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Little secret here - go to a McDonalds in another country. In Thailand the burgers look exactly like the commercial.

I'm looking at picking up a Thinkpad in the $150-250 range to be used as a little Linux system... so far what I've come up with is the X220 being slightly out of my price range and the X200 being a little slow. Which other models should I be looking at here? I'm actually trying to keep it as...

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I'm looking at buying an IPS and it looks like the U2312HM refurb for $205 shipped is the one. I got the Costco ad paper today and it seems like they have the Samsung S23A350H for $165 after tax starting on Feb 2nd. Yeah, $40 cheaper than the Dell but it's a TN. Is it worth it for the extra...

That's CPU usage averaged across days, post a graph from a daily report with some decent transfers going - I'd imagine it sits much higher than 25% with a decent transfer going. Peg out the CPU for an hour and have it mostly idle the rest of the day will have it looking like the load is...

D510 is quicker than a N270 but how are you measuring CPU usage? I push 500-750GB a month.

nTop is eating 10% alone continuously.

How about this: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856101121

I have almost the same exact system hardware wise (Aopen DE2700) with a much slower connection. You're probably seriously going to max the CPU out with your usage. 10MBit - no issue but to give you an idea - I'm torrenting at 20-25mbit sustained right now and my CPU usage is hovering around...

Optibay. ;) Went 60gb SSD primary drive and 500gb in the optical space and haven't looked back.

I only have Macs now, other than my server.

Unfortunately the 'malware' filter list blocks some of the websites I use so I had to give up on that idea. :(

They now have Macs ;)

I agree. Maybe I'm being paranoid but I deactivated my account almost a year ago and I've had no urge to go back. I don't like putting that much information about myself out there.

For the love of god, avoid the 6121 - I've been through two and had nothing but problems with it dropping connection and I'm not alone here judging by other people bitching on Newegg/Amazon about the same issue. I have a 'shitty' Zoom brand modem now and it's been completely flawless. Also...

Christ, I remember when he released that video. I feel fuckin old.

I can honestly say that I haven't rebooted my 4S since I bought it, other than the 5.0.1 upgrade reboot.

You're right, with an iOS device you get to cut out everything after the clicking part. Settings -> General -> About -> Diagnostics & Usage -> Don't Send

KVM over IP, and it's not cheap (yet, see what Intel is doing with vPro NICs). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_vPro#VNC-based_KVM_remote_control

Honestly, what do they gain by admitting a fault? Nothing positive to anyone other than maybe a neutral feeling by a very small market share.

Could wire up some relays, an arduino to the serial port or usb, and make a little linux program.

I've got a core2duo E6550 running the stock heatsink with the fan removed and there are no case fans in the case at all. It works perfectly fine and doesn't overheat, I'd imagine most of the newer stuff will be fine.

Make it a pfsense/untangle router or run a linux download and streaming box.

Sometimes $15 is worth it to not waste the time and have it look clean.

Nothing personal but you're playing with fire attempting this without knowing exactly what you're doing. (PCI compliance)

Most people don't know what a dead pixel is, let alone notice them.

Eh, bit on Portal 2.

Are you smoking crack?

While it isn't recommended you can install the full version to a CF card. I wrote a tutorial on the pfSense forums on how to do it like two years ago. I've been running the full version on a CF card for almost 3 years without an issue or dead CF card. edit: I remember why I wrote the tutorial...

What kind of connection do you have? That'd be fine as long as you aren't loading it up with snort rules, VPN, or something like that.

Spill the beans, where did you get the panels? ;)

Partially because of the ridiculous clips that AMD heatsinks used. Jesus, I remember having to put all of my weight on a screwdriver to get those things to seat.

I enjoy my better than average eyesight.

The screen is something you're going to be staring at every minute you use the computer.

I'd rather slit my wrists than use that resolution, especially on a 15.

I've got an E4300(I have to check, it is a C2D 4xxx) I'd sell for like $20 shipped.

Fair enough but you're still spending money that will take a year and a half to recoup. :p

Yes, but that power disparity will not make buying new hardware worth it for a few years. They still have a use if you have them laying around. I wouldn't use a consumer router either way. ;) Energy is like 9c/kwh where I am when you average it year round. My Atom N270 router pulls 25ish...

What motherboards take DDR3 sodimms and are MiniITX form factor? I've got 2x4GB 1066 DIMMs and an i5 to make use of and I'd rather not spend extra money on new ram. A PCI-E slot would be nice but I don't really need one. edit: Upon further research there aren't enough motherboards...

Apple Airport Extreme is $130 on refurb. Dual band N, gbit ports. Probably find it on ebay for less.