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^ IETab, I use it all the time.

Probably pulling my brand new AMD Athlon XP-M 2600+ out of the package, and flattening one of the pins. 20mins later, with alot of sweat and a pair of tweezers and a toothpick...it straightened out and worked fine.

haha exactly what i was gonna do. :P

You could have the fastest connection in the world, if it's not consistent you will still lag. When an error comes up like "connection interrupted" or "connection lost" it means your internet is having trouble staying connected (duh?). It's not "lag", it's purely a connection problem. It could...

Really? That always works for me. My background is black and so are my icons' backgrounds.

Right-Click "Start" > Explore > Control Panel > System > "Advanced" Tab > Under "Performance" click the "Settings..." button > Check the "Use drop shadows..." box You're done.

But how would you boot from that? I use daemon tools alot but the virtual drive only exists in the Windows environment. I don't think your BIOS will recognize it at all, like a partition.

If neither are going to play GTA significantly better than the other, I'd go with whatever is cheaper. Plus, it was mentioned, buying XP is another $70-100 into the Mac price. So make that ~$980. The Mac has a better processor, the Acer is cheaper. But my guess is that Acer system will be...

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http://www.usbfirewire.com/Parts/rr-fw-cb.html Assuming you have the right PCMCIA port.

Do they sell Macs yet with Windows pre-installed? If not, would you be throwing away your warranty by installing a foreign OS on a Mac? I think for the majority of users, especially after spending that much on a Mac, they would not want to void the warranty just to run Windows and play games...

Why are they making DX10 cards then? Just getting ahead of the games or something? http://www.eurogamer.net/game.php?game_id=4408 Supposedly that game, has a MINIMUM requirement of 32MB DX9C compatible card.

-Actually this is getting way off topic so I'm not going to continue explaining my opinions lol. No offense to anyone here, I think the reasoning being stated is solid.-

I was talking about top performance cards/computers. If you want to have a card that will run the latest games at a high FPS rate, you have got to upgrade about every 6 months, and those top of the line cards are usually $300 or more. Sure the X1300 Pro will run newer games, probably no AA/AF...

I take it by "real world" you mean, noticable to the average user? When it comes to gaming, overclocking definetly has benefits. But not on the extreme side of things. If your hardware is already up to par with the software then yah, overclocking is not necessary. Alot of kids here have awesome...

But that's the thing with overclocking, make it better than it already is...even if what you have is plenty fast enough. You could spend as much money as you wanted on a PC, and make it even better by overclocking it. They can make the top dollar CPU's and say they are the best out there...but...

That was another really big thing for me. I like to custom build my computers, and then decide the OS I want to run. If I wanted to run OSX, custom building would become very limited in terms of hardware and customization. If I want to run Windows or Linux, there is alot more support and...

Mainly gaming. It is ridiculous to tell someone to go and spend MORE money on a seperate machine to game on, when there current machine works just fine. I would definetly be pissed if I had to use a Mac, and because of that ALSO had to go and spend hundreds on an XBOX360. Not to mention console...

There is more to the processor speed and "power" than the GHz rating. This is why you can see a 1.8GHz processor out-perform another 2.6GHz processor. You are also probably looking at 64-bit processors in newer notebooks, and your Celeron is only 32-bit. Other "upgrades" could also be dual core...

Getting a Wii eventually, but definetly not launch date. Never getting a PS3. Reason...I am not made of money. I have more important things to buy, bills to pay, etc. When the price drops a tad and I have some extra money, I'll pick up a Wii and a few games.