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Sub-$1000 home/entertainment PC that can decently handle today’s games?

admin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:27:44 +0000

Question by ieatyouz: Sub-00 home/entertainment PC that can decently handle today’s games?
I’m not looking for a computer strictly for gaming (maybe I wouldn’t mind a Dell XPS) but I’m looking for more of a home/entertainment PC under $ 1000 that can handle today’s PC games (for example Crysis) at a “good enough” speed on middle to low settings.

The HP Media Center I’m using right now costed about $ 1300 when it was bought about 3 or 4 years ago, and looking at the specs vs prices on PCs today, this piece of crap would definitely not be worth the price (1.5gb ram, 300gb hd, shitty nvidia gpu)

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Answer by Philip
For that, you can probably afford:

1 TB Hard Drive
4-8 GB Ram
2-4 core 2.2-2.4 Ghz Processor
NVidia 250 GTX

depending on where you go between the RAM and processor, you can vary the computer case, but that is also only if you are looking at Hardware and install your own OS

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need home entertainment ideas?

admin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:20:48 +0000

Question by Tom O: need home entertainment ideas?
hey all, im looking for a media extender

not sure wether to go apple tv or mac mini…
i have a xbox 360 but the media center on that is really terrible

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Answer by AM
If you want to enjoy it – get Apple TV – 160gb version for $ 400. If you want to “fiddle” with it all the time – get Mac Mini.

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Help! Professional name for a Social Media Marketing company?

admin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:20:48 +0000

Question by Stranger Than Fiction: Help! Professional name for a Social Media Marketing company?
A friend and I are sitting here trying to come up with a catchy and professional name for her Social Media Marketing Consulting business and we are coming up completely empty handed…major creativity block….

Any ideas?

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Answer by Ed Atun
THE INNOVATORS

TOMORROW TODAY

FAST FORWARD

THE MARKETING GENIUSES

SEE INTO THE FUTURE WITH US

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What’s the best way to earn money (legally & legit) from home?

admin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:20:47 +0000

Question by Craven L: What’s the best way to earn money (legally & legit) from home?
I have a home computer and health-care, retail, sales, and entertainment media experience.

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Answer by Cold
You’ll get about 75 answers on how to make thousands from home.
(just wait about 24 hours).
Be a bit careful with the answers you see here – if you know what I mean…

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What are the best options for Wi-Fi Home Digital Media Streamer?

admin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:20:46 +0000

Question by Julian J: What are the best options for Wi-Fi Home Digital Media Streamer?
I want to play the music from my computer on my entertainment center using my existing wifi network. Preferably the solution will interact with itunes since I don’t want to use a different/propietary software to organize my music on the computer.

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Answer by Matt S
Julian – I use the Buffalo LinkTheater for this interaction and love it. The device can play iTunes content, Yahoo! Music Engine files (via Windows Media Connect), mpg, wmv, h.264 and a host of other compressions.

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How do I set up an old PC as a media server on my home network?

admin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:20:45 +0000

Question by w00hahaha: How do I set up an old PC as a media server on my home network?
I’d like to be able to keep this PC in my entertainment center and connect it to my TV to watch movies/play music without having to connect my laptop to the tv. I would like to be able to access media from the server on my laptops, as well as control the server to play movies on the TV from the laptop.

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Answer by 7S282
A quick google search revealed the following….

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=open+source+media+server&aq=3&oq=open+source+media+

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=open+source+media+center&aq=2&oq=open+source+media

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How much taxpayers money should I spend on promoting ObamaCare before 2012 elections?

admin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:20:44 +0000

Question by idiot: How much taxpayers money should I spend on promoting ObamaCare before 2012 elections?
It turns out it cost the Health and Human Services Department $ 2.78 million to buy airtime for three cable TV ads last year, featuring Andy Griffith praising the new entitlement. The “Matlock” eminence rendered his services pro bono, but Porter Novelli didn’t. The media consulting firm racked up 668 billable hours and earned $ 404,384.40 producing the spots, according to documents released by the outside GOP advocacy group Crossroads GPS through the Freedom of Information Act.

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Answer by exclamation mark
who is “i”?

i doubt your in a position to spend anything

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Q&A: Is the Sony Vaio VGX TP1E a good home entertainment pc? compared to ps3 or Xbox 360 for playing movies on tv?

admin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:20:44 +0000

Question by r-boy 111: Is the Sony Vaio VGX TP1E a good home entertainment pc? compared to ps3 or Xbox 360 for playing movies on tv?
I am thinking of buying a Sony Vaio VGX TP1E home media pc to play movies, music and photos on my tv. I already have a ps3 and an Xbox 360 elite, which also have the ability to stream movies, music and photos. I am wondering whether buying the Vaio would be a waste of money. If i buy it it will be hooked up to my tv via hdmi, just as the Xbox and ps3 could be. Can someone please tell me whether it is a worthwhile purchase, or just a waste of money.
Thanks

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Answer by James E
I think buying a home media pc is a waste of money.

The PS3 is engineered to be an entertainment system.

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2 televisions to a media center pc?

admin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:20:43 +0000

Question by lithium630: 2 televisions to a media center pc?
Whats the best way to hook up two televisions to a home entertainment media pc? Digital cable will run through the pc. Thanks
The type of connection is open. HDMI would be best but it might have to be DVI if I don’t find video card with HDMI.
I’m hoping to control each television individually.

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Answer by shotgunshrimp
depending on your connection type?? vga ?? hdmi? dvi?? S-video? anyways the make products called distribution amplifiers you need a 1 by 2 D.A. of whatever product you will be useing.. i dont know if there are anyone that deals this product localy but i suggest kramer electronics products..

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What should the profit margin % be on a medium sized web dev and consulting firm be?

admin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:20:42 +0000

Question by mordecaiii: What should the profit margin % be on a medium sized web dev and consulting firm be?
Trying to figure out if we are underpriced. Our margins are really tight. We have 15 employees. Trying to determine if our margins are out of line with the amount of work we throw into it.

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Answer by NC
Your margins should in all honesty be negative. You are competing against people who work from their homes and thus not only have no office overhead, but get a tax break on a part of their rent. Not to mention the industrious near-shore and off-shore developers…

If you want to see if you are underpriced, post a couple of dummy projects on Craig’s List in your area and ask people to send you their rates.

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