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I've had to use a USB to Ethernet adapter before to connect and run a plotter that was about 50 feet from the computer. Normally a USB cable over 15 feet in length will cause communication errors, but if you're using ethernet as an extender you can get a lot better length out of it. I'm just...

I've been trying to search through old posts to confirm the details, but so far have been unsuccessful. Recently our shop purchased a used MultiCam 48 Plus and we are needing to get a computer and new software to finish setting up the table. I noticed this CNC table has a serial port connector...

It might help to find out if your computer (and likewise the other workstations that are running at the higher speeds) are plugged into the switch or the gateway. For instance, if yours is the only workstation connected directly into the back of the gateway router instead of into the switch...

I'm kinda looking around at NAS options as well for one of our offices. The problem is, I'm really not a fan of RAID. I've seen more than one RAID 1 array fail and in a couple situations it still lost all the data. Not to mention any kind of RAID array has a higher failure rate than a single...

You should be aware that doing this does not actually block access for a user opening and running these applications. It merely is hiding them from the Start Menu. If you hide a program, such as Internet Explorer or Photoshop, using this method before, the user can still go to the Program...

Given that your primary usage isn't 3D, then your current graphics card is capable of doing what you need and I don't think it'd get you a noticeable advantage going with a higher power graphics card for the cost that would be involved. What you might consider is your primary storage subsystem...

I as well use VideoDownloadHelper Add-on for Mozilla, haven't come across any problems at all and the quality is great. It's not really a video capture program as much as it just recognizes the streaming feed file and downloads it to a file wherever you wish to save it on your computer for...

Your computer system is utilizing a quad-core processor, which is capable of handling multi-tasking very well. I know some people don't really like the AMD Phenom processors, but I've used tons of them and they have been excellent performers! Your system is 64-bit capable, so you can go ahead...

Your system is a newer AMD AM3 platform, which means that it does support DDR3 memory up to 16 GB of RAM maximum. The AMD systems are not as picky about memory compatibility as I have run across on some Intel systems. For instance, on all of the latest Intel platforms you cannot use RAM higher...

First let me ask, what kind of video card does your new computer have? What kind of display connection will you be using? While your Adobe software is capable of working with high color precision (8-bit color depth) a lot of "standard" graphics cards will not really support that full output to...

The big difference between the original Dell U2410 and the newer Dell 2412M is that the original is an H-IPS panel that is a full 8-bit display while the newer display is e-IPS which is only a 6-bit display. This means that in general the U2410 will be a higher quality truer color image but...

Hard drive prices right now are quite astonishingly high, especially for the higher quality larger capacity drives. If I can even still get them, they've doubled in price compared to only a couple weeks ago. If your primary concern is speed, and you don't need a ton of storage space, I'd...

Hmmm, perhaps have a look at this: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/33700-42-ultimate-modem-router-setup-thread

Rosewill USB 3.0 PCI-Express x1 card

Casey isn't alone in his recommendations to not use external storage as your primary storage. I'm definitely one of those people who has seen plenty of external hard drives fail and fail hard. Just last week I had a lady come into my office with two external hard drives. She had just bought...

When it comes to SSDs, there are some that are just leaps above the rest, and others that just plain aren't worth the money. The Kingston ValueSeries is one that has unfortunately had a history of instability or quality issues, as well as performance that is sometimes much slower than a...

The real usage of SSDs in workstation environments that makes them effective is to store data off of the SSD. Basically, all you want on your SSD drive is your operating system and programs. If you have lots of artwork files, databases, images, documents, etc. those should all be saved onto a...

Heh, sorry I should have clarified, I was meaning more economically efficient for price/performance standpoint for a main system's drive. A lot of times we get systems (and you find many pre-built systems) that have like 1 TB to 2 TB hard drives when the end user is never going to come close to...

I've noticed this myself this week. I had a customer requesting quotes a couple weeks back for multiple computers, and just had to have a meeting and discuss what was happening with the hard drive market as it will result in an additional $2,000 cost if he orders them right now... Sad to say...

I'll also second the suggestion of the Dell UltraSharp monitors. We took a jump a couple years back and bought one of the 24" models. These are expensive monitors, but now we know why. They are completely unrivaled quality in anything of a TFT panel for design purposes. Our designers loved...