How well do stand alone DVD players support home burned dual layer DVDs?
What is the current primary use for dual layer? I mean what do people use
it for? How reliable is the 8.5 GB burns.
You pay a huge premium for dual layer media so I am wondering what do
people use it for.
With prices
http://www.ergodex.com/content.php?id=14
For gaming but
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At 08:15 AM 7/19/2005, Christopher Klein typed:
It all depends...every system is different.
This is why I don't like to quote a per hour fee as I'm not a plumber. Many
times I'll only charge $50 for cleaning a system maintaining their data
intact while the other shops are charging several
At 09:15 AM 19/07/2005, Christopher Klein wrote:
It all depends...every system is different. My
fiancee's parent's computer for example. It was an
old pentium, dial up modem, but had over 600 pieces of
spyware. It took hours for adaware to run. Of course
that was a freebie as it is family
At 09:34 AM 19/07/2005, Wayne Johnson wrote:
This is why I don't like to quote a per hour fee as I'm not a plumber.
Many times I'll only charge $50 for cleaning a system maintaining their
data intact while the other shops are charging several hundred for
wiping the machine all it's data
Jim Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.ergodex.com/content.php?id=14
For gaming but
Here is an interesting key layout:
http://www.sakamura-lab.org/TRON/proj95/GIFDATA/BTRON-2.gif
A whole keyboard in 7 keys:
At 09:47 AM 19/07/2005, Christopher Klein wrote:
When I get a customer who has an insane amount of
spyware, I try to take it home with me. If I can
watch TV, or do something else while running the scan
I don't charge them nearly as much...maybe an hour
total depending.
That's my approach as
I've switched to $90/hr, $60/hr each additional. Seems to work out OK
for me. Oftentimes, though, I will round down so 1.5hr ends up being
$90. I may be too nice.
Wayne Johnson wrote:
Hey if they insist on a per hour fee then I'll quote them $100/hr for a
stand alone machine $150/hr if it's
- Original Message -
From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 8:50 AM
Subject: RE: [H] Disposable computers
I was just wondering about the average time it takes you. I find it takes
at least four hours
There is a fundamental difference between doing it in a shop and at their
local. If we do it at a shop, we have tons of techs who can work on 10+ PCs
at once with multiple benches setup. So cost to us is less, cost to the
customer is less.
If I (or anyone) has to go to them, we are -only-
Oh and the real joy is that this needs to be executed by EACH user of the
client pc.
From: Hayes Elkins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: RE: [H] norton corporate AV ?
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:04:16 -0400
Windows
The registry can be manipulated remotely
- Original Message -
Oh and the real joy is that this needs to be executed by EACH user of the
client pc.
From: Hayes Elkins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: RE:
do you have any links about this ? recently put 10 in ( from
9 ) but really hadn't notice any problems. ( or improvements over 9
either )
if a major bug I could go back to 9
fp
At 07:27 AM 7/19/2005, Hayes Elkins Poked the stick with:
Oh and the real joy is that this
needs to be executed by EACH
I think you're all missing the point that GS represents the state of the
repair business vs. the cost of today's PC's.
They're charging a set fee (and insane one) and getting it for REPEATED
bad work on a daily basis. So yes, those of you charging less or feeling
you need to give a customer a
I'm moving to a new apartment and will probably go
100% wireless. I prefer cat cable, but I want to keep
this place neat.
Is there any difference between a wireless usb nic,
and a pci nic? I see the usb nics are cheaper. Do
they have as high a transfer rate?
Thanks,
Chris
The one thing that GS has that nobody else can touch is the brand.
Most customers (lemmings) feel safer dealing with a big name company
rather than Joe Blow Computer the sole proprietorship. It gives
customers a sense of security in that they have a large company to hold
accountable when there
Bullshit, charge them the fee, reformat then charge them to setup the
system network to properly defend them against future problems. That
is a much more efficient use of their funds then cleaning a system that
may or MAY NOT be clean when you're done. It also frees your from the
nightmare of
I second the recommedation of Audacity. It's pretty much Cool Edit
without the cost.
Steve
On 7/19/05, Harry McGregor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't think it will do everything you want, but take a look at
Audacity, audacity.sf.net
Harry
On Mon, 2005-07-18 at
How about Goldwave?
http://www.goldwave.com/
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 01:00:03 GMT
joeuser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wondered if I was asking to much... Thanks for the input.
Veech wrote:
hoo boy, musid mixing apps don't come cheap, let alone free. Some may offer
a 30-day trial demo,
At 10:11 AM 19/07/2005, Ben Ruset wrote:
I've switched to $90/hr, $60/hr each additional. Seems to work out OK for
me. Oftentimes, though, I will round down so 1.5hr ends up being $90. I
may be too nice.
It's $55 Cdn an hour here - only for onsite calls, however.
T
When my i8200 is manually suspended, I must push the power switch to
wake it up again. Otherwise it wakes on keyboard or mouse activity from
simple sleeping.
Are you sure that all the Allow this device to wake settings are still
enabled in the NIC setup, etc...?
Ben Ruset wrote:
Check your
At 11:14 AM 7/19/2005, warpmedia typed:
They're charging a set fee (and insane one) and getting it for REPEATED
bad work on a daily basis. So yes, those of you charging less or feeling
you need to give a customer a break are ripping yourselves off.
Are you kidding? We're killing HP. lol
See
I'd say it takes about 4 hours to be thorough. Sometimes a little longer
for machines with unknown malware that you have to root out by hand. I
quote 2 to 3 hours to the customer. Once in awhile I can get done
quickly but anymore it takes longer then I quote. I always give a free
hour in the
At 12:14 PM 19/07/2005, warpmedia wrote:
I'd say were going the direction of car repair where there is a set time
fee allotted to a task and if you can get it done faster, the more profit
in your pocket. This should be fine by us all since it free us from
multi-hour surgeries potentially
CPU usage is likely higher with USB vs. PCI.
Christopher Klein wrote:
I'm moving to a new apartment and will probably go
100% wireless. I prefer cat cable, but I want to keep
this place neat.
Is there any difference between a wireless usb nic,
and a pci nic? I see the usb nics are
At 12:21 PM 19/07/2005, Ben Ruset wrote:
The one thing that GS has that nobody else can touch is the brand. Most
customers (lemmings) feel safer dealing with a big name company rather
than Joe Blow Computer the sole proprietorship. It gives customers a sense
of security in that they have a
Same here. I try to be as ruthless as possible with my on site charges
esp when I could do the work back at the shop and the customer has been
so informed.
Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 09:47 AM 19/07/2005, Christopher Klein wrote:
When I get a customer who has an insane amount of
spyware,
I think they are the same but when you can move the USB NIC around to
obtain a better signal it's a better deal. I use and sell USB NIC's.
Christopher Klein wrote:
I'm moving to a new apartment and will probably go
100% wireless. I prefer cat cable, but I want to keep
this place neat.
Is
To get bonded is nothing.. just have no felony convictions, have insurance, and
pay a very small fee. It's nothing.
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From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:39:27 -0500
To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H]
Lemmings don't think, so I doubt it's the bonded insured thing (which
I wonder just how much if at all they are BI).
It's not more, it's about the same with a few things broken out priced
that regular shops would just charge per hour for. Bottom line is one
size fits all, ala cart pricing.
IIRC Goldwave is shareware. Audacity is Freeware.
Might be the only difference. I've never used Goldwave.
Steve
On 7/19/05, Chris Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How about Goldwave?
http://www.goldwave.com/
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 01:00:03 GMT
joeuser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wondered
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Thane Sherrington wrote:
I agree. And it's easier for the customer. Which would you prefer if you
didn't know anything about computers: Virus and spyware removal - $32 or
Virus and spyware removal - $45 per hour and it could take two or more hours,
but we can't say
And what retail repair business does HP run?
I stand by my statement that by trying to be a good guy you are
stealing from yourself. Though I agree the customer is much better
served by bringing the machine to you to be work on at your convince vs.
paying inflated on-site charges. I mean,
Show me a good USB nic with an antenna then? Last time I bought one from
netgear, I found the customer got better reception with the card
antenna. To be fair, I have the same antenna issues with PCMCIA card on
my laptop but put up with it.
Also I had thought that USB created more CPU
Thane Sherrington wrote:
I'm insured, but not bonded. Is that something I should consider?
I dunno. I'm not even insured. But then again I try to limit dealing
with on-site service or really anything outside of my 9-5 IT job.
At 12:43 PM 19/07/2005, CW wrote:
To get bonded is nothing.. just have no felony convictions, have
insurance, and pay a very small fee. It's nothing.
I thought so. Why would anyone really care?
T
Slight difference though; the car doesn't contain nudie pictures of their wife,
their checkbook, and video of that wild party in Cabo San Lucas. :) ..
Most people have stuff in their PC maybe they don't want to be in the hands of
others, free to be spread at will or copied off for some tech
One simple question: How much did GL loose due to STW3 being pirated?
Answer, who cares he set a record at the box office for revenue anyway!
If I'm a lazy apathetic ass who d/ls movies or waits watches on cable
(hbo, showtime, etc...) what money did they or do they stand to gain
from me in the
Whoops, thought that went to trash!
warpmedia wrote:
One simple question: How much did GL loose due to STW3 being pirated?
Answer, who cares he set a record at the box office for revenue anyway!
At 08:34 AM 7/19/2005, you wrote:
When my i8200 is manually suspended, I must push the power switch to
wake it up again. Otherwise it wakes on keyboard or mouse activity from
simple sleeping.
Well, my latitude didn't behave like this before the patch, but now I can
not let it stand by or it
Which is why I was saying to check the various devices like NIC Mouse,
etc... to make sure they have Allow this device to bring system out of
standby checked.
Many of those update could have changed that. If not, then I'd guess
you're right it's a bug.
Winterlight wrote:
At 08:34 AM
I've been following the cheap computer thread closely. What are you guys
using to clean up the spyware?
I've seen a couple of articles where several of the more popular were tested
most of them are claiming that CounterSpy is at the top. Some of the articles
have been blasting MS several
I think you're a fool if you don't use more then 1. I keep an Bart disc
around with Spybot SD 1.4, Ad-Aware, and then with net access, I use
TrendMicro's scanner.
CW
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Shaw
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005
At 04:39 PM 19/07/2005, W. D. wrote:
SpywareBlaster
I use that as well, but didn't mention it, since it's an innoculator, not a
cleaner.
XCleaner
Never tried it.
T
Check your memory footprint.
The average footprint is close to 75-100MB, and shrinks to about 25MB post
fix. (Assuming the only snap-in is the outlook module. The lotus and SMTP
modules balloon it further)
From: FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I'm not hugely fond of CounterSpy, myself. I've been using Ad-aware,
Spybot, SpySweeper, Hijaack This (and of course, most AVs also do at least
some Spyware now.)
I use Ad-Aware, SpySweeper, and MS AntiSpyware. I've really started to
depreciate Spybot...other tools seem to be vastly
Samsung or Xerox.
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- Original Message - From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: [H] Disposable computers
LOL! Yeah, I love it. HP slowly destroys
Does the problem exist with most recent version 10.0.1.1000?
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From: Hayes Elkins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 9:27 AM
Subject: RE: [H] norton corporate AV ?
Oh and the real joy is that this needs to be executed by
Yes.
From: TX-GM [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com
To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] norton corporate AV ?
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:13:47 -0500
Does the problem exist with most recent version 10.0.1.1000?
- Original
Ugh. I've switched all of our corporate PC's to ClamWin anti-virus.
Seems to do a good job, auto-updates, and best of all - is free.
I have never liked Symantec/Norton AV. Best commercial product I have
used has been McAfee VirusScan Enterprise, but it's expensive and their
central management
On the corporate level, I really like TrendMicro's OfficeScan series.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Ruset
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 7:36 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] norton corporate AV ?
Ugh. I've switched all of
We played with that. The boss didn't want to pay for it so we switched
to Clam.
Chris Reeves wrote:
On the corporate level, I really like TrendMicro's OfficeScan series.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Ruset
Sent: Tuesday, July 19,
At 06:09 PM 7/19/2005, you wrote:
Samsung or Xerox.
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Cheers,
joeuser (still looking for the 'any' key)
Wow, has HP really fallen that far? The most recent printers I have are
3 old faithful 6MPs. Built like tanks - been working great since 1995.
Also have 3P somewhere, though the rollers
You know where.
CW
what the?... there was just a 1.0.5 release... what's fixed in 1.0.6On 7/19/05, Chris Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
You know where.
CW
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