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    DIgital Camcorder

    The Panasonic MiniDVs GS65, 150, 250 and 400 are all best in their price range for overall performance- color, sharpness, focus and low light. No consumer camcorder is great in lowlight, but some are better than others and in general the 3CCD camcorders as listed above outperform similar...
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    Dell xps generation 4

    What cheap IDE drives? You speak this from what knowledge. My XPS has WD and Hitachi drives, the exat same ones you would buy if you were building a PC. They are both a HELL OF A LOT BETTER than the POS Maxtor Diamond Max that I had on my last system, which was a custom build. Bottom line-...
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    Dell xps generation 4

    Same here. I'm very satisfied with the performance of the XPS Gen 4. For what I paid, it was the best deal I could find, better than building one myself.
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    Where to buy DVD's that burn well?

    Don't see what the problem is. I've used HP, TDK, Memorex, Kypermedia and never had a coaster yet on two different burners, an older Pioneer 4X, and my current NEC. I just buy what is on sale.
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    Whats Wrong With This Camera

    [/b] And you know this how? Do you own one? Didn't think so. I have one, and given what else is out there in the "prosumer" area, non-interchangabel lense cameras, it's STILL the best overall camera in its class. I wouldn't trade it for anything else. So unless you have quantitative...
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    Digital Camera: Zoom or Resolution - which is better?

    Digital Zoom = ruined photos. Do not use digital zoom. All it does is enlarge the pixels and ruin the detail of the photo. Do any "zooming" via cropping in editing software. That said, the 4mp with 10x zoom will get you alot closer than the 6mp with 4x zoom and cropping. My camera is a Sony...
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    Mac Vs. PC

    Bottom line with the Mac line is that they're overpriced by at least 25% based on performance. There are very few apps that a dual G5 (at any speed) can out perform even a single high end P4 or Athlon 64. When the dual core x86 chips go mainstream it will only get worse. I though for sure...
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    Mac Vs. PC

    Try upgrading the water-cooled 2.5 G5 in a couple of years. Not going to happen. Warranty on your G5 runs out, you didn't get Apple Care. Motherboard (errr "Logic Board") takes a crap. There's a $1000 repair bill. About 3 times what it would be for a dual Opteron or Xeon system, plus there's...
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    CPU Recommendation

    If you can wait, wait for A dual core, then get the one that fits your budget and needs. Don't let anyone influence you one way or another. It's your money and time. YOU make the choice. good luck
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    Alienware - Thinking of buying one, for gaming etc. opinions of Alienware?? + Spec Advice needed.

    Is it strictly for gaming? Do you have to have SLI? If the answers are no, then check out the Dell XPS gen 4 or 5. The Gen 4 can be had for pretty cheap, just watch for the 25-34% discounts. The Gen 5 already had a 20% discount. No matter what most here say about Dells and Intel, it's still...
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    P4 (LGA775) Confusion

    I believe that 5xxJ series are still 32bit with the anti-virus Xbit extensions/instructions and better power management features. I have a J series and am sure it is not 64bit, at least not enabled as susch.
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    Upgrading my CPU

    Currently a 4400+ X2 at 2.2ghz will run current games the same as your 2.2ghz 3500+. Current games are not multi-threaded to take advantage of dual core or multiple processors. Unreal 3 is supposed to be multi threaded and can take advantage of dual core, as will many new games in the next year...
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    upgrade

    Doom III is not worth the cost of an upgrade. The game is BORING. Upgrade for HL2 or Far Cry- definately worth it!
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    Move to Athlon 64 not right move.

    I had the same experience going from a 3.4 P4HT to a 3500+. I didn't want to wait for dual core (the wait would've ended up being about a year from when I bought my system in Dec 04). So know I'm back with the P4HT and it's great.
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    Intel P4 EM64T OR AMD64

    If you can wait Intel is supposed to be releasing their none hyper threading dual core processors soon. The cost of the 2.8 dual core is supposed to be about $280 or so. Notice I used supposed. No guarantee on what "soon" is.
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    Intel DC EE at 3.6 on air and 4.0 on water

    http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1788937,00.asp Dell XPS Gen 5 and Velocity Micro DCX :laugh:
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    AMD or Intel for dual-core video editing

    "talk is that going anything over 3.2ghz with the dual prescott cores could shatter the thermal envelope that Intel current uses." They can OC to 3.6 with stock cooling. CNET arleady had one from Voodoo and Dell will allow OCing to 3.6.
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    What do you guys think of the Nikon Coolpix 4600?

    Digital zoom is useless. get something with an optical zoom. Edit: the camera has a 3x optical zoom, not digital. Google it for reviews and see what's ggod and bad about it compared to others in its price range.
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    Graphics card question

    I know this won't go over well, but here goes. Dell is/was having 34% off on the XPS Gen 4, and I can guarantee you that it will play all the games currently out there at acceptable frame rates and resolutions. It's not Athlon 64 fast in gaming but as fast or faster in most other things...
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    DVD Software (Nero 6) Burns DVD and it doesn't 'play'

    Sounds like a problem with the DVD authoring software. Also, almost all of the 3 hours you're quoting is the time it takes your computer to encode the video file into a DVD compliant MPEG-2 format. What software are you using for the encoding?
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    I need help selecting a good home movie maker

    Adobe Premiere Elements
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    First Build with a Prescott 3.4 Ghz

    If you want it to be quieter, get a Zalman, or XP90/120 HSF setup. It will lower your temps a little but be much quieter.
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    New System for Video Transfers (Advice??)

    Go to http://www.canopus.us/US/products/Index/product_index.asp Get the best one you can afford. Don't waste your time with all in wonder type cards, they generally don't work worth a crap for long VHS transfers.
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    What do you guys think about name brand PCs

    Hard to believe since they are now Gateways and Gateways suck.
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    eVga Geforce 6800 GT high temps

    Well according to nVidias monitoring software the 6800GT I had ran in the 90s C. An I had no problems. Also according to ATITools my 850 runs in the mid to high 90s C. So who do you believe? If it is indeed running that hot and there is no problem, it doesn't really matter then.
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    I need help chooseing a digial camera

    http://www.dpreview.com/
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    What do you guys think about name brand PCs

    Dell :thumbsup:
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    So, where are the Dual Core EEs?

    I was trying to be funny :D
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    So, where are the Dual Core EEs?

    Yeah, but its mulitplier is unlocked and it can OC to 4ghz! :shocked:
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    Mac Vs. PC

    Just give me OSX for x86 -)
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    So, where are the Dual Core EEs?

    "Operating System: Comes standard with Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center. Customers can also upgrade to Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional." From the Dell website. XP Media Center is based on XP Pro so it must support dual processors. XP Home is not even offered.
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    Just bought new rig

    Lose the Raptors, BIG waste of money.
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    My Velocity Micro Raptor DualX SLI Review

    And they say the Prescott runs hot. Mine doesn't get near that hot (although the HSF weighs about 4 lbs) :D
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    P4 775 cpu

    If you already have a 3500+ just keep it till the dual core athlons come out and then upgrade it if you think it needs it.
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    P4 775 cpu

    Well, it says 1M, so it must be a 1M :D The 64 bit 775s are the 6xx series with 2M cache.
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    Video editing - Recommend an app(s) to an amateur?

    Not anymore. His dual Opteron will SMOKE any Mac in rendering/encoding video. And while the FCP suite is good, it's not the end all. High end Avid programs/solutions are better. If you have that kind of money to spend on a PC then you must be fairly heavy into the video thing, so one of the 2...
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    Fat chicks

    Let's see, the woman (can't think of her name) who played the Terminmatrix (the female terminator) was 5'11 and weighed about 150-160 at the time of the movie. Anyone here think she was fat? Muscle baby!!! It's all how it's packaged, not the weight.
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    First dual-core PC's to ship on Monday, Intel says

    The EE 840 will run up to 3.6 (as fast as the current 6xx series) on stock cooling. Even Dell will enable this feature in Bios. You will be able to set processor speed at 3.2, 3.4 or 3.6. Given that, it doesn't really matter how hot it runs if the cooling it has is sufficient.