If you've still got free memory, why would you want to use swap space?

The EULA for WinXP only allows you to install it on a certain number of machines (2 IIRC but I could be mistaken). That said, for your programming it's a toss up. I find that a Linux distro is...

Alternatively, you can set them all to cable select and let the hardware figure it out. This is a lot easier, especially if you swap drives around much.

How much are mainframes used anymore? (Serious question, I really have no idea...)

Well, that's a digital signal. If you're picking up a radio station, you'll be able to hear it just fine.

Could definitely be interference. One of my friend's speakers were so bad, she could hardly hear the sounds from her own computer... :P

USA ftw :icon_biggrin:

XP was pretty good. Vista's not been bad for me yet either. Certainly an improvement over 98 and ME... :icon_wink:

Don't click the links? I'd also recommend upgrading to IE 7, apprently it's a lot better security wise. Aside from that and keeping your anti-virus up to date, you just have to avoid getting the...

Unless you want tech support...


I've heard more to the contrary, but I've not had one myself to make a good comment on it.

Odds are you'll get both. Security is becoming critical in all computer-related fields, so you'll get some either way. If you decide to specialize in security, you'll need a very strong background...

Typically threads are left to be so that other people can read them and hopefully get ideas for solving their problems from an existing thread. Why they don't get locked after some time of being...

Wow Duki, congrats on digging up a 3 year old thread. Please look at the date next time :icon_wink:

Depending on how efficient you are, $20-50 sounds about right. If you venture toward the low end you won't make as much but you'll likely have happier customers (and maybe even return business)

I did that once and [luckily] all that happened was that 2 of my hard drives got killed. So you might end up needing to do something there as well...

The OS will often not recognize the hardware. Installers will come with a ton of drivers ready to load, and then install the ones appropriate for your system. When you then take your install and...

I've also heard some poor things about HP-Compaq laptops. My dad and sister each have one, and they've had a couple problems but nothing major. My Toshiba's been fine for the little over two years...

Wow, I missed out on a bit of the thread :(


A 3.2GHz processor really isn't all that great anymore. I've got one. My dual core system runs circles around it. Seriously, get a dual core...

On 32-bit stuff (which is most everything still) the Core 2 blows AMD out of the water last I checked. It also comes with a price tag to match. There aren't a lot of 64-bit benchmarks, so comparing...

almost all mobos have thermal cutoffs now, so the temperature throttling shouldn't be a big deal. And most OSs also use dynamic throttling to keep pace with actualy CPU usage, so having a heat...

I'm not a fan at all of Pentium 4 chips. They had high clock speeds but relatively poor performance and high energy usage. Get a newer chip, and one with 2 cores. An Athlon X2 3800+ is also about...

My total was right about $450

I just built a cheap box to run Vista on a couple weeks ago. I was on a tight budget so I stuck with a AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+, 2GB of RAM, and an ASUS M2NPV-VM motherboard. Don't know how the mobo...

If you want to know how the components work, wikipedia is probably sufficient (or maybe too detailed). A book on computer organization (weird term, I know) might also be of interest. It partly...

I would respond, but I don't know anything about going into IT per se. Most of the others are probably the same. You might try one of the more IT-specific forums.

That sounds great. Especially if you're getting a CCNP. Things like implementng the new infrastructure should be mentioned somehow in your resume. Other than than, I don't really know much about...

You could probably set up a local Jabber server and use that

Sounds a little like a problem in the computer labs at school. Don't know what causes it, though some people claim it's the monitors. I'm not advocating splurging on a new monitor, but if you have...

Look at degrees in IT or information systems (I think) if you're going to continue with school. And the CCIE is great to wave around and get you started. But here's the catch: the people in...

I use VLC on both Windows and Linux. I think my roommate uses it on his Mac too.

Don't have one. Gentoo's been just about everywhere if you really feel up to it though. And I think YD might even be officially supported.

I think the thumb has the Ubuntu logo in the top-left corner, but it's very difficult to make out. And for gaming, I seem to recall there being a distro that was very WINE-centric (e.g. to help with...

Usually if you're working on a project in Linux through a command line environment, you likely should be using a Makefile to build your app. If you're not going to use make and similar tools, then...

Have you tried running chkdsk or any other disk integrity checkers? It's possible that one of these may notice something's up and hopefully even repair the situation.

I've heard lots of good things about the Vaio. One of my friends has one, and it seems to work pretty well for her.

>A have a friend who (used to) have an AMD64 processor in his laptop. It had a 17" screen, battery life for
>around 1 hour, wicked fun... :twisted:
Yeah, this guy I know has dual P4 3.6's in his...

Actually, laptops used to be prone to overheating. Especially the ones that had powerful desktop CPUs in them (e.g. Pentium 4s instead of Pentium Ms). Because they were still somewhat of a novelty...

I leave mine on all the time. Doesn't get particularly warm unless I'm running cpu intensive stuff, but even then the fans keep up fine. That's what they're made for, afterall.

I had it going once. I used grub, had it chainload the Windows boot manager, which then let me choose between XP and 2003. It was a very small hassle as I recall, but nothing particularly difficult.

If you want to repair computers, an A+ would probably be suitable. If you want to repair Windows installations, probably an MCSE cert is the way to go. For Linux stuff, you could consider Red Hat's...