Recent content by BUL2294

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    The World's Best Hardware Prices

    This has the potential for being a fantastic article, but since everything is quoted "tax-free", it's usefulness borders on poor. Modify the charts with a few more bars and some more math and this would be an excellent article... For example, there's no sales tax refund for foreign visitors...
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    High-End Portability: Eurocom and M-Tech D900C Laptops

    Sorry, but while this is an impressive "laptop", wait until you have to lug one of these through an airport. Throw in the weight of the bag, power supply, a few CDs or DVDs, maybe an extra battery--and you're approaching 20 lbs. In fact, try lugging a 10 lb laptop through security and the...
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    Gameplay Stinks with RTM Vista and Current Drivers

    I was just about to post the exact same thing... To the author: ARTICLE MISPRINT! Please check the Vista driver model image on page 3.
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    Serious help needed here

    Well, I can shed some light here, but much of what you're asking here can be found on Microsoft's Knowledge base... First, DOS assigns Win98 drive letters on the primary IDE channel only. (I believe it's primary partition of master (HD1), primary partition of slave (HD2), extended partitions of...
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    -Dude, your Dell just freaking blew up!!!

    ...if "Henrik" worked for CDW--they have a big IT presence in Vernon Hills, IL... Have no info one way or the other, but that would be ironic!
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    Why Does Everyone Hate Ultra-Mobile PCs?

    It's simple--it's a useless concept. Put them in specific industries (i.e. trading, hospitals, insurance agencies) and they do their jobs decently. But PDAs have the features (i.e. wireless, decent processing power, cameras, less overhead, enough memory, etc.) to do the same job with much less...