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Wow that does seem pretty high for them. When I originally talked with them on their pricing sheet it had a single hard drive (non-RAID) in the standard file formats (Fat32, NTFS, etc) that it was between $500 and $1000 depending upon the amount of data to be recovered.

Yay more linux guys! Its a shame that I haven't worked more with it in the last couple years, but it was the only thing we were even allowed to run while in the School of Engineering at Kansas University. We used Fedora linux there and I have been very impressed with it from day one. Not only...

schramm, I do feel it was incredibly rude to assume my level of exposure, usage, or understanding of Apple computers. Owning my own computer business I have to make repair calls on a few locations here in town that have several iMac and Macbook computers, including the local public library and...

I don't wish to start another Mac vs. PC controversy here, but it is very false to say that the mac is so much faster and better at design than a PC. I guarantee you my one year old desktop cost probably the same but will defeat it in every single benchmark or performance comparison there is...

You are right, the Watt rating on the power supply of a computer is usually an over estimate of what you need, but it also depends greatly on your computer. Prebuilt computer systems are generally going to have much smaller power supplies closer to the exact wattage that they require to run...

The size and type of battery backup you need depends upon what you will be running off of it. I almost always recommend that you have a separate battery backup for each computer, as if one for some reason trips off you don't want two or three people all losing their computer at the same time...

I know a ton of businesses out there go Dell all the time for their computers, but I cannot stress heavily enough to any customer I have talked with NEVER go with a Dell laptop! I work on at least one Dell laptop a month, usually more than that, which have had hardware components fail. This...

If you need a comparison to try and drive home how important a backup hard drive can be, put it this way: "How much would it cost in labor to rebuild all of the art files that could be lost if your hard drive crashes?" The amount is probably unfathomable and downright impossible. If spending...

I know first hand that hard drive failure can come in many forms and can be very difficult (and expensive) to handle. About a year ago our office server had a hard drive fail while we were in the process of installing updates. At the time, it was running Fedora linux, so we were afraid it was...

Well, yes and no. A USB hub can sometimes cause communication errors between different devices. Most of your desktop printers will be able to run through a hub, and most likely your flexi dongle as well. However, I've sometimes had problems with a mouse or keyboard working through a USB hub...

Print servers and output applications to plotters tend to not be a good mix from what I have noticed around here so far. Generally, while in theory it should work, the reality is I have yet to hear of anyone actually getting this to work. The computer doing your plotting really needs to be...

Choosing the right type of monitor can be more complex of a question than just buy the best and biggest you can in your budget. First off, what kind of design work is planned to be done on this computer? If it is critical that all colors must match up perfectly with other computers in the...

I can second that. Upgrading to Flexi 10 thanks to Cibersupply was very quick and simple. The hardest time I had was dealing with new Mimaki drivers that wouldn't allow us to share the CG-130FXII plotter as a network printer anymore like could be done in Windows XP with a serial cable. That's...

Being as it is only that computer which we have seen that error on within Flexi 10, I'd have to say its something with that computer specifically. The strange thing is, while working in Flexi 8.1 on that computer (even tho it is running Windows 7) they have not received that error message. I...

At our shop so far we have been lucky and not really run into any issues except one, and I can't be sure even if it is Flexi 10 causing the error or something else really. One of our three designers currently updated to Flexi 10 has noticed an error message appear occasionally when she tries to...

We ended up finding a solution for this by getting a USB switcher port hub. It is automatic, so it allows both computers to connect to a single printer. The whole reason why we couldn't just share the plotter device within Windows is because the way the new Mimaki drivers work apparently is...

Terry, Thank you for your input, but unfortunately this driver is only good for Windows XP. In Windows 7, this installation crashes before it can complete as it is incompatible. The only driver we have even been able to get installed properly is the newest Version 3.0 universal driver from...

We recently added a new computer into one of our business networks to begin upgrading to Windows 7 and Flexi 10. The computer will host a Mimaki CG-130 FX II plotter, and previously was connected on the XP computer using a serial cable. With the new computer, however, we have been able to...

Exactly, this is the best way of handling exactly what issues the users are having. If you just put up files online, you will never get feedback from customers on exactly what is happening so you won't know what you need to fix. Emailing support directly can be a much better solution than what...

I really love Android, but to be completely honest they don't have any iPad killer tablets on the market yet. I say yet because the OS has not been designed for that implementation yet, but that is in the works for the next version of Android, codenamed Gingerbread. However, if you want a real...