Computers and Related Hardware/Software

bmwracer wrote:
Again, you sound like my ex. :bleh:

That's why you never took an interest in me puffs. :puppydog:

*puts on some Barry White for LMF and Beem*

He still owes me that dance

*catcalls and pushes the button to bring the stripper pole down*

littlemissfab wrote:That's why you never took an interest in me puffs. :puppydog:

Gomen. :sweat:

littlemissfab wrote:
too late, impulse shopping took ahold of me and i just whipped up my Amex and... the rest is history.. :( I do need to back up.....

I noticed that it was already been bought. I've always made my own external drives.

dochira wrote:I noticed that it was already been bought. I've always made my own external drives.

Volunteering to make one for Lilmissyneedsanexternalhardrivegal?

that's a long one.
too late, i already bought. apparently, it's cheaper in circuit city..

i went to fry's sj... i will post pics some time..

:P

littlemissfab wrote:that's a long one.
too late, i already bought. apparently, it's cheaper in circuit city..

i went to fry's sj... i will post pics some time..

:P

So what did you buy?

Today's Fry's ad:

Maxtor, 500GB, ATA133, 16MB buffer, no rebate: $180.

I bought a usb hub and a skinny keyboard.
The external HDs are way more expensive..

Circuit City is selling Simple Tech 160GB external for 64.99
and their 160GB Seagate internal is for 39.99 the 300gb internal is 89.99
there's also a 80gb external for 99.99
400 gb western digital internal for 169.99

i want one of the new Mac Pros... :puppydog:

DALLAS - Dell Inc. said Monday it will recall 4.1 million notebook computer batteries because they can overheat and catch fire. Dell negotiated conditions of the recall with the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission, which called it the largest electronics-related recall ever conducted by the agency.

A Dell spokesman said the batteries were made by Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news). and placed in notebooks that were shipped between April 1, 2004, and July 18 of this year.

"In rare cases, a short-circuit could cause the battery to overheat, causing a risk of smoke and/or fire," said the spokesman, Ira Williams. "It happens in rare cases, but we opted to take this broad action immediately."

gaijin mark wrote:

DALLAS - Dell Inc. said Monday it will recall 4.1 million notebook computer batteries because they can overheat and catch fire. Dell negotiated conditions of the recall with the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission, which called it the largest electronics-related recall ever conducted by the agency.

A Dell spokesman said the batteries were made by Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news). and placed in notebooks that were shipped between April 1, 2004, and July 18 of this year.

"In rare cases, a short-circuit could cause the battery to overheat, causing a risk of smoke and/or fire," said the spokesman, Ira Williams. "It happens in rare cases, but we opted to take this broad action immediately."

That should be interesting if it happened on a plane. :sweat:

I saw a few pictures of one last week, I think. The worst place for a laptop to into a spontaneous combustion: a Japanese press conference. :sweat:

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Yeah, that was the original reason for the investigation which resulted in the recalls now.

still that's pretty :shocked: I remember when my HD died, (PCB fried) it heard a "poof" sound and saw small cloud of smoke coming out of my tower :sweat: nothing like this thankfully :nut:

Had some smoke too, but with 3 power supplies. The rest of the PC was fine. :)

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Start your BitTorrent engines, boys and girls, for Hitachi is planning to release a one-terabyte hard drive by the end of the year. The hard drives will be of the standard 3.5-inch size and will make their way into PCs and home servers. One terabyte of storage is plenty, methinks, but since high definition video takes up an awful lot of space, having a terabyte (or two) of space available will become more and more necessary.

Company reps haven't even so much as hazarded a guess as to how much this sepulcher will cost. – Nicholas Deleon

Tu_triky wrote:[image]

Start your BitTorrent engines, boys and girls, for Hitachi is planning to release a one-terabyte hard drive by the end of the year. The hard drives will be of the standard 3.5-inch size and will make their way into PCs and home servers. One terabyte of storage is plenty, methinks, but since high definition video takes up an awful lot of space, having a terabyte (or two) of space available will become more and more necessary.

Company reps haven't even so much as hazarded a guess as to how much this sepulcher will cost. – Nicholas Deleon

probably a bundle...$$$

Tu_triky wrote:[image]

Start your BitTorrent engines, boys and girls, for Hitachi is planning to release a one-terabyte hard drive by the end of the year. The hard drives will be of the standard 3.5-inch size and will make their way into PCs and home servers. One terabyte of storage is plenty, methinks, but since high definition video takes up an awful lot of space, having a terabyte (or two) of space available will become more and more necessary.

Company reps haven't even so much as hazarded a guess as to how much this sepulcher will cost. – Nicholas Deleon

Wowie...!

Man, that thing must take a day just to format... :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Wowie...!

Man, that thing must take a day just to format... :sweat:

indeed, but at least it will take more than a day to fill up.