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Every month, Tom's Hardware puts out a "Best Graphics Cards for the Money" article. They are incredibly objective in their reviews of individual cards and are usually spot-on with their recommendations.
Probably not what you want to hear, but I'm not going to give you a review for a "Netbook for college".
A netbook is great for the occaisional, not so "rich", web experience. Thats where it ends. Otherwise you're just going to get frustrated with the tiny screen, low resolution, and "can barely do one thing at a time" processing. A netbook can be had for ~$250. Spend another 100, and buy a dual-core pentium or core i3 actual laptop. It'll do what you need it to do, and isn't going to give you a headache constantly.
Either of those two should do you fine.
I'm probably going to get downvoted like crazy for this one day, but you're not looking for a netbook. And to those who will post, yes, I know that there's a ThinkPad netbook. It's expensive, and still has no power.
Anyways, OP, what you need is something with at least a Core i3, and dedicated/discrete graphics, while they aren't required, would be nice.
This has been price dropped recently, and is a helluva value for the money, and isn't too enormous. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ASUS+-+Laptop+/+Intel%26%23174%3B+Core%26%23153%3B+i5+Processor+/+15.6%22+Display+/+4GB+Memory+/+500GB+Hard+Drive+-+Brown+Suit/2906406.p?id=1218362797990&skuId=2906406
Thinking about this one. It's a little big for me, but the 10hrs battery life sucked me in, and I stayed for the Radeon graphics card and good processor. This would mostly be for school, but I also play the Sims 2 (really the only non-console game I play, lol). I know it will basically suit me pretty well on both of those counts (if a tad unwieldy), but I'd like to know your opinion on the price and general quality, plus any recommendations.
Looks like they jacked up the price on the pen since the Evo View sale on Ebay. Its @ $60 now. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0052E4FJ6?
The pen comes in either black or silver and requires but does not come with one AAAA (four As) battery. I'd troll ebay for variets of "HTC scribe pen" until it comes down to the $30-$40 range. They just had a few sales that moved a lot of Evo Views and Flyers.
Here's the super cheap, simple, thin case I use. It also works as a landscape multi angle stand. Looks like they increased the price on that too, I got it for $7 shipped.
If you have a kettle it is almost automatic, when it starts to whistle just pour it in and wait 5 minutes. I use foldgers because it is cheap and will taste pretty good. Better grounds will make better coffee. I love being frugal so I wouldnt buy a big coffee machine. Steamed Milk. Advanced French Press Technique.
I've used Amazon's Textbook buyback quite a bit and have never had a problem with it. For my textbooks, which are mostly Biology or Environmental Science books, they usually offer the highest price according to BookFinder (http://www.bookfinder.com/buyback/). The only real down side is that they don't give you cash, only Amazon.com credit. I have Amazon Prime (woo, discount student edition!) and order things from there frequently, so using it has never been a problem for me. But if you want cash, sell your books to other websites.
Oh, and Amazon buys back things besides textbooks, such as used video games, DVDs, and electronics.
Dual N Back is a game that has been shown in research to be beneficial, and you can play it for free. I see this website mentions dual n back as well, but I have no idea what their offering includes. Perhaps you can start with the free, proven game, and if that's not enough, kick it up a notch and try them.
http://www.consumerreports.org/health/natural-health/multivitamins/daily-multivitamin/index.htm
Your hostile attitude is unnecessary and rude. I have provided evidence above. Since you have science balls, I'm sure you are aware that science is not just logic based, but evidence based. I have provided evidence.
If you have contrary evidence, I'm interested in reading it. Your aggressive attitude is arrogant and childish. You are getting so angry because you are so certain of your logic, but evidence does not paint as clear of a picture. A shitty brain is one that is not aware of its own inherent biases and flaws.
HideIPVPN is very good, $5/month for four US IP addresses, unlimited data, and is easily configured on any PC, Mac or iDevice. I use it for Netflix, Pandora and Hulu, and it works brilliantly, best thing over other VPN providers I tried out is that multiple devices can be accessing VPN simultaneously without a hitch. I tried the free varieties but Hulu is good at sniffing them out
I can't really say anything about these particular models, but HP laptops in general tend to die sooner than any other brand.
Somewhere on Instructables.com I saw a detailed instruction on how to make your own LED light bulb which you could fit right into your normal home light socket.
10W LED with all required parts and components would cost around $40 and would produce as much light as 100W incandescent bulb, which is more than enough for a normal-sized room. This is because LEDs have much higher efficiency than any other type of light bulbs used today at home.
Try calculating how much you pay for electricity and you'll see if it's worth it.
The only negative part that I have noticed so far is the color of the light, some LEDs have very bright white color (it's even sort of blue-ish, can be tiring for the eyes) so you might need a filter. Instructable suggested using a simple piece of transparent plastic (like from a Coke bottle) roughened up with some sandpaper. It diffuses the light. Now that I'm looking, seems like there are some "Warm-yellow" LEDs available, maybe these wouldn't be tiring. You would still need some sort of diffusor as the light is quite intense and looking straight at it is not very good for the eyes.
As for harmful UVs, I wouldn't worry about that. You get much more from the Sun, than you would ever get from a LED.
If my original Galaxy S is any indicator, I will not be using stock firmware once I get my SGS2. I'll most likely stick with Cognition, and never bother with Kies (it has never proven helpful to me).
Good luck, and if sticking to Kies, I hope that there's an update soon. You should complain on their Twitter account! This is their U.S. account, but might be applicable if you live elsewhere.
HP Pavilion G4 (14 in). I love mine! Link to the Best Buy page. Great size, it's fast, nice screen resolution, built-in webcam, optical drive, great price. Many in-depth reviews on the Best Buy page as well.
There's two I'd recommend. First is an Asus that's reliable, not the smallest, but not the largest, and has decent specs, and 4-5 hours of battery life.
Second, and slightly more expensive is a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge. This is what I have had for the past year and a half, and I'm very happy with it. Decent battery life, portable, fairly robust, and a good, simple, reliable no-frills experience.
I'd get some kind of accidental coverage too. The two year thinkpad accidental coverage from Lenovo is around $150, and worth every penny.
You made an excellent choice, actually. I thought you had selected the one WITHOUT the 1GB dedicated, as there's one out there for 100 dollars less that has a lower end processor and no GPU at all. Go figure.
In all seriousness I have been trying to show people this and his little brother as much as I can. For the price you're getting, and the quality of the build of the chassis, I am very impressed at HP's price tiering structure on these. If these were all 100 dollars more expensive, I'd still find the price reasonable for what you're getting. Keep in mind that this one has the i5 processor, and while that's great, there are models with the AMD Vision A8 processors which are apparently 4 PHYSICAL cores running at apparently 2.4 Ghz. The i5 is a hyperthreaded dual-core, so it has 4 virtual cores. However, at the end of the day you probably won't notice.
You mentioned it being unwieldy, I'd suggest taking a look at the little brother I mentioned earlier. It's got slightly less RAM and HDD space, but has a MUCH faster graphics chip, and like I said before, has that AMD A8 processor. And to top it all off, it's a 14 inch screen instead of a 15.6 incher.
I started using Nike+ this year only to participate in the Reddit Running Challenge. I use a Garmin and convert my runs over to Nike+. However, I must say the site itself is horrendous. It's entirely Flash-based and sooo slow. All kids of login issues, and sometimes it just refuses to load what you click on. Compared to Garmin Connect - it sucks. Here's a great blog post from someone who's obviously had enough, but makes some really good points about Nike+.
Google Navigation is not really good, mainly because it requires constant internet connection. I now use iGo and it's much better, also shows my speed and the traffic signs, which is nice. This seems to be the version for the iPhone, although the interface is a bit different.
Well I would say that one joy I've found from owning an ipod (And this goes all the way back to the black and white ones), is that similar to audio books, I've been listening to podcasts.
A standalone like this thing wouldn't really work well for that though.
Heck it might not even play things like Audible audiobook formats.
Incidentally for podcasts I'd suggest
- The Moth
- TED Talks
- The Nerdist
- Wait Wait Don't Tell Me
- The Bugle
- (And if you like news from a liberal perspective) The Rachel Maddow Show
Learned rather quick after more than a year doing data entry jobs, that music and audiobooks just simply weren't enough audio. (Heck I even tried ripped well narrated DVD's to MP3)
Also for anything I also highly suggest looking through the http://www.shoutcast.com/ streaming radio index, and then use this program to record it http://streamwriter.org/en/
I have this: http://www.jetaudio.com/products/cowon/X7/
Great if you need large space (160gb), good battery life (80+ hours), the best sound, music focus
Not that great if you need something very small, video playback, working out (has a hdd, not a flash drive)
I'm not sure about playlists, I just random play based on genre usually and I use mediamonkey to manage on the local hdd and then use a sync program to sync to the cowon.
I needed something with a large capacity, good sound and good battery life for music on the bus and at work and this fits that bill. Charge it once a week and listen to it all day during the week.
JC Penny is well known for stocking cheap but decent quality men's wrinkle-free shirts. Stafford is the store brand (and was rated very highly by Consumer Reports for fabric and build quality), however I have had difficulty finding them in my preferred fits. Their offerings of Van Heusen shirts are similarly cheap and seem to offer a wider selection of colors and patterns, and I've had more success finding them in athletic- and slim- fitted cuts (which are better suited to my lanky torso).
Bittorrent over Tor isn't a good idea Don't do it!
Let me start off by saying that I've never used it, so I can't tell you anything about that. In my opinion it's a waste of money. I'll try to give you some advice though, and hopefully you won't need to pay for BTGuard or any other similar service.
Here's what I think you should do. Start using private trackers. Now, getting an invite to a private tracker isn't always easy. Unless you know someone you're usually required to show that you're a good guy, so you can't get an invite to a private tracker unless you're already on a private tracker.
Have you ever uploaded torrents yourself? Even if this was to a public tracker it would show that you're not just another leech. You need to realize that sharing is caring. Eventually that attitude will get you an invite to any tracker. Don't cheat, upload new things if possible, seed for as long as possible (don't stop unless you're going to delete the files), and don't grab more than you can give back. A common mistake is to start downloading everything you want as soon as you're in, this is stupid. Start out slow, grab something recent and seed it. Uploading something new is even better. The first thing to do is to build a buffer, when that's done you don't have to worry about ratio and you can grab older stuff. Then you can afford the luxury of just waiting for another peer to grab the torrent and give you an opportunity to seed a week later. Without a buffer you can't.
tl;dr Sharing is caring. Private trackers is where it's at. Good things happen to good people.
VyprVPN hands down. I have them included with my Giganews subscription, but I recommend them to anyone and everyone that asks me. They never have any bumps at all and they 6 servers I believe all around the world. 2 in the US, 1 in Hong Kong, 1 in Amsterdam, 1 in the UK, and 1 somewhere else I believe. It's $15 a month, but it's awesome.
I use them currently because I live in Germany and can't access Hulu or Netflix from here, but with the VPN it works flawlessly. And I don't even notice a speed difference at all as well.
Nope, it's just not a good looking machine. A friend of mine has one and I've had plenty opportunities to use it. The glossy plastic around the keys and the screen are extremely ugly (they're not very flat, which makes it look super-cheap because of the bent reflections) and really don't belong on a machine that is so very expensive. Also, the rounded bottom of the machine makes it much thicker than the Air and even makes this still very thin laptop look chubby...
Plus - when the lid is open, the metal that wraps around the hinge forms a weird hook that just looks silly: http://www.engadget.com/photos/samsung-series-9-review/#4004890
But even if it were better looking, I simply would never choose this one over the Air, because it's significantly more expensive, but has way worse performance (3dMark11: HALF the points! Half!), and when you're just surfing the web and writing code, a couple hours less battery life than the Air.
I have an HP Touchsmart TM2T. It's too bulky to compare to a netbook or tablet but it's a full on laptop which happens to have a swivel display and wacom active digitizer for use with a stylus.
I can tell you a bit more about it if you're interested, but it's been reviewed on Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/27/hp-touchsmart-tm2-review/
The Engadget review's pretty harsh, but it's the first one I saw with a quick Internet search. I've had mine for like 6-8 months and am very happy with it.
If you want to know more, let me know.
It's awesome. Amazon's also supposedly launching a public library lending service, though no date has been given (except "2011"). Otherwise, if you read, you'll love it.
Yes, good. Even if it doesn't feel like "the real thing" it still feels damn good and is worth it if you have the money to spend on something like this.
The real question, you'll soon find, is WHICH fleshlight to get. I found some dude's google document that reviews every one. Ridiculously helpful. Hopefully the link's still good. Check it out.
For Gaming! is this good? Do you recommend any other one that is cheaper? I just want to run games smoothly like mass effect, fallout, call of duty, and maybe the new ones :D
GO!
Thank you
At the moment, probably a Nook Color that's been flashed with CyanogenMod.
But your best bet is to wait a few months for Ice Cream Sandwich - that's the first open-source (=> available to discount Chinese manufacturers) tablet-optimized version of Android and should mean much better low-cost tablets.
Get a Fujistu Stylistic on ebay for <$300. I can vouch the note-taking experience is amazing.
To those who are looking at this thread in search of an iPhone 4S case:
The 4S is identical to the CDMA iPhone 4, which is slightly different than the GSM (AT&T) iPhone 4. Make sure you pick up a case that fits this newer one.
I only say this because cheap cases online are often designed with the GSM iPhone in mind and are overstock. Be careful.
Sources: Redesigned Apple Bumper ; Side-by-side comparison of the redesign
That being said, I prefer the sleekness of the bumper (though I'd never pay that much for it), and Case-mate is great for thin and sleek. If you want hardcore protection, definitely go with an Otterbox.
I have the Acer Easystore home server w/ WHS. I got it because I was lazy.
It's great, but I hardly use any of the features. It just manages my backups. It's like a ghetto time machine where I can choose what day's backups to look in and pick out whatever was on the machine. Remote access can be setup via a xxxxxx.homeserver.com address for free, but my router doesn't like that.
The backups work well, are automated. The drive extender (what was the only useful feature in WHS that was taken out of the latest version) works wonderfully. Just slide in a new drive and go into the control panel, format, and you're done.
My drive has an esata port along with 3 usb ports, one of which features one touch backup of any usb device plugged into it (that windows can read).
iTunes music server, media server. supports multiple streams via gigabit. tons of peopel have figured out little hacks to do to it (setup orb server for transcoding anywhere, IP camera backups, etc.)
I'm looking to trade up to a snyology server. This one actually. 2 bays allows for RAID 0 storage. There's a 4 bay model that supports RAID 5. This puppy has everything anyone can ask for and more, with a strong support via synology and an entire community applying tweaks and stuff. This is about as good as it gets before building a DIY server and installing FreeNAS or setting up a linux server manually.
EDIT:
I should mention that the server is a Bring Your Own Drive variety. You'll be hard pressed finding NAS' for less than 500GB. 1TB drives are cheap nowadays (I'm doing a pair of 2s) and you'll get a great featureset for under $500.