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Have you tried a different HDMI cable? There are different categories and qualities, be sure you're not using a cheap one.

Just to the point where the CPU casing cracks, then back it off a bit.

This is actually counter productive. My company does this, so every morning it takes 5-10 minutes to reboot my computer and get my windows and applications back to where they were. My billing rate is $250/hr so this 'cost saving effort' costs them $100-$125 per week.

This is actually counter productive. My company does this, so every morning it takes 5-10 minutes to reboot my computer and get my windows and applications back to where they were. My billing rate is $250/hr so this 'cost saving effort' costs them $100-$125 per week.

Yeah, I was thinking what Gkfisher said. Doesn't seem right to spend $4000 on a laptop and get a generation old CPU.

I've been looking for a new gaming laptop and noticed that I can only find ones with i7 processors OR dual video cards, but not both. I see this among several manufacturers (Alienware, Sager, Eurocom). Is there some inherant technology exclusivity that prevents them from existing together? I...

You can convert the file system and keep all the data intact with the "convert" command: convert c: /fs:ntfs

The first for performance, the second if you're planning on adding more memory in the future.

If the motherboard originally came with a Pentium D, I doubt it fully supports a Core2 Duo.

If your MB has RAID, I'd say stripe two 150 raptors. 300GB should be plenty unless you're storing lots of movies. I agree with SubMesa that the WD Green is a good solution for media files if you need that space.

Depending on your desk/chair situation, base adjustments may be a concern (usually overlooked). For my case, a haight adjustment is needed which most monitors don't have. The best LCD I ever had was a Dell Ultrasharp (as cjl likes too). Its solid, great picture, and good adjustments.

Get HD Tune at http://hdtune.com/download.html and see their actual performances in your system.

If loss of data is utmost concern then either do a raid or sync to an external drive. As for speed, music files are relatively small and any modern drive should transfer them fast enough. But for overall performance avoid a 5400rpm. 7200 SATA II is the standard now and can maintain single...

ATIs use system RAM and probably can't get enough from Vista with 2gigs. If the crashes are only happening during games that could be it. As previously stated you should have 4gb regardless.

Ultimate has Remote Desktop which I use a lot. Should be in every version imo.