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    Mac Mini through airport security?

    This is a bit of an odd question, but I need to take a Mac Mini with me on a flight from Nashville to Frankfurt next month. Would I be allowed to bring that as a carryon? (im talking just the cpu, not a monitor or anything). I'm sure the TSA inspectors would have no idea what it is...
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    Upgrade to X1950XT?

    Here are my system specs: Pentium 4, socket 478 2.8 GHz 1.5 GB RAM (DDR333 i think) Abit IC7 Max3 mobo old card Radeon 9800XT....dead Good brand psu...around 500-600w (so this shouldn't be a problem) I'm thinking about a Radeon X1950XT. But... I'm also thinking this may be overkill...
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    Need free Quicktime (.mov) video editor

    Can anyone suggest some free video editing software that handles .mov videos? I'd like to be able to take .mov videos from my digital camera, splice them together, add text in various places, add background audio (music or commentary), that type of thing. Is there a free, simple program that...
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    Need to run ProE on lappy...

    For an intership this summer I'm going to need to run ProE on my laptop. I've got a stock Emachines M6810, have not upgraded or overclocked anything (specs below). I shouldn't be working with any parts or assemblies that are too big (I'm thinking at most 20 or 30 parts in any one assembly)...
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    No taskbar, icons, just background (windows NT) **success?!**

    *please see my most current post for update* Trying to get some clues for an older friend's computer (he is in England, so I unfortunately can't see or touch his computer), here goes: Problem: He started it one day, went through regular startup procedure, and when it fully booted up all...
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    m6810, repaired hinge cracks again

    Bought my Emachines m6810 last September, noticed the common hinge crack a month or two later, sent it in around November, they RMA'd it no problem for me. But... about a month ago I noticed my right hinge is cracked again. Should I sent it in again? Is the wear and tear or shipping my lappy...
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    IE and FF crashing randomly

    Note: This is an update of sorts to a previous discussion I had here. SHORT VERSION: Internet Explorer and Firefox will both consistently and independently crash w/o notice after anywhere from a couple to 20 minutes of use (bringing up the windows error reporting box before shutting...
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    Sasser question

    Can the sasser worm survive a HD reformat? One of my computers was having some sasser type symptoms (60sec restart, IE and Firefox unexpectedly ending quite regularly), and as the computer's just about a month old, I don't have that much stuff on there so I figured I'd just reformat and be done...
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    Turn laptop off at night?

    I've always heard that it's best to just leave desktops running all the time, 24/7 (constant heating and cooling from turning on/off all the time causes more wear on parts than leaving them on all the time, is that the main reason? is this even true?). Anyway, question is... does the same...