Thank nunando for spam > >The Naked PC - http://www.TheNakedPC.com >What You Need to Know about All Things PC >Publisher: Lee Hudspeth and T.J. Lee >Editor in Chief: Dan Butler >Contributing Editor: Al Gordon >This issue is for Thursday, September 19, 2002 - Vol. 5 No. 19 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >~ > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >~ >Table of Contents > >** 01. Letter from the Publisher >** 02. Online Resources for Car Shopping (by Lee Hudspeth) >** 03. Fisher Pens - My View (by Dan Butler) >** 04. Thinking Inside the Box, Part II: Catching the Right Bus > > (by Al Gordon) >** 05. Update News, Part I (by Al Gordon) >** 06. Featured Product - Sony Walkman Portable CD Player > (reviewed by Lee Hudspeth) >** 07. Featured Drawing >** 08. Newsworthy - a potpourri of current events and > interesting stuff > > >** 01. Letter from the Publisher > >In this issue Lee shares what online resources he and his famil >y >found useful in their recent car search and purchase. Dan relat >es >his daily experiences with the various Fisher pens we're now >carrying in TheNakedPCStore.com. Al looks at the processor, >memory, hard disk, motherboard, and bus specifications in his >latest built-it-yourself PC project. Al also covers the Windows > >XP Service Pack 1 and Quicken 2003. > >We're giving away a Brass Lacquered Fisher Bullet Pen. It's fun > >and easy to enter, see this issue's Featured Drawing article. > >Reader support is what keeps The Naked PC free. 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Carry a Micro-Light for a we >ek >and you'll never go anywhere without one again. > >http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/a/tr.cgi?pocketflashlight > >+++------------------------- sponsor -------------------------+ >++ > > >** 02. Online Resources for Car Shopping (by Lee Hudspeth) > >My family recently needed to buy a car, quickly. We had about >three days in which to consummate the transaction, and I want t >o >share with you the online tools I used to help in the decision. > > >* Kelley Blue Book -- I suspect most of you know what a car's >"blue book" value means. Here's where to go and get that value- >- >actually, it's a spectrum of values--for free: the private part >y >(private sale) value, the trade-in value (what a dealer would >give you for it as a trade-in), the retail value (the price a >dealership might ask). >http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/519/tr.cgi?lee1 > >* Carfax.com -- This fee-based service will provide you with >detailed information on a car's history, all you need to know i >s >the VIN (vehicle identification number). The full report, price >d >at $14.99, includes these sections. For $19.99 you can buy >unlimited reports for 30 days. > >Vehicle Specifications: basic vehicle info like year/make/model >, >body style, driveline, etc. > >Title Check: check for salvage/junk title, rebuilt/reconstructe >d >title, flood damage, damage disclosure, manufacturer buyback >(LEMON), exceeds mechanical limits (EML), and not actual mileag >e >(NAM). > >Odometer Rollback Check: an analysis of reported odometer >readings. > >Problem Check: check for accident, salvage auction, failed >emissions inspection, fire damage, crash test vehicle, gray >market vehicle. > >Registration Check: check for lease, rental, government, taxi, >fleet, commercial, non-profit. > >Vehicle History Details: report on various history records like > >odometer reading, title issuance, emissions inspections, etc. >including the information source. > >The Web site offers the following free reports: Lemon Check, >Record Check, Recall Check, Problem Car Check, and Stolen Car >Check. I don't know about all manufacturers or dealers, but we >zeroed in on a manufacturer's "Certified Used Car" program and >they had the Carfax report already printed up for each of their > >certified vehicles. >http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/519/tr.cgi?lee2 > >* National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) -- The > >NHTSA is a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation, a >nd >one of their functions is to crash-test new cars and document >what happens, statistically, then make the results public. The >agency has an extensive set of free Web resources related to >their New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). Here you can study cra >sh >test ratings by year for cars, trucks, vans, and SUVs (on each >tabular report page vehicles are clearly listed by manufacturer > >and model); search the recall database, read FAQs, read the >"Buying a Safer Car 2002" report, view sample crash test videos >, >and link to other crash test sites. >http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/519/tr.cgi?lee3 > >For me as the father of two young children, the NHTSA's report >"Buying a Safer Car for Child Passengers 2002" is helpful and >information reading. >http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/519/tr.cgi?lee4 > >I know that lots of folks like the information provided by >Consumer Reports, in our case we didn't use it. That's because >my >wife's brother's family had already done extensive research on >a >specific vehicle, and we had been kindly given the opportunity >to >drive it several times at length, so we were comfortable with >that car. If we had not been fortunate to have that opportunity > >(and in-laws who are meticulous researchers with criteria simil >ar >to ours), we would have pursued CR. >http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/519/tr.cgi?lee5 > >Use car manufacturers' Web sites to glean additional informatio >n, >for example, locate dealers, request a quote, view detailed mod >el >information, compare financing options, apply for financing pre >- >approval, look at used car inventories, and more. Once you have > >narrowed your choice down to one or two vehicles, call the >manufacturer's customer service department, supply the VIN of t >he >car(s) you're interested in, and the representative may--as she > >did in my case--give you information about its "in service" dat >e >(date first purchased), any extended warranty data, recall >history (handled or pending), whether or not there have been an >y >in-warranty repairs, and so on. > >Whether you're in the market for a new or used car, I think the >se >online resources and tips will help you in your search. I reali >ze >there are dozens of other sites devoted to the buying/selling >cars; however, the sites listed in this article are the ones I >found most useful. > >You can reach Lee Hudspeth at: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >+++------------------------- sponsor -------------------------+ >++ > > "Computer Tips Compendium" > >We've collected over 460 computer tips and have packaged them a >s >an electronic book in PDF format. 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This issue I'll fill in a few o >f >the blanks and try to give you a feel for the pens themselves. >You can find information and see pictures of all the pens here: > >http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/519/tr.cgi?dan1 > >One comment I hear repeatedly is how small the bullet pens are. > >Yes they are small at 3 1/2" and are designed to carry in your >pants pocket. Just think of these as a pants pocket or purse pe >n. >Opened you'll have a full size writing instrument that's easy t >o >hold and writes like a dream. > >We do sell clips to fit the bullet pen. They are handy to hold >your pen in your ticket pocket or inside a purse. However I thi >nk >you'll find it's just as convenient to let them ride loose in >your pocket. My bullet pens have held up well with the Swiss-Te >ch >tools, Photon Micro-Lights, pocket change, and other goodies I >carry in my pocket. > >Are you one of those people who writes little notes down all th >e >time on any scrap of paper you can find? I am. Drives my wife >nuts! So I always have pen(s) with me. The bullet pen has becom >e >my ever present companion and writes every time I want it to. S >ee >all the bullet pens here: >http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/519/tr.cgi?dan2 > >If you are looking for a full-sized pen, consider our Astronaut > >and Shuttle pens. The Astronaut is a substantial pen. Some peop >le >find it a bit on the heavy side. It's built to last and work >under any conditions. Do you prefer a thinner pen? Try one of o >ur >Shuttle models. You'll find a nice selection of styles and the >price is a bit lower than the AG-7 Astronaut pen. Like the >bullets, the Astronaut and Shuttle models are all steel and bra >ss >for a long dependable life. > >We also carry a Triple Action pen (black ink, red ink, and a >pencil) that has become the main pen at my computer. See all of > >these pens here: >http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/519/tr.cgi?dan3 > >Use a PDA? I don't but I've tried writing on one with a black >matte bullet pen. It worked okay but wouldn't be good for fine >writing or long term use. We have the chrome and black matte >bullet pens with a stylus on one end. The Triple Action Pen >mentioned above comes with a free stylus to replace either the >black or red ink. You can check these pens out here: >http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/519/tr.cgi?dan4 > >Let's talk about the ink for a moment. Yes it writes in all sor >ts >of extreme conditions. But on a practical level the pen writes >on >just about any surface you'll be writing on: paper, wood, >cardboard, latex gloves, etc. > >In the past I've had trouble with other pens not working after >my >hand has been on the paper for a while. The oils seem to create > >"no write" zones. This hasn't been a problem with the space pen >s. >They always write first time every time for me. > >If you're left handed you'll appreciate the "low mess" factor. >On >the hottest day recently (100+ degrees) I did have a small amou >nt >of ink showing on my hand. But it was minimal and didn't rub on >to >the next surface I touched. Normally I don't see any ink on my >hand. > >The ink cartridges write for a long time, approximately 4 1/2 >miles of writing, and won't dry out on you. All the pens come >with a medium black cartridge. If you want a different color or > >point thickness we recommend buying the other color with the pe >n >and putting the black cartridge aside to use in case you run ou >t >and don't have a spare cartridge handy. See all the ink choices > >here: >http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/519/tr.cgi?dan5 > >All in all you can't go wrong with any of the Fisher pens. You' >ll >be pleased to carry any of them and they write like a dream - >first time, every time. > >You can reach Dan Butler at: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >+++------------------------- sponsor -------------------------+ >++ > >>> "How Many Ways Will You Use These Amazing Devices?" > >They're incredibly handy. When we first saw these amazing littl >e >devices we thought, "these will look cool hanging on my key >ring." Then we started using them. WOW - every day we find more > >uses. How many will you find? > >http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/a/tr.cgi?swisstech > >+++------------------------- sponsor -------------------------+ >++ > > >** 04. Thinking Inside the Box, Part II: Catching the Right Bus > > (by Al Gordon) > >So you have your basic need for speed. What's the first thing y >ou >think about? > >Usually, it's the processor speed. We've got that. For our test > >system, Intel provided a 2.53 GHz Pentium 4, at the time its >fastest (since outpaced by a new 2.8, with the 3.0 GHz mark >expected to be surpassed by the end of the year.) >http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/519/tr.cgi?al1 > >Next on the shopping list usually is memory. Got that covered, >too: 512 MB of Kingston Technology's 1066 MHz RIMM Rambus >modules. >http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/519/tr.cgi?al2 > >And while we were at it, we also put a couple of 7,200 RPM hard > >drives into the system for speedy data access there. > >But now how does data travel among all those speed demons? They > >have to take the bus. > >This brings us to the heart of matter: Intel's D850EMV2 >motherboard (Intel uses the term "Desktop Board"). This is a ve >ry >nicely conceived unit, which among other things includes USB 2. >0 >ports, part of Intel's push to make that technology mainstream >this year. It also has a built-in Ethernet port, thereby saving > >you an expansion slot, and there is onboard audio. The latter >might not be an audiophile's dream, but is more than adequate f >or >business audio needs. > >However, the key feature of the D850EMV2 from the point of view > >of system capabilities is its 533 MHz system bus. The system bu >s >is, in essence, the internal wiring that links a system's vario >us >components together. Often, it can be a bottleneck that undercu >ts >the performance of other components, and is one of the reasons >why processor clock speed differences do not automatically >translate into real world performance improvements. > >It's like driving here in Boston, a city of narrow streets and >heavy traffic. Whether you are in a Ferrari or a Hyundai, you >pretty much are going to creep along at the same speed. For you >r >Ferrari to act like a Ferrari, you need to break free of the >traffic congestion. > >Intel's 850E chipset is the traffic cop on the motherboard and >works to give the components some open road to exploit. The 850 > >series supports Rambus memory. Intel's 845 chipsets support >conventional DDR SDRAM and the most recent versions of them als >o >allow for a 533 MHz system bus. > >In buying a PC today, a key decision is whether to go with Ramb >us >memory or stick with DDR SDRAM. Rambus is substantially faster- >- >as its name suggests, its architecture involves speedier >connections among the chips that comprise the memory module. >Kingston's top Rambus modules clock in at 1066 MHz vs. 266 MHz >for the fastest DDRs. But the price is steep--the street price >of >256 MB of DDR is under $100 while the same amount of Rambus is >double that. (Part of the reason is that Los Altos, CA-based >Rambus Inc., which developed the technology, gets a substantial > >royalty from manufacturers.) Accordingly, when you go out >shopping for a PC, you will tend to see Rambus only on the top- > >of-the-line models. Value-priced units will have DDR. > >Will you notice a difference? As always, your mileage will vary >. >When writing a document in Word, there will be--and wasn't--any > >discernable real world difference. But when running batch >conversions of graphics files and processing multimedia files-- >my >key PC "heavy lifting" test--I was pleased to see that lengthy >tasks took substantially less time to complete with the faster >architecture. The more complex your computing needs, the more >value the architecture will provide. > >(c) 2002, Al Gordon >You can reach Al Gordon at: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >** 05. Update News, Part I (by Al Gordon) > >Ah, September. Back to school. Footballs and Fall are in the ai >r. >The new TV shows have not yet flopped. And in the computer worl >d, >it's the upgrade season. > >I'll be going through this Fall's line up in roughly the order >the products were made available to the TNPC Secret Testing Lab >s. >But first, there is that 1,000-pound gorilla we need to deal >with: Windows XP Service Pack 1. And also we have to note that >the folks at Intuit have proven me wrong on Quicken 2003. > >Windows XP Service Pack 1 is available for free download: >http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/519/tr.cgi?al3 > >In customary Microsoft fashion, you can run "Express >Installation," which downloads only the components that an >installation application determines you need. Microsoft estimat >es >the typical download will be 30 MB. Or there's the 134 MB >"Network Installation," which is the total package. Or you can >get the package on CD for $9.95 in shipping costs. > >Microsoft documents more than 300 WinXP bug fixes in SP1: >http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/519/tr.cgi?al4 > >Some of those you got if you were religious about running Windo >ws >Update and getting the "hotfixes." But even if you did--and >certainly if you didn't do running updates--getting a >comprehensive fix will be a plus. Besides, you know the rule: n >ow >that the first Service Pack is out, it's time to think more >seriously about an upgrade. > >The other aspect of SP1 is what you might call the fix for the >"Justice Department Bug." Microsoft amusingly doesn't document >this one very well, but when you run the "Add/Remove Programs" >Control Panel applet, there now is a "Set Program Access and >Defaults" icon, which allows you to make non-Microsoft media >players, browsers, email apps, and instant messengers your >Windows defaults--and also to block access to these apps. So yo >u >could, for example, make Netscape your default browser and hide > >Internet Explorer. > >Of course, Federal Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, and not >Microsoft, has the definitive word about the effectiveness of >that particular feature. > >During last year's upgrade season, I observed that personal >finance software was getting a little, shall we say, stale. >http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/519/tr.cgi?al5 > >Intuit's Quicken 2003 Premier ($60, after a $20 rebate to >upgraders), however, demonstrates that there is still a little >life left in the product segment yet. >http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/519/tr.cgi?al6 > >One of the things that was making the software stale was the >continuing addition of new--extra-cost--services and the >overloading of Web-style interfaces to the point where a user h >ad >trouble finding anything. There were charts over here, and tabl >es >over there, and links somewhere down yonder. So where the heck >is >the record of that check I wrote at the cleaners last week? Thi >s >was true of Microsoft Money, also. > >Quicken 2003 mercifully cleans up the mess. A new "Account Bar" > >along the side (left by default, right if you want to move it) >puts a summary of your key information into one place. In >addition to being a helpful financial snap shot, it also provid >es >navigation to your specific accounts. > >Another handy touch is that Quicken now puts more key features >into menus in its account registers and provides more crosslink >s >from section to section and feature to feature. For example, yo >u >can get from an item shown in Quicken's calendar to the actual >Register item in a logical, easy-to-use fashion: click the item > >in the calendar, then click a "register" button. > >Of course, nothing is perfect. Quicken always has been big on >plugging Intuit services and alliances, and 2003 is even more >obtrusive in that regard. No matter where you go in Quicken, yo >u >are likely to be seeing an advertisement for its brokerage >services, bill payment service, or what not. > >It's like the ads now infesting movie theaters: I suppose they >are inevitable, but nothing says I have to like them. But >otherwise, Quicken 2003 was the first Quicken upgrade in a coup >le >of years that left me feeling that I had actually gained >something in the way of better managing my finances. > >(c) 2002, Al Gordon >You can reach Al Gordon at: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >** 06. Featured Product - Sony Walkman Portable CD Player > (reviewed by Lee Hudspeth) > >I love my CDs! I wanted to listen to more music more often, and > >carry it with me anywhere on a ubiquitous media format, and I >decided to take advantage of my CD collection and save some buc >ks >(relative to buying an MP3 player, although I think MP3 players > >will be price-competitive with CD-only players in a year if not > >sooner). I found a Sony Walkman packaged in a "car kit" version >, >and it has everything for the discriminating, CD-bound music >enthusiast. > >The Sony D-E356CK car kit includes a CD/CD-R/RW player, an AC >power adapter, headphones, a car connecting pack (for cars that > >have only cassette decks, the converter looks like a cassette a >nd >sends the Walkman's output signal through the cassette deck's >heads), a rotary commander, and a car battery cord. It has some > >compelling features including Sony's skip-free ESPMAX technolog >y >(you can turn it off or on); bass-boosting digital Mega Bass (y >ou >can turn it off or on); an "automatic volume limiter system" th >at >when selected locks the unit's volume control so it can't excee >d >the 3 setting; four play modes (with accompanying menu display) >; >a hold button (locks all buttons against accidental operation); > >and a battery life display. This Walkman is small, light, and >rugged, and I can't get it to skip under normal use, including >in >a car with badly worn shocks! Without accessories, the player >weighs less than 7 ounces. Battery life is 33 hours (with ESPMA >X >on). > >Street price on this Sony Walkman car kit is $59.99. > >http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/519/tr.cgi?fprod > > >** 07. Featured Drawing > >The survey question for this issue's drawing is, "Which search >engine do you use most?" > >If you haven't entered one of our The Naked PC survey drawings >before, here's how it works. You go to a Web page on our site, >answer one survey question, and type in your email address. > >To encourage folks to participate, we conduct a drawing from th >e >email addresses of each survey's participants and we give away >something really useful. 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