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    Friend wants to buy AOC monitor

    ^^ I think we will see some 23.5:10 ratio monitors in coming years. Those who use 2 or 3 screens adjacently might be interested to buy a wider single screen instead. For others, that might not be as convenient since one would probably be squinting or moving his head a lot to see content on...
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    Friend wants to buy AOC monitor

    ^^ That is a bit off-mark. The horizontal black bars don't cover up any portion of the image. For ex. a 720p (1280x720) video would map 1:1 on a 1280x800 screen, leaving 40 pixel high horizontal black bars on the top and the bottom -- no information/signal is lost. Also, most movies have...
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    Best UPS for 1/2/3Hr. Backup for 400Watt System

    Please do not be pissed off by my remarks -- but why not go for an inexpensive netbook for a little bit more price? I really don't see any point in spending so much money and added cost of maintenance over time to make a power guzzling desktop pull through a little bit longer.
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    Friend wants to buy AOC monitor

    ^^ Actually 1400x900 is getting harder to find as each day passes. These bloody 16:9 inch monitors. :x Had to settle for one myself. 16:10, I feel is the sweeter spot for desktop use, 16:9 is a bit too wide. In your friend's case it might just be that not everyone cares the same about...
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    Post your latest Purchase

    @Psychosocial Isn't that a bit overkill for an 8 yr old? You could easily have bought an Intel Classmate or say an All-in-one Atom based desktop for less. And it would have fared better.
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    All laptop related queries here!!!

    ^ You've bought it already. Why do you ask? My friend got a good deal on that one. Acer 4736 - Screen is small enough (13?) but has 1366X768 resolution. Good. - Keyboard Okish. Not contoured. - Trackpad Okish.. No no, horrible! - 3GB DDR2 RAM + 320 GB HDD .. Okay for the price. -...
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    The official thread for any and all discussion related to Apple Inc.

    Let me re-frame that to "I'd want to have Macs all around me." By which I want to imply that since stuff is cheaper out there and the used market is great, I'd indulge myself in buying a lot of Macs, used/new. There are so many discontinued Macs that fantasize me. Like the Pismo Powerbook...
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    The official thread for any and all discussion related to Apple Inc.

    Why the hell is the MacBook Pro so expensive out there? 74k for a 1199$ (tax excluded) machine? When you can get the new unibody MacBook at 56k (18k lesser than the Pro); I think that is the value. And it doesn't miss much from the Pro really. I guess people here aren't as much dependent on...
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    The official thread for any and all discussion related to Apple Inc.

    ^ Better? Use Handbrake. Will get your job done quite nicely, doesn't look native on Windows though.
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    The official thread for any and all discussion related to Apple Inc.

    ^ Which means Windows rating is not that dependable.. Was it gaming graphics or was it AERO score? @Artemis Flip back a few pages of this thread. I read it "whole" when I got my Mac. Worth it.
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    The official thread for any and all discussion related to Apple Inc.

    A Mini DP -> VGA and a VGA -> Composite, at the risk of it not working. @Artemis 1. Apache can be used, Squid ports exist. More here. 2. Google. 3. Google. Does Blender count? 4. Boatload. Mail and Safari both will work I guess. I use NetNewsWire. 5. What about Quicktime? VLC is...
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    The official thread for any and all discussion related to Apple Inc.

    ^ If its an SDTV, I'd suggest you to not buy an adapter which would probably cost around 3k for the setup, and I dont really think you'd use it for that long. With the price of HD screens falling like anything, I think it wont be long before you invest in one. You could try Mini-DP -> VGA ->...
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    The official thread for any and all discussion related to Apple Inc.

    Possible. But what purpose will it serve? You're better off not buying adapters for that, and suffering the low-res pain later. @aryaayush Commented.
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    Which antivirus for old PCs?

    Formatting would be the last thing I'd do. Thats what I hate about Windows, something goes wrong, bang! Format. Already fixed though. :razz: - Sysinternals Process Explorer for terminating the weird named processes. - Malwarebytes Antimalware updated and scanned. - Norton AV updated...
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    powering the monitor directly

    ^ Yeah, right.
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