Posts by bones boy

1. Yes - I have a Crucial M4 and an Intel X-25M as a backup. Yes - planning to purchase a new one very soon. 2. Either the Intel 520 (for speed on the SATA III bus) or the Samsung 830 (for value and reliability). 3. Buy a new laptop...

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Dell Precision Workstation Covet M6400, purchased from Dell Outlet store in September 2009 as a refurbished unit asking $1200 - includes E-Port Plus and insured shipping domestically to any USA location via FedEx/UPS (my...

...as soon as I receive a new M6600 from Dell! Dell Precision Workstation Covet M6400, purchased from Dell Outlet store in September 2009 as a refurbished unit Intel Core 2 Duo T9800, 2.93 GHz, 6MB cache, Dual Core 8GB DDR-3,...

Does anyone care to speculate why the M6500 "Extreme" RAM is less expensive than the others (when adding to a base system)? In theory the 1600MHz RAM should be the fastest and most expensive? Really - it's not even...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tiburon666 32bit Windows XP and Vista can support drives up to 3 terabytes even though the BIOS doesn't. That's not exactly true. If you get close to full on that >160GB drive you...

Quote: Originally Posted by risinginsanity Have you tried another HD to make sure it's only a problem with that HD? If it happens on other drives I'd say your IDE controller is crapping out. My other HDs are...

All of a sudden, my 9300's BIOS (A05) only sees my 160GB (PATA) Samsung HD as 137GB. I shouldn't be experiencing LBA/HD controller issues with an Inspiron 9300 - should I? And how would the drive work for 6 months - from XP and...

Quote: Originally Posted by Strykur I'm just starting college, so my opinion will be tendentious given my current academic obligations. Tendentious? WOW!!! Now THAT'S an adjective!!!

I have had major difficulties with their drivers, especially with emulators. Logitech is a good choice.