@johnlgalt: Yeah. I was specifically meaning network adapter, which you probably don't want to use two of at a time anyway. It's usually the device I need better signal with the most.
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What I started doing is attaching a wireless USB adapter to a USB extension cable so I can put it anywhere I need for good reception.
@hercules_100_98: Well, it does require you know the administrator login/pass, so it's not quite as bad as it may seem.
@BigCanada: TigersStageFright: Indeed I did. I also forgot the headbanger.
@Lee Hauser: You missed the part where I pointed out I kept a smoothly running XP install for 6+ years as well (and I know I'm not the only one capable of doing so). It was fast and had minimal cruft built up at the time I quit using it. Mentioning Debian was just an example of "this is true for more than just…
@styfle: I don't think that would be enough, because the biggest setback for him is he has a bunch of passwords saved with IE and if he uses anything else (or another computer) he gets screwed because he doesn't remember things well anymore and long since lost where he wrote the info down.
@hercules_100_98: This one's for you.
@Beckfield: If you're a Linux user wanting to make a USB stick install there's always unetbootin, which should be in whatever package manager your distro supports.
@Gamaware: Yep, that one was mentioned on LH before, I believe.
@Mike-Redman: Linux kernels have filesystems available that are optimised for flash storage use. The latest kernel added LogFS support, which is also made for flash storage. (I think it deprecates one of the older ones.)
@GetOutOfBox: It really depends on the person. My grandmother took fine to Ubuntu once I set it up for her, but my grandfather won't use anything but XP because anything that looks different is bad. Neither one is particularly computer literate, but one's a bit more stubborn about change.
@Nick Karstedt: It's very unlikely that Windows 7 will give a performance boost over XP on old hardware. It's faster than Vista, but it's still based on Vista and has higher requirements than XP. You might manage comparable performance with massive tweaking, but if somebody is having to ask the question at all, it…
@ahbi: I just want to point out that if it's a 32bit version of Windows, going up to 4gb is generally pointless because you're never* going to see all of it.
@WestwoodDenizen: In a bit of coincidence, I just came upon this a moments ago:
@kake81: I didn't know about the adapters, that's interesting.
@WestwoodDenizen: From my understanding, the 3DS moves the polarisation from the glasses to the screen itself. It projects two images at the same time, one toward the left eye, one toward the right. Same idea as what the films do, but done in a different way that is tailored to an individual instead of multiple…
@WestwoodDenizen: Not defensive, just my take on it. I really like the 3d effects but I absolutely hate wearing the glasses, and I think that's a factor in why the idea keeps appearing and fading away in gaming. (The video calling and cloud comment was just a snipe at the hype over these two things lately, not really…
@WestwoodDenizen: By whose rules? If you can arbitrarily decide what 3d effects "count", then so can I.