The thread formerly known as the laptop thread but is now about random tech.

[Ameatypie]

Your RAM is the only thing that has a major advantage over mine.

Mine is, of course, before my Christmas upgrades.

Core i7 3GHz
8GB DDR3 1600
Nvidia GTX 280
2 Velociraptors in RAID 0 for OS drives
I'm putting my 2 TB of HDD in my computer
Sony Blu-ray drive
and my Open office is free and better than your MS office so HA!

Well thats all well and good, but i am also upgrading a little for easter i think. Goanna get that boot drive (320GB), a TB (makeing for 2.5TB and a boot drive al/to), a nice 2GB GDDR5 Graphics card (cant remember model off the top of my head), and perhaps a nice new case

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Your RAM is the only thing that has a major advantage over mine.

Mine is, of course, before my Christmas upgrades.

Core i7 3GHz
8GB DDR3 1600
Nvidia GTX 280
2 Velociraptors in RAID 0 for OS drives
I'm putting my 2 TB of HDD in my computer
Sony Blu-ray drive
and my Open office is free and better than your MS office so HA!

Well thats all well and good, but i am also upgrading a little for easter i think. Goanna get that boot drive (320GB), a TB (makeing for 2.5TB and a boot drive al/to), a nice 2GB GDDR5 Graphics card (cant remember model off the top of my head), and perhaps a nice new case

Still can't come close to mine, so HA!

 

[dangerousdave_42]

oh ya my desktop is sporting two 6800gs in sli a 4800x2 and two gigs of ram with a whopping 200gigs of HD space so I win...... or fail horribly but oh well

but I am sporting a coolermaster wavemaster case best case company ever

 

[crimson5pheonix]

oh ya my desktop is sporting two 6800gs in sli a 4800x2 and two gigs of ram with a whopping 200gigs of HD space so I win...... or fail horribly but oh well

You are welcome in the club.

 

[Ameatypie]

Don't talk to me about these programs as they are
Very law unfriendly. Backing up
DVD's is a
stupid idea. I just
hope you don't
request other to help you
in finding this
new for you program.
Klappy!

Dammit i tried to do the same thing but failed miserably. All i will say is thats what i use (when i do upback) and thanks for that

Also - that was good.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Don't talk to me about these programs as they are
Very law unfriendly. Backing up
DVD's is a
stupid idea. I just
hope you don't
request other to help you
in finding this
new for you program.
Klappy!

Dammit i tried to do the same thing but failed miserably. All i will say is thats what i use (when i do upback) and thanks for that

Also - that was good.

Tried to do what thing?

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Don't talk to me about these programs as they are
Very law unfriendly. Backing up
DVD's is a
stupid idea. I just
hope you don't
request other to help you
in finding this
new for you program.
Klappy!

Dammit i tried to do the same thing but failed miserably. All i will say is thats what i use (when i do upback) and thanks for that

Also - that was good.

What did you try and do? Tell me! I must know if I can help.

 

[Alex_P]

-Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit

-Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise

You probably overpaid for these two.

Does "Ultimate" have any features that aren't in "Home Premium" that you actually use?

Does Office "Enterprise" have any features that aren't in "Standard" of "Student" that you actually use?

-- Alex

 

[Radelaide]

Not at all Dont worry - at the mo i have 3 500GB HDD's. I need more storage still, so planning to get a 320GB as a boot drive, and then start buying 1TB drives after that.

Holy carp! Who needs that much space!? What are you doing with your computer?

Movies! Uncompressed movies take up 5-8GB and that's for SD.

Jeez... Oh! Do you guys know of any programs that convert .avi into DVD files? My mum wants my friend to download some TV shows for her and he can't find a program to download them and mum can't wait till I get my laptop. (It's HDMI compatible so she'll plug it into the back of the big screen... Or so she says)

Why? Most modern DVD players (and computer) can use AVI files. You shouldn't need to convert them. In answer to your question though, no. No I don't.

You sure?

 

[Ameatypie]

Your power supply sucks. You really need a reputable name when it comes to that. I picked Corsair, but Antec and Zalman modulars are pretty good as well.

Also, the only reason that you need 8GB of RAM is because Windows Vista has an insatiable hunger for it.

Whaddya mean! For a start, Acebel is a respectable brand of PSU. Secondly, 607 Watts is HEAPS, espically when this is a very high quality 607watt. I could comftorbly chuck in a second grapics card and another half-dozen HDD's and STILL have a stable system.

You probably overpaid for these two.

Does "Ultimate" have any features that aren't in "Home Premium" that you actually use?

Does Office "Enterprise" have any features that aren't in "Standard" of "Student" that you actually use?

-- Alex

Absolutly! Media Center and Remote Desktop Connection are just two of the many useful features of my OS that i enjoy. And as for office enterprise.... guess what? I got it for free, so i aint complaining.

My computer, overall, cost about 1200 US Dollars once we were all finished. I think that is definatly worth it for what i got in that package - but then, i suppose i did have access to some serious discounts. The only thing i got for free in that lot was office.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Not at all Dont worry - at the mo i have 3 500GB HDD's. I need more storage still, so planning to get a 320GB as a boot drive, and then start buying 1TB drives after that.

Holy carp! Who needs that much space!? What are you doing with your computer?

Movies! Uncompressed movies take up 5-8GB and that's for SD.

Jeez... Oh! Do you guys know of any programs that convert .avi into DVD files? My mum wants my friend to download some TV shows for her and he can't find a program to download them and mum can't wait till I get my laptop. (It's HDMI compatible so she'll plug it into the back of the big screen... Or so she says)

Why? Most modern DVD players (and computer) can use AVI files. You shouldn't need to convert them. In answer to your question though, no. No I don't.

You sure?

Very. If it's not a cheapo bottom end DVD player, it can probably handle AVI and computers will always be able to do AVI.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Your power supply sucks. You really need a reputable name when it comes to that. I picked Corsair, but Antec and Zalman modulars are pretty good as well.

Also, the only reason that you need 8GB of RAM is because Windows Vista has an insatiable hunger for it.

Whaddya mean! For a start, Acebel is a respectable brand of PSU. Secondly, 607 Watts is HEAPS, espically when this is a very high quality 607watt. I could comftorbly chuck in a second grapics card and another half-dozen HDD's and STILL have a stable system.

You probably overpaid for these two.

Does "Ultimate" have any features that aren't in "Home Premium" that you actually use?

Does Office "Enterprise" have any features that aren't in "Standard" of "Student" that you actually use?

-- Alex

Absolutly! Media Center and Remote Desktop Connection are just two of the many useful features of my OS that i enjoy. And as for office enterprise.... guess what? I got it for free, so i aint complaining.

My computer, overall, cost about 1200 US Dollars once we were all finished. I think that is definatly worth it for what i got in that package - but then, i suppose i did have access to some serious discounts. The only thing i got for free in that lot was office.

Those are both features in Home Premium...

 

[xitel]

Right, so I still haven't been able to fix my microphone. The problem is that it keeps playing the input it's recieving over my speakers. Which, seeing as how they're right next to each other, causes some problems. I don't know why it's doing that, seeing as how it never did before.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Right, so I still haven't been able to fix my microphone. The problem is that it keeps playing the input it's recieving over my speakers. Which, seeing as how they're right next to each other, causes some problems. I don't know why it's doing that, seeing as how it never did before.

If it's not any settings, it's most likely a physical problem. If something is shorting two lines, that would do it. This is unlikely though. Very unlikely. Did you install anything like drivers recently? Did this start happening right after your most recent update?

 

[xitel]

Right, so I still haven't been able to fix my microphone. The problem is that it keeps playing the input it's recieving over my speakers. Which, seeing as how they're right next to each other, causes some problems. I don't know why it's doing that, seeing as how it never did before.

If it's not any settings, it's most likely a physical problem. If something is shorting two lines, that would do it. This is unlikely though. Very unlikely. Did you install anything like drivers recently? Did this start happening right after your most recent update?

Nope, I haven't installed any drivers or anything. And it started happening shrotly before my last update.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Right, so I still haven't been able to fix my microphone. The problem is that it keeps playing the input it's recieving over my speakers. Which, seeing as how they're right next to each other, causes some problems. I don't know why it's doing that, seeing as how it never did before.

If it's not any settings, it's most likely a physical problem. If something is shorting two lines, that would do it. This is unlikely though. Very unlikely. Did you install anything like drivers recently? Did this start happening right after your most recent update?

Nope, I haven't installed any drivers or anything. And it started happening shrotly before my last update.

What was the last thing you did before it started screwing up?

 

[xitel]

Right, so I still haven't been able to fix my microphone. The problem is that it keeps playing the input it's recieving over my speakers. Which, seeing as how they're right next to each other, causes some problems. I don't know why it's doing that, seeing as how it never did before.

If it's not any settings, it's most likely a physical problem. If something is shorting two lines, that would do it. This is unlikely though. Very unlikely. Did you install anything like drivers recently? Did this start happening right after your most recent update?

Nope, I haven't installed any drivers or anything. And it started happening shrotly before my last update.

What was the last thing you did before it started screwing up?

I was talking to you and Peek, and turned up the microphone boost. When I turned it back down, the loopthrough started.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Right, so I still haven't been able to fix my microphone. The problem is that it keeps playing the input it's recieving over my speakers. Which, seeing as how they're right next to each other, causes some problems. I don't know why it's doing that, seeing as how it never did before.

If it's not any settings, it's most likely a physical problem. If something is shorting two lines, that would do it. This is unlikely though. Very unlikely. Did you install anything like drivers recently? Did this start happening right after your most recent update?

Nope, I haven't installed any drivers or anything. And it started happening shrotly before my last update.

What was the last thing you did before it started screwing up?

I was talking to you and Peek, and turned up the microphone boost. When I turned it back down, the loopthrough started.

Sounds like a hardware malfunction. something happened to your microphone when you turned it up. I don't actually suggest this, but hitting the microphone a few times might fix it. Don't do that though.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Right, so I still haven't been able to fix my microphone. The problem is that it keeps playing the input it's recieving over my speakers. Which, seeing as how they're right next to each other, causes some problems. I don't know why it's doing that, seeing as how it never did before.

If it's not any settings, it's most likely a physical problem. If something is shorting two lines, that would do it. This is unlikely though. Very unlikely. Did you install anything like drivers recently? Did this start happening right after your most recent update?

Nope, I haven't installed any drivers or anything. And it started happening shrotly before my last update.

What was the last thing you did before it started screwing up?

I was talking to you and Peek, and turned up the microphone boost. When I turned it back down, the loopthrough started.

What's the make and model of your laptop?