Monday, April 25, 2011
HP dv6000 Vista re-install - PC not recognizing networking hardware
I did a reinstall on a friends PC. He is running Win vista, 64 bit. Once the reinstall was complete the PC would not recognize the networking hardware. I have tried reinstalling the drivers from the HP site, but none of these seem to work. Any suggestions? Would like to try downloading them from the manufacturers site, but don't know who makes it. Please help!!! Thank you!!
Freezing problem
guys sorry to raise this topic again ..as i got a new GTX260M replaced there's no driver stopped working and recovered error but now my laptop freezes in the midst of any video playback or when playing game!!!
so i must manually reboot !!
is there any prob with my GPU or any other???
so i must manually reboot !!
is there any prob with my GPU or any other???
Reply 1 : Freezing problem
Try this -- right click on the video, select Settings and disable hardware acceleration.
Reply 2 : Freezing problem
This can be caused by several things... in my case I had to get a new card from Dell... if nothing helps, call them.
Things to try are clean installing new drivers, disabling hardware acceleration (like The Rev said), making sure you have the system up to date (Windows + BIOS)...
Things to try are clean installing new drivers, disabling hardware acceleration (like The Rev said), making sure you have the system up to date (Windows + BIOS)...
Reply 3 : Freezing problem
yep...my system's updated with new bios A09,win7 x64 Ultimate!
and latest 270.51 beta Drivers .
but i think i may be avictim of windows genuine software counterfeiting..
that should not be causing as i think?
am i right?
and latest 270.51 beta Drivers .
but i think i may be avictim of windows genuine software counterfeiting..
that should not be causing as i think?
am i right?
M15x GPU Upgrade Questions/GPU Questions
Alright, so I posted this on another forum as well, but I realized after-the-fact that I would probably receive better information here, so here goes:
Hello all, I'm looking to upgrade the GPU on my M15x laptop and I have several questions regarding how mobile GPU's work (or GPUs in general) as I don't know very much about them at all.
First, I understand how CPUs of a certain socket require a motherboard of a matching socket to work, are GPUs similar in this respect? For example, will a certain motherboard only support certain GPUs or does the motherboard just need a PCI(e) slot?
What about mobile GPUs? Can any discrete mobile GPU be swapped for another discrete mobile GPU? If that is not the case, what restrictions are in place to prevent this from happening. From the mobile GPUs that I've seen, the only thing that seems drastically different are the heatsinks, and I understand this as there are many different laptop designs out there and therefore there must be many different, form-fitting, heatsinks.
What upgrade possibilities are there with an Alienware M15x equipped with an NVIDIA GT 240M?
Where can one buy mobile GPUs? I cannot seem to find any retailer who sells them and I have a strong distrust for Ebay. Does Dell/Alienware sell parts to owners of Dell/Alienware systems and would I be able to order from them?
If instead you know of a good source of information on mobile GPUs that may answer many of these questions, please let me know (I like to read).
Thanks!
Hello all, I'm looking to upgrade the GPU on my M15x laptop and I have several questions regarding how mobile GPU's work (or GPUs in general) as I don't know very much about them at all.
First, I understand how CPUs of a certain socket require a motherboard of a matching socket to work, are GPUs similar in this respect? For example, will a certain motherboard only support certain GPUs or does the motherboard just need a PCI(e) slot?
What about mobile GPUs? Can any discrete mobile GPU be swapped for another discrete mobile GPU? If that is not the case, what restrictions are in place to prevent this from happening. From the mobile GPUs that I've seen, the only thing that seems drastically different are the heatsinks, and I understand this as there are many different laptop designs out there and therefore there must be many different, form-fitting, heatsinks.
What upgrade possibilities are there with an Alienware M15x equipped with an NVIDIA GT 240M?
Where can one buy mobile GPUs? I cannot seem to find any retailer who sells them and I have a strong distrust for Ebay. Does Dell/Alienware sell parts to owners of Dell/Alienware systems and would I be able to order from them?
If instead you know of a good source of information on mobile GPUs that may answer many of these questions, please let me know (I like to read).
Thanks!
Reply 1 : M15x GPU Upgrade Questions/GPU Questions
Alright lemme break it down for you:
Yes Alienware machines are highly upgradable. You can upgrade to (listed in order of performance):
5730, 260m GTX, 280m GTX, 285m GTX, 460m GTX, 5850, 5870 and 6970m although the last one is still experimental.
Places you can get them: the market place has them every now and them, ebay and phoning up Dell and requesting for one, the only options provided by Dell are the 460m GTX and 5850, 5870 and 6970m cards are hard to get if you tell them that you have a M15x as Dell offer them in other laptops. You can also go to mxm-upgrade.com for the 6970m.
Like desktops, the graphics cards you buy must be in MXM 3.0 type B format. I have basically listed all the cards that are offered in that format besides the 470m GTX (which had some problems) and the 480m and 485m cards which are too demanding in terms of power draw.
Heatsinks should fit fine. If you want to change, remember to have thermal paste and pads
Hope this helps
Yes Alienware machines are highly upgradable. You can upgrade to (listed in order of performance):
5730, 260m GTX, 280m GTX, 285m GTX, 460m GTX, 5850, 5870 and 6970m although the last one is still experimental.
Places you can get them: the market place has them every now and them, ebay and phoning up Dell and requesting for one, the only options provided by Dell are the 460m GTX and 5850, 5870 and 6970m cards are hard to get if you tell them that you have a M15x as Dell offer them in other laptops. You can also go to mxm-upgrade.com for the 6970m.
Like desktops, the graphics cards you buy must be in MXM 3.0 type B format. I have basically listed all the cards that are offered in that format besides the 470m GTX (which had some problems) and the 480m and 485m cards which are too demanding in terms of power draw.
Heatsinks should fit fine. If you want to change, remember to have thermal paste and pads
Hope this helps
Reply 2 : M15x GPU Upgrade Questions/GPU Questions
Arent the pads already on the heatsink
Reply 3 : M15x GPU Upgrade Questions/GPU Questions
Yeah but just in case. The GT 240m has fewer memory chips and heat sink contacts so there may be a lack of them. And the pads Dell offer are pretty bad. Not that I've changed mine. It's up to you.
Reply 4 : M15x GPU Upgrade Questions/GPU Questions
Thank you very much!
One last question then, where can I find Dell's phone number to call and inquire about an upgrade to, for example, a 460M?
Again, thank you. I had searched for this information for quite some time (I must've just not really know what to search for) and had come up empty, this was quite helpful.
One last question then, where can I find Dell's phone number to call and inquire about an upgrade to, for example, a 460M?
Again, thank you. I had searched for this information for quite some time (I must've just not really know what to search for) and had come up empty, this was quite helpful.
Reply 5 : M15x GPU Upgrade Questions/GPU Questions
so when going from 5730 to 5850 do i have to worry?
Try 1-800-254-3692 and just ask for what you want
Try 1-800-254-3692 and just ask for what you want
Reply 6 : M15x GPU Upgrade Questions/GPU Questions
I don't think going from a 5730 to a 5850 is a problem
@Kicki I've never called Dell and even if I did I'm in the UK so the number is different. There are plenty other people in this forums that have done so. I think it's just the customer service number you call to make a purchase.
@Kicki I've never called Dell and even if I did I'm in the UK so the number is different. There are plenty other people in this forums that have done so. I think it's just the customer service number you call to make a purchase.
Reply 7 : M15x GPU Upgrade Questions/GPU Questions
I called Dell this evening, ordered the 5850 and will even have in house service to intsall it!
Reply 8 : M15x GPU Upgrade Questions/GPU Questions
Lucky, I asked if they could install it, and they said no. So now im stuck asking all of these questions on how to do it
Reply 9 : M15x GPU Upgrade Questions/GPU Questions
Was 100.bucks more, but I know nothing about having them installed.
ObamaCare: UK Style
Surgeons say patients in some parts of England have spent months waiting in pain because of delayed operations or new restrictions on who qualifies for treatment.
In several areas routine surgery was put on hold for months, while in many others new thresholds for hip and knee replacements have been introduced.
The moves are part of the NHS drive to find 20bn efficiency savings by 2015.
The government said performance should be measured by outcomes not numbers....
Is forced socialized medicine that depends on such health care rationing to make it affordable really moral?
In several areas routine surgery was put on hold for months, while in many others new thresholds for hip and knee replacements have been introduced.
The moves are part of the NHS drive to find 20bn efficiency savings by 2015.
The government said performance should be measured by outcomes not numbers....
Is forced socialized medicine that depends on such health care rationing to make it affordable really moral?
Reply 1 : ObamaCare: UK Style
is the NHS which is fully paid for by taxes, but has restrictions as noted above. The second tier is Private Insurance which is usually paid at least in part by an employer. If you've got a decent job odds are you will have Private Insurance as part of the package, and you can go to a Private Hospital and the restrictions above don't apply. I really don't know what the statistics are of percents covered by Basic vs Private insurance. Perhaps Mark might know. Regardless of that issue, life expectancy is a couple of years longer in the UK than it is in the US, and that's entirely due to the availability of Health Care. The same is true with every Single Payer system in the world, better outcomes and longer life expectancies than those in the US, despite the inconveniences.
The thing is that Health Care in the US prior to Congress's Health Care (it's not what Obama was talking about during the campaign, it was messed about ferociously) was rationed through the large number of people without insurance, or with insufficient insurance, or those people whose insurance was cut off in mid treatment by their insurance companies. There are significant waits for various surgeries at Public Hospitals, which means the US already has the same problems you are remarking upon as applying to Britain. When I see people talking about the US Health Care system, they just skip over the people who don't have generous Health Insurance Plans as if they don't exist. They have always existed in the US.
People may have to wait for treatment, but they get it eventually. Additionally this is as I understand it, a move put in place by the Conservative government requiring the NHS to save 20 billion by 2015. Allocation of funds in this case is a political decision, and the average Conservative voter probably already has a private plan anyway. However I would like to hear what Mark Flax has to say on the issue.
My personal experience working for the NHS was extremely positive, and the services offered were far greater than those in either the US or Canada in both of whose Health Care Systems I have worked.
Rob
The thing is that Health Care in the US prior to Congress's Health Care (it's not what Obama was talking about during the campaign, it was messed about ferociously) was rationed through the large number of people without insurance, or with insufficient insurance, or those people whose insurance was cut off in mid treatment by their insurance companies. There are significant waits for various surgeries at Public Hospitals, which means the US already has the same problems you are remarking upon as applying to Britain. When I see people talking about the US Health Care system, they just skip over the people who don't have generous Health Insurance Plans as if they don't exist. They have always existed in the US.
People may have to wait for treatment, but they get it eventually. Additionally this is as I understand it, a move put in place by the Conservative government requiring the NHS to save 20 billion by 2015. Allocation of funds in this case is a political decision, and the average Conservative voter probably already has a private plan anyway. However I would like to hear what Mark Flax has to say on the issue.
My personal experience working for the NHS was extremely positive, and the services offered were far greater than those in either the US or Canada in both of whose Health Care Systems I have worked.
Rob
Reply 2 : ObamaCare: UK Style
and the cost of their health care. Notice how small the amounts are for the UK. And yet the Tory government has ordered 20 billion US dollars in savings in an already efficient system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Total_health_expenditure_per_capita,_US_Dollars_PPP.png
Somebody should smack David Cameron around the lug hole for that.
Rob
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Total_health_expenditure_per_capita,_US_Dollars_PPP.png
Somebody should smack David Cameron around the lug hole for that.
Rob
Reply 3 : ObamaCare: UK Style
that don't have health care insurance?
I saw a TV report a few years ago, (no links), A team of dentists visited various places in the southern US states offering free dental treatment for those without insurance. They were over-subscribed by thousands and couldn't treat them all. The queues were hundreds of yards down the streets for those who had never been able to afford dental treatment in their lives.
Is forced capitalist {lack of} treatment on such uninsured really moral?
To Rob. No, most businesses do not offer private health insurance. The private industry has tried for decades to get a foothold into the UK with little success.
Mark
I saw a TV report a few years ago, (no links), A team of dentists visited various places in the southern US states offering free dental treatment for those without insurance. They were over-subscribed by thousands and couldn't treat them all. The queues were hundreds of yards down the streets for those who had never been able to afford dental treatment in their lives.
Is forced capitalist {lack of} treatment on such uninsured really moral?
To Rob. No, most businesses do not offer private health insurance. The private industry has tried for decades to get a foothold into the UK with little success.
Mark
Reply 4 : ObamaCare: UK Style
That if an uninsured American went to the dentist and wanted to pay for it themselves, they can get treatment. Is that allowed where you live?
Reply 5 : ObamaCare: UK Style
Why are people waiting for medical care?
Reply 6 : ObamaCare: UK Style
It happens.
I've never said our NHS system is perfect.
Seems you think yours is?
Mark
I've never said our NHS system is perfect.
Seems you think yours is?
Mark
Reply 7 : ObamaCare: UK Style
Blanche went to Poland to get a "Polish Hip" 
Reply 8 : ObamaCare: UK Style
But it is the best
Reply 9 : ObamaCare: UK Style
According to WHO, You?
Reply 10 : ObamaCare: UK Style
if the spin-off industry from it...that being litigation...could be dealt with before creating a money pot to cover it. The money pot is going to have other hands than medical providers reaching for it.
Reply 11 : ObamaCare: UK Style
I don't mean to minimize the impact of the US legal system but I think that the cost impact of the legal system has been somewhat exaggerated.
Reply 12 : ObamaCare: UK Style
It would seem to me that fear of being sued is just as, if not more-so, involved in both the $$$ cost of treatment as well as medical innovation. Don't we read that US health providers are more procedure driven than those in other countries? I don't know how true this is or what the impact might be but, since we're talking about health care in general, the impact may be more than what we see on the billing statement and may not be easily measurable.
Reply 13 : ObamaCare: UK Style
Industry who seem to be a law unto themselves. You ever had a clean driving record and find your insurance has nearly doubled the next year? Happened to me up here in Ontario. One year it was $600, the next it was $1000, all because the insurance industry "claimed" that the accident rate had gone up, even though their payouts had gone down that year. The Province had to step in and create a Province wide No Fault Insurance system to force the Private Insurers to back away from their cash grab.
Rob
Rob
Reply 14 : ObamaCare: UK Style
pays by procedure and test. A doctor talks to you, listens to your heart/lungs, decides you're ok.
He, or rather his clinic/employer, gets paid for an office visit.
He orders testing to verify what he thinks (perhaps to cover himself in case of a lawsuit also) and his employer has it's own testing, there is more fees.
I'm not saying the doctors are ordering unneeded tests. I'm saying there are pressures from the way the systems works, both financially and liability wise, to run two test instead on one.
The payment scheme for advising you on what to eat and what exercise you need isn't very rewarding. That is unless you're referred to a clinical dietitian and a rehabilitation expert.
He, or rather his clinic/employer, gets paid for an office visit.
He orders testing to verify what he thinks (perhaps to cover himself in case of a lawsuit also) and his employer has it's own testing, there is more fees.
I'm not saying the doctors are ordering unneeded tests. I'm saying there are pressures from the way the systems works, both financially and liability wise, to run two test instead on one.
The payment scheme for advising you on what to eat and what exercise you need isn't very rewarding. That is unless you're referred to a clinical dietitian and a rehabilitation expert.
Reply 15 : ObamaCare: UK Style
The WHO rankings depend on a certain set of criteria that are partly arbitrary.
I can't speak for the other countries on the list, but the US has multiple health care systems that all end up lumped together in that list. We 'benefit' from: the VA/military system that does a fair/poor job, the indigent care system that offers abysmal care, Medicaid that varies from state to state but is probably fair/poor overall, commercial insurance that mostly offers good (if expensive) care, and care for the wealthy that is completely unrestricted that offers excellent but very expensive care.
Some critics look only at the low end of that care spectrum. Some enthusiasts look only at the high end of the spectrum. I don't think either of those approaches is very meaningful.
I can't speak for the other countries on the list, but the US has multiple health care systems that all end up lumped together in that list. We 'benefit' from: the VA/military system that does a fair/poor job, the indigent care system that offers abysmal care, Medicaid that varies from state to state but is probably fair/poor overall, commercial insurance that mostly offers good (if expensive) care, and care for the wealthy that is completely unrestricted that offers excellent but very expensive care.
Some critics look only at the low end of that care spectrum. Some enthusiasts look only at the high end of the spectrum. I don't think either of those approaches is very meaningful.
Reply 16 : ObamaCare: UK Style
I agree...as it states in my link.
The World Health Organization's ranking of the world's health systems was last produced in 2000, and the WHO no longer produces such a ranking table, because of the complexity of the task.
Best for one person may not be good enough for their fellow countryman.
The World Health Organization's ranking of the world's health systems was last produced in 2000, and the WHO no longer produces such a ranking table, because of the complexity of the task.
Best for one person may not be good enough for their fellow countryman.
Reply 17 : ObamaCare: UK Style
assertion. Even when I lived in the US for the first half of my life, I couldn't understand why we thought US health care was the best. The cure for Diabetes was found in Canada. The first heart transplants took place in South Africa, Cancer treatments come from all over the globe including but not restricted to the US, Heart Pacemakers were pioneered at Toronto General Hospital in the late 1940's and early 1950's. Johns Hopkins and Alfred Blalock pioneered "blue baby" operations but so did the Hospital for Sick Children and Robert Mustard in Toronto, and a Hospital in Christ Church New Zealand, all around the same time, and each with a slight difference. The surgery now is a combination of the approaches.
An odd thing from my experience and unfamiliar to most of you save Dr. Bill, Total Parenteral Nutrition, for people whose stomach and intestines have been removed for any of a number of reasons, was pioneered in Sweden, and the lipid solution is still made there, though perhaps there are now US manufacturers (there weren't when I first encountered it in the US).
TPN must be kept fresh in a Hospital grade refrigerator, and supplied about every two weeks to the patients (i.e. a two week supply is delivered). Not only does the NHS supply these I.V. solutions, but it supplies the rather expensive fridge to store them. I used to deliver them once a week to two lists of patients on alternate weeks, meaning the Hospital must have a delivery van too. I don't know how it's done in Canada, though I have encountered it here, but I don't know that it's available for home use as it is in the UK.
So why is the Health Care delivered in the US "the best". Do you have the lowest infant mortality? No. Do you have the longest average life spans? No. Do you have the cheapest Health Care? No, US Health Care is the most expensive in the world while leaving 50 million uninsured and probably another 100 million under-insured.
I came up here somewhat reluctantly, unhappy to leave all that was familiar behind. It took me 10 years to get to the point where I could see that the Canadian system was not merely better but far better, and far fairer, and when I went to Britain 7 years after that, I was astonished at how much more comprehensive the British system was than the Canadian.
I still think the solution to underfunding in the UK and Canada is to funnel all the taxes on liquor and cigarettes directly into the health care budget. Those are the two things that cause the most health problems. That would likely end all the problems, but of course government has been spending those revenues on just about everything else but Health Care. But that wouldn't help in the US where "sin taxes" aren't much in evidence.
Rob
An odd thing from my experience and unfamiliar to most of you save Dr. Bill, Total Parenteral Nutrition, for people whose stomach and intestines have been removed for any of a number of reasons, was pioneered in Sweden, and the lipid solution is still made there, though perhaps there are now US manufacturers (there weren't when I first encountered it in the US).
TPN must be kept fresh in a Hospital grade refrigerator, and supplied about every two weeks to the patients (i.e. a two week supply is delivered). Not only does the NHS supply these I.V. solutions, but it supplies the rather expensive fridge to store them. I used to deliver them once a week to two lists of patients on alternate weeks, meaning the Hospital must have a delivery van too. I don't know how it's done in Canada, though I have encountered it here, but I don't know that it's available for home use as it is in the UK.
So why is the Health Care delivered in the US "the best". Do you have the lowest infant mortality? No. Do you have the longest average life spans? No. Do you have the cheapest Health Care? No, US Health Care is the most expensive in the world while leaving 50 million uninsured and probably another 100 million under-insured.
I came up here somewhat reluctantly, unhappy to leave all that was familiar behind. It took me 10 years to get to the point where I could see that the Canadian system was not merely better but far better, and far fairer, and when I went to Britain 7 years after that, I was astonished at how much more comprehensive the British system was than the Canadian.
I still think the solution to underfunding in the UK and Canada is to funnel all the taxes on liquor and cigarettes directly into the health care budget. Those are the two things that cause the most health problems. That would likely end all the problems, but of course government has been spending those revenues on just about everything else but Health Care. But that wouldn't help in the US where "sin taxes" aren't much in evidence.
Rob
Reply 18 : ObamaCare: UK Style
I had a crown done there for about a quarter of what it costs in Canada.
Rob
Rob
Reply 19 : ObamaCare: UK Style
One in five are too hard up to see the dentist
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1369753/One-hard-dentist.html#ixzz1J3QVKaZN
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1369753/One-hard-dentist.html#ixzz1J3QVKaZN
Reply 20 : ObamaCare: UK Style
Despite the overall improvement in oral health status, gaps in the provision of care remain. Over the 20-year period 1977-96, the gap in the use of services between low-income people (those with incomes under 200 percent of the Federal poverty level) and higher income people (those with incomes over 400 percent of the Federal poverty level) increased.2 The number of preventive visits is below recommended levels, and access to dental care remains problematic for minorities, the elderly, children on Medicaid, and other low-income children. For example:
Reply 21 : ObamaCare: UK Style
That has NOTHING to do with UK dental care
Reply 22 : ObamaCare: UK Style
not just a discussion of one system's defects while forbidding the mention of another. You're technically correct, what is done here and what is done there are separate issues...But you also seem a bit touchy about it.
Actually, there's a lot about government medical or government insurance I don't think I like. But when I look around sometimes, I wonder which list of deficiencies is worse.
So far I've been lucky, I've only had a few periods since I entered the work force full time I wasn't working. And they were all less than 3 months so I could carry COBRA. Expensive, but I managed it. If it had been more than 3 months, I'd probably have been without insurance.
I had a couple of crowns before I had any dental insurance. Even with a steady fair paying job for the time, covering them was a hassle. It helped a lot my dentist was willing to spread part of it out over a few paychecks.
But if I had had an abscess without insurance or a job, I would have had to lose the tooth. Root canals and crowns have never been inexpensive.
While some people are out of work because they won't put forth enough effort, I know some personally that are out in spite of what they're willing to do. I know some working part-time with no insurance because they can't afford it. In the last year, I barely kept my job. The cutoff was actually above me, but three older workers volunteered for layoff to collect their severance, draw unemployment or work part-time for a few months until they officially retired.
Actually, there's a lot about government medical or government insurance I don't think I like. But when I look around sometimes, I wonder which list of deficiencies is worse.
So far I've been lucky, I've only had a few periods since I entered the work force full time I wasn't working. And they were all less than 3 months so I could carry COBRA. Expensive, but I managed it. If it had been more than 3 months, I'd probably have been without insurance.
I had a couple of crowns before I had any dental insurance. Even with a steady fair paying job for the time, covering them was a hassle. It helped a lot my dentist was willing to spread part of it out over a few paychecks.
But if I had had an abscess without insurance or a job, I would have had to lose the tooth. Root canals and crowns have never been inexpensive.
While some people are out of work because they won't put forth enough effort, I know some personally that are out in spite of what they're willing to do. I know some working part-time with no insurance because they can't afford it. In the last year, I barely kept my job. The cutoff was actually above me, but three older workers volunteered for layoff to collect their severance, draw unemployment or work part-time for a few months until they officially retired.
Reply 23 : ObamaCare: UK Style
If you're going to suggest those without private insurance deserve it at the expense of those that do have it then you might as well advocate that everyone in the world deserves it. Borders shouldn't even matter.
FWIW, Medicare does cover hip replacement in the U.S...
FWIW, Medicare does cover hip replacement in the U.S...
Reply 24 : ObamaCare: UK Style
Health Care for everyone.
Who do you believe 'doesn't' deserve health care?
Mark
Who do you believe 'doesn't' deserve health care?
Mark
Reply 25 : ObamaCare: UK Style
a bit too broad. We'd need to find a proper definition for the term "health care" and especially as opposed to "medical treatment". I'd consider health care to include such as routine diagnostics, preventive care, consultations and advice by professionals, etc. These are such covered by insurance or "wellness" plans. Medical treatment is another matter. I don't think we do or should deny an accident or heart attack victim some sort of emergency service and there are plenty of free clinics that will offer such as immunizations, some outpatient treatments, etc. But a full fledged health care plan is another matter.
Reply 26 : ObamaCare: UK Style
In Europe we see Health Care as all-encompassing, from birth onwards.
I have no difficulty with that definition and I see no moral reason to refuse anyone health care simply because they are poor and cannot afford it or cannot afford private insurance.
Big differences there.
Mark
I have no difficulty with that definition and I see no moral reason to refuse anyone health care simply because they are poor and cannot afford it or cannot afford private insurance.
Big differences there.
Mark
Reply 27 : ObamaCare: UK Style
paying for other people's health issues that are due to poor lifestyle choices and I don't expect the same in return if I don't live responsibly. I believe that type of health care is a major bone of contention as we consider blanket (cradle to grave) overage for all.
This is why I got rid of my ipad 2 (video)
This is what drives me nuts on the ipad 2 and to be its completely unacceptable. I thought this thing was suppose to be 2x faster with 9x faster graphics? Sounds like rubbish to me apple. Ive tried this on 3 ipads and all are the same and its not my internet connection cause this happens on all 4 wifi networks ivve been on thus far. so im guessing its normal.
As you can see in the video, the webpage is completely loaded, fast scrolling or slow scrolling it doesnt matter. Doesnt matter what site, it happens on all, all the time. For a $700 device, you would think it wouldnt do this. I mean do our computers do it? Maybe ones from 1992 running Pentium 2 CPUs.
YouTube - MVI 4027
Im actually considering getting a playbook, cause from the time i was in the store yesterday playing with playbook it was seamlessly faster and smoother.
Proof
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s72rGDUn2uo
Well true but still playbook 1st gen or not is 10x the hardware ipad 2 is. Just look at the cameras, 5MP on playbook, what 1.2MP on ipad 2? thats pathetic.
Im gonna head out to my local best buy right now and get a playbook. I need to spend a good week with it to test it out fully to my liking. If not ill just return it but im sure ill like it more than ipad 2.
good luck!
As you can see in the video, the webpage is completely loaded, fast scrolling or slow scrolling it doesnt matter. Doesnt matter what site, it happens on all, all the time. For a $700 device, you would think it wouldnt do this. I mean do our computers do it? Maybe ones from 1992 running Pentium 2 CPUs.
YouTube - MVI 4027
Im actually considering getting a playbook, cause from the time i was in the store yesterday playing with playbook it was seamlessly faster and smoother.
Proof
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s72rGDUn2uo
Reply 1 : This is why I got rid of my ipad 2 (video)
you can always pick out a few minor things... and specific websites that show up flaws in software... wether is iPad or anything else. Whats your point?
Reply 2 : This is why I got rid of my ipad 2 (video)
The issue with the websites is an optimization used by developers to conserve resources.
Keeping a whole webpage loaded requires usage of resources, so instead they only load the content that is viewed and leave the rest unloaded.
This is pretty much an easy way to optimize, and honestly one of the worst ways. I am not surprised to see iOS utilize this type of optimization, it is pretty typical of Apple to use easy optimization that sacrifice other areas.
Keeping a whole webpage loaded requires usage of resources, so instead they only load the content that is viewed and leave the rest unloaded.
This is pretty much an easy way to optimize, and honestly one of the worst ways. I am not surprised to see iOS utilize this type of optimization, it is pretty typical of Apple to use easy optimization that sacrifice other areas.
Reply 3 : This is why I got rid of my ipad 2 (video)
I guess I don't see the issue. My Droid X does the same exact thing when loading websites. Also, if you are going to show a "proof" video, the least you can do is link one that is an accurate test. The PlayBook vs iPad is an unfair comparison as that it the original iPad. Of course the dual-core PlayBook (which has more RAM) is going to load content faster. That would be like me comparing the boot times of a PowerBook G4 to a new quad-core Dell XPS 15 with SSD only to make the claim that Apple is teh sucksorz and Windows is teh ba-bomb! The videos comparing the PlayBook to the iPad 2 still put the iPad 2 ahead, you might want to take a look at them instead of posting a video that was made way before the iPad came out and is clearly comparing a first generation product to a second generation release.
Reply 4 : This is why I got rid of my ipad 2 (video)
Wow, that is atrocious. I have an iPad 1 and was thinking of getting 2 specifically for improved performance on webpages. Looks like I made the right choice in not upgrading.
Reply 5 : This is why I got rid of my ipad 2 (video)
look at the date for the speed comparison video you provided.
here is a more up to date speed test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOrm0TlaLkg
here is a more up to date speed test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOrm0TlaLkg
Reply 6 : This is why I got rid of my ipad 2 (video)
It's not all sunshine on a BlackBerry Browser.
Reply 7 : This is why I got rid of my ipad 2 (video)
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I guess I don't see the issue. My Droid X does the same exact thing when loading websites. Also, if you are going to show a "proof" video, the least you can do is link one that is an accurate test. The PlayBook vs iPad is an unfair comparison as that it the original iPad. Of course the dual-core PlayBook (which has more RAM) is going to load content faster. That would be like me comparing the boot times of a PowerBook G4 to a new quad-core Dell XPS 15 with SSD only to make the claim that Apple is teh sucksorz and Windows is teh ba-bomb! The videos comparing the PlayBook to the iPad 2 still put the iPad 2 ahead, you might want to take a look at them instead of posting a video that was made way before the iPad came out and is clearly comparing a first generation product to a second generation release.
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Im gonna head out to my local best buy right now and get a playbook. I need to spend a good week with it to test it out fully to my liking. If not ill just return it but im sure ill like it more than ipad 2.
Reply 8 : This is why I got rid of my ipad 2 (video)
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Originally Posted by Helpmyfriend
Im gonna head out to my local best buy right now and get a playbook. I need to spend a good week with it to test it out fully to my liking. If not ill just return it but im sure ill like it more than ipad 2.
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Reply 9 : This is why I got rid of my ipad 2 (video)
Getting a playbook would be the worst choice you could make, it's pretty much dead right out of the gate. RIM failed to get the playbook "finished"
However I wasn't that impressed with the ipad 2. thus, the MBP I purchased instead.
http://www.businessinsider.com/black...reviews-2011-4
What I don't get is why people don't do a little research before they blow their money. I see the OP has already run out to grab a playbook, he'll get it home, and be pissed off that it's not what he thought it would be, and he'll have no one to blame but himself.
And the biggest issue with the playbook? lack of 3rd party app support. For years developers asked RIM to make it easier to develop on the platform, and RIM ignored them, so now RIM is trying to scramble, but the developers have already bailed out and moved on to IOS and Android.
However I wasn't that impressed with the ipad 2. thus, the MBP I purchased instead.
http://www.businessinsider.com/black...reviews-2011-4
What I don't get is why people don't do a little research before they blow their money. I see the OP has already run out to grab a playbook, he'll get it home, and be pissed off that it's not what he thought it would be, and he'll have no one to blame but himself.
And the biggest issue with the playbook? lack of 3rd party app support. For years developers asked RIM to make it easier to develop on the platform, and RIM ignored them, so now RIM is trying to scramble, but the developers have already bailed out and moved on to IOS and Android.
False Positive Report
JItbit Macro Recorder (download file) is being detected as a PWS-SpyEye!env.a virus, which it is not. How/where should I report a false-positive? Thanks
Reply 1 : False Positive Report
Hello jazbit,
you can follow this sticky post about reporting false positive detections with sending sample to virus@avg.com . Or you can use our (anonymous) portal at http://samplesubmit.avg.com/false-detection - I have already sent this sample to our virus specialists.
Thank you for your report
you can follow this sticky post about reporting false positive detections with sending sample to virus@avg.com . Or you can use our (anonymous) portal at http://samplesubmit.avg.com/false-detection - I have already sent this sample to our virus specialists.
Thank you for your report
Help me decide
So I bought an M11x 2 weeks ago, great machine, but now I'm having second thoughts. While I'm not a heavy heavy gamer, mainly RTS and RPG, i like my purchases to last me quite some time. I don't usually travel with my laptop, and usually it's just hooked up to my 24" monitor. However it is nice to be able to game on battery for almost 3 hours while being a couch potato. While i know the M14x has just been released, I am seriously considering picking up an M15x from the outlet with the i7 proc and 5850 for about 1200. My reasons for going with the M15x would have to be longetivity/upgradability, and of course more power. I would much rather spend $1200 on a laptop that can last me a few years with minor upgrades along the way. My dilemma is the battery life, could i at least get an hour of gaming, mainly SC2, and Rift on the M15x? I have heard the 5850 gets pretty hot and consumes a great deal of power. Or should i look for a slightly lower spec model with the i3 or i5 procs with the 5730? Thanks Guys.
Please don't recommend a desktop, as i do need portability on ocassion, just not enough to warrant a M11x.
Please don't recommend a desktop, as i do need portability on ocassion, just not enough to warrant a M11x.
Reply 1 : Help me decide
Ok just to say that all the top gaming machines by Clevo, Alienware, MSI and ASUS will all clock down to a crawl when on battery (or use the integrated IGP). You will get more battery but only with doing basic tasks. Even if you manage to hack your laptop to make it run full power on battery, it will be depleted within 30 mins. Then after long use like this, your battery with shrivel up and die. Unless you are playing a classic game like Doom, recent games will hardly run even on lowest settings on battery.
Still I do recommend getting a M15x if you want the portability provided you only game with it plugged in.
Still I do recommend getting a M15x if you want the portability provided you only game with it plugged in.
Reply 2 : Help me decide
I was torn between the M11x and the M15x to. I ended up purchasing the M15x but had I waited I probably would have bought the M14x. My biggest concern was that the screen on the M11x would be too small for me.
The M15x is great and has plenty of power but I almost always have the ac adapter connected. Installing an SSD improved the battery life but the time on battery is still quite limited.
The M15x is great and has plenty of power but I almost always have the ac adapter connected. Installing an SSD improved the battery life but the time on battery is still quite limited.
Reply 3 : Help me decide
That's why I want to get an M17x as it has switchable graphics. I know I would never game on battery so the IGP is a great feature. Still though, the M17x R3 costs a bleeding bomb so guess I'll have to wait...
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