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    Help me chose a new laptop.

    Well if I manage a job in the upcoming months it can be a mac, but I need it asap so yeah scratch that :D, So, wait for the Llano to come out? the HP looks tempting!
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    Help me chose a new laptop.

    Sorry, I've been gone for a few days, but I did infact see an HP very similar to the one posted by isaac at bestbuy and it looks like a great choice! But...I started to play with the macs at the store and I really loved how well designed they were. Right now I am between the HP, the white...
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    Help me chose a new laptop.

    Intel® Core™ i5-480M processor (2.66GHz) with Turbo Boost up to 2.93GHz (Save $80 in Cart) Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit Gunmetal Black 320GB Hard Disk Drive (5400rpm) 4GB (2GBx2) DDR3-SDRAM-1066 14" VAIO Display with LED backlight (1366 x 768) Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator HD with...
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    Help me chose a new laptop.

    Hmm, tomorrow I will be going to my sony style store, I have a $50 gift card I'm willing to spend if I find something nice in the vaio lineup. and yes, a few buds told me ATI graphics or nvidia is the way to go when looking for a good laptop
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    ChromeOS netbooks (aka Chromebooks)

    I am interested in a chromebook, love the form factor of the samsung but not being able to access windows apps and drives is a deal breaker unless there is some way of dualbooting both.
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    Help me chose a new laptop.

    I meant evo instead of blackberry, have pdanet on both :)
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    Help me chose a new laptop.

    Okay I used to be fine working from home on my desktop(3-4yrs) (Intel core 2 quad,8gb ram, Ati 4650) Due to moving around town for work, I've been using my dell mini(sister gave it to me). I have a few old laptops at home but they're old and have bad batteries, and the dell mini is so slow for...
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    Tips to keep your windows computer snappy

    Never meant to diss MSE, Just saying that for those who prefer paid ones but cant afford it should get it in order to save themselves some money. Heck MSE is installed in my 3 laptops, desktop and gaming rig Never had a problem until today. My oldest laptop is a 2006 toshiba satellite(2gb of...
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    Tips to keep your windows computer snappy

    Really basic stuff that can do a big difference. Read!!! Follow these tips at your own risk, its really simple but theres room for things to go wrong! just because your computer is a few years old and slow, it doesn't mean you have to throw it away or spend big bucks on software to fix it...
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    how much do you pay for internet?

    Exactly, heck when I moved to an apartment 2 years ago for work, I had no internet options but DSL, I remember buying a USB adapter called the Alfa something, the thing managed to pick up a starbucks hotspot which was quite a walk from where I was living. never had an issue with dropouts plus it...
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    how much do you pay for internet?

    Contact your ISP and ask them if they offer monitoring options, I called mines and they told me that I could monitor it myself on their webstie so its worth giving it a try. Also they might have your usage history for the past months so you can average your usage.
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    how much do you pay for internet?

    From my understanding, if the signal is unencrypted or if its a public hotspot there shouldn't be a problem but you must know its a big security risk since the information from your connected devices can be obtained. If the signal were in fact encrypted and he managed to obtain the security key...
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    how much do you pay for internet?

    Nice setup pro96, the only thing holding me back from one of those antennas is the 922, if I'm away from home and the signal between the antenna and the access point dropped would mean no remote viewing for me. although I do admit my sling quality is total crap due to my upload(300-400kbps)...
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    how much do you pay for internet?

    yup, when I started the thread I found one(the topic search thing), as Iceberg said in the pub area.
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    how much do you pay for internet?

    Found this, looks like they have a few install costs modem, purchase would be 89.00 + 75 install fee would be around $164 to get the service running, I called them and they said they have good coverage in my area but just incase anything happens, they send the tech to measure the signal quality...
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    how much do you pay for internet?

    Hey, at least you can watch netflix(we cant since our ip is outside of the U.S.) and you have a ton of bandwidth, here the 4mb is shared with 2desktops, 3laptops, 922 and an xbox 360. funny thing though is according to my isp traffic meter we have passed the 40gb limit, yet we have never been...
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    how much do you pay for internet?

    I wish we could have decent pricing and caps here in Puerto Rico,We have 3 cable providers on the island Liberty Cable- decent speeds compared to One Link and no caps, sadly its not available where I live(east/central area)- $65 for 10mb/512k without caps One Link(the one I currently have)...
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    how much do you pay for internet?

    I'm kinda stumped, I pay $62 for 4mb download/360kbps upload with a 40gb cap($17 for every 10gigs after you hit the cap, thanks god theres no cap in upload which lets me enjoy my 922 remotely)... I can't wait for sprint to come out with wimax in my area so I can have unlimited wireless broadband...
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    Watch Netflix outside the US?

    Hey guys, I have a netflix account and I am able to watch it on my pc(using a proxy and then disconnecting it when the movie or show starts) But I really hate sitting on the computer to watch a movie(its a desktop not a laptop so I can't move it to the tv and plug it in) But I do have an xbox...