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    What brand DVD-ROM drives have a black tray?

    Lots of drives come in black. Go to newegg and browse around.
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    Installing a SATA hard drive without a floppy drive

    Cool. I'll check it out.
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    Poll: Do you use a UPS?

    Yep. Losing an important file or corrupting a Windows file because of a 3 second power outage sucks.
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    First Intel Smithfield Dual Core Prices

    Dumb question: Doesn't XP Home only support single processor systems? Will this be seen as a single or dual processor by the OS?
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    Installing a SATA hard drive without a floppy drive

    Explain slipstreaming. I've slipstreamed service packs into 2000 & XP, but never done drivers. Do you just extract them into some folder on the CD (\i386 maybe) and then setup will have the drivers without having to ask?
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    is FAT32 still alive

    I saw a FAT16 drive the other day. A guy was complaining that he tried to install a 200-300MB-ish program on his Dell 8100 (WinME) and he was out of space but didn't believe it. Turned out, his hard drive had died a while back and the "tech" Dell sent to replace it installed WinME onto a 2GB...
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    What exactly is the benefit and the difference bwtween ATA and SATA Hard Drive?

    I just looked it up. It'll burst @ 150 but sustained tops out in the 70's.
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    What exactly is the benefit and the difference bwtween ATA and SATA Hard Drive?

    SATA interface is faster (150 v 133) although no drives can actually sustain either speed yet. The biggest advantage is no more jumpers and no more pain in the ass wide cable.
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    Mac VS. PC

    What about people on that say Macs can do anything a PC can? Do they spend all day and all night searching for shareware or are they just defending their platform?
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    BTX Format: Wait? Or Forget It?

    What's the advantage of BTX over ATX?
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    Centrino vs. Pentium.

    Centrino Mhz > Pentium 4 Mhz Actually, its the Pentium M chip you're talking about. Centrino is just the marketing name for a system containing the Pentium M chip and Intel's wifi. Centrino systems are also optimized for lower power consumption. The cost has more to do with supply and...
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    Where should I install my apps relative to XP?

    Although if you do have gigs and gigs of music, movies, warez, etc., having them stored on another partition makes it a lot easier to reformat your C drive and reload Windows should it ever take a dump. That's the only time it really makes sense to me, other than on a server.
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    Where should I install my apps relative to XP?

    It doesn't really matter where you install the program. c:\program files\whatever, d:\program files\whatever, or d:\whatever. That's the easy part to remove after an uninstall. The hard part is the stuff that will get dumped in your c:\windows folder and registery. That will happen regardless of...
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    Alright, convince me why building is worth about $200-300 over a Dell

    The OS restore CD Dell gives you is not loaded with any crap, not even any drivers above what Windows has built in. Its just Windows. That's the reason I still recommend Dells to people who don't need anything really customized. That said, I'll still build my own desktops because I love 100%...
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    How often do you upgrade your rigs?

    I don't play games so my systems usually last 3 years. After two years I usually add some RAM and maybe reformat and load a newer Windows. But this system will break that cycle. I built it as a P4-1.8/512MB/120GB (mirror)/XP Pro almost three years ago and all I've done is add a DVD burner and a...
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    Dual CPU's or dual monitors, in your opinion which is more productive for the moderate to heavy multitasker?

    Ditto. The only problem is that when you upgrade, you'll need to buy two so they match. I'm waiting for one of my 15" LCDs to die so I can have an excuse to go out and get a pair of 18-19" thin bezel ones.
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    Will Intel dual core cpu's require new motherboard?

    NO motherboard is futureproof. I consider motherboard+CPU+RAM as a set. Buy it. Use it. Replace it in 2-4 years. Even if you could, would you want to run a 3GHz P4 on a 440LX board with PC66 and a PCI video card?
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    What operating system would you use on this machine and why?

    I'd take the stability and slightly less speed of Win2000 on that box over ANY Win9x variant any day.
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    Memory identification

    Just judging by the fact that they came out of a P166, they're almost certainly 16MB or 32MB 72pin EDO SIMMs.
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    Lol, Whats with this guy?

    Well I'm assuming that Apple is going to market the mini like, "Hey PC users: Tired of spyware, viruses, etc? Buy the cheapest Mac ever and just plug it in." I'm actually thinking of getting one to play around with and the lack of keyboad, mouse, and monitor is a plus for me since I have a 4...
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    Lol, Whats with this guy?

    Is a 20" LCD really the cheapest display one sale at an Apple store? Its a shame they don't have a 15" LCD which would be cheap and small, a good match to the mini. He does have a point about potential switchers being frustrated by their keyboard and mouse not working. 90% of computer users will...
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    Legit copy of XP on 2nd hand machine?

    If they used the FCKGW- code everyone downloaded, then they won't be able to install SP1 or higher unless they change the code.
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    Any lifetime PC people switch to a mac?

    I just read Anand's review of the Mac and I'm even more confused now. I've never really seen the need for a Mac as I don't do video production or Photoshop and a PC can do anything else a Mac can do plus run about a million apps that don't exist on the Mac. That said, I've always been a bit...