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Gotcha

whiteodianIt seems like they just traded the 2-year contract for a 2-year Phone loan. It does seem a little cheaper. $99 outright for phone + 24 months @ $20 = $579. I bought a Nexus 4 for $350 and pay $45 a month for unlimited StraightTalk. I've seen the GSIII for $449 recently. I'd pass on...

So I am on a contract, does that mean I am on prepaid now, or do I finish out the contract and then its prepaid???

If you use Start8, Windows 8 isnt that bad. I have it set to boot straight to the desktop too.

Your Pentium 4 is single-core. A Pentium D is dual-core.

tomsreaderHDMI? "You can also opt for some additional features including a WiFi chip and antenna, LCD, Bluetooth, HDMI, camera, and storage modules."

Well lets say you have the 2010 27 inch iMac with an i7 and Radeon 5750, your machine idles at 152W and maxes out at 365W (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3559). Sleep does not need to be calculated, consuming only 1.44W. I am just going to average that, which is ~260W. If your in the US most...

Budget?

Us Lumia owners are getting Windows Phone 7.8 update, which will bring the new home screen, etc. http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/20/microsoft-unveils-windows-phone-7-8-for-legacy-devices/

Us Lumia owners are getting Windows Phone 7.8 update, which will bring the new home screen, etc. http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/20/microsoft-unveils-windows-phone-7-8-for-legacy-devices/

ARMy of one

I got an upgraded graphics card for free, when my GTS 250 broke eVGA sent me a GTX 460 :ange:

No $180 is fine, just wanted to see if there were any other cheaper alternatives before I pull the trigger.

Hello, I am helping a friend upgrade his ancient computer, which consists of an Athlon 64 Single Core and 1GB PC133. He is on a tight budget so I am looking for the lowest price upgrade. Only four components are needed: CPU, Mobo, RAM, PSU. 1DVDROM (IDE) and a 750GB HD (IDE) will be used. I...