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Oh... my.oooo.....drool.
http://laptops.toshi...retto/W100/W105-L251
http://www.gottabemo...let-hitting-the-u-s/
And my bonus will be hitting soon... decisions, decisions...-wraith808 (August 17, 2010, 03:58 PM)
Thanks, I'll do that.Anyway, I guess I'm wondering about Xara's capabilties as a artist's sketching tool vs. the Adobe products. All we ever hear about is Adobe and sometimes Painter. Not many people talk about Xara's capabilties.-superboyac (August 17, 2010, 11:44 AM)
Best I can suggest is download the trial version and give it a go. If you like it and want to buy a copy let me know and I will send you my affiliate link (which I only have because I added it to my website so I thought I may as well benefit from sales).-Carol Haynes (August 17, 2010, 01:47 PM)
I don't want to use the built in XP system tool because I just don't like using anything that comes built in.>_<-superboyac (August 16, 2010, 03:08 PM)-f0dder (August 17, 2010, 09:34 AM)
I know...what can I say? i couldn't come up with a better reason than that. besides, I just like software.HiThanks. Have you used any of these? Which one do you prefer and why?
Free Disk Space
http://www.softweerd.com/pages/fds.htm
Mihov DiskFree
http://www.mihov.com/sw/en/df.php
Sentry-go Quick Disk Monitor
http://www.sentry-go...disk-monitoring.aspx
PA WatchDISK
Naturally low disk space alerts haven't been forgotten. But PA WatchDISK goes one step further: Besides just alerting on low disk space, it can alert you on significant changes in disk space usage as well.
http://www.poweradmin.com/watchdisk/
NetWrix disk space
http://www.netwrix.c...onitor_freeware.html-ha14 (August 17, 2010, 09:00 AM)
hmm... I imagine you are looking for an updated version of Disk Watchman. It *seems* this specific kind of tools died with the arrival of Vista? I have not been able to find any new ones, only big multi-tools like FreeMeter.Yeah, that does sound good. I like that company, also. The last update to their software was 2005, but maybe it still works.-Curt (August 17, 2010, 07:35 AM)
I haven't used this program in years, but I had a freeware named FreeMeter on my old computer.Thanks! That looks great, I'm going to try it.
IIRC FreeMeter allowed me to configure assorted displays and notifications (including disk space usage), and it provided this info. in the system tray.
http://www.tiler.com/freemeter/features/Runs on Windows 7, Vista, 2008, 2003, and XP. Works with all language versions. It has not been thoroughly tested on 64-bit versions of Windows, but some users have reported it works.
Regards.-sajman99 (August 16, 2010, 04:32 PM)
can I move all my clipart files to a separate hard drive, and use Extensis to create a thumbnail gallery or contact sheet that is stored on my main drive? Meaning, i don't want it reading the thumbnails live every time I want to browse them. I want a static thumbnail gallery always available for quick browsing. I should probably play around with it before peppering you with preemptive questions...Awesome! Sounds just right.-superboyac (August 16, 2010, 12:10 PM)
Yes! You can store the databases anywhere you want. In fact, because the thumbnails are stored in the database and it doesn't even need access to the originals once they have been cataloged, you could export the collections, burn them to disk, and keep a copy of the databases from the disks on your hard drive and just insert the disks when you need access to the original full sized images. (it will tell you to insert the disk)
I discovered this software through a stock photo collection I purchased about 10 years ago, containing about 7000 images. I copied the database from the disk to my hard drive, and I can browse and search it without the disk being in the drive. If I try to access the originals from the database, it tells me to insert the disk where the originals are located. Unfortunately, the database on that disk is locked and password protected by the company that created it, to prevent adding files or editing the file locations, otherwise I'd copy the images to my hard drive too, and just repair the database to point to the new location.-app103 (August 16, 2010, 12:30 PM)
I have no blu-ray experience and I don't even own any hardware for burning or reading it. It is something I have avoided because of cost. Even at $30 for 15 disks ($0.08 per gig), it's still too expensive for me. I can get 100 DVD's for $20 or less (about $0.04 per gig).This is true. However, it is cheap enough where I may consider it because one bluray disc holds about 8 dvd's, which i love. Whatever. This is something i won't deal with for a few months, I think.-app103 (August 16, 2010, 12:04 PM)
Ummm...you might have misunderstood...it isn't for cataloging what is already burned to disk. It is for cataloging and then using their export function to create packages to burn to disk. Catalog first and then burn.I see. Yes, I did misunderstand, but no big deal. I can do it the way you described. I just wasted 8 dvd's, but that's ok. I started looking into writeable blu-ray disks. Have you had experience with them? Are they ok to use now? before, they were too expensive and I wasn't sure if the format was going to last. But I just checked prices and you can get 15 single sided disks for about $30, which is pretty good considering each disk holds 25GB. What do you think?
I would probably copy the disks you have to the hard drive, catalog them, export it and reburn it so you have a database on the disk linked to the photos on the disk. Then you can go ahead and delete the copy on your hard drive if you want.
You can make as many databases as you want, so if you feel like creating one just for the family photos, all your desktop wallpapers, sound effect wav files, etc. that works too. In fact, I have about 4G of photos taken by my daughter that we need to sit down and catalog together. File names are all default camera assigned names, folders only are date stamped. (that's going to be a lot of work!)
The thumbnails are stored in the database file and not loose on your hard drive, so it won't make a whole bunch of clutter mixed in with your original images.
If you have any troubles with figuring out how to use the software or how to do something in particular with it, just send me a private message and I'll try to explain it.-app103 (August 16, 2010, 11:27 AM)
It's also a command line tool. I have no problem with it, but I'd much prefer a nice interface with buttons and stuff. I think I came across USBDLM a while back and it worked as advertised. I didn't have any problems with it (XP system).The feature I like most is the ability to permanently assign a drive letter to a USB device.-rjbull (August 15, 2010, 10:46 AM)
USBDLM V4.5.2 is another freeware alternative for drive letter assignment that's solved my XP machine's issue. Runs as a service at start up. Appears to be not compatible with Vista or Win7 but those OS's are supposed to not be afflicted anyway.
Seems like there's always a decent freeware alternative for non-crucial system issues. For those more important - like backup and imaging, no shortcuts.-Midnight Rambler (August 16, 2010, 05:34 AM)
The feature I like most is the ability to permanently assign a drive letter to a USB device. E.g., one USB stick always appears as F:, another as G:, the card reader is always H:, and my WD Passport external HD is always I:, whether or not they are present at boot time and in whatever order they are added.Yes! Me too! I love that feature more so than anything else. The software is worth the money just for that alone, even if it didn't do any of the start/stop stuff. It's a well made program, it really is. It does what it says and is supposed to do, it does it really well, the design is simple yet elegant, the user experience is great. I love stuff like that.-rjbull (August 15, 2010, 10:46 AM)
I am not a fun of skinning but that is the only theme I can use: SlanXP.That is a great theme. Just beautiful.-fenixproductions (August 14, 2010, 07:20 AM)
And what part of that connects want and need as identical? You're arguing intrinsic value. I don't really care if someone else doesn't (realize) think they're getting screwed. I'm just annoyed by the marketing trends that trying to force people into thinking that they need something, when they don't.^^^gets it.
I truly do need a cellphone for my job. What I do not need is a web enabled "smart"phone with texting, GPS, video chat and an entire laundry list of other crap that I have no interest in using. Now do you think I can go into a phone store and fine a (unicorn) plain god damn phone? No. Best I can do is a clamshell with GPS - as if anybody can find (or even see) anything on a 1 inch map. It's a stupid pointless gimmick - that will probably get you killed if you ever actually try to use it.
Nor can I get shed if the inane charges for the silly crap. Every time some dipstick decides to zing me a text message, the carrier in their infinite stupidity, enable texting on my account and delivers the frigging thing. Why..? Because they have this really cool gimmick that auto enables any "feature" on first "use", that then slam charges you for the rest of time.
Just because some book on marketing economics says it's business as usual doesn't make it right. The word quality never appears in advertising any more - but Super, Ultra, Hyper, Cool & Kewl do, constantly. ...Now why is that?-Stoic Joker (August 13, 2010, 01:02 PM)
Both instead were working furiously to get an Android powerhouse phone of their own in a few months (Sprint with the EVO 4G and Verizon with the Droid X HTC Incredible). Those were phones they could cripple — unlike the Nexus One — locking them down and adding lots of unremovable carrier bloatware.
Read More http://www.wired.com.../all/1#ixzz0wQVA4brk
Google (and Verizon and Apple) have definitely made sure that all future mobile computing will suck chunks. This horse crap is pure EVIL in all caps. So much for slogans, Google.+1000. I've been increasingly annoyed by this in recent months. now I'm thinking about it all a little more, and I'm getting really really pissed. I'm thinking of doing away with phones also. The audio quality today on all phones is not even close to the land lines 20 years ago. I used to be able to whisper on the phone to girls at home and everything was clear and easy to hear. Now, there are delays, really bad audio quality...you have to concentrate so hard just to listen. let alone people calling you while on the run more often than not, so you have to hear all the atmosphere noise. Seriously, I'm thinking about severely minimizing my phone use. In fact, I'm going to cancel my never used voip service tomorrow.
What I don't understand is how this is even allowed, period. You SELL a DEVICE, of which the phone part of the device is the least used! I can make phone calls from any PC, but does any PC (including a Mac) come with the restriction that I must use the ISP that the PC manufacturer chooses for me? WTF, man! No one would ever buy a carrier-dependent PC.
Be sure to check out Ryan Singel's excellent analysis of this total suckfest: Why Google Became A Carrier-Humping, Net Neutrality Surrender Monkey.
May I say that Google sucks as bad as Apple (in my view).I'm considering not having a phone at all, just using skype here and there when I need to. It will certainly confuse the bill collectors.
-zridling (August 10, 2010, 08:37 PM)