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    Laser Printer that is refill friendly

    I'm looking into a monochrome laser printer that costs around $150(it can be less, a lot less). I'm looking for: *refill friendly *doesn't jam often *holds a good amount of paper (*Edit, Update) Potential Candidates: Brother HL-5240(ended up buying this unit) Brother...
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    Paypal question, want to buy something but...

    Well I've been on and off ebay throughout the years but never bought things regularly(or even yearly). Now I want to make a purchase but most sellers request that you are "paypal verfied", understandable since they want to verify you for their security since it's money. However, I noticed...
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    Thunderbird: Saving emails to export to another computer

    Well, I've been using Thunderbird for a while now on one computer and I like it. So I'm going to get it set up on my other computer. However I'd like to be able to access all the emails that I've downloaded on my other computer. My pop3 account deletes old messages on a regular basis so my...
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    T60 vs T43 "retro" buy, which one should I get?

    I'm choosing to buy either over other T series because of "tried and true" status. I'm pretty firm on it, nothing wrong with the Santa Rosa platform in the T61, but let's just not go there and stay on topic. Both have the T60 and T43 achieve excellent battery life as well, amoung other things...
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    Win XP pro 64 bit edition, what works and what doesn't?

    So I'm currently using win xp pro 32 bit edition, but I'm thinking about switching over to the 64 bit edition, mainly because I want to upgrade to 4GB of ram, and finally take advantage of my 64 bit processor. What can I expect? Will it be generally painless? Smooth? Here are some topics...
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    No more T60 14-inch notebooks?!?!

    http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/cont...-id%3D12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087 I've searched far and wide to look for the standard 14 inch T60's, I wouldn't mind the T61 as much but it only comes in WIDESCREEN for now, not to mention there's no "IBM" badge on it anymore(not like it...
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    Acer AL2216WBD vs BenQ FP222W

    Acer AL2216WBD vs BenQ FP222W Which one is the better buy? BenQ currently at $260 at several vendors Acer currently at $285ish at several vendors The Acer is the lowest ranked for "recommended" in the LCD buyer's guide. As for the BenQ, I was unable to find a solid review for. I...
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    DELL 2407WFP for $629 SB [WARMISH]

    link Not a bad price for a good monitor. It's the lowest I've seen without any coupons for quite some time.
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    simple Windows question...

    All my icons have to have an extension on them in order to open. For example if I saved an MS word document as "hello" it must have the acronyms, ".doc" on it in order to open, this is rather annoying since I often rename icons(after I save it as new default) What happened? Not sure if...
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    hooking up a laptop hdd via ide adapter

    I'm trying to access my laptop hdd, I hooked up a standard IDE adapter seen below: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812119020 But the real problem is, that I cannot see it in My cmoputer or access it, yes it does show up in device manager and in the bios, I must've...
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    So I installed a new SATA HDD and now I get a...

    edit: Thanks, it's resolved now, I just wanted to confirm that it was in fact normal with other SATA drive users. As the title and topic summary read, I installed my new hard drive and after installing it(it is the only hard disk drive on my system) I get a "safely remove hardware" prompt in...
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    Vocal/instrumental recording on X-fi Platinum or X-fi Fataliy FPS

    *UPDATE+FOLLOWUP I've had some quality time with X-fi by now, and I have to say that I am quite pleased with it's capabilities. I've plugged in both the ATR-30 and SM-58 to it and both record to satisfactory levels, at least to my tastes. So if this helps anyone out there, I give it a...
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    new comp(just shipped) only shows up as 130GB(has 160GB)..on win xp sp2

    NEVERMIND, used old OEM CD...needs to be current one with SP1 at least, darn new dell's don't ship with them unless you pay extra, ah well.
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    Decent Microphone

    So my cheap computer mic broke on me and I'm in the market for a new one. Nothing fancy, but definately something better than I had. Better as in, it's somewhat respected for recording sound. Any suggestions, anyone know about the field? I'm willing to spend up to $30, give or take.
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    Stupid simple question about Outlook and Thunderbird email software

    haha, this is a rather embarassing question but I was unable to find the answer online. Well I use both Outlook and Thunderbird, but when I installed them on two of my computers and import my webmail...it imports them on to my hard drive, however it deletes them permanently on my webmail...
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    Hard drive not working, what can I do? What do you think happened?

    I originally had my hard drive in my USB 2.0 enclosure for data storage. Then I got this message: "F:\ is not accessible. The request could not be performed beacause of an I/O device error." Basically, I couldn't access my drive, I'd get this error message if I attmped to seek/open...
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    Any bicycle guru's out there?

    Anyone here an avid biker who has strong opinions on bicycles and reasons to stand for?(just like how we have such people like that for computers here..) I don't know much about the bicycle scene, such as what to look for, what to avoid, etc. I was just wondering if someone could direct me...
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    Did my hard drive die? Any solutions to this?

    So I have an enclosure with a 120GB(maxtor) hdd in it. I've used it for quite some time, about 2 years or so(had the drive for longer but didn't use it much). Anyways long story short, last night I hooked it up to my laptop and it wouldn't open up, shows that the drive exists but when I...
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    repaying your college loans?

    So I'm about to get a subsidized government loan(DIRECT LOAN), the terms state for the standard repayment plan is a fixed monthly plan lasting up to 10 years. Here's the question that I couldn't find the answer to on the site. Would they allow me to repay the loan back in say, one lump sum...
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    Can you still play 1st person 3D shooters?

    Back in the day I was all into 1st person 3D shooters, namely Duke Nukem and Quake II. Then I stopped during mid highschool and now in my sr. year of college. I wanted to check out the awesome graphics of a modern day game. So I downloaded quake 4 demo and I can't play the game for more...
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    So some guy asks to borrow my phone to make a call...

    So I was walking to my car and some guy asks to borrow my phone to make a quick phone call... I thought I'd be a nice guy and say, "ok". I did ask him specifically though, "you're not making an international phone call, are you?" and he said, "no". edited* nevermind, just saw that it was...
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    BEST CRT TELEVISION SET HDTV.. 30''+++

    As the title reads, I'm looking into a new CRT TV set, not a monitor. Anyone recommend any? Panasonic Tau's, Sony wega's, Samsung's..maybe a toshiba(though I've heard their latest models had some "quality issues") Any one happen to know some great ones that are still out there or some...
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    Can anyone Identify this movie???

    So one saturday afternoon during the 90's I was channel surfing and saw this movie they played on one of those less mainstream stations (UPN, TBS, WB...). It was some comedy, I saw bits and parts of it, it seemed like one of those dumb halarious classics, but I never got the name of the movie...
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    HELP! Windows XP Media Center edition

    There's a quirk, every time my cousin's laptop boots it asks to choose which OS, both are the same options Windows XP Media Center Edition. Only the top one works, BUT the main thing is it asks this EVERY time the computer boots, anyone ever hear of this? Here's a quick background of what...
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    HOT-Artic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro $22.99 shipped

    link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835185125 Good price for a nice cooler. There were some deals in the past that had it for a bit lower, but it ended up being around this price with shipping. I have one of these still unopened sitting in my room, =P PS, I also...
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    WARM-$759.20 DELL 2405FPW

    I wanted to rectify the other post. Anyways, yeah I just came back from school, and didn't get to post or research more about the other post(it was locked, it is a scam, I didn't even know that it asked for a wire transfer or WESTERN UNION, which of course is a big red flag). I can't...
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    HOT--Dell 2405 FPW for $635 New

    http://www.smartbuy-shop.co.uk/dell_2405FPW.html It's weird, I went on SD's page, and saw an ad on the left side for the 2405 FPW for $635. Hope it's legit, it has a bizrate.com merchant stamp? Anyways, it seems hot if this is real, and even though it has a ".uk" in the address, when...
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    question to Web designers pertaining to handicap accessibility

    I'm researching to see if there is a standard or checklist to comply with handicap users of the internet. I've seen a station at the library specifially for handicap users. I was wondering if any of you might have heard of it, or know anything about it? I did find this: "One site has...
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    Internet for the Handicapped?

    I recently heard the term, but I forgot what it is, I'm trying to remember it, google doesn't hit the spot with it in a search for, "internet for the handicapped", amoung others, etc.. Anyways, anyone know about it? Supposedly as it states, an internet optimised for handicap users(ie: deaf...
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    Core Duo vs Core 2 Duo

    What exactly is all the hype about? What's so improved over the dual core Yonah vs. the Merom? More cache(I would assume)? I've been hearing all this cream talk about Merom, but I never got an explanation as to why it's so anticipated, both are pressed on 65nm too right? Oh yes, and...
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    EVGA STEP-UP PROGRAM, ANYONE SUCCESSFUL??

    I bought an EVGA for this feature amoung others...but when I registered my product and read the rules...it didn't seem that great at all, mainly because..from my understanding, you have to buy the new card directly from EVGA, and it has to be within 90days. As you all know...it bites to buy...
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    How is 3.5'' and 2.5'' measured on the hard drive?

    I've never bothered to actually measure the hard drives dimensions before, and stumbled upon this: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/Prod...RPU=&page=dellpartsproductlisting.aspx 2.76'' ...So I'm assuming that 2.5'' and 3.5'' comes from the actual platter sizes inside the Hard...
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    Help! trying to save my files with linux...

    Long story short, my Laptop HDD is broken or severely messed up. It will not boot, I get the "disk read error" message, and so I tried to put in the window's xp cd to repair it, but not to my surprise...the computer freezes or restarts as soon as the HDD light comes on. SO....I got pclinuxOS...
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    Any versions of Linux out there that resemble OS X?

    Hey I'm new to the linux scene, I've been watching closely for a while but now I think I'm finally going to pull the trigger and try it out. Anyways, I wanted to know if any versions of linux out there resembled MAC OS X, the layout and appearance of it at least, and also... quick noob...
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    sandisk CF and SD cards

    I just had a quick question, I was just curious if anyone knew the supplier for the nand flash in Sandisk products? Particuarly the CF and SD cards? Or do they actually have their own facilities with..say...panasonic(since they had a joint venture in inventing SD format)? What I really...
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    DFI NF4 Ultra-D ut supporting Optical SATA drives

    I was just wondering if the DFI NF4 Ultra's would support upcoming optical SATA drives such as DVD-RW's, etc...or whatever is to come in the future. Some one once mentioned how they didn't know if it would even detect such a drive because they are too new, or if the bios would even recognize...
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    EVGA 6800GS stock & 6800GS CO SUPERCLOCK digital resolutions

    The EVGA 6800GS plain vanilla pushes out: Resolution & Refresh 240 Hz Max Refresh Rate 2048 x 1536 x 32bit x 85 Hz Max Analog **1600 x 1200 @ 60Hz Max Digital http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=256-P2-N386-AX&family=17 While the 6800GS CO SUPERCLOCK can push out...
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    Upcoming Dell 2707FPW & 2407FPW & 2007FPW discussion

    **Update, Dell USA has the 2007 up for sale now: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/Prod...ductlisting.aspx&instock=&refurbished= I just wanted to start a small discussion about the 2407FPW that is yet to come. Can anyone speculate the manufacturer for the glass? HDCP compliant...
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    Decently Hot deals at Microcenter, HURRY! Ends TODAY 3/23

    Alrite, I'm really tired, but as I was sifting through my junkmail, I found a coupon for Microcenter, unfortunately it ends today 3/23 *hope this isn't a repost, and hope I'm allowed to have the links to the coupons, if not, I'll take 'em down, sorry for sharing this last minute, I just found...
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    Are you pissed off about CF cards being phased out too???!!

    I wasn't sure where to post this, but I guess the closest thing is video since I referring to digital camera's, particularly the Canon A-series. Has anyone noticed how more and more Canon camera's no longer use CF cards? One by one they are phasing it out and moving into SD cards. This...