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 Topic: First Post - Intel Dual Core Question and DDR2 Question |
Chicago Wine Geek
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 Forum: Hardware Posted: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:43:01 Subject: First Post - Intel Dual Core Question and DDR2 Question |
| Rather than bother with Aero and Vista, I'll stick with XP and an Aero-like skin from Windowblinds |
| Topic: One Touch Hard Drive Backup - External HDD |
Chicago Wine Geek
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Forum: Hardware Posted: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:20:02 Subject: One Touch Hard Drive Backup - External HDD |
| Why did you like SyncBack SE better? |
| Topic: One Touch Hard Drive Backup - External HDD |
Chicago Wine Geek
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Forum: Hardware Posted: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:53:33 Subject: One Touch Hard Drive Backup - External HDD |
| So Acronis and an external USB HDD will give me what I want, correct? Cool. |
| Topic: One Touch Hard Drive Backup - External HDD |
Chicago Wine Geek
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Forum: Hardware Posted: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:04:37 Subject: One Touch Hard Drive Backup - External HDD |
| I'm thinking of going with Acronis True Image 10 Home. Anyone have any experience with this? |
| Topic: One Touch Hard Drive Backup - External HDD |
Chicago Wine Geek
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Forum: Hardware Posted: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:42:23 Subject: One Touch Hard Drive Backup - External HDD |
| The problem with that - from what I can tell - is the software that's included isn't that good. My best bet is go with a standard external HDD and then buy the highest rated software out there that a ... |
| Topic: One Touch Hard Drive Backup - External HDD |
Chicago Wine Geek
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Forum: Hardware Posted: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:09:19 Subject: One Touch Hard Drive Backup - External HDD |
| Enclosure with the drive inside. Pricing isn't a concern since storage drops a ton every week. It's all about ease of use. As far as I can tell, the WD drives don't have bundled software. |
| Topic: One Touch Hard Drive Backup - External HDD |
Chicago Wine Geek
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Forum: Hardware Posted: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:34:48 Subject: One Touch Hard Drive Backup - External HDD |
| I searched but couldn't find anything, sorry if this has already been asked. I need an external HDD that comes with software for painless HDD backup and restore. This isn't for me, but for my mom. ... |
| Topic: First Post - Intel Dual Core Question and DDR2 Question |
Chicago Wine Geek
Replies: 25
Views: 17112
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Forum: Hardware Posted: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:26:58 Subject: First Post - Intel Dual Core Question and DDR2 Question |
| I just keep reading about how it slows down even the fastest systems... |
| Topic: First Post - Intel Dual Core Question and DDR2 Question |
Chicago Wine Geek
Replies: 25
Views: 17112
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Forum: Hardware Posted: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:30:49 Subject: First Post - Intel Dual Core Question and DDR2 Question |
| Software shouldn't be an issue. Most of what I do is MS Office and MP3 management. As for video editing, that's if I get ambitious enough to dump the video I've shot of my two kids onto my PC someda ... |
| Topic: First Post - Intel Dual Core Question and DDR2 Question |
Chicago Wine Geek
Replies: 25
Views: 17112
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Forum: Hardware Posted: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:55:17 Subject: First Post - Intel Dual Core Question and DDR2 Question |
| Since there are likely no options to overclock the system, I would get the e6600 and stick with the stock DDR2 667Mhz memory. I would however make sure you have at least 2GB of ram, even if that mean ... |
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