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[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: Budman

Originally posted by: SneakyStuff
STICKIFY THIS!!!!!

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: RS3RS
Awesome guide, that would be a ton of help to someone new just starting out.

I don't know if this has already been pointed out, but in one part it shows a hard drive laying on top of an antistatic bag for protection. Due to the way antistatic bags work, which is to redirect the static electricity around the bag to protect what is inside of it, there's no real purpose in making a point of laying it on top of the bag. The only way antistatic bags protect electronic devices is if they are actually inside the bag.

*shrug* Don't think it really matters, but just thought I'd point it out so people don't get a false sense of security or anything

That's true, its purpose is to create a Gaussian Surface around the contents. I might still leave it that way, to sort of emphasize the no-physical-shock, no-electrical-shock idea.

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: PorBleemo

Originally posted by: Budman

Originally posted by: SneakyStuff
STICKIFY THIS!!!!!

What would be even better is if they made each page of the guide an AnandTech FAQ, and chained them together, but since I haven't heard anything much about that happening, my guess is that it was judged to be too much of a bandwidth-sucker due to all the :camera:'s.

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Originally posted by: PorBleemo

Originally posted by: Budman

Originally posted by: SneakyStuff
STICKIFY THIS!!!!!

What would be even better is if they made each page of the guide an AnandTech FAQ, and chained them together, but since I haven't heard anything much about that happening, my guess is that it was judged to be too much of a bandwidth-sucker due to all the :camera:'s.

You could host the pictures remotely (pics.bbzzdd.com?) and then they could link to them in the FAQs.