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Green Hard Drives with Clear Tops and Lights

I think the windowed hard drive is a good idea, but I don't think that it's something that consumers would necessarily pay a premium for. If I were you I would push to get it as a design feature for all drives, not just some. Stores have enough trouble stocking drives as it is, if they had to...
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- Post #61
- May 19, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Dell Honoring WD 200GB Drive for $22 after $200MIR

Wow, their estimating sucks. I've been checking my status on their web site, last week, my rebate was Verified and Accepted on 11/19/2003 and my Date Rebate Shipped was 11/24/2003(est). I go to check today and my Date Rebate Shipped is 02/02/2004. They were only off by 2 and a half months. I'm...
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- Post #292
- Feb 6, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Dell Honoring WD 200GB Drive for $22 after $200MIR

Hey all, I found a rebate locator on WD's site: http://rebates.westerndigital.young-america.com/LookupbyStreetNumberZipCode.asp It's a bit confusing because they give a date shipped and then a disclaimer saying it may take up to 6 weeks from the date the rebate was shipped to arrive. At the...
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- Post #210
- Jan 7, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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LiteOn +/- DVD-RW at CC BM for $40plus tax - YMMV

I picked up two of these yesterday at the Union Square, Manhattan store.
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- Post #5
- Dec 29, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Gigafast USB 802.11b Wireless FREE A/R (PCClub)

does anyone have the rebate form for this still? I can't find the one I downloaded.
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- Post #47
- Nov 7, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Quicktime icon

probably got there when you installed itunes. get a startup manager program to remove it. I recommend Starter 5.6.1.23 {Edit, stupid links didn't work}
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- Post #2
- Oct 30, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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42" plasma screen

Didn't see this posted yet, Dell Home has the Panasonic TH-42PWD6UY 42" plasma tv for $2696 with free shipping and no tax in most states. Pretty hot if you ask me. Could be even better if there are any coupons floating around...
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- Thread
- Oct 27, 2003
- Replies: 23
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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calling all USB (thumb)drive owners! post your experiences

I have one of the Dell 128mb flash drives from my office. Physical Size: a little wider than I would like. Due to the oval design of the body, it sometimes has trouble fitting into front USB ports where the drive's case interferes with it's ability to insert fully into the slot. It's also a...
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- Post #18
- Oct 24, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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What are these dots?

they are almost definitely being caused by improper video drivers. Try switching back to the last set of drivers that worked without giving you the dots.
- draelon
- Post #11
- Oct 24, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Need "G5" comparable system options: Budget is between $5-10K

What made you decide on Dell? Personally, I don't find their machines to be all that great, and the configuration options for putting together a system just plain suck. The only reason to get a Dell is for the support, and even that isn't what it used to be. For comparison check out this...
- draelon
- Post #33
- Oct 8, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Photoshop benches: Dual G5 2.0 vs. Dual Xeon 3.06 and others: G5 wins.

pffft. Does anyone even know the difference between the P4 and Xeon? =P
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- Post #62
- Sep 22, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Photoshop benches: Dual G5 2.0 vs. Dual Xeon 3.06 and others: G5 wins.

I can't believe no one mentioned the fact that the Dual G5 is being benchmarked vs a Dual Overclocked P4. I'd like to see the benchmarks from a non-overclocked system, or an overclocked 3.06 chip running at 3.2 or higher. As far as Photoshop as a benchmark is concerned, it's a pretty good...
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- Post #58
- Sep 22, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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First Person shooter members:Post your gaming rig specs.

p4 2.4c (800mhz fsb) 1 gig DDR pc3200 ram (dual channel) ati 9700 pro 2 scsi 18gb 15k drives running in raid 0 1 wd 160gb 8mb cache 7200 Sony g500 21" monitor
- draelon
- Post #60
- Sep 16, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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SCSI Raid vs SATA Raid!!!

Another thing to keep in mind is that unless you have a fair number of drives (I'm not certain, but I'm guessing at least 3-4, but it would probably take more) then you aren't going to come close to using the full bandwith of a U320 controller. Aside from that, I don't think you'll see a whole...
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- Post #11
- Sep 2, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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iPod users who use their Audigys for Firewire, Please read.

First off, the 3rd gen ipods come with a firewire ac adapter. Simply plug in the included firewire cable to your adapter and dock and you can charge your ipod with no hassle. Personally, I opted to skip the firewire for transfering files and went out and bought Apple's Firewire to USB cable...
- draelon
- Post #4
- Aug 29, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building

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