I use the computer and the Net on a regular basis but I don't know a whole lot about it all, especially when it gets technical.  I have an Acer Aspire AM5100-U5300A.  I would like to speed this computer up, I would like a very good grasphics card without spending a fortune. Once ...

The new Thunderbird 3.0 mailbox doesn't allow for numbers next to each
folder:  i.e. Inbox, Drafts, Sent, Trash, etc. ?
The previous versions allowed each folder to sum the total of items in
each, conveniently reminding when each was getting too full?

I'm using TB as from version 1.0. Every upgrade sofar (I'm now using
1.0.7) went flawlessly! As a Major extention I'm using ENIGMAIL PGP
(0.92 version) for encryption. I'm now encountering problems with the
upgrade to version 1.5.

I currently have a sidekick 2008, and was thinking about get the lx200
but I want a touchscreen phone. I like the iphone, but the unlocke
price is expensive. what's my best option?
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When I try to search a newsgroup using Thunderbird I get
A News (NNTP) error occurred: xpat not supported
Any ideas how to fix this?
Thanks,

We thought we'd try the latest Eudora.  Apparently it is now done by
Mozilla.  Didn't like it and uninstalled.  But now there is a new column
in the email headers in TB which indicates the word "read" for every
email that has been read.  And when we minimize TB then maximize it . ...

How ca I manage with settings rules for undesirable messages in latest
thunderbird ?
Thanks

I have presently an HP Pavillion desktop a1610n, with a AMD Athlon 64X2 duo
core processor.
Does an upgrade to a AMD 6000 make any sense? I am limited by the ASUS
Motherboard NODUSM3 1.05.

Lately, I have been random and rare kernel panics on my old Debian/Linux
box (tried both Kernel versions 2.6.30 and 2.6.32). I couldn't figure
out what it was until I discovered mcelog a couple days ago, and it
revealed interesting scary datas in my dmesg/messages and syslog:

I have got a custom built machine: Asus M2N68-AM SE2 motherboard with
an AMD Athlon I X2 250 3 ghz CPU, plus 320 hd drive, 4 gb RAM
(Buffalo), PNY Nvidia G210 card, running Windows 7 64 bit.
I had some instability problems when I'd had some apparently faulty

Just asking.  
What does a 64 bits system get me when none of my software or OS knows
about 64 bits and the aggregate memory demand doesn't come near 2GB
physical memory and 3GB in a new system will be plenty.

I have an amd athlon 64 x2 dual core 4000+ 2.10GHz processor. Does
that mean each core runs at 2.10GHz? Or is 2.10GHz split between the
two cores (i.e., resulting in maximum clock speed of 1.05GHz for each
core)? TIA.

Weird, I have this new Antec Basiq BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power
ATX12V V2.2 Modular Active PFC power supply from a month ago:
Doesn't Boot Up (even without unneeded hardwares to boot up show BIOS,
but still spins fans and show hardware lights) with:

I've a server with 2 AMD Opteron 250 cpu's.  AMD's website seems to
indicate that it should support amd-v but I beg to differ.  A
DMIDECODE on my Linux server shows no indication of Hardware
Virtualization being available for the Opteron 250.  I'm a little

i setup a amd motherboard with an long amd cpu
(athlon x2 64)
after installing into the box and connecting all the cables etc.)
i turn the power supply switch on.

I have an Athlon 2, x4 620 quad core processor system on\
Asus M4A78 motherboard.
When I run firefox 3.5.5 or 3.5.6 and refresh several tabs in
rapid succession, it freezes the box unde xp sp3.

I am looking for a laptop.
How to compare the speed of Intel processor? There are many processor
families.

Re Intel
Hi, could you please tell me which of the two (N 135 and N 270) is the
newest? (And the best and why?)
Many thanks,

I looked at the official Intel spec sheet at
  http://www.intel.com/products/processor/atom/specifications.htm
and found a "Z510" which is low power single core, and "D510" high power dual core.

I am wondering what the maximum malloc size is, when working in a dual
5500 setup. That is, two xeon 5500 (nahalem), each having some amount of
ram installed. For example, each 5500 having 8gb of ram, could you do a
single malloc of 10gb?

I have an Intel D865PERL mb that is in 'legacy' status.
It is exhibiting the following problems:
1) often stops after the video card display - no mb display
2) occasionally stops after power on self test display, when about to

How do I check if my processor supports hyper-threading and SSE4?
I have an Intel Xeon E5405 @ 2.00GHz running Linux, and the flags
column in /proc/cpuinfo displays ht and sse2. However, the Intel
website (http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?

i would rather see Arrandale on a desktop, rather than Clarkdale.
would be great for 24-7-365 htpc. i am afraid pintrail is too weak.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/16/AR2009121601121.html
U.S. files antitrust suit against Intel, alleges unfair tactics used
against rivals
By Cecilia Kang and Steven Mufson