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I could do the same with a pre-built as well. While it would definitely be satisfying to build one myself, there is also a chance that I might break something in the process. I also have to keep in mind that even if I bought pre-built, I would still get a full version of Windows 7, because those pre-builts only ever come with a recovery disc, and it would allow me to wipe all the crapware what comes with the system. I was fiddling again with picking parts, and for $4o more, I could build a machine with the same CPU and video card, an extra 500 gig drive, Vista 64-bit OEM, DVD burner and blu-ray burner, but with less RAM, no monitor, no mouse/keyboard, no warranty, and a chance that I will do something wrong and break something . Of course, if I stick to my desire to get a very small computer case instead of a mid tower, that limits my options a lot more

So I have started looking into a new computer in anticipation of dealing with HD video in the near future. I always dick around and see what building one would cost me, even when I am not looking for a new one. The other week, I did so, picking OEM parts from a local computer shop and tossing them into my virtual shopping cart to see what the damage would be. Needless to say, it was around $2000 with no monitor and no OS. 6GB or Ram, a Core i7 940 or 950, a couple of 1 terabyte hard drive, unfancy motherboard, unfancy video card, run of the mill case. Maybe I picked a Blu-ray burner ($200) along with a DVD burner. I can't remember. Meanwhile, at Futureshop (think of it as Canada's Best Buy, although they are now owned by Best Buy), for $1700 I can get an HP computer, with 9 gigs of ram, a Core i7 920, 23" monitor, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 card, Vista 64-bit, etc. So, apart from total customization, and the fact that the built computer won't be filled with HP bloatware, what is the advantage of building a computer myself for more money than buying one from a store already ready to go? Likewise, what is the disadvantage of buying a prebuilt machine from a store compared to building it myself, apart from the two items I mentioned?

I also play 1 vs 100. I think you can meet up with friends. I've never done it since I have 4 friends on there, three who don't have gold . Otherwise I don't have the games you listed. Nor do I actually play online. I have so many games to play that I want to finish the single player parts of them before playing online. And the last couple of nights, A Kingdom for Keflings has been occupying a lot of my time

So EGM2 Issue June 1995 is scanned. Up next is EGM2 Issue 26 August 1996. After that I will be scanning the following issues in this order: EGM2 Issue 27 September 1996 EGM2 Issue 30 December 1996 Game Players Issue "83" April 1996 Ultra Game Players Issue "99" July 1997 Video Games April 1996 Video Games September 1996 GamePro Issue 95 June 1997 GamePro Issue 97 August 1997 GamePro Issue 98 September 1997 GamePro Issue 99 October 1997 GamePro Issue 104 March 1998 GamePro Issue 108 July 1998 If anyone has any of these and plans on scanning them soon, let me know and I will remove them from my To-do List.

Keep in mind I don't really speak it, and my comprehension of it is basic. I am not sure my translation was 100% correct, though "Rien de mieux de voir des scan de" can't really be translated directly without sound broken; "Nothing better to see scans of".

It's pretty fast. The actual scan takes only a few seconds, but because it's a wireless all-in-one, it takes about 30-40 seconds for it to send the tif to my computer. It would probably be much faster wired, but it's on the home network, and it can only be connected in one manner at a time. Still, it beats my old scanner, taking 3-4 minutes per page.

If you mean actual dough, yes. I wash my hands before cooking; that's just good practice and common sense. I also wipe down the counter, but I don't sterilize it. Didn't WHO say they overhyped H1N1? I'm not worried about that. It's basically a flu. Like SARS, it's mostly those with already weak immune systems that die from it. And people die from flus constantly; they just don't have the hype behind it.

And you missed Three Men and a Baby You're sick.

I am sure my request was in since January You need an AV Receiver. That will give you more inputs, and surround sound (with additional speakers, of course). Money is no object!

Yes. I find the Classic Controller too small. I also find the D-pad too small and too close to the left edge, which makes it feel weird when playing Super Mario World. A bigger D-pad would have been nice. Or a Classic Controller identical to the Super NES controller, but with those two analog sticks.

Cracked and downloaded Super Mario World 2 nights ago, and got it playing properly last night with my HDTV.

Got 'Splosion Man and A Kingdom for Keflings last night. Also have The Beatles Rock Band pre-ordered. and I might as well say I bought Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box now, since I will be getting it the instant it comes out next week. that way I don't have to post again

Ferkner. I already have Mister Zero on my list. I have been waiting for Phillyman's approval for most of this year until I canceled the request

EGM2 Issue 21 is scanned, and issue 24 is also almost scanned (will be done tonight). After that it's issue 26, I believe.

I don't find it that big a deal. It's not like your hands are clean when you are grabbing the utensils or touching your food. I am not one to sterilize myself or my surroundings. Or even my 3-year-old. Germs and dirt are good for you, and him. some doctors think that a lot of kids are allergic to peanuts because when they were much younger, they weren't exposed to enough germs. Lack of exposure meant the antibodies meant to fight germs had nothing to fight. So when they come across peanuts, which contain proteins not found in other foods, the antibodies overreact and attack those proteins. People sterilize everything for their kids these days when they are meant to come into contact adn fight off germs. This, I do not sterilize myself. A little dirt never hurt

Areala basically had it right. Scans of old video game magazines. Nothing is better than to see scans of Nintendo Power from 1988 to appreciate the phrase "awesome graphics". I just thought that everyone, at least in North America and Europe, would know what French looked like. Maybe that is because I live in Canada and cannot get away from that language, but I know what Spanish looks like when I see it . As an interesting side note, Poil, the name of the site, is the correct spelling, at least in France, for Body Hair. I don't know if they use that word here or note, but if they due, it's an odd choice for a URL.

As long as the 404s redirect somewhere, you're good to go

FLAC is always good

I think it's just that weird Java more than IE. I have used this new system in IE 7 and IE 8, and it is plenty fast.

You'll almost certainly get much better results by scanning the magazine rather than taking photos of it.

Does Media Player not rip CDs in Windows Vista? I use Media Player 11 in XP to rip to WAV and MP3. CDex is another program I used to use for Audio CD ripping. I assume it will run in Vista...

According to http://www.westegg.com/inflation/, $200 in 1977 was $702.72 last year. No wonder I love watching The Price is Right from the 70s and being amazed at how dirt cheap everything was.

Boy, am I glad I am not you when it comes to this stuff. I commend you for not going apeshit on anyone or anything during all this. I probably would have!

More specifically, Premiere Elements chugs along when it has to index and create thumbnails for the timeline when I am working on piecing together all the clips that go into a 2.5 hour DVD. I have an old school Pentium 4 running at 3Ghz, and 2 gigs of PC-3200 RAM, with 2 gigs being the most the board supports. For free space, I used to make my swap space drive the D drive, since the C drive was only 80 gigs. The D drive was 250 gigs, but there was always about 90 gigs free. I never let it get below 20 gigs of free space simply because I don't want to get stuck burning disc after disc of data in one shot . I am not sure how quickly Premiere would function now since I added those two SATA drive I bought from Phillyman. On a similar not, my computer can barely run a 1080p video downloaded from the web. I tried it out with a sample clip off some site. Needless to say, it doesn't play smoothly at all. Premiere elements isn't terribly demanding on a system or the most part; not nearly as bad as Adobe After Effects, which is what I think I will need to achieve some of the effects in that music video. Anyhow, a new computer will mean Windows 7, which, according to what I have been reading, will be a great OS to use.