Posts by The Meal

Grew up in Charlevoix, Michigan; went to college in the Upper Peninsula for ten years in Houghton, MI; took a job in Rochester, MN for a couple of years, took a brief pit stop in Green Bay Wisconsin; and have spent the last four years in...

A quick web search was useless in turning up the specifications of my LG HL-DT-ST DVD+RW GCA-4040N. Thanks for the explanation anyway, Ed. ~The Meal

What's the deal with a minimum DVD playback requirement of DVD-ROM 5x (in the Tom's review)? That sort of puts a damper on this idea for me.... Quote: Originally Posted by tom's hardware On the hardware side, a USB...

Quote: Originally Posted by gadgetgirl I've heard good things about the Kensington Saddlebag -- It converts from messenger to backpack. It looks plain, but I like that idea, since I don't want to get mugged. And the...

I've got this Saddlebag/Satchel/Backpack from Kensington and I absolutely love it. Very well laid out with just the right number of pockets (and easy accessability) for everything I need to drag around. Mine's got an 8600 in it,...

I have the Kensington retractable that you linked to, and the retractable system in my sucks. Takes a lot of effort to get the cable back into the housing. Oh, and the housing? Yeah, it's made of plastic. Would seem that someone with...

Top guy and no complaints here. Very even handed with regards to both posters and Dell-centricism. Sometimes I'd hope for longer responses, but with so many posts to wade through, I can understand the short-and-sweet...

From what I've seen posted (I've not felt the need to switch from the Dell drivers to them) they cost just a smidge of performance (typically only one or two FPS in games) but give much cooler temperature results. YMMV and I may be...

My favorite HDD site, Storage Review, tackles this very question in their FAQ. Note that "STR" is the throughput-rate of the drive. Bascially it boils down to a doubling of drive capacity equates to a 7% - 10% improvement in...

Sandra is not the recommended HDD benchmark. ~The Meal