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    Rico Turns Used Smartphones into Home Security

    finally i can put those old phones into good use
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    is this a good gaming laptop?

    You did not specify what kind of games you would run on this laptop, but the processor is good enough to handle modern games. Although, on Lenovo's website it says it is a high performance multimedia laptop, which usually means it has a mediocre graphics card. No worries though, GT755M seems...
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    Just got surface RT. LOVE IT!! Why all the hate?

    Windows RT are obviously optimized for ARM processors, I own a Surface RT and it feels slow at some times but nothing unbearable. A full blown Windows 8.1 is a pretty demanding operating system and putting it in systems with underpowered hardware (underpowered in my opinion) may cause pretty...
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    HP Z1 G2

    So to test performance of a workstation you ran games on demanding settings?
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    Microsoft Surface 2 vs RT

    If you are just looking for a cheap tablet then you should get the surface rt, although I strongly recommend you pair that with one of the keyboards either the touch cover or type cover. I was never the tablet type, but that changed when microsoft was selling the surface rt with the touch cover...
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    Looking for a good desktop audio solution

    ive never saw an audiophile recommend a bose for best quality you should get a receiver and decent speakers it really depends on how sensitive you are to sound and music go to a hardware store and test the speakers yourself and choose the one that impresses you the most if you want 5.1 you can...
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    Notebook/Tablet for College note taking

    im getting myself a surface rt (first generation the old one) for very little not too worried about the new tablets, just need something to carry around there are lots of information about ARM and x86 just google around long story short, ARM is an architecture used usually for OSes meant for...
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    Notebook/Tablet for College note taking

    only difference would be that the touch screen laptop has a keyboard attached that cannot be removed so it adds weight both should perform around the same if they have similar specs, but surface 2 pro will probably have a lot more accessories if instead you prefer a more affordable option there...
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    Notebook/Tablet for College note taking

    Microsoft Surface 2 Pro comes with dedicated stylus and you can buy the type cover instead of the touch cover or just wait for the docking station they are releasing sometime at the end of the year
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    Is there a tablet with better processor than Atom and 32 bit OS on board

    the asus transformer book tx300 is coming out soon if you cant wait i think lenovo already has hybrids for sale they are powerful, run 32 or 64 bit os, power hungry, and heavy ;P
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    Acer Iconia W500 vs Microsoft Surface RT

    this is an old thread... not sure if you made a purchase yet, but in the chance that you havent the acer iconia 2500 is a very slow tablet good thing about it is that it runs windows 7 so you can somewhat treat it like a notebook technically you can game on it but the processor is too slow to...
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    [PC] How can I disable my subwoofer?

    just glad i can help
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    [PC] How can I disable my subwoofer?

    I bought a soundcard and it came with a software that lets me control eq and therefore reduce or completely mute my subwoofer but since you don't seem to have a soundcard I searched online for software that can control realtek audio (which is present on most motherboards) try this link and see...
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    Desktop System Monitor?

    not on the same place/program no