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    Does anyone know the dimensions of the 2010 15" MBP box?

    Did anyone get the recent 15" i5/i7 MBP and keep the box? Could anyone whip out a tape measure and tell me how big it's supposed to be? I would like to know if it can fit inside a 20" carryon luggage, but Google is not helping too much :( TIA
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    Core i7-620M vs. i7-720QM - which one would you pick?

    Both upgrades are the same price over the base i5 processor for the laptop I'm looking at. The 620M is a dual core while the 720 is quad right? But in daily ops and typical, unoptimized games how much difference is there?
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    People who order food in the language it's from...

    say Spanish in a Mexican place, French in a French restaurant, or Chinese in a Chinese eatery in an English-speaking country. What's your take? Edit: WTF messed up thread title. Can't edit?
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    People who put M.S. as a suffix behind their name in email signatures...

    kind of unusual, isn't it? I was just going through my inbox and trying to answer some emails for work, and saw that somebody signed her name with a M.S. suffix. Kind of made me wonder why she did that; of course, I am assuming by M.S. she meant a Masters of Science. Any of you ever...
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    Installing Windows XP on a CF via CF-SATA adapter

    I have an EeePC 1000H that I want to install Windows XP on, and while I see that people have tried running Windows XP on a SD card because I do use the card reader a lot that won't be an option, so I was wondering if I could install Windows XP on a compact flash disk along with the following...
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    Loading 10.5.x kexts into 10.6 on a netbook

    I have 10.5.8 iDeneb running great on my 1000H. However, I'm thinking about experimenting and moving to 10.6, which I did get installed on my EeePC previously, but it was missing a lot of extensions for them to work properly. So I'm thinking about trying it again, this time loading the...
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    Resume Question: graduate research degrees

    Hey all, For those of you who has a research-based MS or PhD, how many of you list "research assistant" at your matriculating department as a job position you held in your resume? What about departmental fellowships provided by your department? I got into a discussion with a coworker who...
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    Need help copying files in OSX...

    Is there a way to copy all the files that are nested inside other folders to a new location? This is what I am trying to do: /iTunes/iTunes Music/Artist A/song 1 /iTunes/iTunes Music/Artist A/song 2 /iTunes/iTunes Music/Artist C/song 4 /iTunes/iTunes Music/Artist B/song 2 .... I...
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    Just a random thought. I feel like we should require government officials to...

    ...have at least a bachelor's degree in science or engineering. This is probably P&N though. Anyways, discuss.
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    How much control does the federal government have in controlling value of the dollar?

    Just watched the SNL Obama-Hu sketch and thought about this...China pegs its RMB to the USD at a near fixed exchange rate, but how does the US prevent the $ from falling or appreciating in value? There are quite a few countries that have their currency either fixed at par to the dollar (or...
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    So "bawling one's eyes out" means crying or breaking down in tears?

    Man some of those FML posts are hard to understand. I feel old but I only just turned 25.
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    What was the last article you read on Anandtech?

    Just wondering how many people access the homepage religiously...for me I think it was the Nvidia Ion preview: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3509 Feb 3, 2009
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    VM performance from external drive

    Ok, so some of the stuff I'm doing for work requires Windows. I recently got rid of my BC parition on the Mac because I was running low on HD space. I'm thinking about installing VMWare Fusion 2 in 10.6.1 and setting up a 15GB virtual hard drive for Windows XP on an external USB 2.0 5400rpm hard...
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    PS/2 keyboard and mouse in OSX86

    I'm thinking about picking up a Gigabyte T1028 (it's a 10" netbook with a touchscreen) and apparently its keyboard and mouse are through PS/2 ports. Some people say that since current Macs have no support for PS/2 devices I won't be able to hack it to run OSX on it. Is this true? I couldn't...
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    If you got a trojan on your computer...

    Does the trojan still have infectivity? I was helping out my dad fix his computer and clean out some of the old files on his desktop and came across a weird looking zip file, and I extracted it without thinking...Avira AV instantly popped up like 4 warnings asking what to do with a potential...
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    Somebody recommend an email service...

    Any ideas? GMail is nice but I can't take the whole "Sent from xxxx on Behalf of...." thing :(
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    Incompatible Apps with Snow Leopard?

    So it seems like some of you have already taken the plunge and gotten 10.6 installed on your Macs. Are there applications that won't run or have weird bugs so far? I'm itching to upgrade (since this is the only real weekend I have before real work begins) but would like to know if any of them...
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    Make your own hamburgers at home

    I had some strange cravings yesterday for some steak, so I went down to my neighborhood Costco and got some rib eye steak...Now there's quite some leftover still in the pack and I'm feeling adventurous so I want to make some hamburger myself. Where do I start? Obviously the steak would have...
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    Need a primer on Spore

    So I have been cleaning my place this afternoon and found that copy of Spore I bought and activated. I've actually never played it beyond the creation of account because soon after i was starting to get into it I moved and had to put that aside. Does anyone have pointers for it?
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    I Can Has Dry-Loop DSL?

    I got my landline with AT&T disconnected because it was never used and it was hitting $20/month just sitting there. It turns out I qualify for dry-loop DSL where I live and I can get 768kbps down for $20/month to supplement my EVDO line with Verizon (would like to keep this alive for mobility...
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    Craigslist posters are lame

    Ever see something like 2 lines of actual text and 3 whole pages of keywords? I see something like this all the time, and every time I see a post like that it really gets on my nerves. At least be a little more discrete about it. Exposure and coverage are good for classified ads, but that is...
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    Dell Vostro 1320 with 256MB 9400M graphics?

    Has anyone ever bought a Vostro 1320 off Dell Outlet before? I ordered a system yesterday with 256MB 9400M as the graphics option, but then apparently it's not an option offered on their retail line (only Intel 4500MHD or 9300M GS available) and searching on google yields no real information...
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    Overriding the once-per-year deauthorizations in iTunes

    I love formatting and starting fresh, but I'm also a retard. I never seem to remember to deauthorize my computers before a system reinstall, and already used up my once a year "deauthroize all" ticket in iTunes so I won't be able to access that on my behalf until November :( I sent a trouble...
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    How secure is the connection from your iPhone to the internet?

    I was just thinking, since all the iPhone users share the same apn (well, all AT&T, all T-Mobile, etc) which routes traffic to the internet, how secure is that? What if somebody manages to hack into AT&T's apn, then wouldn't he be privy to everyone's information? People have gotten info out of...
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    ultrasn0w now available

    http://blog.iphone-dev.org/ Make sure you reboot the iPhone after doing anything in Cydia. If you got an invalid SIM response that means ultrasn0w didn't take and you should try reinstalling. If you got "Call Failed" messages on T-Mobile, well, turn airport on and off and reboot lots. All...
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    Adding a router downstream of another router

    Would love some help or suggestion on my network setup if possible: Right now we have a 802.11n router routing a cable connection in the house, however because of incompatibility with a couple of devices we have, my housemate decided to leave the network unsecured, and for obvious reasons I'm...
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    GoPhone users be forewarn...AT&T is blocking service if you use an iPhone

    I got an iPhone 3G the other day on my contract AT&T line, and loaned my phone to my mom to play around for a few minutes on her AT&T GoPhone line, and all of the sudden she got these "no cellular data available" messages and couldn't get onto the internet with her GoPhone SIM. Looking around on...
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    Snow Leopard imminent...who's upgrading?

    http://www.macrumors.com/2009/...etion-of-snow-leopard/ Does anyone think it could be as early as Monday? I'm probably going to have to wait it out. I have Leopard configured just the way I like it, and don't really think I am going to bother with the effort of redoing everything until I...
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    Best USB WLAN adapter for OSX?

    I recently moved to a new place and am experiencing horrid wireless connectivity. The signals would degrade over time and drop connection, so I thought I'd try an external USB adapter to see if it'd improve the situation. Does anyone have recommendations? The router is an old 802.1b/g model so I...
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    Apple "deals" thread week of 04/24/09

    I was at Best Buy the other day and noticed that they now have the Apple AV composite cable set on clearance for $25, instead of the typical $49+ available everywhere else. This is somewhat of a good deal, as it's (a) 50% off original price, and (b) comes with an USB power adapter that lets you...
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    Is it worth $13 for a "business class" seat upgrade on the Amtrak?

    I might be taking the Amtrak to Los Angeles sometimes soon and was wondering if anyone has had similar experience. The last time I rode Amtrak was from Albany NY into NYC, and that was 3 hours in coach so I've never been to the business class cabin. Reason I'm asking is because I'm going to...
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    Nice Apple deals...

    Best Buy has a pack of 3 $10 iTunes gift cards for $25. That's a 16% discount off face value: BB iTunes Sold out online so you'll have to do store pickup or walk in and find them on the gift card shelf. On a related note, Apple's US Online Store has initiated a price drop on refurb...
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    How do I make a restore partition on a hard drive?

    Is it possible to utilize Windows XP's boot loader to make a bootable partition that runs the XP installer upon selection? I'm thinking about making one of those for my parents' old computer that has a busted DVD burner that works 25% of the time.
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    eBay/Paypal dispute

    Need ATOT to help me a little bit. 1. Bought a battery off eBay. It got shipped out from Hong Kong, arrived DOA. I contacted the seller and he's agreed to process a replacement for me if I shipped it back to him. 2. Because it took 2 weeks for the DOA battery to arrive here, I asked him...
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    Urgh WTF is with S10's ExpressCard and SD slots?

    I like their no-springs-involved design on those slots, but damn it why couldn't they stick to the old design and let me keep my cards in there flush with the rest of the machine lines?
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    Lenovo S10 and Vista

    I got my S10 the day before and after running XP Home a little bit I got tired of Lenovo littering their logos everywhere and the seemingly possessed Norton 360 trial I decided to just nuke the entire drive (after making an initial OKR backup disc) and installed Vista Enterprise SP1 on it...
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    Double post

    Internet glitch...
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    How fast does Lenovo ship?

    I placed an order for a base config S10 with a sleeve and was quoted shipping in 4 business day, but is that an under or over estimate? I will be leaving for a business trip the end of next week and hope that delivery will fall before my departure :(
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    MobileMe homepage got a makeover

    I like this one better than the last :P
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    Which netbook runs Vista the most well?

    I may need a netbook (again) after all. I had a 7" eeePC 4GB and a MSI Wind, but didn't try to install Vista on either one of them. I'd like a reasonably priced netbook that is easily upgradable without ruining the warranty (that throws out the MSI) and has 100% driver compatibility in Vista...