This is on the Acer PC deal I got from Circuit City last year for my kid. I figured a 160GB hard drive would be enough, but it is nearing full and here is why.
The C: partition has 78GB+/- with WindowsXP Home and is in NTFS format; the D: partition has 78GB+/- with the recovery information...
I finally decide to upgrade my kids socket 939 Sempron to an Athlon 64 X2 and all I can find are OEM. I'd like the fan and 3 year Manufacturer Warranty all in one. Is buying a new processor off ebay like buying perscription drugs from Mexico?
Any other decent stores besides NewEgg Zipzoomfly...
Last August we got the Acer Sempron special ( Specifications ) at Circuit City for a net of $209 after selling the bundeled LCD. Slapped in an eVGA 7600GS 256mb and an extra 1GB of RAM for a budget gamer. Now it is time to upgrade the 3200+ Sempron processor for less than $150 total.
For...
I give up on public schools. All my kids learn there are bad words. How does a regular working stiff afford to send three kids to a private school? Are there some Republican Vouchers or Tax Credits we can use?
Trying to figure out which way to go. If I buy a blank drive I need simple instructions and Norton Ghost so I hear.
weaknees sells a drive preloaded with TIVO software for $69 more.
What to do?
PS we have a Lifetime TiVo Subscription.
We are visiting Portland at the end of March and I am looking for a decent Family hotel for about $100 per nite. The last time we stayed in some overpriced Boutique Hotel on the West side where the parking and service were awful! I don't like the Airport or the Hollywood/Hooker district. We...
I still use my original version of Adobe Acrobat 3.0 that came with a scanner I bought in 1998. Can I even upgrade from that?
All I need it to do is "Print" a PDF from my appraisal software that I can LOCK and I really don't want to pay $200+ for an entire Adobe package.
I need to upgrade...
Such as International Text Messages - $0.15/msg, charges for Additional Text Messages - $0.10/ms when they show that your useage is UNDER the amount "In Plan", Equip Prot $3 Ins. Premium & $3 Serv/rpr, and finally $5.00 for Nights Starting At 7pm when I was told that it is now included free...
Wow! Are people really that stupid?
I was pricing TurboTax Home & Business with State (still can't find it for less than $89.99) when I came across that gem on the Best Buy site.
We already have "Coffee is Hot" what is next "Knife is sharp"?
We just bought this Sony HT-DDW900 Home Theater receiver with 5.1-channel speaker system for $198.
The 30? wide CRT TV 30HF85 Specs say Accepts 480i, 480p, 720p, and 1080i inputs; one HDMI input; Cinema Mode 3:2 pulldown reversal corrects frame rate for film-based sources; and CrystalScan...
She was looking for a new laptop for around $600 to replace her four year old emachine PC. To get her the best bang for the buck I recommended the HP Pavilion dv6113us for $629 after MIR at CompUSA. Is has an AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-50 Processor, 1GB DDR2 RAM, 80GB 5400 RPM SATA...
My sister-in-law has a one year old and pays his grandmother to watch him in order to work. She wants to claim the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit on the IRS Form 2441, but I see they want the caregivers Tax ID. If she claims the credit is the IRS just going to turn around and tax her...
In addition the current (Dec 12 to Dec 20) statement for my wife's phone shows:
500 Sms Messages $8.00
then
Additional Text Messages $0.10/ msg $14.30
No fvcking way she used 643 text messages in one week when her past average is 440 per month!
I...
The unit was a 300W low end 5.1 but still, only two years? the system
It will play a DVD for a few minutes then shut down. It does not feel hot or go off when playing the TV signal. Possible fixes ///nevermind its dead.
another system for less than $300? The TV it is hooked to. So...
After 9 days our new Sprint phones finally got here. For the last phone we got years ago we just changed the phone's serial number on the web page, now Google only came up with:
"The only way to do the upgrade in the stores is to actually do an ESN swap and then put a code on the account...
We are selling my father's art collection on ebay and it has been hit or miss. I feel like I am just placing expensive newspaper ads.
A webstore would allow all items to be displayed at once without all the relisting and ebay fees. His high volume items range from $5 to $50 and he has a few...
The facts:
Kinda stuck with Sprint since they have the best local coverage
We have been Sprint customers for six years
Not currently in a contract but on an old Alamosa (sp) plan 1000 shared minutes plus 500 texts, nights and weekends starting at 6pm and free Sprint to Sprint for $70...
Rush Limbaugh today accused Michael J. Fox, actor and Parkinson's Disease victim, of deliberately going off of his meds to appear on camera with exaggerated symptoms of his disease for dramatic effect. Fox appeared in a recent Clair McHaskill (D-MO) Senate campaign ad, touting the need for stem...
I was at Staples today for a $19.99 1Gb SD card and a Norton 3-pack (FAR Price matched to Circuit City) when I happened to check out the clearance table. A large out of the box Brother plain paper fax caught my eye. The clearance tag hidden on the side said $18.50 so I quickly told my son to...
I always wondered where people get those Staples coupons since I am a Rewards member and never get freebiees like that. I guess Circuit City loves me more since they sent me this offer:
And I am here to share the love. Since posting coupons here is apparently a no no
Edit: Direct link to...
Anyone know of any DDR1 RAM specials or other good tech sales (HP toner, mp3 player) coming this Sunday?
Circuit City, Best Buy, Target, Staples, Office Max (Office Depot can kiss my @ss), and of course Costco.
If not I am looking at driving to the ?big city? on Saturday when there is at...
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Only $10 off so Warm, but I'm just so flipping happy that the 2007 version is finally out.
In addition to over 3.5 million new or updated roads, this year?s edition of Street Atlas USA now includes:
- Canadian street-level maps and places of interest
- Support for Windows Mobile...
Maxtor 200GB L01M200 8MB Buffer SATA - Retail Hard Drive Kit. $59.99! Hey that's $10 more than the last time the 200GB's were on sale! And no longer ships free :( Outpost
# Capacity: 200GB
# Seek Time: <9.3ms
# 7200RPM
# 8MB Buffer
# Serial ATA (SATA) Interface
# Up to 150MB/sec data...
My sons computer has a socket 939 GeForce 6100 mATX NForce4 motherboard with 4 RAM slots. It came with 2x256 DDR400 and I would like to bump it up to 1GB. If I put a single 512mb DDR400 in the thrid or fourth slot will it slow down the existing dual channel RAM?
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