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GIVE ME YOUR LAPTOP!!!!!!
HOW MUCH WOULD YOU SELL YOUR LAPTOP TO ME FOR?!?!?!?! lol.. I made this fun little video with my friends over at Mozy the other day. We were wondering how much people value their files that they have stored on their laptops and computers. Most people ended up realizing that their data is priceless! Wouldn’t you agree?
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Touch Preview on the Dell Studio One 19 Desktop
Josh Duncan from the desktop product team explains how Dell made the touch more intuitive for easier usability.
This video was featured in a Direct2Dell blog post here: http://bitly.com/JkIR.
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HP TouchSmart 300 Desktop PC Review
My Complete High Definition Review of HP’s Multitouch TouchSmart 300 Desktop PC. This touch-enabled PC feature 16:9 20″ Touchscreen Display with touch applications including Hulu Desktop, Netflix and Twitter for an interesting experience. In this Review I go over both the Design and Performance aspect of this system, giving you my take on the price and if it’s worth it. Be sure to Subscribe if you enjoy this video!
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How do I connect my laptop computer to the tv?
I want to watch dvds on my tv that are playing on the laptop computer. Is there a way to wire them up so that I can see the pc screen on the tv?
If you can take your computer down to 640×480, you can try connecting it to your TV. Many laptops actually include an "s-video" out for exactly this purpose. Depending on your laptop it may be treated as a mirror of your laptop display, or as a second monitor, or you may be able to switch between them. You will quickly see that the quality of the display is, likely, very very poor.
If S-video is not an option, there are converter boxes available from places like Radio Shack that will take a standard VGA connector and turn it into a composite video signal that can be plugged into a TV with a composite input. In general this results in roughly the same poor quality computer display.
Surprisingly, in both of those cases, video playback can actually look quite good. What I mean is that if you’re using your TV as a computer monitor and to do typical things like reading email or surfing the web, you’ll be quite disappointed. However if you are playing back a video – say playing a DVD in your computer and watching it on the monitor – it seems to be quite acceptable. My theory is that most DVDs and other videos are targeted at exactly the TV’s resolution, and that, plus the fact that for video we’re "used to" that resolution, our expectations for that type of display are simply met.
Oh, and as to using it as a second monitor – to mirror what’s going on on your primary computer screen: many laptops support using both the internal LCD screen and the VGA (or S-Video) output at the same time, so you may be able to simply hook it up. If you don’t have that option, you’ll need to get a splitter of some sort that will allow you to take your computer’s monitor output and send it to two different devices: your regular computer screen, and a VGA converter box as I described above. Alternately you could purchase a video card that supports TV-out, or supports dual screens.
Now, there is salvation on the horizon, but it’ll require a new TV. Newer TV’s are going digital, and many do, in fact, have digital (DVI) input – particularly those that are High Definition (HD) ready. In these cases you actually stand a chance of being able to connect your computer directly to the TV. The TV may not support the same higher resolutions that your computer monitor might, but they’ll almost certainly support resolutions that are much more acceptable for computer usage.
What are the components of a computer motherboard and how do they work?
How does the processor make use of these components to achieve the services required of the computer (Accept data, process and give out an output)?
The motherboard of a typical desktop consists of a large PCB. It holds electronic components and interconnects, as well as physical connectors (sockets, slots, and headers) into which other computer components may be inserted or attached.
Most motherboards include, at a minimum:
sockets in which one or more CPUs are installed[2]
slots into which the system’s main memory is installed (typically in the form of DIMM modules containing DRAM chips)
a chipset which forms an interface between the CPU’s front-side bus, main memory, and peripheral buses
non-volatile memory chips (usually Flash ROM in modern motherboards) containing the system’s firmware or BIOS
a clock generator which produces the system clock signal to synchronize the various components
slots for expansion cards (these interface to the system via the buses supported by the chipset)
power connectors which receive electrical power from the computer power supply and distribute it to other components[3]
The Octek Jaguar V motherboard from 1993[1]. This board has 5 ISA slots but few onboard peripherals, as evidenced by the lack of external connectors.Additionally, nearly all motherboards include logic and connectors to support commonly-used input devices, such as PS/2 connectors for a mouse and keyboard. Early personal computers such as the Apple II or IBM PC included only this minimal peripheral support on the motherboard. Additional peripherals such as disk controllers and serial ports were provided as expansion cards.
Given the high thermal design power of high-speed computer CPUs and components, modern motherboards nearly always include heatsinks and mounting points for fans to dissipate excess heat.
[edit] Integrated peripherals
Diagram of a modern motherboard, which supports many on-board peripheral functions as well as several expansion slots.With the steadily declining costs and size of integrated circuits, it is now possible to include support for many peripherals on the motherboard. By combining many functions on one PCB, the physical size and total cost of the system may be reduced; highly-integrated motherboards are thus especially popular in small form factor and budget computers.
For example, the ECS RS485M-M, a typical modern budget motherboard for computers based on AMD processors, has on-board support for a very large range of peripherals:
disk controllers for a floppy disk drive, up to 2 IDE/PATA drives, and up to 4 SATA drives (including RAID 0/1 support)
integrated ATI Radeon graphics controller supporting 2D and 3D graphics, with VGA and TV output
integrated sound card supporting 6-channel audio and SPDIF output
fast Ethernet network controller for 10/100 Mbps networking
USB 2.0 controller supporting up to 8 USB ports
IrDA controller for infrared communications (e.g. with a handheld remote control)
temperature, voltage, and fan-speed sensors that allow software to monitor the health of computer components
Expansion cards to support all of these functions would have cost hundreds of dollars even a decade ago, however as of April 2007 such highly-integrated motherboards are available for as little as $30 in the USA.
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What should i buy mackbook pro or a pc laptop for same price?
What should i buy mackbook pro or a pc laptop for same price?, will a macbook pro last long?
is it worth the 1200 dollars? is it good for a highschool student? will it last longer than a pc latop? What do you recommend? what is better? macbook pro has osx snow leapard and looks better than a pc laptop… is it really worth the money………
Hi tg,
Yes, the MacBook Pro is a great laptop. It has a lot of power and is really adaptable to whatever you may want to use your computer for. The great thing about the Mac OS X is that it simply works. There’s no complications, no computer viruses.
I’ve got an old PowerBook, that is over nine and a half years old and it’s using Mac OS X Leopard. I’ve never had any anti-virus software on it and I have yet to get any computer viruses, worms or whatever. So, yes, I’d say a MacBook Pro will last you a good long time.
You get what you pay for. You pay now, or you pay later. Those words are very true about the Macintosh. You pay a little bit extra, but you get a lot for the money. My Son bought his MacBook after years of using Windows and says that he won’t go back to Windows.
The one problem, as you can tell, is that there’s a lot of Windows Nazis out there that really don’t like the Macintosh for whatever reason. The good news is that there’s plenty of nice friendly Mac users out there that are happy to help you, if you have any problems.
Don’t take my word for it. Go to an Apple store or Macintosh dealer and try it out for yourself. Best of luck with your decision, tg.
–Rick
What’s good to know about buying refurbished PC’S…? Do you get a new h.d.?
Well if your buying refurbished from say tiger direct I would say that they are better than a new one of the same model heres why. This machine has been gone over with a fine tooth comb to track down the original defect that caused it to be r.m.a.’d to start with especially if its "factory refurbished" The quality assurance is far more rigorous on a refurbished system ..
I have seen the HP facility where this is done and have bought several such systems for individuals who did not want a custom build and am happy to say that I have never received a call back on any of them…
No manufacturer wants to see the same system returned twice, it begins to cost them money after that 
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Except for gateway don’t get a Gateway period their consumer side customer service sucks…
Hope that helped..
Whats the difference between general desktop graphics and 3D gaming graphics?
Whats the difference between general desktop graphics and 3D gaming graphics?
On my new PC, the sub score for the vista aero glass interface isnt to good but the 3D graphics rating is ok, so im just wondering what is the difference, and if possible how to improve the general desktop graphics.
General desktop graphics are no for intensice stuff, it is only for video, work documents, and taht sort of thing
but Gaming graphics are for Rendering intensive 3d Models, Photo editing, video editing, and animation creation. These are the things the 3d Gamign grpahics would be used for
to improve your graphics rating u would have to buy a new graphics card
How important is surround sound for a gaming headset?
I am looking into getting a gaming headset for my PS3. I was planning on getting a TurtleBeach EarForce P21 but that is Stereo. I was wondering how important surround sound is for a gaming headset, like how much of a difference does it make?
It probably will make a difference if you are playing FPSs for being able to listen to where footsteps or shots came from.
where can i get pc games cheap so i can resell them. Not ebay. pennys on the doller type of deals?
I want to sell on ebay but i dont know where to get the pc games cheap so i can make money off of them plz help me.
try game stop or eb games