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Hi all, Went shopping this weekend with my brother, as he's interested in buying a new PC. Some of the models he's looking at (including one with an i7 chip) have video cards with DVI connections but no HDMI. Here's what we're wondering: if in the future he decides to add a Blu-Ray player to...

Mak213, thanks for all that info. I wasn't aware of SuperFetch until I learned about it in this discussion -- interesting to know that an OS can learn a user's habits and then make adjustments based on them. Also, I wasn't aware of conflicts between iTunes and Windows 7 -- a pity, as I rely on...

Mak213, here are the specs for each system. 1. Vista 64-bit System, HP e9120f: AMD Phenom II X4 910, 2.6 GHz quad-core processor NVIDIA GeForce 9100 Chipset Pegatron M2N78-LA Motherboard 8GB DDR3 PC3-8500 RAM 1 TB hard drive, 5400 RPM, SATA 3G ATI Radeon 4350, 512 MB video RAM DVD+/-RW 16X...

turbogtstang, Lexluethar, and Mak213, thanks for the feedback about Windows 7 and the speeds of your machines. It is good to know that 7 is more efficient, as it should be, and that it seems to be as quick, if not more so, than Vista for certain tasks. I suspect my new system is running fine...

Actually, the Blu-Ray player is on the Vista machine, which boots up, shuts down, sleeps, and wakes a bit faster. Aside from that, the hardware is the same, although I can't be certain about the hard drive because, while each model is listed as having a 5400 RPM drive, the Vista machine is...

Mak213, forgive the basic question, but could you tell me how to turn the Cool 'N Quiet on and off? Do you know if this is done through the Device Manager or through Power Options? I see something in Power Options for processor cooling activity, but I'm not certain if that's an AMD-specific...

I completely hear you on that -- a good point. And I didn't compare to see how many processes were running. Having said that, the difference in sleep time just made me curious if, generally speaking, Windows 7 might be a bit slower ... though so far, what I've read said the new OS should be much...

Both Vista and Windows 7 are the 64 bit versions.

A quick comparison I did today between nearly identical machines reveals that Windows 7 might take longer to sleep and wake (unless I've got a hardware issue). A recently purchased refurbished HP computer running Vista with 8GB DDR3 RAM, an AMD Phenom II X4 910 processor, and a 1TB hard drive...

moshkid213, thanks for that explanation -- not overboard at all. I always wondered why the estimated speeds were always bits, not bytes. And I agree; even in my limited experience with networks, they all do seem to involve hooking things up and then just hoping for the best.

Thanks for the replies, everyone. Now that I've thought about it some more and have run some more tests, I suspect I might have misunderstood how everything works. What farinha says might very well be the case -- that I've confused bits with bytes. The Speakeasy test I ran tonight showed a...

Thanks for the replies. I ran several speed tests using the link you provided, Lexluethar, and, as I suspected, the connection is between 1.4 and 1.5 MB/sec. The last one I ran clocked in at 1.437 MB/sec. This is on a brand new cable internet connection. When I had Verizon DSL, the...

Hi all, For years, I've been using broadband internet connections. At home, I had Verizon DSL for a while, and now I have Time Warner cable. While both of these are 1.5 MB/sec connections, I've noticed that, with each, the fastest speeds I ever get when actually downloading a file is somewhere...

The USB controllers were all set not to turn off. So, unfortunately, no luck there. (And the headphones themselves are a non-USB device., but it was worth checking for other devices I might use.) I'd appreciate any other advice/suggestions you or anyone else might have to try to correct this...

Thanks for the information and the link. Here's what I've done: 1) I tried a cold boot with the jack connected, but unfortunately the issue still remains. 2) I went to HP's site using the link and updated the audio driver. After that, I restarted the computer. And, unfortunately, the audio...