MIMO really does work... so short of spending a lot of money on inferior wireless-G routers, you could put your money into a really nice wireless-N router and upgrade the wireless card in your laptop(s). As for desktops, you should really do everything in your power to hardwire those. It's worth it.

It'd be rather silly to trust more than 1-2TB of data without a backup or RAID with parity.

Hamburger Helper is pretty good if you ask me.

I'm actually getting tired of all of these iOS remote control programs. I know it's what people want to see, but please... let the phone just be a phone and a remote be a remote.

@Rob C: Maybe it is 4.5 years old then. I know I had a 4-year CompleteCare warranty that expired.

@bucho54:

@Wojtek Swiatek: Yeah, I don't track uptime... but Unix is a different story. You have a lot more control there to reboot certain processes and not the whole server.

@Rob C: My system is indeed 5 years old with a Core 2 Duo. It's been upgraded quite a bit over the years. I've also upgraded the video card from the base model.

It shouldn't bother you that things request to reboot. It should almost worry you if it doesn't.

@Sprzout: An interface is important for several reasons. The biggest is performance. Most audio interfaces have some amount of processing built-in. It's not processing that will make your computer faster, but compared to using on-board audio, it is a world of difference. Secondly, interfaces have microphone pre-amps,…

@Robert Cowie: Nice post!

@thc2099: I encourage you! See, while I use Windows day-to-day, I also use and tech many Macs. My relationship with Mac OS and Apple products is bittersweet to say the least. I find the designs very pretty and OS X to be loaded with ease and eye-candy, although I can say without a doubt that Windows is far faster to…

I can humbly say that I am indeed an expert in this field, as pro-audio is my day job.

I think disk generally refers to magnetic (externally) rectangular media while disc refers to round optical media. Yes, I know hard drives and floppy media both have round components inside, but as common practice, the disc refers to all round optical media, so the title of this post is a tad misleading.

Here's what I do for two Windows PCs:

@robthecomputerguy: Good to hear! I know DreamHost isn't perfect, but your original post was a little vague. I've had dozens of web hosts over the years and so far, no one has matched DreamHost in terms of flexibility and support services.. especially for shared hosting. I guess it all goes to say that you get what…

@iamjames: @TomXP411 makes good points. I doubt BT usage is only 2.5 milliwatt. I believe they also use more power when in discovery mode, but I could be wrong. But keep in mind that, in favor of your claims about LEDs, the Bluetooth radio in my Dell laptop has it's own bright blue LED.

@TomXP411: Yea! I have internal Bluetooth, but I have yet to come across a Bluetooth mouse as good as the Logitech VX Nano or Anywhere Mouse. In my experience Bluetooth mice aren't as responsive and lack the software features of USB mice. I also like to kill the radio to save battery sometimes.

@Lord_Data ∞: I imagine you'd need to find a system that has a bay which can accept a hard drive caddy... unless there is a 3rd party adapter. Also be sure the optical drive bay is SATA and not PATA.

I've shared this before... but it is similar. I put my Logitech VX Nano receiver inside my Dell laptop. I later upgraded it with the Logitech Anywhere mouse, which is nice since it has a Unifying Receiver. I didn't put a hub in, as I have enough USB ports, but one of the external ones is unusable.