Recent content by Plekto

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    Hacks to turn Series 2 units into stand-alone DVR?

    I don't know, really. I don't see many options out there. Here is what needs to be done to be legal: 1 - Blank the hard drive/install a new one. 1000% delete everything on the drive including and especially the TIVO software. 2 - install open-source PVR type software that works with the...
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    What's Windows Vista Worth? Play Guy's Guesstimating Game.

    Thank you very much, I'll be using Linux. The only problem is that I will have to dual-boot with Vista just so I can run Office and a couple other aps that I am sure that people will expect me to have just because I tend to work in places that use Windows, and that irritates me. **** You can...
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    What's Windows Vista Worth? Play Guy's Guesstimating Game.

    I see virtually nothing in Vista that you can't either download as shareware and that Mac didn't do years earlier. The next major relese of Mac OS, though, will be the nail in Microsoft's coffin. Why? Because the current version runs on Intel processors, and the next will run on non-Apple...
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    Who Designed This Crap? Smart Phones Stink, PDA Phones Rule

    The solution to the dillemma is to just get a Bluetooth compatable PDA and a little bluetooth phone as a transmitter "brick" that you keep in your pocket. Works with any computer or PDA - and some, like the LifeDrive or an IPaq, are stunning for viewing web images. I like the Blackberrys, but...