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WD Special Edition HDs and Sound Dampeners

I stand corrected. Western Digital's website does list the WD 800JB as having only 2 platters. Storage Review got this wrong, they thought it was going to be 3 platters like the 800BB. The 600BB, 800BB, 1000BB, 1000JB, 1200BB, & 1200JB all have 3 platters - so this is the only drive they make...
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- Post #10
- May 17, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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WD Special Edition HDs and Sound Dampeners

So far, all of Western Digital's 60+ GB drives have had 3 platters. The WD 800BB uses 27 GB platters, the WD 1000BB & 1000JB use 33 GB platters, and the WD 1200BB & 1200JB use 40 GB platters. AFAIK, the WD 800JB is still using 27 GB platters like the 800BB.
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- Post #8
- May 17, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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AMD Doomed?? PR Raiting Misleading??

The PR Rating clearly does NOT translate into equivalent P3 or Tbird performance, no matter what AMD marketing claims. The PR rating goes up 100 for every 66 Mhz of XP clock speed, but AMD has provided no compelling support for claiming that the XP scales 50% better than a Tbird or Tualatin...
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- Post #37
- May 7, 2002
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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When is the next price-cut for Intel CPU's?

According the Intel's pricing roadmap, the May 12th price cut will only be for Celerons. (The existing Celerons are getting a price cut in response to Intel's introduction of new Celeron chips.) The next price cut for Pentium 4 chips is scheduled for May 26.
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- Post #10
- May 4, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Aluminum Front Panels?

MPC Parts has pictures of the various Lian Li aluminum drive bezels.
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- Post #13
- Mar 10, 2002
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Now Boeing is laying off thousands!

This is not just about 1 week of disrupted travel. The trauma of last week's tragedies will have a significant impact for the forseeable future. At least 1 analyst was forcasting 60% less air travel for the coming quarter. Many companies are currently discouraging employee travel. Several...
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- Post #25
- Sep 18, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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US embassies in Europe become shrines

Here is a report on a touching show of support from our European friends: Embassies Become Shrines
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- Sep 13, 2001
- Replies: 0
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Poll : Who is responsible for the NYC bombing?

<< hey it could be american for all we know. >> There isn't much chance of that. Why would American nutcases even care about taking out the World Trade Center? I think that most domestic radicals aren't interested in striking a blow against symbols of "American Capitalist Imperialism". Far...
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- Post #23
- Sep 13, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Anyone else embarassed by our President (US)?

<< Unfortunately, responses like the numerous above pretty much confirm my views on the classless nature of American society. >> Pot. Kettle. Black. First you condemn the President of the United States for doing what he should do in reaction to a crisis of this nature. Then, you have the...
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- Post #176
- Sep 12, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Anyone else embarassed by our President (US)?

<< After watching all the events unfolding today I was quite struck by the cowardice of our commander-in-chief. >> Yesterday morning, the US was subjected to widespread, coordinated terrorist attacks. As of noon yesterday, it was still unclear what the limits of the attacks were or what...
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- Post #148
- Sep 12, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Anyone else embarassed by our President (US)?

<< I agree with snow, but for different reasons... What I am embarassed about is what appeared to be his: 1) lack of prompt reply. He could have issued a statement from Air Force 1 instead of waiting to touch down. >> Bush's first statement from Florida came at 9:30 am - nearly 15 minutes...
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- Post #80
- Sep 12, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Anyone else embarassed by our President (US)?

<< ~150yrs ago we fought the Civil War, in this war we taught the world some important lessons in warfare. The south for the most part believed in the idea of a leader at the front of the troops leading the men into battle. They suffered terriable loss of leaders in their armies and lost the...
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- Post #70
- Sep 12, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Help. Can't check my rogers@home email with router hooked up!

Your problem is probably that you need to enter the actual host names for your email server. @Home (for example) tells people to use mail as the host name for pop3 and smtp. Unfortunately, this is not a full qualified name and it does not work from behind a firewall or router. In my case, the...
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- Post #2
- Aug 6, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Is Visual Basic used much in the field?

Generally, knowing as many computer languages as possible is more valuble than just experience with one. This is somewhat true, but please make sure that you are genuinely proficient in at least one of them. Familiarity with lots of languages is of little value if you have never learned any of...
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- Post #10
- Jul 2, 2000
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Is Visual Basic used much in the field?

VB is used very widely in programming internal apps, and is actually pretty well suited for quickly developing certain types of apps. It is "proprietary", but so are most of the comparable alternatives (such as Delphi) and it is far more widely used than such alternatives. That's the...
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- Post #9
- Jul 2, 2000
- Forum: OT Discussion Club

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