I'm a fan of Asus. They've got a 3 year manufacurer warranty and 1 year accidental damage (including OH GOD SODA EVERYWHERE) warranty upon registration. I was given one of their old ass EEE 2G Surfs which is a piece of crap now hardware wise but it still runs like a charm. Thing's a brick house. I'm now happily running a newer EEE, the 1016P, which I won in a contest for filling out one of their surveys. I've only had it a week but so far so good. Personal experience with Toshiba is good as well, via my parents' laptops. Both second hand but working well still. Being second hand though, I have no idea how their warranty and support are.

So the budget is ~$900 and you're in the US?

>>2417

My sister has a lappy of that series and she's pretty unhappy with it. Mostly software roblems, it seems, which I would find worrying because that would be pretty much the sam across the series regardless of specs.

>>2436
there's 2 there

>>2442

oh, i meant the hp

no exp with dell

Does anyone have a program for finding and deleting duplicate image files? My 'chan folders are kinda bloated, and every bit counts.

>>2419

visipics

This strikes me as a recipe for a fireball, not a computer.

Also I love how it reads like an infomercial in text form.

MKT wtf you trolling with now?

Good god look at that. oooooh. I feel dirty. I FEEL THE UNCLEAN.

I just look at that page and I know

That thing has rootkit written all over it

ohwait they're selling a book

for the curious: http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

this is the program displayed on that page. It is nifty~

>try to close the tab
>A pop up saying "Wait. Are you SURE you want to leave this page" shows up as the page gets redirected somewhere else


Virus scan commencing.

>>2398
If the Torch is the one I'm thinking of, it's terrible in every way. That's the one with the crappy touch screen that you have to "click" with, right?

Flavor of Blackberry aside, Android or iOS are better in power user and user friendliness arenas respectively, from all I've seen. As far as I'm concerned the only reason to use a Blackberry is if that's the only Smartphone your business will agree to pay for.

Blackberry's main draw is the degree of control a system administrator can put on users' devices through the BES security policies and such. Connecting to Exchange with one is expensive, too, since you have to get the most expensive plan your provider offers and the cost of a BES server on top of that--mostly because they assume they're catering to businesses. Plus any time your BES server changes or you change companies or something, you've got to completely wipe the phone to set up a new Exchange account.

Android and iPhone both connect to Exchange through ActiveSync, which is easier to set up, requires less maintenance, and is part of the Exchange installation so there's no added cost. Just turn it "on" and put the settings in the phone. I also find both the Android and the iPhone's GUI to be a lot easier to navigate and use, with the iOS having a slight edge on the Android in terms of User-Friendliness, but the Android having a huge edge over the iPhone in terms of openness.

A little outdated but still relevant

>>2399
It's the battery life that I'm sweating. I want a phone that won't die on me in 8 hours.

Are there services you can get custom builds made for you? I don't trust my own abilities to put something like this together without breaking something, and since I'm going for the exceptional builds, (I have just enough for all of them together.) I'm worried I'll mess something up along the way.

I mean, I know I'm not supposed to be enticed, but some of the premades at Fry's look fine. Sure, they're more expensive, but I COULD pay for them with only a little more work...

>>2341

I know several Canadian stores that do that so I'm sure there must be American retailers who do too. I know for sure Mwave.com does. It's usually an additional "pc assembly and testing" option at checkout or something.

I put my PC together yesterday, and got the OS and other software installed today. Still getting used to Windows 7 (I'd still been on XP), but everything seems great. Thank you Askal, I love my new computer. :D

The build was pretty easy, just time consuming because I'm a bit of a newbie and was being extra cautious. The only part that might have been tricky was installing the CPU fan, and that was only because the instructions seemed a little backwards. A pair of metal plates is needed to clip the fan to the motherboard, but the instructions would have you place the plates in position on the bracket, then attach them to the fan. Screwing them on a little first, clipping the whole thing in place, then tightening the screws until everything was secure, proved to be the more practical method.

The new Airbook is an absolute piece of shit. Like, Vaio P levels of shit. Don't buy it.

Never used those sorts of programs but Radmin worked pretty well when my sisters friend was managing our home network. stupid sister used it for her own convenience, fucking invaded my privacy >:|

>>2387
cool family, bro... :\

>>2374
trying TightVNC. HNNNG~ SO TIGHT. behind a router, though, for which i have no control over yet, so i can't set up the necessary port forwarding anyway... thanks though!
>>2375
everyone i know who has one is sooooo snooty.

google "jailbreaking"

Use Mediamonkey to transfer songs, not iTunes. iTunes is cancer.

kill yourself

1) Do you remember what kind of sound card you have? Try going to their website and re-downloading the drivers.

2) iPod only syncs songs from a computer, not the other way around (to my understanding). But if you have an iTunes account you can probably just download.

3) Quitter.

1)Google the motherboard, should have the sound driver files on the mobo's website

2)Normally, no. Using EphPod or Winamp, however, yes (note EphPod is Free and may wreck your ipod, Winamp is not and won't)

3)Because buying individual pieces is way cheaper. Generally you're paying about $400 just for labor on pre-builts. If you have enough usable parts, simply replacing the defective ones is more cost effective.

>>2317
My last laptop was an Acer Aspire. I would never in my life buy anything Acer again.

>>2320

theyre nowhere near as bad as they used to be. though their trackpads still suck, and the warranty is kinda crap.

Acer seems to be in a weird place right now. I've been looking for people reporting their experience with their support and it seems hit or miss. But it seems most of their misses are outside of the US so I figured it should be alright in this case.

PS I'll still check and help in /tek/, just not as often.

>>2295
I've tried blowing that in the area it's buzzing at, it does not stop.

This is bad, real bad. I had to wear ear plugs all day today...I need to take it in to a shop I think. I'm thinking staples, but what do I say.

>>2300

Have tried blowing dust out of all the vents? DUST IS THE ENEMY.

>>2300
Might be your fan dying/clogged too. Noises like that (especially constant ones) are usually the result of fans.

My girlfriend has one called Code Red. If you have a girlfriend I recommend it. It basically tells you the status of her period. It's not 100% accurate but it's very close.

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I also have the J.A.R.V.I.S. app but it's pretty broken and I only have it to say I have it.

I came here to do this... But for an Ipod Touch.

Because I don't want to end up spending too much for shitty apps

Do you have a budget? Is there a specific brand he can get for you or is there some he can't get for you? What do you want to do with it?

I've had good experiences with Thinkpads, but even the midrange models are pretty expensive.

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>>2219
dont listen to him OP just get the GTX 460 he is an ati fan boy

All 460s are 2-slotted. Aside from that, they were my first choice before I noticed how much power they sucked up.

Why single slotted in particular? Room concerns?

The straight answer would be XFX's 1GB single slot 5770. In fact, it's the only option from this generation as far as I know. Powercolor also offers one but they can go fuck themselves. I have had the worst experience with their customer service. Three consecutive RMAs and every one of those 4890s were crap. Heatsink contact wasn't even lapped. XFX, I haven't had any of their products but I hear all good things. Double lifetime warranty is also a good resale incentive down the line, or good incentive for you right now if you can find one second hand.

Power consumption is about same as reference 5770s or a little less. Temperatures are little above reference but that's no surprise with limited heatsink room really and is apparently still very quiet under load.