Posts by Revenent

Quote: Originally Posted by zlatanov Well, I am going to give the answer you aren't looking for - buy when you actually need it. People in this forum and many others tend to speculate if they tell you something like...

True, but then it violates one of the other requirements - portability and weight. Most of the Athlon 64 laptops I've seen are DTRs, and they're not really that portable or light.

And make sure you get the right cables to go along with your laptop/case. Sucks to get everything and then find out that you need the 4 pin to 6 pin Firewire cable.

Ouch, a little too expensive. It's at $2,700 for something that would cost less than $2,200 comparably equipped on the 3790 (WUXGA resolution). Thanks for the suggestion though.

Agreed - getting a good external can make or break your day. Also make sure you connect everything properly when you put the drive in. Hard to screw up, but not impossible.

Thanks for all the advice. Yes, I know $3,000 is more than necessary for the category. I tend to pad my budget by a few hundred dollars just in case there are little surprises (like I just found out about the NuShield, Shinza...

I spent > $1,000 USD to set up my dual LCD setup. So yes, I'm just as nuts as you people. As for video cards - honestly, I don't think there are any benefits of choosing ATI or NVIDIA over the other. Just pick the one that...

Another thing you can try: Open up a Command Prompt with BearShare running, then run netstat -a -o. Then look up the PID for BearShare (tasklist.exe), and then see what ports BearShare listens to - then open those ports up.

Quote: Originally Posted by ski its set at "Any Computer (including those on the internet)" If I uninstall service pack 2, am i able to reinstall just certain components? such as just the pop up blocker?...

OK, been reading the forums a bit, so I guess I'll throw my question out now... I've budgetted somewhere between $2,500 to $3,000 USD (including tax/shipping) with a maximum of $3,500 USD (about how much I spent on my current desktop...