Desktops - February 2007

How often does Mac have to change their os? You just get used to one os with MS and a new one comes along. If I wanted to run vista it would require a major upgrade so I am toying with the idea of a switch.
I do a lot of video editing and photo editing, and photo dvds on my pc using xp pro and programs like Roxio, Pinnacle, Dvd X Show, ULead... depending on what I am doing at the moment. My favorite photo editing program is still Picture It 99 but not for printing the pics.
What would Macs have to offer for photo and video editing?

2007-02-14 17:05:35 · 4 answers · asked by dja_vu 2

Do you think hollywood will make a movie of his life? Should,t there be a street named after him?

2007-02-14 17:04:30 · 1 answers · asked by becca 2

I can save a photo to appear as by back round but the only time it shows up is when shutting off and turning on the computer it is saved under teh appearance but it dosn't come up .. thanks for any help

2007-02-14 16:26:57 · 3 answers · asked by tenthirty_two 2

If I restore my pc to a point (1 year earlier) would i recover documents that were deleted?
Could i also recover deleted yahoo email?

2007-02-14 16:10:55 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

no monitor, just the pc. I dont want it to box around inside the box and break apart while it is shipping. Thanks!

2007-02-14 15:50:41 · 4 answers · asked by Wendee D 1

how do you overclock your cpu?

2007-02-14 15:40:55 · 5 answers · asked by mariozielu 2

Do I install Vista during boot up or can I just install it while XP is still running? Also Do install 2 OS does it have to be in 2 different hard drive?

2007-02-14 15:37:59 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I Picked out a

HP Pavilion a1719n Desktop PC

Had EVGA e-GeForce 7600 GS AGP Graphics Card Installed

Got a 17' flat screen monitor.


With Windows Vista.


rate 1-10. and add reasoning please.

2007-02-14 14:19:23 · 8 answers · asked by Shadowman 2

WELL I WANT TO BUY ONE BUT I DONT KNOW WICH ONE IS FOR ME THE UPGRADE THAT ONLY COST LIKE 170 OR 160 AND THE OTHER ONE COST WAY MORE WHY IS THAT

2007-02-14 14:14:12 · 9 answers · asked by ernestin.gomez@sbcglobal.net 1

I have a Gateway 700SE. It currently has 256mb pc800 rdram. I'd like to add more, but I remember the tech guy saying it has to be installed in pairs. I'm thinking there's like four 64mb cards in there right now, so I'd have to pull out 128mb to add any more.

How do I know what memory to buy? Will anything with pc800 rdram work? Can I just get two 256mb cards, and add to two of the 64mb cards that will be remaining?

Also, I need to replace my hard drive. It's currently an 80gb 7M Ultra ATA hard drive. How do I know what will work as a replacement? I'd like to go with larger than an 80gb if possible.

Thanks for all your help! I hate feeling ignorant! :)

2007-02-14 13:57:14 · 4 answers · asked by misty75r 1

I've been saving up for a macbook pro and they're just too expensive and a friend of mine suggested building my own computer and installing os x for much cheaper.... so HOW DO I ACCOMPLISH THIS!!?!?!?

2007-02-14 13:54:49 · 7 answers · asked by empty_calm 1

I tried the PC speaker mute in the volume control, and that only muted the speakers. I want to turn off or turn down the built in speaker that plays the beep on startup in older PC's and the sounds in DOS games. I tried to play a DOS game on my laptop and the speaker is too damn loud. How can I turn this off?

2007-02-14 12:46:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just got my computer less than a year ago, about 10 months to be exact and it already says VIRTUAL MEMORY LOW. My other computer said the same thing, and it was all down hill from there, so I ended up buying this one. Why is my new one doing this already? They are both Emachines.

2007-02-14 12:40:29 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

How is it working out and what brand did you buy? Thanks.!

2007-02-14 12:16:12 · 1 answers · asked by JD 4

I have a Compaq Presario (about four years old) and when I push the power button on the light shows up but goes off right away. It doesn't really start up or make any noices and usually takes a few tries to get it to stay on. Does anyone know why this is? Thanks.

2007-02-14 11:12:41 · 3 answers · asked by Adam 5

Okay. My computer will not turn on.
I plug the cord in, the back GREEn light goes on.
It's steady. The mouse doesnot go on, or the keyboard.
What is wrong?
Can you list a few steps that will fix the computer?

The computer is cold, can it be frozen?
Can it e the power supply?
Motherboard?

Please help

Thanks,
Billy Rowe

2007-02-14 10:58:50 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

My desktop, ( I have 3 computers ) is broken. The Motherboard is Down. It wont start up. Any tricks?

Well, Can I hook that hard drive to my Toshiba Tecra 8000.
The desktop is an Compaq Sr1210nx.

What can I do?? Please post your answer even if you think it is what I dont need. Cause then if I have a little bit of info, i can work from there and research.

Thank you all for your help.

2007-02-14 10:36:10 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

WHERE CAN I BUY COMPUTERS NO DELL; GATEWAY; HP ;COMPAQ ;NO EMACHINES ;NO SONY ;NO ALIENWARE
WWW.-------------.COM GIVE ME A WEBSITE

2007-02-14 10:11:01 · 8 answers · asked by Basilia M 1

My dell is running really show, is there anything I do to speed it up? I have a current verson of norton, so i dont think its a virus. This has been going on for awhile. I am semi- computer illiterate

2007-02-14 09:57:54 · 9 answers · asked by almatters 2

and I was just given a 2ghz, checked the price, they are costly. Just thought I'd try it, it looks easy too, lift lever (after system is shut down and unplugged of course) gently pull out old cpu replace with faster one and then put (huge) heatsink and fan from old cpu onto new one. Power back up, right?

2007-02-14 09:39:43 · 5 answers · asked by Laurena 1

used it this morning went away came back and it wont come out of the standby mode...when i unplug it and plug it back in the power light comes right back on as soon as it is plugged in without me pushing the button...any suggestions

2007-02-14 09:38:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-14 09:35:12 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can somebody please give me a list of computer parts that are compatiable. i am going to be using this computer for mainly school work and games but i dont really want it to be for games, but if i ever wanted to do that i would be able to. i want to have lots of ram in it but i am not sure about either intel or amd cpu and the other parts. so just give me a list, also i want it to be vista compatible with a diretx 10 card and have good video ram

i will choose the best answer by how i think which list is the best with the best details.

Thank you Alot

2007-02-14 09:34:36 · 4 answers · asked by Robert S. L 2

I'm trying to convert a vhs to mpg file. It keeps telling that the content is protected content. How do I fix or get around this? Please help!

2007-02-14 09:31:58 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

not the monitor.. just the tower, although I'dlike to fit the keyboard,mouse ..and 3 piece sound system,(i know.. that might be hard) I'm in the Bay area,,(Berk/SF)thanks

2007-02-14 09:26:53 · 6 answers · asked by Derrick Zooolander 3

While installing Windows XP Professional, I Formatted the drives and the drives were shown to be 132 GB instead of 200 GB each. After installing they are being shown as 127 GB. BIOS shows them as being 200 GB each. How can I configure them back to 200 GB each ?

2007-02-14 09:26:08 · 5 answers · asked by Vish V 1

If I make my own computer completely with my own parts, can I put Mac on it instead of windows?

2007-02-14 09:24:40 · 5 answers · asked by ferrariman610 2

however it works just fine when i wnat to listen to music. But when i want to burn something music or even doing as simple as putting pictures onto the cd. It says that ther is no disk in that drive. I've done this before on my lap top, my desktop computer is acting the same way all of the sudden I just dont get it.

do i need to enable something? when i put everything to be burned i do the same routine to burn stuff onto the cd. when push burn or copy files to CD. this thing pops up saying that there is NO DISK IN THE DRIVE. GRRR Ive tried CD-R, CD-RW's DUAL layered ones. The drive doesnt detect any of them and they are new blanks straight out of the box. unless data is already on it.

2007-02-14 08:32:45 · 7 answers · asked by blah blah 5

2007-02-14 08:32:33 · 5 answers · asked by chumusic 1

I heard mac's were a lot better for editing and sound engineering. I have a pc which am pretty familiar with but I have never looked into a mac. I found a powermac g4 with the specs above online for $500. Looking to buy one...... Thanks for the help!

2007-02-14 07:46:44 · 4 answers · asked by Dan W 2