Posted in Price Comparisons on Feb 17th, 2008
This is from Dells performance/multimedia line with the recommended configuration - it retails for $999.99. See it here.
Specs are as follows:
Windows Vista Home Premium
Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Quad processor Q6600 (2.4GHz)
3GB DDR2-667mhz dual channel SDRAM (2×1024, 2×512)
ATI Radeon 2400 Pro 128MB RAM
320GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
16X max. DVD+/-R/RW drive
Dell USB mouse and [...]
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Posted in Build-A-Day on Feb 17th, 2008
(BUILD-A-DAY DISCLAIMER: None of the Build-A-Day computers come with an operating system, as many people have copies of Windows around their home, or prefer to use a Free operating system such as Ubuntu or Debian. This is intentional. In addition, no computer builds will contain monitors, keyboard, or other peripherals unless otherwise specified.)
This $350 build [...]
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Posted in Price Comparisons on Feb 16th, 2008
This is from HPs performance/multimedia line with the recommended configuration - it retails for $1,629.99. See it here.
Specs are as follows:
Windows Vista Home Premium
Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Quad processor Q6600 (2.4GHz)
4GB DDR2-800MHz dual channel SDRAM (4×1024)
512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT, 2 DVI, TV-Out
802.11 a/b/g/n Wireless LAN card
500GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
LightScribe 16X max. DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti [...]
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Posted in Build-A-Day on Feb 16th, 2008
(BUILD-A-DAY DISCLAIMER: None of the Build-A-Day computers come with an operating system, as many people have copies of Windows around their home, or prefer to use a Free operating system such as Ubuntu or Debian. This is intentional. In addition, no computer builds will contain monitors, keyboard, or other peripherals unless otherwise specified.)
This build is [...]
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Posted in Price Comparisons on Feb 15th, 2008
Given the wild success of the why build your own page, I’ve decided to add a new category to the site - Price comparison. I’m going to do price comparisons between every Dell and HP Home & Home Office desktop computer and a computer with comparable specs built on NewEgg.
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Posted in Build-A-Day on Feb 15th, 2008
(BUILD-A-DAY DISCLAIMER: None of the Build-A-Day computers come with an operating system, as many people have copies of Windows around their home, or prefer to use a Free operating system such as Ubuntu or Debian. This is intentional. In addition, no computer builds will contain monitors, keyboard, or other peripherals unless otherwise specified.)
Broadway Com Corp [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 14th, 2008
I really try to avoid politics on this website, as they have little to do with computers, and almost nothing to do with building them. That said, there’s a few issues I feel passionate about, and this is one of them. While I am no fan of Ron Paul, a website that endorses him recently [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 14th, 2008
According to my server stats, about 84% of you are. And if you are running windows, you need to be running an antivirus of some sort. Its not that windows is so much less secure than OS X or Linux, though it is, its that it has such a huge marketshare. Because windows currently controls [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 11th, 2008
One of the major breakthroughs in AIDS/HIV research recently was the discovery of the delta 32 mutation. HIV binds onto cells by attaching itself to two receptor sites through which it inserts its DNA into the host cells DNA, allowing it to create more HIV. If one of those receptors is blocked, than a person [...]
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Posted in Website Review on Feb 11th, 2008
Jim Reviews is a blog I discovered today, and is truly one of the most interesting blogs I’ve seen in awhile. His posts run the whole gamut of topics, from making money online to politics.
He skewers Rudy Giuiliani’s strategy to get the nomination - putting all of his effort into Floridaa, and examines how and [...]
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