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Thank you, S.T.A.R.S. That's cool! :good: Dr. V

My God!!! Don't ever do this again without backing up your files! Get them backed up right away, in any case. Dr. V

No bad. At least you argued using your own experience to back it up. Much of which I found informative. I believe the proof of the pudding is not in numbers, spec sheets and bench tests but in the eating. I don't know what Rosetta is... or PPC! Dr. V

Glad to hear it! :good: Dr. V

Firstly, may I take this opportunity to wish safety to you and your family and to offer my condolences for your nation in general. It is with great regret that we read about the disaster in your country. Erm... I think, given the probabilities of computer malfunctions, along with your distance...

Thank you, Lucas. I want a desktop. It's not meant to be portable most of the time but there might well be times when it has to travel and be set up at an event. That wouldn't be such an issue as to warrant definitely having a laptop unit. Mac Minis... iMacs and then there are the...

I chose the appropriate English keyboard set up during installation. Unfortunately, this didn't take so I had to mess with it after Windows had installed. Dr. V

The problem is resolved but you seem to get a lot of pleasure out of telling me it's my fault. The truth is, I answered the questions posed during the installation process yet I still had other settings to make once Windows was installed, with regards to the keyboard I was using. Yes, I do...

Hahah! That part was meant as a joke, yes. Cool :)

Thank you, Mihir. Very well said. Did anyone actually read the original post? It's "Buying advice for a Mac". If I asked for advice on buying a typewriter, then I want to buy a typewriter. Telling me I should buy a computer with word processing software would not be advising me on the best...

Excellent... Good luck! What did you do? Did you try re-seating the memory sticks? Dr. V

Check all your connections are tight then take out the memory sticks and re-insert, making sure they snap in positively and are inserted in the right order (if applicable). I had a brand new build do this. It turned out to be a faulty motherboard but we knew the machine checks the memory...

I don't think arguing which costs more is really helping very much. As I've said - what price can you put on consistent performance and reliability? What does it cost a professional to have his tools fail at a crucial moment? The price difference could be neglible, compared with the cost of a...

Upgrading costs. Well, assuming that upgrading is essential in any way... Supposing with those starting specs, the machine runs in a stable fashion and delivers the performance you expect without so much as a hiccup. Look around at what happens when people build their own PCs and insert...

^ LOL! That's brilliant, C4. Thank you for your honesty! :D So the answer is quite clear. Save an absurd amount of money and get the bluescreen of death and a computer that goes non-responsive every two weeks?! Sounds like a bargain! :rolleyes: Seriously though... All hardware...

It shows characters as well?! Sounds a bit viral to me.

I really don't know the answer to this but it wouldn't do any harm to try adjusting the moire and phase settings on the monitor itself or perhaps if you have those adjustments available in your video card's control center? It looks horrible. Sorry I can't be of more help. Dr. V

...Or pulls hot air away. I'm not sure about this but I read somewhere that CPU and case fans pull, rather than push air for the simple reason you would end up blowing hot air back across the components whilst also dragging dust & other foreign particles in. If anyone could either verify or...

That wouldn't happen to include the automated telephone authorization for Windows XP would it? Dr. V

Nice one. Thank you, Speedyink. I use a sandboxed browser. If I want to recover anything from the sandbox, I can scan individual files with my virus checker. I guess it's a case of suck it and see. I have all my files backed up and my software titles on disc. If it does get a virus, I can...