Somewhat back on topic, as I've said before I'm kind of looking to get an SSD, but have heard that one should only have the OS and apps on it, move the pagefile to another drive, etc since SSDs have a limited number of write cycles. This was back when they first came out. Is this still a "problem"?...

It would be nice to see some more competition and inovation in this category. The two keyboards reviewed are not much different then a mouse/keyboard I got in about 2001. It is beyond me why logitech does not make a Harmony with a qwerty keyboard, some sort of mouse, IR for the Home Theater and usb...

A friend of mine asked for my help to build a HTPC system. The goal is to run XBMC and/or Windows Media center. ANTEC HTPC FUSION WITH REMOTE BLACK ASUS P5N7A-VM PCI-E SOCKET 775 M-ATX CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 PC6400 XMS2 XTREME (2X2GB) INTEL CORE 2 DUO E8400 3.0GHZ 6MB 1333MHZ S-775 SCYTHE NINJA MINI CPU-...

Greetings, I'm interested in hearing about your experience with GPS map/navigation units, and which one you would recommend as having the best value, without costing an arm and a leg. Is screen size the most important thing, or ease of use (not distracting you from driving), or good voice instructi...

The case (pun intended) dictates that approach. The Fusion Max is made for gamers. It's main feature is the size—big enough to fit large graphics cards and many hard disks. If you don't need powerful graphics cards and/or a RAID array of more than two drives, the Fusion will do you just fine, and...

I think the whole hybrid thing really only works in an urban environmen with a lot of braking and accelerating. That's actually incorrect. Braking and accelerating is bad for any vehicle, even hybrids. The electric motor cannot provide enough power alone to get hybird vehicles (e.g. Prius) up to sp...

I've been looking forward to this review for a long time (as have others), and I'm very appreciative of all of the work put into it. :) However, I've been working with HTPCs and involved with the HTPC community for several years, and I'm disappointed that this particular HTPC was setup as a gaming s...

Toyota initially lost money on the Prius when the first generation model hit the market in 2000 (in the U.S.). They did not market it, other than through grass-roots organizations and the Internet. Instead of paying for marketing, Toyota took pre-orders for the Prius on the Internet in order to gaug...

One other way to save those companies would be for the world to buy a lot of American cars.... Personally, I would need a substantial salary increase and a complete change in environmental ethics to make such a purchase. Also, along with the salary increase I would also need to work part-time, as I...

From ABC News: The CEOs of the big three automakers flew to the nation's capital yesterday in private luxurious jets to make their case to Washington that the auto industry is running out of cash and needs $25 billion in taxpayer money to avoid bankruptcy. The CEOs of GM, Ford and Chrysler may have...

It's fast, but I would recommend that you look at the 5400 RPM WDs if you want silent. According to Western Digital, their 7,200 RPM laptop drives have lower acoustics than their 5,400 RPM drives. Although, there might be some incentive for WD to fudge these numbers. All the more reason for an SPCR...

Greg F. wrote:It is thought that if Chrysler goes under Nissan will snatch up Dodge trucks and someone else will surely grab Jeep.

It's been speculated that Jeep may be the only thing worth saving from Chrysler.

sjoukew wrote:I would let them all go down. Probably some new company will start making American cars again which are worth buying.

That's probably easier to say when you don't live in the U.S.

I think bail-outs that are designed to save corporations are synonymous to automotive engineering defects that promote the sales of parts and associated repair and labor costs. Our history has shown that decisions made in a court of law have set legal precedents for future cases. Should the same app...

lubej wrote:Thanks, when do you plan to make a review?

I'm interested in knowing this as well.

Basically untill I get around to finding the time to re-test various peices of AV software I will still recommend AVG 8 Free Edition, just ignore its update issue. Contrary to all of the above (although it is about 18 months since I last re-tested AV software), I found that Avast found very few vir...

Yes, I've noticed this as well. I've uninstalled AVG and will probably go back to using Avast.

I haven't gone through the other forum, but does this contrast issue apply to all Antec Veris cases (Max, 350, etc.)?

When I was overseas the best way to get around this was to have it shipped to someone in the U.S., and then have that person ship it to you. However, this is difficult if you don't know anyone in the U.S.

I've been trying to determine if the Fusion Remote Max has 3-layer panels like the P182. Does anyone know?

Here is another review from ProClockers.

I'm not sure what is worse - the fact that these insidious comments are even being made by the [potential] future leaders of our country, whom we are supposed to admire and respect; or the fact that the general public believes in it....because these are the people whom we've entrusted, as they inher...

Thanks Neil. Although, I've been lurking for the past 4 years. :-) Have always admired this site immensely, ever since I was a reviewer/moderator on HTPCnews.com. I think Honda stands the greatest chance of stealing Toyota's thunder with their Insight. However, I know that Toyota isn't standing by i...

I like the Honda Insight: it has several good aero features: flush upper "grill", narrow and sleek mirrors, a majority of the wheels are actually a flush plastic cover, and the rear spoiler is a pretty crisp. If they do well on the underside, it may actually have a better Cd than the Prius. It is s...

Here is an Antec Fusion HTPC case shootout review from Anandtech.

I realize no one has posted here in about a month, but I wanted to share review links I ran across for the 6070 (lots of pics!): http://www.athlonxp.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Diner_Wrapper&file=index&req=ShowFile&file_wrap=html/reviews_lianli_pc6070.html http://www.systemcooling.com/modules.ph...