Archive for January, 2009

I am a software developer and I want to buy a laptop?

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
Mike P asked:


Any suggestions about the screen size and type of the laptop?

I have allways worked with desktop PCs but since I am taking a university course, I will definitely need a laptop at school.

Any suggestions what kind of laptop would be good?

Thanks

Walter

How many case fans are there in your desktop(horizontal) PC?

Monday, January 19th, 2009
prost asked:


And what size are those fans?
How long have cases had case fans? Did the pentium 3 PCs have them?

James

Are aftermarket motherboards for HP PCs desktops available?

Saturday, January 17th, 2009
Keifer asked:


I own an HP Pavilion a111On I have added 1GB ram, A new 250 GB hard drive and a 128 MB video card and installed Windows Vista Home Premium. I am told by local my PC would run faster with a better motherboard however they say only HP motherboards will fit my PC frame.

Marilyn

How to Create Peer-2-Peer Network between XP and Vista PCs?

Friday, January 16th, 2009
Nado asked:


Hi,

I have one desktop PC with Windows XP Media Center 2005 installed on it and one HP laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium installed on it.

I need to network both machines together with crossover cable. Network card is ready on the desktop, crossover cable is ready.
What software configuration shall i make or what are the steps I should take since I always heard about issues and problems in networking XP with Vista.

Thank you for your help.

Philip

Would this desktop computer on ebay be okay for gaming?

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Helena Therese asked:


Here’s the link.
http://cgi.ebay.com/FAST-DELL-PC-P4-2-8-GHZ-WIN-XP-2-PRO-DESKTOP-COMPUTER-1_W0QQitemZ390022411200QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDesktop_PCs?hash=item390022411200&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1308

It’s refurbished, I didn’t know if that would effect my gaming. I want to play games like World of Warcaft and stuff. Is this computer alright for it?

Ashley

What is the best value PC (desktop) for upgrading?

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Satanic Panic asked:


I have a GeForce (SLI capable) 7800 GT graphix card that I want to install. I am looking for a budget PC to upgrade. Most of the budget PCs have shared graphics crap… I am not sure what to look out for. Any suggestions would help. Thanks.

Clinton

Is it possible to run an Apache web server on a USB thumb drive STAND-ALONE, on a Windows desktop?

Monday, January 12th, 2009
dkersey asked:


I want to be able to have a “portable” web site, to do demos on PCs without having to install or configure the PC. I know I can install to the USB drive, keep configuration file on the drive, and store pages, but what about the “service”? anything else? Alternatives?

Darrell

How much more should I expect to pay for a mac vs a pc?

Thursday, January 8th, 2009
swearbyit asked:


i’m a long time pc user but i want to make the switch to mac. i don’t like laptops so i would want a mac that is a desktop version. how much should i expect to pay for it? are desktop macs much more expensive than desktop pcs? any input is greatly appreciated. i just want to have an idea of how much i should expect to spend and if it is worth making the switch. thank you very much!

June

Simplest way to link 2 PCs to play games together?

Sunday, January 4th, 2009
Ihor T asked:


hi, i have a laptop and my bro got a desktop, whats the simplest way we can play computer games against each other without really going through the internet.

thanks!

Johnny

do desktops PCs have 4 pin firewire ports?

Sunday, January 4th, 2009
surya asked:


or is there anything such as a 6 pin to 6 pin firewire cable?

Edna