlightening words, your discussions certainly help me frame what I want to do. I guess Python would be my #1 choice, but since you're discussing C (C++ looks way complicated for me right now--it's advanced programming concepts) as well, I'd like to ask you...
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    Hopefully not the typical "I want to program" thread...

    Thank you for your advice guys! :) I've actually done a bit of googling and the two languages that seem to appeal to me the most are Python and C. Being C# in a distant third place. Developing in C seems very complicated for a hobbist since it seems to need libraries for many things (I can be...
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    Hopefully not the typical "I want to program" thread...

    ...because that's not my question. Well, at least not exactly. I graduated about ten years ago with a college degree not related in any way to computer sciences (most of the courses were related to microbiology in some way or another). My job has nothing to do with programming computers and a...
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    Language geeks - Latin, French, German, Ancient Greek, Irish

    While I don't know Rosetta Stone, I second using the Internet for an immersive experience (written media, online talk radio, chatting, penpals, forums, blogs, instant messengers, social websites, etc.).
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    NON-gaming Logitech Illuminated Keyboard, any better?

    That's seems like a feasible alternative, thank you for your suggestion! :) Do you have any complains about the macro keys for non-gaming use?
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    NON-gaming Logitech Illuminated Keyboard, any better?

    Thank you for your review and I'm happy to hear that your issue with this keyboard has been solved. Just one more question, how do you compare the feeling of your Logitech Illuminated keyboard to that of any other desktop keyboard? As I understand it, the Illuminated uses laptop keys (scissor...
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    Keyboard for 16:9 monitor

    Thank you for your answers, they're very useful to me! :) The idea of a detachable number pad that can be mounted on both sides of the keyboard is great and I like to have some basic multimedia keys (calculator, play/pause, e-mail, etc.). But this MS SideWinder X6 seems gamer oriented instead...
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    Keyboard for 16:9 monitor

    After reading this: General Layout Issues http://www.pcguide.com/ref/kb/layout/gen.htm And this: Notebook Keyboards http://www.pcguide.com/ref/kb/layout/nonNote-c.html I preffer to avoid compact keyboards for general use computers. On the other hand, I'm still considering a full size...
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    Keyboard for 16:9 monitor

    I tend to think that those old keyboards have better thought out layouts than many more modern designs.
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    Keyboard for 16:9 monitor

    I was discussing compact keyboards on this post. This post had too many pictures, so I deleted them in favor of readability and speed of loading. I hope this is within the rules of this forum.
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    Keyboard for 16:9 monitor

    I was discussing compact keyboards on this post. This post had too many pictures, so I deleted them in favor of readability and speed of loading. I hope this is within the rules of this forum.
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    Keyboard for 16:9 monitor

    This keyboard could be an option if it wasn't so expensive: http://www.fentek-ind.com/modular.htm It doesn't have any multimedia keys and I have no experience using the cursor keys and number pad on the left side, so I don't know whether I'd get used to it. At $99 it is not a risk I can...
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    Keyboard for 16:9 monitor

    I was discussing compact keyboards on this post. This post had too many pictures, so I deleted them in favor of readability and speed of loading. I hope this is within the rules of this forum.
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    Keyboard for 16:9 monitor

    I recently got this keyboard: It works great, but the number pad on the right makes the use of the mouse a bit uncomfortable since I have to stretch my arm to the right. I'd preffer to have the mouse close to 12 o'clock instead of near 2 o'clock. Thus, I'm trying to find an affordable...
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    NON-gaming Logitech Illuminated Keyboard, any better?

    Thank you again, Corkyg! :) I rang the store I got my previous keyboard from and they're sending me a brand new Logitech keyboard for just $10--as it was still covered by the warranty. It's a cheap model with some multimedia keys, but I'm sure it'll be like night and day from my current...
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    NON-gaming Logitech Illuminated Keyboard, any better?

    Thank you very much, Corkyg! :) The layout looks like it can be clearly seen with the illumination turned off, that's great! It seems like the palm rest on the Logitech keyboard was a bit too small for your hands? Do you think it's a good one for large hands? My current keyboard has tall...
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    NON-gaming Logitech Illuminated Keyboard, any better?

    I've just discovered the Saitek Slim keyboard, apparently it's something similar to the Apple keyboard, but for the PC architecture. I've heard a lot of positive comments about that style of keyboard, but I don't know whether that was for the looks or the functionality. Could you guys, please...
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    NON-gaming Logitech Illuminated Keyboard, any better?

    Does anyone know how the Logitech Illuminated keyboard compares to the Mad Catz Eclipse Slimline keyboard? Picture: Link: http://www.eclipsetouch.com/slimkey.htm#img/slim/slim2.jpg I have the hunch that the Logitech Illuminated keyboard is of a superior quality, but I'd preffer to have...
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    NON-gaming Logitech Illuminated Keyboard, any better?

    Ouch, I thought it was off. If it's not too much of a hassle, could you please take another picture of your keyboard with the illumination turned off?
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    NON-gaming Logitech Illuminated Keyboard, any better?

    Thank you Beebu and Corkyg for reporting back! :) Corkyg, I see now thanks to your picture that the layout of the keys can be clearly seen with the illumination turned off. Good! :) One more question about this Logitech Illuminated keyboard, if the computer goes to sleep with the...
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    NON-gaming Logitech Illuminated Keyboard, any better?

    There seems to be a good review of the Logitech Illuminated Keyboard on here: http://www.tamurajones.net/LogitechIlluminatedKeyboard.xhtml Apparently, it is a very solid keyboard with a great typing experience, but as the reviewer said there's way better multimedia keyboards out there and it...
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    NON-gaming Logitech Illuminated Keyboard, any better?

    I use my computer for: Word, Excel, Photoshop Elements, DivX, web, e-mail, IM, Google Earth, etc. and NO games. My current keyboard is a an PS2 multimedia keyboard model "Ixium SYNC Multimedia Keyboard" as it can be seen on here...
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    Is it worth going from a 22” to a 25” monitor, always at 1920x1080?

    Having more resolution available means I can get more things side by side on the screen. But would any of those resolutions at 27" make text [fonts] look smaller or larger than with a resolution of 1920x1080 on a 22" monitor? As I get it 96 dpi fonts will continue to be the standard in the near...
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    Is it worth going from a 22” to a 25” monitor, always at 1920x1080?

    Thank you for all your advice, I appreciate it much! :) I don't need to replace my monitor "right now" so I can wait a bit if that means a much better price, a better quality panel, or a newer technology. Raswam, you're using a 27" monitor at 1920x1080, right? If so, what is the distance...