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Hmmm, about your issues...The laptop issue...That was a hardware issue that you caused, so it wouldn't be covered(unless you got their special warrantee)..But they couldn't even fix it(with you paying parts?)Acer I've never really dealt with before, so I do not know that much about them.As for the printer, yeah...That seems to be becoming the norm, and it is quite ridiculous. During Black Friday last year we bought printers(3) and had to buy cables separately as well. I'm not understanding the reasoning behind that. It's like selling a pencil without the lead, or a spiral notebook without the paper. Obviously if you get one, you will need the other. But that cable issue isn't just with HP, it's with others as well, so it's not really an issue with their support, it's just a general frustration.One of the things to remember when looking at your bad experience with HP, though, is that it seems to have just been one. All companies will have bad days, or make mistakes. It's how often they make them that determines whether they are good or not.Also, about your laptop, did you pursue the issue with them? I would keep on that until they gave in. Generally they will, because your business is worth way more(if you're buying their products) than the $40 they would have to pay to fix your problem. Not to mention, you would go get others to not do business with them as well(like posting here, ). I'm not saying that what you're doing is wrong, and I would do the same as well, but at the same time, they understand that too and should/should have been willing to help you fix your issue.

I agree that this is something that is real high-tech, as y4nzi said, but I do find it as being a practical application in the future. Just think of the uses for it:You're at a family gathering and want to show others your pictures. This could be like Christmas, a marriage, or something else. So while you are there you are showing various ones of you at different ages. Rather than having them all on paper, you have them there electronically. Now you can zoom in, make them smaller, etc. Also, you can allow different people to see different ones, or even the same ones, at the same time.You're eating and wish to play solitaire. Rather than be forced to pull out cards or play at your computer, you can zip your finger across the screen to play. To clean off the table from your spilled food, you just wipe it clean!Probably one of the most practical situations I can see it being used in is with children. No more worrying about them breaking things with slobber or food. Obviously, they can break it using another item(cracking the screen) but the system will stay clean even when they are finished playing.Being that the screen is so large, you can use it for typing. I'm going to assume that once this is out for public domain, we will be using more voice-recognition software, so we will have all this room to "type," but will be speaking instead. Imagine the amount of space you would have that you can work in. Now you can play games while you do your homework!(But the "homework" is just an excuse, right?)You can use it as like a tablet laptop. You can draw on it, color things, etc. Make your own pictures. Make your own animations. Edit existing pictures. The possibilities on that one are limitless. This would be especially useful to those of us here in Xisto's community, as most(if not all) of us have websites. Think about being able to draw your *own* stuff, rather than borrow from other websites!(I do know that some of you make your own graphics, but the majority of us are horrible at it).Now, looking at these as to how they relate to us right now, especially with the hefty price tag, would show that there is no real need to have the system. But in the future, when they cost as much as a PC and/or monitor today, it will be well worth the purchase price. Honestly, $10k for something like that is pretty low. Good gaming PC's can run you $2k+ and that's just for a normal PC, .

HP has by far the best support that I have ever had regarding computers. Contact Methods To start off with, they have 3 main ways of contacting them: 1)Phone - Toll-Free! 2)Email 3)Live Online Help Now using the phone, it is probably obvious that you will get help much faster - email takes time and typing takes longer than just speaking about the issue, and their resolution. Also, there are chances that you will end up with someone with a foreign accent(this isn't meant as a derogatory remark - just a statement). Using email is somewhat helpful, but really is not recommended. You can only send one message at a time by it, therefore giving it a high delay in getting your issues solved. The email support should only be used if it is an issue where you do not have an in-depth issue(something like maybe you have a defective mouse, your PC won't even turn on(assuming you're on another one), etc.) Live Online Help I have found to be the best way of resolving issues. Using this, not only can you speak to them at a decent rate(slower than phone but faster than email) but they can also send you direct links to any software that you may need. Luckily for me, most of my issues seem to be software related, so the Live Online Help is my most effective way of contacting them. Along with this, they are very patient with you, and so if you are busy doing something else you can use their online help while you are multitasking. I've caught myself doing that many times while watching TV, playing games, or just reading other sites. Issues they help with Along with their easily found contact information, they will help with a very broad spectrum of issues. You can ask for help regarding anything from a keyboard issue to your sound to your internet not working properly(assuming it is not your ISP's issue). I've even gone as far as asking for help regarding items I did not purchase from them/that did not even come with my PC(like a new video card, for example). They are always happy to help, and will even assist in research, when it is necessary. If you notice that your warrantee is out of service on your PC, do not worry! They will help with issues even when this is the case. The only thing that the warrantee seems to have an effect on is whether you must pay for the physical repairs, or whether they will pay for them for you(do them for free). Now, one thing to keep in mind is that although they will help with software related issues(such as drivers not working properly), they would much rather you purchase their "restore" discs. If they do try to do this, just tell them that you would rather do a fresh install(or already have) and that you just need the correct drivers to get back up and running again. Generally they will not ask more than once for you to buy their discs, but on a rare occasion I have had someone ask multiple times. This is when you need to just tell them flat out "I'm not interested. I just want the driver downloads." Warrantees I'm going to vote HP's warrantees as the best I have seen so far. Let's say that you have an issue like mine. I will use this to explain a little better about how it all works. ---------------------Story Start------------------ One day we had bad storms outside(including lightning) and I left my computer on. I was oblivious to the storms, so I did not even know they were there. I woke up in the morning and my PC was turned off. So I assume the power just went out, which isn't anything to worry about. So I just boot it up as normal. I jump in a game that I was playing at the time(Unreal Tournament 2004) and notice that there is no sound! So now I'm confused: My PC had never had issues in the past, yet now I don't have sound? Being that I like to resolve my own PC related issues, I search around software wise(Drivers, msconfig, hardware information, etc.) to find that the sound system is all installed correctly. Yet it still does not emit anything. After a while of attempting my own resolution, I contact HP(via Online Help) and explain my issue to them. The first step that they did was go look into the issue themselves(their database) to see if they knew of any quick-fix for it. Nothing. After this, they attempted to help me reinstall the drivers, however once they were uninstalled I could not reinstall them! We worked on this issue for probably around an hour, attempting everything we could think of. I, of course, assisted with my own knowledge as well. The issue was then determined to be a hardware issue, so they took down my contact information. About 2 days later I received a box to put the desktop in(Note - they didn't ask for the defective part, they wanted the entire PC). In here, it explained to "restore" the PC, back up any information I needed to save, etc., so I went ahead and did this. Along with that, there was a postage paid sticker. Wow, so no cost to even mail it to them. About a week later I get the PC back, and they added papers explaining the issue and their resolution. More or less the sound board on the motherboard was fried, so they replaced the entire thing. Total cost for me to get the issue resolved(including shipping and parts/labor) - $0. This was, of course, because I had it under warrantee still. ---------------------------Story End--------------------- Now, along with them helping when you still have your warrantee, they will also let you lengthen it. This really all depends on the PC, buy date, expiration date, etc. that your PC has. Sometimes, if you ask them, they can even increase the duration AFTER it has expired. I had an expired warrantee for over a year and they offered to reinstate it for like $159 for a year(I'm not 100% sure on the price/time, that is just an estimate). They also said that my current issues at that time would be covered in the warrantee. I found this amazing, that they would offer the warrantee for a decent price even AFTER I let them know about the issues that I was having. Rating So to bring this to a close, I will definitely give HP a rating of 10/10. This is by far the best support that I have ever gotten from a company before, and they are very linient on their policies. Along with this, I love the fact that they will help with issues that are not related to their hardware and/or software. This, to me, shows that they genuinely care about their customers. They want us to keep coming back again and again for their products, and I give them my full support. Thanks for reading this review, and if you have any questions you would like to ask me, feel free to. I've had many issues resolved by HP's support team, so there is a chance(although no guarantees) that I can help you find the correct path to take in getting your issues resolved as well.

I really don't know what to say about this story, but wow.. In case you just want a short version of it, a man has a dentist office in his house, as he was an orthodontist over in Ecuador. Now he's being charged with "practicing without a license" because of his methods of work. Not only this, he worked out of his own kitchen! There are two feelings on this.. Positive - He helped poor people, who otherwise probably would not have been able to get any care at all. Therefore even if he did make mistakes, it was better than not helping anyone. Negative - I wouldn't have gone to anyone who was not proven to be certified. Especially in their *home*. SOURCE: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28384617/?GT1=43001

@xpressYeah, I looked at the bottom of the screen after you said that it's usually guests...And wow, we do have quite a few guests. When I looked there were 4 members(including me, O.o) and over 400 guests.I wish I had this many people visiting my site(s), .

Okay, so here is my question... It's regarding gaming and/or video editing, picture editing, etc.I am curious as to how different speeds of HDD's can really affect performance. Not so much as to how it works, but is there really a big difference?For example, if I were to play Crysis on a 7200 RPM drive and then a 15k RPM drive, would I really notice much of a difference?My main reason for asking this question is that if you go to build a custom gaming machine(One that you say what you want and the company builds it/sends it to you) their default for high-end gaming systems is almost always like a 1 GB 7200 RPM drive, rather than a 150GB 15k RPM drive or something. Why is this? They always choose the highest-end stuff for the other components, so that makes me feel that there really is no difference between 7200/15k, or maybe even 5400 - 15k.Can anyone please shed some light on this?Thanks in advance.

Well, something to keep in mind is that you guys are comparing the size of the HDD to the stuff that we use right now.In all actuality, the size demans will increase as time goes along as well.For example, I remember when I was a kid, putting 8-9 full games on a floppy diskette(1.44 mb's) and now there are games(Age of Conan) that take up over 30 GB's of space.For another example, look at videos. Whereas normal DVD's hold 4.7 or 8.5 GB's(I think DL is 8.5?) Blue Ray holds over 40 GB's. Yet a Blue Ray movie will take up the entire disc.So really, as our quality of information(Graphics, clarity, etc.) goes up, so will our demand for more and more space.It's perfectly logical that when the 30k TB drives come out to the public, we'll be sitting there saying "Man...I ran out of space already. Only had the drive for 3 days too!"

Hey all, I'm wondering if anyone can give insight as to what the most efficient defragmenter is. Here's the issue...Diskeeper - seems to slow down boot time, and over time slows down the PC as a whole it seems.PerfectDisk - for some reason refuses to defrag my system files, even after choosing to let it reboot to do it...I just want what is the most efficient - even if it takes longer to do its work.Also, free or paid isn't really an issue here.So anyone here who has used multiple(or at least 2) defragmenters(excluding the Windows XP/Vista built in one) that can give insight as to what they liked and disliked about each one?I'm thinking with more "reviews" I can possibly come up with a decent conclusion.More or less what I'm looking for are the following :1)What programs you use(d)2)What you liked/disliked about each3)Which one you would vote as the topDon't vote on one that you haven't used, please.I'm hoping that this thread can help others make their own decisions as well. We'll see how it goes!

Well a gun is a more "sure-fire" way to kill someone than a knife. What made the article here the most interesting to me is that it brings you to think before you take drastic actions.It's kind of like when you hit/push someone. If you are not careful when you do it, you can severely hurt and/or kill them. Such as someone at our school learned when a guy punched him in the face and he body-slammed the guy. He was then almost charged with "attempted murder" because the body-slamming has such a severe effect on the body.So more or less, if you plan on stabbing someone, keep in mind that although you may just be using it to get them away from you or whatever, it can affect you for the rest of your life.

Myspace was never meant to be a big site. The original idea for it was for just the person's school. He passed out the address to his local friends so that they could keep up with one another after they left high school and spread their separate ways.Over time, each of his friends brought their friends to the site, and their friends brought theirs, and on and on. That is how it got to where it is now - solely by word of mouth.So advertising, features, etc. really are not that important, because if you can get *some* people to frequent the site, they will most likely get others to go as well(assuming they like it).

Yeah, along with what they added to what I said, remember that you do not need to *beat* the other sites, you need to go along beside them. There are a lot of people I know of that have both Myspace and Facebook accounts, for example. Each one offers different things.So if you do make a social networking site, do not base it on competition, but rather the community itself. As it grows bigger and bigger, that is when you turn it into more of a competition.

Same here. I don't even have a site hosted right now anymore...I just hang out here for the learning. So much stuff I'd like to learn and the community is pretty helpful overall.

Well in case you all didn't read, Windows XP's source code was stolen before the official cd's were pressed. They claimed they did a bit-by-bit check to see if any changes were added to it but did not find any.It means this Deepz0ne guy could be the one who did the hack. Maybe he added it to both their source and the backup, because they claimed that they had no idea how anyone got past their security and into their source code to begin with.Good game, Microsoft.

I've seen things like that on a lot of movies, but never knew that the concept was real. The show Numb3rs has it on there a lot as well, using a large computer screen to zip people's backgrounds around so that they can organize their suspects.Wonder how long it will be until we see the Best Buy ads selling them for $400,lol.

I have a legitimate copy of Office XP and also have Openoffice.org. I would never use Office again. Openoffice just has so many more features, it's easier to use, and it's free. No reason to go out and pay for updates or anything. Not to mention, it has the ability to play ALL Microsoft Office files! I was quite amazed at how well it all worked when I first got it, because I thought it was going to just be another crappy "free" program.

I find it quite depressing that the economy(?) is getting to where it is. A lot of jobs that were once seen as "highly available" and "secure" no longer are.As for the ? - I don't believe that it has to do as much with the economy as it does the FEAR that the economy was going to go down. I'm not going to poison your thread with the idea behind all of that though, .

@xenadorYou brought up the fact that it could be used for illegal activity. What law/rule isn't being broken this very second? Every one is. But that's really irrelevant. Some of us just want the freedom from privacy issues because there is no reason for others to know everything we do 100% of the time.I still don't believe that this system(Freenet) will ever become more than just a concept program though. It would not play out the way they want it, although it may work as an "internet" system.

I do not really plan my designs, because I'm not creative. Instead I just start out with a general layout, without graphics or formatting, and then I slowly progress from there. Most of the ideas I come up with are from people who view my site(s) and let me know what they would change, what to do, etc. It really does help out as well.Planning would probably help out a lot, but I find it much easier to just let it all fall together and keep expanding.

I have never even heard of Dolphin before... SMF I heard about first on these forums,lol. It's really amazing how much new stuff I've learned just patrolling the forums searching for random information about things I couldn't care less about, .

This actually looks pretty interesting. I'm going to give it a try later. It reminds me of the other games...I can't think of the name right now but there were some other hacking games that are actually retail discs. You use those to buy PC's(in-game) and hack other PC's while trying to keep the police off of you(Obviously it's all virtual).Later I'll see how this one compares,

I'm going to vote for Age of Empires 2 as the best. The second one was the boost on the first, but afterwards it all went downhill for me. It's really the same as it was with Command and Conquer. Red Alert 2 was by far the best(Renegade doesn't count as it was a FPS). It just gets to where the games don't even feel the same. Yeah, they have better graphics and all, but you don't look at it and say "It's AGE OF EMPIRES!" or anything anymore. It just loses the feeling.

Yeah, I understand that they are showing and all, but I think members should be able to see them as well. I'm pretty sure that the site has more members than guests, which would allow for even more income. I just don't feel that the full potential is being unlocked.Being that we are all getting free hosting anyways, I see no reason to not have the ads there, . It isn't like they're on our site or anything, they are just textual ads(or so is my understanding).

You know, I played out some scenarios in my head to determine why someone would do that. I actually came up with a couple of possible reasons, but whether or not either of them is true I do not know. 1)There is the possibility that they do it in hopes that there *is* something of value in one of the cars. Maybe by doing it to more than one they are "enhancing" their chances at that phat loot. Or it could be so that when they do take something, everyone is so worried about all of the other cars as well as theirs that they don't really notice the items are gone. 2)Maybe they do it because they want some type of recognition. The people who do that stuff often go around bragging to their friends about what they "got away with." So it could just be for social recognition. 3)They could be so high and/or drunk that they don't even realize what they're doing. 4)Maybe they busted out the windows in hopes that there would be keys in one of the cars, to steal it. Or tried to hotwire some of them but failed. Obviously everyone who does that would have a different reason for it, but those are a few possible reasons that I came up with.

I've used Linux a little, but I find it much harder to understand than Windows. Along with that, most of the games(I'm a gamer) that I play would not run on Linux, even using one of the many emulators.I do need to learn how to use it, as I want to run a web server, but I honestly do not even know where to start.Really, when I think about it, I don't think that Linux is that much "harder" to learn than Windows, the only difference is that we've all been using Windows for so long that we are used to it.I guess you can relate it to language. Although people say that "Spanish is hard" or "German is hard" to learn, English is by far the hardest language out of all, due to how many inconsistencies there are in our spellings and/or pronounciations. The only difference is that we were brought up(most of us) in English households, therefore we are much more comfortable with it. I feel that Windows is the same way.

This story was particularly interesting to me. I was reading this, and it actually taught me something new. What it's about is knives and how when people are murdered by them, it could actually be a real accident. Why this theory was tested is beyond me, as I always assumed that if you kill someone, especially with a weapon, that you meant to do it. But is that true? The scientists(forensic) went and made a fake body with skin and cartilage, and then tested knife stabs on it. What they ended up coming up with is that there are many, many different things that can determine how deep a cut goes, thereby changing how effective it is in killing you. Among the biggest changes were based on your skin tension, the manufacturer of the knife, and the type of the knife. Along with this, they even found differences in multiples of the same exact knife. It turns out that although you may buy a 20 pack of one type, they may all be different! My personal reaction to this is...Confusion. It is going to cause me to go back and wonder...When people in trial say they didn't mean to do it, are they really telling the truth? Obviously they did mean to cause harm, otherwise they would not have stabbed the victim, but did they really mean to take it that far? Along with that, this is to you all: If you plan on stabbing someone to hurt them, keep in mind that the stab may *accidentally* be a fatal one. (Note - the source is about stabbings in the UK, but it can be assumed that the same results would happen in the US as well. Or Canada. Or anywhere else for that matter. The science itself is solid.) SOURCE: https://jisc.ac.uk/website/legacy/intute