OT: Technology and Geek Stuff Thread

[unknown lions fan]

That's going to import all of your Windows "garbage" along to your new HD though, won't it?

I've been upgrading to a bigger HD every ~3 years these days as a method to start fresh with my windows install and to add storage space. That way, I get rid of all the windows garbage that builds up over time, and I don't have to delete everything I had on the drive. It takes about a full day to start over, though...

[-Deborah-]

Yeah I wasn't up for that. My system was pretty clean and I had just installed Visual Studio (which is fricken HUGE and takes forever to install) and didn't want to go through that again.

[LightninBoy]

That's going to import all of your Windows "garbage" along to your new HD though, won't it?

If you wanna keep your geek cred you need to call it "kruft".

[LightninBoy]

BTW - anyone thinking of going bluray in the near future may want to hold out for this ...

http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-83/

Oppo makes the best upscaling DVD players. Period. This bluray player promises to combine their best DVD upscaling technology with bluray capability that rivals the PS3.

[Panoptes]

I've had my PS3 for 2+ years now while everyone else is still trying to catch up to its ability.

The PS3 also has excellent upscaling ability for my SD DVD's and does many more things as a media center that any old stand alone BR player hopes to achieve.

[Malto Marko]

I decided this week I wanted to try the Windows 7 beta but discovered my 80 gig HD was full. Crap. I keep all my data on a second hard drive, so somehow I have 80 gigs of just programs. Wow. Anyways, I really wasn't wanting to buy a new hard drive and start from scratch installing an OS and programs all over again just to get more room. So I looked around and was surprised to find a program that will basically burn your c: drive to a new hard drive, copying everything, and making it bootable. So I bought the program, installed a new 640 gig HD ($79 @ Amazon.com) as a second drive, burned the c: drive to it, took out the original c: drive, put the new drive in its place and booted and I'm in windows with all my programs and settings just as they were, but now with 560 gigs of space free!

Whee!!!

The program is called Migrate Easy by Acronis, in case anyone else has a similar need.

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing...s/migrateeasy/

Interesting.......

Thanks Deb!

[LightninBoy]

I've had my PS3 for 2+ years now while everyone else is still trying to catch up to its ability.

Yep. Its a shame really. Only since late 2008 have there been stand alone bluray players worth owning IMO.

The PS3 also has excellent upscaling ability for my SD DVD's and does many more things as a media center that any old stand alone BR player hopes to achieve.

According to professional reviews, PS3 DVD performance is ok, but not in the same league as Oppo or even some of the old HD-DVD players. Still, as a total package the PS3 is tough to beat.

[Masspartan]

I got a Sony Blu-Ray for christmas ... was shocked when it automatically changed the input on my TV when a CD was loaded.

[Mike Honcho]

I decided this week I wanted to try the Windows 7 beta but discovered my 80 gig HD was full. Crap. I keep all my data on a second hard drive, so somehow I have 80 gigs of just programs. Wow. Anyways, I really wasn't wanting to buy a new hard drive and start from scratch installing an OS and programs all over again just to get more room. So I looked around and was surprised to find a program that will basically burn your c: drive to a new hard drive, copying everything, and making it bootable. So I bought the program, installed a new 640 gig HD ($79 @ Amazon.com) as a second drive, burned the c: drive to it, took out the original c: drive, put the new drive in its place and booted and I'm in windows with all my programs and settings just as they were, but now with 560 gigs of space free!

Whee!!!

The program is called Migrate Easy by Acronis, in case anyone else has a similar need.

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing...s/migrateeasy/

Hey Deb, what do you think of the new Windows? I haven't tried it (yet) but I hear REALLY good things about it.

[Darl McrBride]

Deb, did you ever settle on a thesis topic?

[-Deborah-]

Hey Deb, what do you think of the new Windows? I haven't tried it (yet) but I hear REALLY good things about it.

Well, I don't think I can give it a full opinion yet. Running it in a virtual machine means I'm not using it (at least not yet) like I would a regular PC. And it's really hard to judge whether slow times are caused by the OS or by the virtual machine sharing RAM with my host OS. That said, I like it so far.

Deb, did you ever settle on a thesis topic?

Not nailed down precisely, no. I'm doing a study related to telecommuting, but still working on the angle of it.

[Mike Honcho]

Well, I don't think I can give it a full opinion yet. Running it in a virtual machine means I'm not using it (at least not yet) like I would a regular PC. And it's really hard to judge whether slow times are caused by the OS or by the virtual machine sharing RAM with my host OS. That said, I like it so far.

I would guess, based on reviews and info I have seen so far, that it is because you are running it via a virtual machine. Everything I have read so far indicates it uses memory more efficiently than Vista.

[-Deborah-]

Yes, I'm sure that's the case.

[killrbrew]

Anyone wanting a new os I would reccomend vista eternity at rockersteam.com I have been running it for about a month now and really like it oh yeah its free.

[Panoptes]

Well, I don't think I can give it a full opinion yet. Running it in a virtual machine means I'm not using it (at least not yet) like I would a regular PC. And it's really hard to judge whether slow times are caused by the OS or by the virtual machine sharing RAM with my host OS. That said, I like it so far.



Not nailed down precisely, no. I'm doing a study related to telecommuting, but still working on the angle of it.

Telecommuting: The Global Warming Solution and Carbon Credit Bonus Earner For Green Conscious Companies.

Your professor won't even care about the work you put in, you will have hit on a hot button topic in the title that will give him/her a fuzzy feeling all over.

;)