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I prefer both. Mainly i use templates for clients if they require a quick fix or they have low budget. If the client have a large pocket, i would have them to overlook templates and have a custom layout tailored to their needs.

The public really isnt happy about vista and in Windows 7, majority of the features were revamped according to the user demands. Frankly, i am really happy with Windows 7 now. It feels like a complete OS rather than beta. The days of Vista beta is still fresh in my mind where on the first day of installation, 5 restarts required just to have things up and running.The lifting of download capacity proved something, Microsoft have confidence in Windows 7 and will impress many.

The true fact about Vista is that its not for show. Its a piece of new technology OS that was made to create a transition from XP to next gen OS. Like what i mention in other related threads, such incident reflects to what happened to Apple when they try to release OS X to OS 9 devotees. From my experience, Dell tend to use taiwan / china based chips / chipset for their laptop and the drivers usually is broken or lack of frequent update for the latest OS. I have friends who willing to void the warranty and to have me covered the maintenance and support for their laptop and have me to install OEM XP. Still, we cannot blame the OS since the fault goes to the makers of the specific chip / hardware for not writing up-to-date drivers for their products.

Source : http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ So to those who have been itching to try Windows 7 Beta, you can get to download and obtain the Product Key until 24th of January. Its a 2 weeks worth of time to download and try the new OS beta from Microsoft.

Windows 7 isnt just an upgrade version of Vista. Its an improved OS based on Vista. My view is based on 64-bit usage and i have to say Windows 7 delivered more than my expectation on my second day of usage and looking forward for more "WOW" impression. The Aero effect is much responsive compared to what it had in Vista and i no longer need to disable the pretty eye candy just to make space for performance. Hardware support is flawless, like what i respond to your Win7 "bashing" post. It detects anything i plug into and no more reboot required . I update the video card drivers and audio drivers at the same time and no reboot required for the changes to be made. Mind you, this Windows 7 and Vista thing is like what had happened when Apple release OS X back in year 2002. The first release is so horrible that everyone demand OS 9 to be pre-installed in any new macs for second option. Slowly when Apple came out with OS X 10.1, things started to pick up and up to today, its served every known Mac users happily. Vista may sucks in many ways but the improved one will not be the same.

Ah, good find there. I do stumble on the topic after 2 hours of my post of this thread. Anyway, i will look into this matter again once i am back to Vista. Thanks again SM for the link save me another trip of goggling in my fresh installed Win7.

FYI, those games isnt known as strategy games and its under action games although the actual genre is known as spy / assassin / stealth . IF you like those games, you should consider the Thief series.. its a stealth based FPS (First Person Stealth) games set in the early ~ late 1920s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thief_(series) . This game series is quite old but rated as the best games in PC gaming history. Also, Assassin's Creed should fancy you. Another high rated stealth game. https://www.ubisoft.com/en-US/game/assassins-creed/

Windows 7 is a new OS which is currently released as a public beta. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7

I entirely disagree on what you have just said. i am now in Windows 7 and memory management, transfer rate between HDD have vastly improved from the previous OS, Vista and XP. Incompatibility of hardware and software with Win7? Do note that Win7 is developed based on Vista. So anything that runs in Vista works in Win7 flawlessly. I have all my software installed and i have to say, it have 20% increased in performance.

I agree on most of the points being made to point out that WoW is a great MMO. As a former WoW player and an anti-wow fanboi now, most of the features works in some way but if you think again...To explore the high end instance, you need to be in an active guild who does raids 3 days a week or more and you have to obey to the class build they requested. Took me a solid good month to petition on staying as a DPS / offtank warrior than main tank since i do PvP alot.To do heroic instance, you will spend time standing in orgrimmar or ironforge just to get the group you want. Time wasted the most in there. Not to mention, the group pairing is class spec dependent which even lower your chances to get grouped.The patch for WoW isnt bad if you go to any trusted files mirror sites, you can do your patching much quicker without the slow speed of torrent. There is a full patch for every major release so you can consider getting it to avoid the incremental patch that open and close your WoW client.

Ah, but the facts isn't really genuine. It does make sense in some points but the truth about shutters isnt that shallow. Anyway, thanks for the link, BuffaloHELP.

Yes, Sony limited the storage to their Memory stick. Sony have no lock-in formats unless you want to use their portable photo printer, then you have to rely on their format just to use that. Besides that, Sony do take pictures in TIFF and JPG.

I am in for the beta and since the OS will expire on my birthday so its worth the harddisk space . Looking forward to it since i am curious on how well will Win7 improve things like memory managements and steady transfer rate as confirmed by some tech site reviewers.IMO, Vista is more like a technology guinea pig and also a OS fill gap between XP and the future. So, its predicted that its prone to fail. First attempt on anything new things will not always a success. At least Microsoft is learning to understand their mistakes.

I have recently installed Vista Ultimate 64-bit due to my career nature and some of my most used application works super well in Vista. Before i start, i insist those who wants to reply, do not make it into another XP vs Vista thread or throwing in advice to downgrade back to XP. Here is my question, have anyone installed beta drivers, for any kind of hardware and after a reboot, your Vista license got deactivated and couldnt reactivate until you need to give a call to Microsoft for over-the-phone activation? What i have experience is i installed a beta drivers from nVidia for my Quadro graphics card and after a reboot, Windows asked for reactivation of my Vista, a legit copy of Vista Ultimate. When i revert back to my previous drivers, the nagging for reactivation stops. It is kind of annoying as i have been in years, using beta softwares and drivers. I am trying to collect as much information as possible as i have post this question in like 8 forums now and so far, 4 out of 58 replies have encountered this problem.

Its a wall of text in your preview but i will make it long story short.1. Make your layout a fluid layout if you want to maximize your contents. So smaller screen users will not loose any of your content and the layout will shrink accordingly.2. Reduce the usage of text. Your primary objective is to have visitors to read your content but not your links, so make your links to 12pt or slightly bigger.3. Color combination is good but try playing around its tone for other elements like active links, visited links.4. Good choice on opting wordpress for CMS. Wish you all the best in your progress.

Solid artwork there. How i wish its a bigger piece. IMO, the text and the glow on the top left spoil the whole thing. The lava cracks is good over there as it will be the focus point of everything. Those smoke effects isnt necessary.One question : Are those planets part of your own creation?

My resolution for 2009 is 1920 x 1200 dual. :POk, on the serious note, i dont set myself any resolution. I improve what i see fit and i learn what i needed.

Your thread title is wrong. Xara 3D is developed to bring 3D web graphics at a low cost without investing thousands on major 3D packages just for 3D capability on text and simple animation and rendering capability.Xara 3D is popular in the early 20s and later it improved it with the addition of a simplified ambient occlusion (soft shadows, refractive light source). Not to mention, many interactive CD makers love to use Xara 3D for its credit scroll or presentation headers.

If you have hyperthreading, enable it and you will be on the safe side. 2.4GHZ is sufficient to run Far Cry 2 but the downside will be you will have to disable lots of eye candy to get good frame per second. Unless you have 2GB of ram or a nVidia / ATi equivalent graphics card, then you have slightly more options on the visual / display settings.I am not sure if Far Cry 2 have a demo, if there is, i highly suggest you to download it and give it a try.

Its all depends on the build of the camera. Most prosumer and professional DZLRs / DSLRs still do the loud clanking sound and even the Sony DSLR series namely the a350, 700, 900 made the loudest noise. Certain mechanism have changed to fit into smaller bodies compare to the good old days of rangefinders. Also, compact cameras have abolish the viewfinder since they prefer to squeeze a larger LCD for live preview on a smaller chassis. Viewfinder STILL exist as in all prosumers / professional DZLRs / DSLRs. CCD will be damage with long exposure of direct sunlight without eclipse filter fitted on the lens. Lens have aperture blade while the camera body have focal-plane shutter aka shutter plane that opens when you press the shutter button and closed when released. What you are referring is known as central shutter which is used in many 35mm compact cameras and digital cameras. They are cheap in production compare to the focal-plane shutter. Slightly bulky digital point and shoot still have such mechanism ( i am talking about first gen and second gen digital cameras ) and as the camera makers starts to shrink the cameras, they stopped using the central shutter and opted for a much compact solution. Do note, digital cameras and 35mm cameras still have physical mechanical shutters. If you have a spoiled digital camera, open it and you will find 56% of the parts is still mechanical while the rest is electronic PCB that is for the CCD, lens, and the LCD panels and image processing / storage.

True, Defraggler is highly recommended as it have more options on how you want to do your defragment, less resource consumed during the defragging and best of all, it have a tiny footprint that hardly used up your precious space

Your reply proof nothing and Activision Blizzard is taking against hosts that provide servers for WoW private servers slowly and reporting to police is useless as not all country have a cyber criminal department as well as no written laws against illegal servers.

Kindly dont revive dead thread just to rack up myCENTs.

Same here, i love D60 and would have extra money to buy a 50mm f1.8 lens and could even squeeze in a 70-300mm G ED lens. For first timers, i would recommend to get the kit package. If you have the money, settle on the one with VR lens. IF i remember correctly, there is a kit that comes with D60 body + 18-55mm VR lens.

Photoshop CS4 have no full 3D mode but have limited 3D capability as in texture painting, object wrapping that is all. @SM, serif fonts spoil the sig. You need to use grunge font typeface to fit Joker's dark attitude and comedy. Overall, the color blends perfectly. Love it!