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So I need to get a smartphone for my AT&T plan. I can't go through AT&T to buy it. This smartphone can either be contract-free AT&T or unlocked (as I understand it). I just can't buy it directly new from AT&T (or I guess I could, but it would cost $700 without a plan). I would prefer an...

When would the "newest ultrabooks" be available? Keep in mind he has to have it in his hands at least two weeks before the start of college.

That looks nice (although it's even out of stock at Walmart). Any other competition out there? How soon are IB ultrabooks going to get released? (as in more IB ultrabooks)

Hello, My friend is going off to college and is looking at various ultrabooks. The thing is that not many ultrabooks have the 3rd gen IB chips. I'm only experienced in desktop components, so this is kind of a new area for me. 1. What is your budget? Up to $1500 2. What is the size of the...

Kill it! Kill it with fire!

How the heck am I going to put this together without using any tools...

3 fans! 0.0 I dunno... I'll look around. Thanks!

Accelero? Are you sure?

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^That would help, but I have an SSD :) Also, I can't believe I forgot about that Accelero! Every time I typed in a graphics card in newegg, that was the first thing that came up! Yeah, you're right... it is quite an "investment". Either way, I would never replace anything (like case fans)...

Hmmm.... true, true. I guess that solves it :) I forgot I don't have a dedicated GPU. By the way, could any of you suggest a program to manually make the fan work harder? I've got a terrible system anyway, but if I can cool it better, maybe it'll work faster... By the way, in case you wanted...

Hello, I know that this is probably a pretty low-level question, but I couldn't (easily) find the answer through some Googling. So I'll pose it to you guys: I've been researching to build a gaming desktop. I went from a lenovo thinkpad laptop. Looking at noise levels for my desktop, I started...