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Thx Stuart, so will it be worth it spending an exstra R1500? and how much exstra performance do you think the 1 have vs the other 1?

Hi all! I'm in the market for a new laptop and I dont know which 1 to choose(Sorry hardware is not my specialty): Option 1: HP Compaq 610 VC271EA (Intel Core 2 Duo T5870 (2.00 GHz 2 MB L2 cache 800 MHz FSB),Windows 7 Professional 32-bit, Mobile Intel GME965, 1 x 2048 MB DDR2 (2 SODIMM slots supporti...

Don't know if it has been posted already, but I'm not gonna read thru 23 pages to see... Although its name suggests perhaps even grander capabilities, Windows enthusiasts are excited over the discovery of a hidden "GodMode" feature that lets users access all of the operating system's contr...

TomTom(Start South Africa) or Garmin(Nuvi 205)???

and please state why...

thx guys!

Maybe I must save a bit more - if I can get R7 - which might only be in 2 months, what would you suggest?

Frozenfireside - so are you in agreement with Jonboy suggestion:

Geforce 9800GT - R1800;
Intel C2D E5400 - R1400;
Vanilla RAM DDR2800, 2GB: R600;
Intel G31 Express Mobo: R700;
Cheapo Case + 500W PSU: R~400
160Gb HDD: R400

Jonboy - Jip sorry I did refer to the mobo...

So Jonboy - what do you think? SLI mobo or Not?

Thx frozenfireside - we can always trust TOM with some good advice! Do you perhaps know what a rig like that will cost in Rand?

Thx Jonboy - maybe I must go SLI now - it will save me some money in the future changing the mobo - any suggestions?

Jip just a case - I will still buy a screen, keyboard ect ...

I will use the PC as a media hub - connect it to the tv and watch movies ect but would still like to play some games like far cry, NWS ect...

Hallo guys,

I need some advice please: I have about R5000 and want to buy a new PC - any suggestions as I have been out of the PC thing for about 2 years...

Hi all When I scan documents and open it with Adobe Reader, Adobe Reader see these scans as a image. How do I scan these documents as text? The reason I want it as text is because Adobe has a 'reading out loud' function (Click on view->Read out loud->Read this page) then the computer reads the docum...

Sorry-Are HP notebooks reliable/good?

Is HP notebooks reliable/good ?

THX guys for all the help so far...

Balze - how do I do a dos format ?
I tried cmd,
Format E:
and got
'Insert new disk for drive E: and press ENTER when ready'
I then get
'Cannot open volume for direct access'

The Properties says :
Type: Removable Disk,
File system: Unknown,
Free & Used space: 0 bytes

No I did not drop it or anything...

I don't think its drivers as I tried it in 4 Pcs :-/

Hi all Please help, last night I loaded some files on my flash drive(Sony 2GB), safely remove it and when I got to work today the flash drive doesnt work... When I insect it into the PC it shows the little green arrow thingie next to the clock and I see it on 'My Computer' but double clicking on it,...

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Jip and solved about ALL my PC problem !

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Thx, you just save me some bucks

Sorry guys, if this is a dumb Q! I don't have the time to read 18 pages...

Is this a good price : Home Premium 32 bit R1249, Home Premium 64 bit R1299? I think they DSP ...

THX AlphA, Ill have a look !

Hallo everyone! This weekend I bought a Woxter Multimedia player/Portable drive and put an old 40g HDD in it. Now for it to do the ‘multimedia player’ part I need to format the drive as FAT32. How do I format this drive in FAT32? I did try and create a FAT32 partition under the computer management t...

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