Recent content by soloman02

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    Get Ready to Be Taxed for Online Music

    It's not that paying $0.06 will burden most buyers, it is the principle of it. We are taxed enough as it is. I live in NH where there is no sales or income tax (only fed income tax) and I still feel that I pay too much in taxes. Plus, only only a student making $9 an hours. I can only imagine...
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    "Last Lecture" CS Professor, Randy Paunsch Dies Aged 47

    Wow Toms is so far behind the news. The AP reported on this story THREE days ago. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080725/D9252UGG0.html
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    Does AMD Block PhysX On Radeon Development?

    Maybe, but without them you wouldn't have typed that post. So at the very least show some respect for the talented engineers who made that post possible.
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    Are You Ready To Subscribe To Microsoft Office?

    Unless you don't care for onecare, then Office is more expensive to subscribe to. If you use office for more than 4 years it will cost more money per year to use the subscription. However, if you buy a new office every 4 years (assuming MS release a new version every four years) using the...
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    Camera Thieves Busted By Eye-Fi Card

    Man, Toms is slacking big time. Engadget had this story 5 days ago. http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/thief-steals-eye-fi-equipped-camera-proceeds-to-give-himself-aw/
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    New York Readies Internet Sales Tax

    This will fail miserably. For the first 2-3 years NY will get Tax revenue for it and will call it a success. However, it will take this long for companies to relocate to another state with no taxes, effectively killing the tax revenue for NY. Another great reason to live in NH. NO SALES TAX ON...
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    Simple laptop with long battery life

    Dell's new line of notebooks, the Vostro series fare pretty well. They are fairly cheap if you want them to be and have a similar aluminum alloy frame as the Thinkpad's. Dell Has announced a refresh of the vostro lineup. I think they look better than the current design. I have a vostro 1400 and...
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    In the Market for a New Notebook -Some Questions

    Too bad the XPS is about 3 pounds too heavy. I just looked, there are no rebates for the XPS. Even if there were, $2k is a lot of money. Does anyone have more info about Lenovo thinkpads? I really like the look, but it does cost a little bit more than the dell. I just want to know more about...
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    Good Price for a Gaming Notebook?

    How is the build quality of the vostro? and how is it when compared to the Thinkpad notebooks? For me it is a toss up between a vostro 1400 or a thinkpad T61 I can configure similar setups/ similar price on both sites.
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    In the Market for a New Notebook -Some Questions

    If I could build my own notebook for the same price, I would but I can't so I have to go through one of these guys. ( I only build my own desktops) The reservations I had were mainly the stories of horrible customer service and shoddy construction. I guess I am just overreacting, since the...
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    In the Market for a New Notebook -Some Questions

    I am a student so my budget is not that high. I will be using my loans to purchase a new notebook when I get my loan refund check next semester. I am fairly tech savvy, and know mainly what I need. I am looking for a notebook with: Core2duo CPU Minimum amount of RAM (I'm going to make sure I...