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    Fair Price on 5 month old Dell Dimension inquiry

    A friend is selling his computer. It's a P4 2.8Ghz, 80GB HD, 512 ram, 15" monitor, DVD/CD-RW. He says he paid $400. I'm thinking $150. What's a fair price? This is my first computer in 6 years. Also, I have to reinstall XP since his machine is heavily corrupted with spyware but he...
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    USB vs Firewire

    Just curious to know which would be faster in this situation: two harddrives, one with firewire/usb2.0 and the other usb2.0 only. I want to copy one harddrive to the other one via a laptop. Is it faster to copy firewire to usb or usb to usb? i know that usb has a higher max speed but maybe...
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    Format ext. HD problem w/ Dell Inspiron 8000 w/ W2K USB 1.1

    I just put together a Western Digital 40GB 2.5" 5400rpm HD and a usb 2.0 no-frills external case. I couldn't format the drive as FAT32 in Computer Management in W2K while connected to my usb 1.1 port. It kept receiving an error message at the end of the formatting - "Volume size too big."...
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    Sound gone after trying to install IE 6

    i have a Dell Inspiron 8000, WinMe, 10gb, 192 MB. tried installing an update to IE6...didn't work...said i needed something else...shut down, went to sleep, woke up the next day....then tried using winamp after reboot...didn't work... i no longer have the sound icon (the horn) in the systray...
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    Digisette (casette MP3 player) $79 at Outpost

    http://shop2.outpost.com/product/3502454 does anyone have this thing? any good???
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    Newbie wants to video edit on his Dell Inspiron 8000...HELP

    A friend wants to video edit on his laptop. He's got a Dell 8000, GeForce2 Go video, and some editing software (MGI Videowave III). Supposedly the sales rep said that he could do video editing on it..that's why he bought it... UNFORTUNATELY, when i went to go take a look at it, 2 problems...
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    Earthlink or RoadRunner in NYC???

    I have to get cable since my new location does not support dsl due to fiber optics. Which provider should I go with? Cable lines are owned by TIme Warner (RoadRunner). Kinda like DSL where I use Verizon cause they own the lines so that if I have a problem with the line, I wouldn't have to...
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    Can I use my USB 1.1 hub and cable for USB 2.0 devices???

    is there a real difference???
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    How do you merge 2 Divx files???

    How do you merge 2 Divx files? I can't seem to get them to play alone. I have other Divx files that play fine but these won't play. I'm assuming that I have to merge them since they are Part I and II. I've searched for a program but all of them are complicated...Anybody have a recommendation...
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    How do you delete the history in the FIND function in Windows ME?

    when i use the find feature in ME, i the last few find entries i used always pop up...I tried selecting the entry and hitting delete but it doesn't work. Where do i go to delete them???
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    Domain Name Registration Question - Own or Rent???

    I've heard that some of the discount places don't actually let you own it, but they rent it out to you when you register a domain name through them...so in the end, when you want to transfer your domain to another host, you have to pay a hefty fee. Is this true???? Is Namecheap.com and...
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    DVD-RW vs. DVD+RW???

    My company just bought some computers with a pioneer DVD-RW....what's the difference between this and DVD+RW???
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    Eyeglass Frames at a Discount???

    where can i get Gucci and Donna Karan eyeglass frames at a discount??? I've searched everywhere and i can't seem to find the frames i want... Gucci #2645 Donna Karan #8230 Please post requests in the IWANNA thread. AnandTech Moderator
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    Disable Virtual Memory???

    how much RAM do you need on your system to safely disable the VM when running w98se, w2k or Wme?? or is disabling not a good idea in all cases???
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    IBM HD can't install Win Me

    My friend has an IBM 13.5GB ata66 HD #djna-371350 it's been reformatted and when he tries to install Win Me (i know, it sucks...), he gets an error message saying something like "can't write to drive c: due to error" in the middle of the installation. he's tried the ibm HD utilities...
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    MSI 6163 dies...DAMN!!!! what next?

    it's P3 450 slot 1...hitting the power button does nothing...no HD spin, no fan...absolutely nothing...i thought it was the power supply but just bought a new one and still...nothing...and it can't be the switch because i usually power it up via keyboard... MSI warranty on it sucks (don't ever...
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    Deals on an ATX powersupply?

    Mine just died...I don't think it's the switch because i can turn it on through the keyboard, and that doesn' work either. Checked pricewatch and it's about $21 with shipping for 250W ATX...any better?? thanks
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    Kingston RAM; Which one do I keep?????

    I have two sets of Kingston 128MB PC133, CAS3 ram. I need to return one of them and keep the other. I can't open them to test them so which one do I keep???? One of them is: Hyundai GM72V66841ET75 0010 AG5 and the other is: 0364804CT3C 75A 45l6902 IBM BR52 941702490 Q IBM