Re: [H] RE: Dell restore disks - WAS: Dell's remote assistance

2006-06-17 Thread joeuser
I think they have put something in the water Stories seems to be the same way. OMG Dell is awesome. While un afflicted people (like Thane and I) scratch our heads. Reminds me of Eddie Murphy and when he talks about the guy starving in the desert. Guy gives him a regular old - saltine

Re: [H] RE: Dell restore disks - WAS: Dell's remote assistance

2006-06-17 Thread joeuser
The best way though is not to do business with Dell at all. Ben Ruset wrote: You're lucky. I ordered Restore Disks for my laptop. Actually I order them for all of the systems we buy in house. The restore disk consists of an OEM install of XP (good) and a driver disk. It does *not* include

[H] Monitor color temp..........

2006-06-17 Thread JRS
Hmm Have had my LCD set at 5400K since I got it. Just changed to 6500K and now it looks bright and bluish to me... :) Guess 5400K is supposed to be normal average mid-day sunlight, which is what I set mine for, but the wikipedia says I should be using 6500K since the sRGB standard is

Re: [H] RE: Dell restore disks - WAS: Dell's remote assistance

2006-06-17 Thread Ben Ruset
Yeah, except there is an economy of scale to deal with. We'll get to a point where I can't (or won't want to) assemble as many barebones boxes as I will need, and all of the whitebox vendors in Manhattan that I have seen thusfar have been chop shops. Additionally, if my company were to get

Re: [H] Monitor color temp..........

2006-06-17 Thread Winterlight
Here is a chart that I found some time ago Color Temperature Light Source 1000-2000 K Candlelight 2500-3500 K Tungsten Bulb (household variety) 3000-4000 K Sunrise/Sunset (clear sky) 4000-5000 K Fluorescent Lamps 5000-5500 K Electronic Flash 5000-6500 K Daylight with Clear Sky (sun