[CGUYS] Upgrade the video card?

2007-12-26 Thread Quentin Fisher
As digital files get larger and more numerous, I find even simple sorting and labeling tasks get more sluggish. I have a Dell Dimension Pentium 4 running XP. I have maxxed on RAM, and installed a SATA hard dive. Would upgrading the video card make much of a difference, or have I gotten near the

Re: [CGUYS] Upgrade the video card?

2007-12-26 Thread Fred Holmes
Get a 4GB flash drive, install it permanently, and put the swap file on it. Use it all for the swap file. For that portion of the swap file, set the min and max sizes of the swap file to be the size of the whole drive (as much as Windows will allow, which is a few megabytes less than all of

Re: [CGUYS] Upgrade the video card?

2007-12-26 Thread gerald
a new generation of flash memory has come out. it is much faster, and not that much more expensive. http://www.steves-digicams.com/pdf/sdhc.pdf when I bought one of these from bestbuy on stupid sale: Card-SDSDBR-409 SKU: 7956599 it came with a card reader. an $8 value!! it is not backward

[CGUYS] Can't open larger images

2007-12-26 Thread Mike Sloane
A friend sent me this message, and I am stumped as to the reason for, or the solution to, his problem. Any thoughts? I've got a question about a problem I've been having with my computer. I can't open larger photo (jpeg) files anymore . . . I get a blank screen, and depending upon which

Re: [CGUYS] 1024 cylinder threshhold

2007-12-26 Thread John DeCarlo
You are right., Don't worry about it. If I recall, it was mostly a BIOS issue - whether it could recognize a large partition to boot from it or not. You could double check and check your BIOS settings at boot time - go into Setup with a special key like Del or F2. If there is something about

Re: [CGUYS] Upgrade the video card?

2007-12-26 Thread Tony B
Any P4 level machine should be able to handle photos easily, even 5-7 megapixel ones (but you weren't real specific). I'm going to guess this is a problem with whatever app you're using to process the pix. Try updating it or un/reinstalling it. Be more specific about what part of the process is

Re: [CGUYS] Upgrade the video card?

2007-12-26 Thread John H. Davis
Fred Holmes wrote: Get a 4GB flash drive, install it permanently, and put the swap file on it. Use it all for the swap file. For that portion of the swap file, set the min and max sizes of the swap file to be the size of the whole drive (as much as Windows will allow, which is a few

Re: [CGUYS] Can't open larger images

2007-12-26 Thread Fred Holmes
Not enough swap file? Try increasing it a whole lot. At 09:29 AM 12/26/2007, Mike Sloane wrote: A friend sent me this message, and I am stumped as to the reason for, or the solution to, his problem. Any thoughts? I've got a question about a problem I've been having with my computer. I can't

Re: [CGUYS] Upgrade the video card?

2007-12-26 Thread mike
It is counterintuitive. mike On Dec 26, 2007 9:18 AM, John H. Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fred Holmes wrote: Get a 4GB flash drive, install it permanently, and put the swap file on it. Use it all for the swap file. For that portion of the swap file, set the min and max sizes of the

Re: [CGUYS] Upgrade the video card?

2007-12-26 Thread Fred Holmes
For small files, quite true, but for large files, I suspect that the rotational speed and cylinder-to-cylinder tracking would be the bottleneck. It sure has helped my machine with very large files, and it does get used, as evidenced by the activity light on the thumb drive. It's not very

[CGUYS] Apple Record

2007-12-26 Thread Tom Piwowar
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Apple Inc. (AAPL: Apple Inc AAPL 199.95, +1.15, +0.6%) shares on Wednesday hit $200 for the first time in the company's history. In afternoon trading, Apple's stock rose $1.20 to a new all-time intraday high of $200 a share. For the year, Apple's stock has risen

[CGUYS] iPod battery

2007-12-26 Thread Stephen Brownfield
My iPod Mini battery is starting to go. I believe Tom says that he replaced his iPod battery. Where can I find a battery and how to replace it? Thanks, Steve * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following

Re: [CGUYS] If it is not our idea, then either screw it or the

2007-12-26 Thread Tom Piwowar
Apple or any of its employees do not accept or consider unsolicited ideas, including ideas for new advertising campaigns, new promotions, new or improved products or technologies, product enhancements, It is one of those damned if you do and damned if you don't situations. I'm sure most of

Re: [CGUYS] iPod battery

2007-12-26 Thread Jordan
I've never replaced an iPod battery, but in general I like this company, and I think the NuPower batteries are very good. They have PDFs or videos to show you how. I've been happy with batteries I've bought for 2 Powerbooks. I assume you Googled iPod Battery or some such. Jordan Stephen

Re: [CGUYS] iPod battery

2007-12-26 Thread b_s-wilk
My iPod Mini battery is starting to go. I believe Tom says that he replaced his iPod battery. Where can I find a battery and how to replace it? Thanks, Try OtherWorld Computing, http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ipod/. Most [Newer Technology, http://newertech.com/products/ipod.php] battery

Re: [CGUYS] iPod battery

2007-12-26 Thread Tom Piwowar
Try OtherWorld Computing, http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ipod/. This is where I got my battery. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL

Re: [CGUYS] Can't open larger images

2007-12-26 Thread Tom Piwowar
I've got a question about a problem I've been having with my computer. I can't open larger photo (jpeg) files anymore . . . I get a blank screen, and depending upon which photo display software I use I either get message cannot create bitmap file This scenario is usually caused by a lack of

Re: [CGUYS] If it is not our idea, then either screw it or the person who thought it up

2007-12-26 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
This is where Henry IV was right- The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. What they need to do is label a response form as the suggestion box and append the disclaimer. It would give the apple fans a feeling of inclusion and Steve the willies. Good things all around. On Dec 24,