General Hardware and Software FAQ - replies

WKJ?:beanie said:
Have look here where they compare ATA vs SATA (not SATAII) and from what I've seen the SATA drives are usually faster than the ATA drives (but not always, hence the "usually" in my statement) :)
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Seems to be faster in boot times, but that can be cause the way the BIOS looks for the drives. In the real world tests they are pretty much all the same, in synthetic benchmarks (who cares about those?) there is a difference in favour of SATA...
 
Oh, and why cant i use IE6 or 7?

Except for that whole "Live search" bar, which I loath and cant get rid off, its get the job done.

NOTE: I am just being difficult perhaps
 
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supersunbird said:
Seems to be faster in boot times, but that can be cause the way the BIOS looks for the drives. In the real world tests they are pretty much all the same, in synthetic benchmarks (who cares about those?) there is a difference in favour of SATA...
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I'll edit the original post to include "marginally" :)

supersunbird said:
Oh, and why cant i use IE6 or 7?

Except for that whole "Live search" bar, which I loath and cant get rid off, its get the job done.

NOTE: I am just being difficult perhaps
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No comment :p

marine1 said:
WKJ excellent post. Will help many. Thanks.
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Thanks mate :)

I wonder if we can get this turned into a sticky? Edit: Never mind, bwana's fast! :eek: Thanks bwana :)
 
Great thread - digital rivet already applied.
 
UPDATE: Panda added to anti-virus list, Windows Vista tweaks question added
 
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feo said:
How about adding Spinrite to the FAQ, bwana usually recommend's it for sorting out HDDs that are corrupt.
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Thanks, was planning on adding it from the start but I forgot :o

UPDATE: Corrupt hard drive question added

QX6700RULZ said:
Sybaritic also a pretty decent online vendor :)
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Thanks :)

UPDATE: Sybaritic added to list of online stores
 
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And a list of decent software firewalls? I use Comodo Pro, can't remember names of the other good ones right now.
 
Great thread.

Perhaps Routesentry and Bootdisks (Hiren, UBCD) also deserve a mention.
 
Beanie does it take less cap to send an email that includes software rather than to download it self??? I would actually like it if u would maybe send me some drivers!!! :p
 
Toilet Duck™ said:
Beanie does it take less cap to send an email that includes software rather than to download it self??? I would actually like it if u would maybe send me some drivers!!! :p
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Rather download it yourself, saves my cap :eek:

When I email it to you, it uses my cap because I'm uploading it to you and you use your cap to download it. So, if you download it yourself you only use your cap and not mine ;)
 
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