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Not to bring in some actual logic here, but...
You have two IDE, well, let's call them "thingies" to avoid being tecnical. Each "thingie" can have two drives attached on one ribbon, usually a CD-ROM or hard-drive. Now, the computer cannot read and write from two drives on the same ribbon at once, so if you have the CD-ROM and CD-writer on the same ribbon, the computer has to read from one drive, then write to another, then read a bit more, then write. This can cause buffer underrun.
However, if you have them on seperate "thingies", then the computer can read from the CD-Rom and write to the blank CD at the same time, which is pretty much the same as reading from the hard disk.
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quote:Originally posted by Dat: BTW akb1979, the source disc goes into the cd-rom drive as that's were the data comes from (the source of the data). The blank cd-r or cd-rw disc is the target disc (where the data is going to) and goes into the cd-rw drive.
D'oh! That's what I meant but got my words mixed up. I should have used "original" and "target" for the different CDs! HEHE! D'oh! It was 23.30 at the time and I was knackered!
As for everything else you said . . . sound advice - I'll give it a go when I get some more CD-R's.
PsyLiam - I like you techno talk - "thingies". Now that I can understand! HEHE!
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The new flat panel iMacs are sure nice: fast G4 processors, lots o drive space, CD-RW/DVD-R, decent RAM, Firewire, and it works without you ever having to think about IDE thingies or anything of the sort if you don't want to...
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You can't play games for shit on a "flatscreen". I have tried many 15" and 18" TFT monitors in my job, everyone has this weird flickering refresh rate technique when playing 3d-games, like Halflife, Quake or such.
I think it has to do with the TFT refreshing the whole screen at once, whereas standard "glass"-monitors replace it from top-to-bottom, like on TVs. They also can't compete with standard CRT-monitors where pixel-quality or refresh rate is concerned, yet. I can get 160Hz @ 800x600 on my Hitachi 20". Flatscreens are good for office use and schools, though. Plus they conserve space nicely.
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So by-passing the Mac debate for a moment - sorry - should I enquire about having 2 'thingies' or IDEs' when I purchase the 'puter?
And thanks for the info about buffer under-run etc. - interesting!
Oh, and I opened the case to my computer for the first time the other day... interesting... and after 6 years quite dusty ;o)
Andrew
Keep up the discussion - please - it's very interesting. So CRT's a better to get than TFTs? What about the specs for the CRT monitor? apart from screen size... what about resolution or what ever?
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I bought an iBook about five months ago, and I'm very happy with the TFT display. I haven't played many games lately, but the colors have been wonderful for all the artwork that I've viewed. (Not to mention the great background images I'm using.)
Flatscreens are the way of the future!
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"So by-passing the Mac debate for a moment - sorry - should I enquire about having 2 'thingies' or IDEs' when I purchase the 'puter?"
All PCs have them. Two IDE ribbons, each with two sockets on them.
And I wouldn't trust Nimmy's comments about TFTs. He runs a 20inch monitor at 800 x 600, so he is quite clearly mad.
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Please forgive my ignorance - PLEASE... but I understand the 20" monitor (drool) but what's with the ***x*** I know my piddly little monitor is on 800x600 but do you have to increase this when your computer size goes up... and what happens when you do - as you said 800x600 on a large monitor!?! AGAIN, pardon my ignorance.
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No you don't have to increase your resolution if you get a bigger monitor, but everything will look bigger and a little more choppier. If you get a 17 incher 1024x768 will give you results similar to 800x600 in a 15 or 14 incher. A 19 incher, you may want 1280x960. A 21 incher, you may want 1600x1200.
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Liam, I'm looking at you through 1280x1024, have been for the last 18 months. I get 85 Hertz there, which is just enough. Ilchester.
AndrewR: The ****x*** is the size of the screen in pixels, and if you have a higher res you get more space on the screen and much more clarity and smoothness, which is good for working with pictures, for one, and in games for getting a nice big view of things with tasty detail.
In 3d-games it also means that the quality of all objects is so much more smooth and detailed.
If you aim crosshairs at someone in 512x384 (once a popular res) one unfortunate twist of the mouse could swing your aim clear off the mark. In 1024x768, the target's head is illustrated with so many more pixels that you can pinpoint on the tip of his nose if you want.
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I was in an Apple shop today and I was looking at the new iMac *DROOL* indeed. What I was wondering - what are the drawbacks to getting a Mac nowadays? There used to be this whole competition - still is I guess - but that iMac looks way cool - do what would I need to compare to it in a PC? Can a PC match it - are PC's better??
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Yeah, you might not want to buy a computer on looks alone. Macs are good, only if you don't say that out loud. I wonder why there isn't more proliferation of them, as more and more programs are hybrid now in the new modern days, and they're a lot more reliable. I got a PC because the hardware is cheaper, but I'm telling you, good sirs, that a dual processor G4 cube looks like a good computer for me to watch sweet goat pornography on.
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