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Windows 7 Rocks, Videogames Without the Disk, Windows Home Server Challenge, Race CarPC 101

Thursday, February 5th, 2009 – running time 38:07
Dump your cable modem for WiMAX? iSquint, FeedFlix, Windows 7 Beta: better than Vista. HP MediaSmart Server vs. DIY = Windows Home Server Challenge.

Our buddy from Garnett Lee joins us... Veronica's traveling this week!

Garnett's in love with his G1 Android cell phone... and he's totally stoked about Cupcake!

A low power PC to put in a race car, say, for navigation and engine monitoring? Heat is less of an issue than vibration, Rusty, and power consumption on mini-itx/microATX motherboards varies a lot, 'cause they can mount anything from a Via processor to the latest core-2 duos... but it'll still be a lot less than a single 10 inch driving light!

Check out Mini-Box or MP3Car.com for more ideas for Car PCs!

This week's Freebie Download is iSquint, a fast OS X tool that will take almost any video format under the sun and convert into an iPod compatible format.

Sponsor Deal: Want a great deal on a domain name or web hosting? GoDaddy.com has what you need! Enter code TEK2 when you check out, and you'll save an additional $5 off any order of $30 or more, and you'll be helping out Tekzilla, too!

"Can you do a segment on Windows Home Server showing how it works, building your own or using an HP MediaSmart Server?" Sure, Scott!

Matter of fact, HP challenged us to build up something better from scratch, so welcome to the Windows Home Server Challenge, brought to you by the HP MediaSmart Server, powered by Microsoft Windows Home Server!

This week's "Website We Just Can't Get Enough of!" is FeedFlix, the ultimate accessory for any Netflix account. FeedFlix tracks you stats, will email you if you've kept a movie for too long, will tell you how much you pay per movie (with and without your Instant Watch activity), let you access all your reviews in a single page, and more!

Windows 7 Beta? Patrick and Roger are digging it, even on slower machines! We walk you thru the new toolbar, libraries, the device stage and more on the show!

Garnett gives us the heads up on Windows 7 gaming, too!

Sponsor Deal: Our Netflix sponsored Pick of the Week is the Babylon 5 TV series. You can get a no-risk two-week free trial membership by signing up at netflix.com/tekzilla!

Join Veronica, Patrick, Roger and Serafina in our GoToMeeting... just sign up for GoToMeeting using the code Tekzilla, and join us Friday, February 6th at 10AM PST!

Zach wants to ditch his current Internet connection for a wireless connection... should he hold out for WiMAX, or go with EVDO?

"Is there a legal way to play PC games without the CD or DVD in the drive?" Have you thought about an online game service like Steam or Stardock's Impulse? Generally, Eric, there's no legit way to of getting around games that require a CD/DVD in the drive... but it can be done.

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" And hot personal that yes and you've been sort of loving the android G one phone I don't mind what you your tells a particular -- Bordick hit policy like put a screen protector on -- by case for your new phones and you should buy it as soon as I took this out of the case. I dropped on concrete we say that they handed EG one columns. With a little sleeve would you buy -- out of pocket protector I am sure you get. Can you usually do it first street country and I already dropped my iPhone three times with this on -- noted that. -- it really look at it is the upcoming update to the android -- So that the difference between the OS and on the phone a lot of people do that to the confusion the G one is an android based phone but they've done a lot of hooks that make it work really well with Google. And so while they're doing this update they have to go in and build those books back and if you're into like being risky I can hack your phone and put the dev kit for and -- uptake on right now. And and I yet now do I like my if I put my phone to work. I use a regular basis I wanted to be just my regular everyday phone right so. It comes to keep up. Peso until you like racing out the middle of nowhere grabbing hot exhaust pipes and -- your hands that kind of thing you -- get -- Could grab one exhaust -- it exactly. Hey rusty said as a person email today and he what's known about taking his computer out on the desert sands so take away rusty."

" Patrick and Veronica I saw the segment that she did on the Micah Wright yeah -- and I had a question Coakley Patrick you know outlet. And that your big rally trucks and networking element that's in that any I was wondering what the power consumption wasn't smoke boards and if they can stand -- I'm looking to runs about mapping program as well as displacement -- information on these boards a couple of."

" Credited to let's talk about my -- power consumption because you've got prospect here you're gonna show off and while. Like this -- the tech guy right here he has any static -- if he's not just dropping it out on the table he's got an EPC. Totally not right yet powerless. What's -- biggest problems actually heat humidity and he he actually less of an issue the and piper should -- vibration of the biggest issue for the hard drive which means. The prices dropping on eyes as he solid state drives is rather timely theaters and super cheap. I actually working assaults they thrive roundup for later in February these things are stupid fast at doing certain things other things not so much in any case. Power -- unlike many I TX -- micro atx motherboard vary a lot because they now pretty much any."

" In from a via processor to the latest court you do those of the Intel board -- right here you notice something there is a people honking atx connector. Media kit is six point seven inches by six point seven inches motherboard factor came from via. Micro -- Annan came out of I think Intel originally and those are between six point 75 and nine inches so I'd like. AMI great gets to be about that big it's basically designed to fit onto the atx motherboard formats they're pretty much just as powerful up to a point your biggest thing is gonna be onboard graphics which isn't -- you're doing mapping software you can be playing video games in the truck here we planned Blu-ray discs. You know if there's some interesting ideas that they do them all one computer Mike -- box this is that you box PC. That's running an atom to thirty processor cellular --"

" Nineteen volt three point four Q and -- power supply should look like 65 watts of power. Or roughly the same as a single penny each -- driving like about half the power of the regular ten inch off for a light. Now if you're looking for something like eight and 500 watts. Power supply connect to core two duo machine. You're looking at something like a 150 wants is an average power maybe 85 or ninety watts and idle. Which are gonna be actually running through converter which means you're gonna be doing like a 150 divided by twelve -- around ten camps for roughly a single. Driving lights. So right 150 divided by twelve told themselves while could be as much as. Twelve camps drama -- that's thats what you dumping -- watch out. Soccer be enough to blow -- that you might want you to reclined of the matter -- want I think the bigger issue there actually is something you're talking about before which is dots don't."

" Via big bugaboo for -- agreement on -- going to -- question you probably looked a lot notebooks what's your take on the processor thing I mean do you like that out of where would you jump to the Intel unlikable that the the atom actually is an Intel processor that basically the idea verses. He is got a processor Intel's going to processor called the atom. We see that he had an island and I'm sure got that wrong which makes me sad but. And a did you better job with power consumption. Because it has problem capabilities that via processor actually has more raw horsepower. So both of -- are basically capable both of that full throttle are capable of playing. Like 720. So plan a consumer here for a variety itself to me like an atom based solution for him to be really good because that way at the problem's gonna help him out as -- nice and compact because that's obviously really easy to mopping decks packets in the truck almost -- and it doesn't affiliate BE PC that tells -- the form factors there for him to do that sort of mount installation it's pretty -- for like six."

" Five bucks you can basically buy them the equivalent of the motherboard inside of this by solid state drive going on of that power supplies less complicated in that situation. You biggest thing actually. -- deadly check out so out. Maybe -- box dot com MP3 card comes much people who played around you really want to look like at twelve volt power supply because it just so much simpler to ring up because you don't want to have like. A power and murder and then. Your regular PC power supply hooking your PC big things like making sure that connectors don't fallout. Hot glue or silicon to. Basically little data silicone to -- on. The memory chips in here to keep -- from vibrating loose on some people use silicone all the larger capacity version components to help minimize the vibration basically to tie and each other time down the board that keeps the vibration figured -- basically be like bouncing up right now. And that's one of the biggest things is literally just not vibrating stuff directly off the."

" What we're talking about the stuff would you say it was the biggest deal was vibration does but that's -- that don't try to about a like oh my god how you handle it doesn't that's like not to worry about it has pleaded after each time yes and the big deal -- you can you basically like bill the boxer on this in the and I would you want to go stuff that's bits. Is close as possible to be just fine air cool and the processors the biggest issue with that you just put a big heat -- on the processor. And then put some place that's relatively dry up under the dashboard up under the seats right. -- protected -- you definitely don't have to expose the elements that no no actually I've seen people ex amount of insights into the cab like you know in between the drivers and stuff is that we if you do decide to go to a river. You don't flood everything download it isn't the reason you're out there. Look at some."

" the desert is dry sometimes the desert is wet. One of the biggest problems need to start looking for monitor right now there's a ton of like 712 inch panels being sold out there for in car installation but they're almost all composite input -- that crappy ours he Jack. For standard definition television which he's the output from something like this is going to look awful so you'll find something that's actually smaller to -- your vehicle is it's hard to fit a fifteen inch flat panel inside the cabin and cockpit you're truck. They'll accepted DVI or more likely VGA inputs are looking for that now because they're hard to find. And it's gonna have to be usable right if you can find you're gonna have to build include over to actually see it during the day. And you know what you're also gonna use -- you can set and forget as a code dog undergone hundreds of miles an offer racing using like six big buttons on the Lawrence GPS. When you're bouncing around -- speed is hard. Using a keyboard and mouse because you want to change your destination is going to be impossible. So that's something critical to think about."

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" You put them in there how I. Home works are basically -- got a hold that all of these days a lot of you've been asking us about the windows home server. Mike's got out and taxes you're writing can do a segment windows home server showing how it works building your own or using an HP media smart PC. Asked Scott you shall receive and I'm glad you did ask because I have a lot of media content especially a lot of loss was on you when ago or so tell me about. What's what's the deal okay so we can get a bunch of windows home server emails just like you know from Scott's BS HP for -- it. -- actually in something funny happened HP -- of the wanted to build around DIY windows home server box which is why we actually picked up. -- box that we do it low power machine. And our core two duo motherboard here's a new high powered machine and basically -- start to date about windows home server talk better idea why box next week's. And then in the final installment talk about tweaking customizing windows home server so well -- part one. Of the windows home server challenge brought you by the HP media smart server power by Microsoft windows home server. And not powered by an expert on medical clinics pocketed a project this is Tekzilla you have to -- box once and -- now we -- the smooth and simple. It's not that simple expedient you told me I should -- experts as. This is what it does make or write certain of clinics so tell me -- you're gonna actually configure the automated backups of your computers on this. I don't know monopolies community and going to help because when it's -- it's awesome will be right there to me just for fun just for simplicity we're gonna try to get the windows way. And we're gonna see it's less painful. He's had just horrified. I. I think the for the role of me but we'll see. This could be easy fight -- I got a funny between last week here's there's -- ludicrous there's new crew version of Ubuntu don't ruin the number of thousands like. I never knew the current version number of Ubuntu -- download with the latest version is and a half. Happy that's our experience clinics at this stage of my life but to just delete expletive works and works really really well right and so what is it about this home server for Microsoft that you think could make it easy for that you -- for the user to it's it's interesting because it's essentially a -- power over to windows server 2003. That's being that. They drop interface on that'll make it easy enough for anybody to watch. -- it -- thinking this particular interface I'm not looking up a monitoring keyboard this this is like I have to coming to a from another from another computer problem there's some sort of web interface. You're gonna plug ethernet cable into it you're gonna powered up install some software on a windows machine you're gonna need to install the softened when is she you know rolling. Type in the IP address and yeah Walla Walla there it is the configuration will begin. So it's gonna be interesting actually kind of look at it next week at the experience with the Iowa windows home server versions that you downloaded 320 V trial for Microsoft assault others out there and cost plus a hundred bucks to buy stuff we have long line. And the ideas is for me is like you I'm looking at something like a terabyte of audio files right. Now off my -- CDs I'm converting only DVDs into video like nexis online we are racking up baby pictures at an alarming rates. And it it'll be interesting for me to actually look at something of the things that drove over backed up attached to a server box and I built so it'll be fun for me actually compared this to that terms of ease of use. And especially automated backups to sometimes a little slack key on the Macs."

" I -- and get -- conversations you always flat Crystal -- However is that you don't talk about 360 because I was question I had. I want to windows vehicles or about October November -- last year and it's still was a little bit -- getting into it from your 360. And I I find that funny because with the Zune software it's really easy access shouldn't you. Hey I won't I borrowed the X."

" X 360 from the from the from the meeting room I'm not laughing in -- and I'm I'm I'm. I am a laughing at the fact that I'm gonna have to sneaking Xbox 360 in the house before it might make kill me -- There's an incident involving video games who have in the house anymore -- never played something for twelve hours street hoops yet -- to make an ethnic armies anyhow. You got some questions about windows home server to us a favor email us pixel risen three dot com we'll do our best answer including -- Xbox three -- because you want to -- the media from here on -- Xbox 360 owners bring it instantly and seamlessly pull my play list on the 360 media center and dropping so we're I think the performance. We'll talk about the whole windows home server verses save building and Ubuntu box. Next week. So -- ultimately up to."

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" Last week we promised you an introduction of windows seven Taka about what's good what's exciting about joining us today the legendary mister Roger -- and like myself. Actually do we love when I love windows seven it's everything with Vista should have bad. I like windows seven isn't so much that it is a definite and not just a little bit but. Quantify believe it's a whole lot better than this. Yet so. We've talked about another play Iraq are about other places like Vista is pretty much I think failed from a marketing standpoint they're never going to resurrect that name no matter how solid it's gotten. So Microsoft is pressing on windows ever actually some really good things -- if you have Vista hardware which runs fifty. A lot of folks are running it on net books and seem to be happy -- snappy as fast it is clean. And instantly what is when Vista beta so windows seven beta windows seven is essentially the next iteration of the windows operating system. It's basically cleaned up operating system and Microsoft released a beta of it."

" to the public said he just had to sign up registry can download tonight so burnout the disk and install it on your machine hopefully you've already done that like we told you to last me. It's probably no longer available what I'm watching this it's actually pretty straightforward you have all the same settings and he can do user account controls that are this -- the control panel. Is similar but it's actually. A lot more polished. Includes a couple of features that them. I thought it was nice initially when you look off to the last few to have this kind of being include G. And Bob sidebar that at all a bunch of text. You know the classic mode of the regular mode you choose one of the giants sidebar of the past or just sit there now it's contextualize is just like this little button control panel home micro climatic and click on any of these. I still get that but now it's not you know three quarters or actions -- a ghost of screen -- exactly it's not a quarter of the screen and you know when you look edit it doesn't seem like much but when you have a bunch of windows open stuff that makes a lot more. It's not just sense but just a lot more eyeballs cleaner exactly. -- filled with a bunch of -- so. We're looking at the libraries which essentially are virtual folders. The thing to understand about them being virtual and all is that unlike a normal folders you can actually -- it in many ways just like the my documents folder. That you have in windows you can assign it to a different drive you can send it to a different fuller. Except except. You have to drag everything into the my -- useful exactly itself pointer which is great that's the virtual park and in the -- is it allows you this kind of flexibility that you didn't have before a senate trying to shuffle. You know have to gig worth of you know MP threes in music or -- I -- older you're my music folder the network folder out on the your home network. Versus the one that's in the work office space. You now just say I want that folded -- it doesn't do anything it just points to it so every time. If you need that folder every time people -- pictures page or not pictures it's pictures folder it's that one picture this it. Now there's something called the device --"

" She's it's pretty -- going to the control panel you can basically look for like your hardware controls. -- should be there is hardware and sound. So devices and printers -- there at the top. And this is actually we will -- is the device stage a -- suffering massive delusions and the idea actually is pretty slick. Vendor supplied X you know basically Microsoft senate the next him and XML -- So vendors could provide a photo of the device access to its settings and capabilities or kids not a lot of these are out actually. For windows seven you might not have them I'm actually looking forward to play around this from the graphics cards if it's that there. But so if you right click on that again contextual menus where you can actually start playing around with it I did Israel have this big picture of your printer or your scanner or group net -- and devices all that. Windows touch is something else that's built into windows seven we have actually had him curiously around -- who have -- report. But imagine a multi touch and gesture computing built into every. We -- seven installation so if you want to basically move stuff around on the screen."

" You do need a touch screen however so you're looking at either one of those all -- ones right that was kind of like the the iMac where you can actually touch and can reduce the whole minority report thing I know where we may be able to borrow one. Or you can do it on I am assuming you can also do it on a tablet PC. Again something we -- get access to now you mentioned gaming. Unfortunately I know a little bit about it but I don't know as much as Garnet because that is kind of -- is step out cards that. Yeah I'm sure you've talked to the guys down and according to definitely put games on seven have they seen any kind of noticeable increase or decrease in you know frame raid or. The amount of."

" I can't be can tack on surely particularly game. Right now right now it's a beta product -- drivers are not mature so. Across the board it's not measuring up be either to Vista on the X -- right now if you're running the X figuring high end hardware you want to be running Vista and the extent as they work well together you're running like a step below that he would be running XP DX nine. And in neither case does does seven beta little to those yet. But they probably will -- this is gonna be immediately 2009 or 2010 release. I think -- should look or -- or some of the cool things they're doing in the interface they've improved game explorer considerably. Game explorer now has a text box and a lot of -- you'll see it's not filled but it has the text box where they can include. Publisher data on what the game is so if you're scrolling through the game you'll be able to see what that is. I especially like the they're building in the ability to update the game. Right out of game explores he's not gonna have to go to the web and what you -- looking around as long as a public supports it you'll be able to. Right click go to the menu click update it's gonna find the updates Patrick I think that's a really good usability feature. But. I mean from a gaming perspective do you use do you think it's seven is headed in the right or at least I didn't I really do actually like two reasons I think so first of all. My biggest it was interesting to see you guys talk about windows seven because of me the best our windows seven is when I turn on machine we get to the end of the blue routine. I don't have to sit there and watch the hard drive light to wait to know when I can use the machine it's ready to go. That to -- shows that snappy you know the operating system has gotten lighter it's much it's running faster I see the same thing in the USB performance it looks like -- really improving units -- So I think that overall it's going to be a better gaming. Platform down the --"

" Well you know it's kind of funny you mention Medicare is you know -- that there is kind of an aero effects typically even doing the transparency like that. When it was enabled on this laptop. If if if I moved it a little bit regular starter you give us senator and you literally wait a full second until you can do something else the fact that I can do this on my laptop. With transparency enabled. Speaks volumes they've taken the amount of kind of polishing -- The final question some of you might be asking is whether or not windows seven is for you and and if you should download and install the -- If you do not have a spare PC do not download this the last beta and put it on your machine. Don't recommended on any kind of mission critical machine if it's for work if it's for school that's for someone else don't do it give us your machine yet go ahead you don't need into the data on your laptop. Or a PC you can -- thing away and you can install it but do not. Pretend that when you have that you can use it for any length of time past August because it will time out. And you know if you're not that comfortable installing -- new operating system's been done just wait for the reviews and then make a command that. But coming up after the break how to get the best speeds on wireless broadband service. And is it possible to play PC -- without the CD-ROM. Inside the drive."

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" WiMax WiMax. I'm gonna binary PC with WiMax built in -- That's okay here's a bit WiMax is a great concept. Mobile WiMax. And probably going to happen fixed WiMax I ease of use with my notebook or home base station is probably going to happen in some areas. -- is basically like to WiMax efforts. Clear wire and Sprint's zone or zoom or XO HM resolve whatever it's called. And they're both. Me wolves was available in Baltimore. Clear while is is is his available in Portland involved and it's an all clear that because it equipment. -- market all of them to get all the different brands together into like a consortium year. So you know it at this point. We can talk about the business model and the emerging competition in the question three G verses. Forgy performance in the WiMax is fourteen but here's the here's -- out. If you want to be able to use it Chicago you're not buying one actually times right. Diss them it was not what can edit is there a case where he should do EV DO for now. And then let WiMax either mature or be bypassed this is one actually get White House what's gonna happen I it is really big question right the first -- the third the first step to the answer is. If he wants if you want to dump -- wired connection -- go wireless now. The video is really is only effective auction unless he happens the -- in Baltimore and never when he's outside of Baltimore except me beat Portland. So that's part one part two. Actually."

" Is how much and what do you consume every month because I happen to have what I understand -- grandfathered in spree the -- about. Dot dot dot now in every one offers cash -- not a particularly big deal if you're doing typical data and -- downloads. However if you say watch a ton of movies or rent a ton of movies on iTunes or Netflix suddenly back cap on your bandwidth is going to seem really really ugly. And the old words charges are not -- spray but could be like a horror pain means if you go several gigabytes overall and in other service. If -- still laughing because you today. Offer -- it they capture data they capture your candidate basically you're gonna hit yet you're gonna hit the cap -- keep letting you download and if you. If you you know if you downloaded a gigabyte and you'll be getting hammered with a really really ugly bill. So right now before anybody goes a -- don't my home connection need to look at. How much and with consuming a monthly basis. And that's kind of like your -- first absolutely. Your second step is yet know what dvd it was going to be a lot slower than DSL or cable it's it's it's going to be probably for most things from -- to DSL. What's -- doing huge file transfers -- you happened yet. Have -- been honking connection that your corporate servers that you you move huge amounts of into. Of those people stay wired for nobody else why -- is a great concept it's been just around the corner since 2004. And it's still just around the corner. Sassy and got the best reviews best information on the but you know he's of the PC mag dot com. And it like that he first he referred to Sprint's efforts which is like environment in elements -- yeah. As as the first potentially. National. WiMax network. But."

" Road to someplace paved with good intentions yes. Yes messages you don't want last email was when it comes from -- he seems to be an avid gamers as I've heard you can play PC games without the CD or dvd in the drive is this true and if so is there -- legal way I could do that that I could try. Well well. Sorry Eric I actually really the question the answer is generally know most games use the CD as a sort of copy protection -- and it's incorporated into all those. Various copy protection schemes that people get upset about the way the performances. -- there's an alternative you can use a service like steam or start impulse. And -- who has an online gaming distribution service and then you run the games through their client and of course there's no CD running or dvd drive but. You know the only other alternative. Not houses you know those. You know alcohol 120%. Which may be possible or crap necessary we don't want to talk about exactly actually -- unless you don't really gonna gonna wrote I mean. Did you want to play -- video game right understandably. Break -- player demo it and then behind the thing. Really seriously what we if it's a very legitimate complaint in the complaint is that is that the copy protections offered -- off the -- time is eating up cycles and and influencing the performance of the game and computers is very true lot of times probably negatively influencing -- physical to the and offering. Feature to feature. -- is online service you Steve I think Steve is actually -- fugitive there's a whole their argument about the future of gaming on PC we talked about it with -- seven -- mean the bigger problem for Microsoft is. How did they get back a hold of actually having gaming platform steam right now is the future you're not the -- I think you'll like it."

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" And hot personal that yes and you've been sort of loving the android G one phone I don't mind what you your tells a particular -- Bordick hit policy like put a screen protector on -- by case for your new phones and you should buy it as soon as I took this out of the case. I dropped on concrete we say that they handed EG one columns. With a little sleeve would you buy -- out of pocket protector I am sure you get. Can you usually do it first street country and I already dropped my iPhone three times with this on -- noted that. -- it really look at it is the upcoming update to the android -- So that the difference between the OS and on the phone a lot of people do that to the confusion the G one is an android based phone but they've done a lot of hooks that make it work really well with Google. And so while they're doing this update they have to go in and build those books back and if you're into like being risky I can hack your phone and put the dev kit for and -- uptake on right now. And and I yet now do I like my if I put my phone to work. I use a regular basis I wanted to be just my regular everyday phone right so. It comes to keep up. Peso until you like racing out the middle of nowhere grabbing hot exhaust pipes and -- your hands that kind of thing you -- get -- Could grab one exhaust -- it exactly. Hey rusty said as a person email today and he what's known about taking his computer out on the desert sands so take away rusty."

" Patrick and Veronica I saw the segment that she did on the Micah Wright yeah -- and I had a question Coakley Patrick you know outlet. And that your big rally trucks and networking element that's in that any I was wondering what the power consumption wasn't smoke boards and if they can stand -- I'm looking to runs about mapping program as well as displacement -- information on these boards a couple of."

" Credited to let's talk about my -- power consumption because you've got prospect here you're gonna show off and while. Like this -- the tech guy right here he has any static -- if he's not just dropping it out on the table he's got an EPC. Totally not right yet powerless. What's -- biggest problems actually heat humidity and he he actually less of an issue the and piper should -- vibration of the biggest issue for the hard drive which means. The prices dropping on eyes as he solid state drives is rather timely theaters and super cheap. I actually working assaults they thrive roundup for later in February these things are stupid fast at doing certain things other things not so much in any case. Power -- unlike many I TX -- micro atx motherboard vary a lot because they now pretty much any."

" In from a via processor to the latest court you do those of the Intel board -- right here you notice something there is a people honking atx connector. Media kit is six point seven inches by six point seven inches motherboard factor came from via. Micro -- Annan came out of I think Intel originally and those are between six point 75 and nine inches so I'd like. AMI great gets to be about that big it's basically designed to fit onto the atx motherboard formats they're pretty much just as powerful up to a point your biggest thing is gonna be onboard graphics which isn't -- you're doing mapping software you can be playing video games in the truck here we planned Blu-ray discs. You know if there's some interesting ideas that they do them all one computer Mike -- box this is that you box PC. That's running an atom to thirty processor cellular --"

" Nineteen volt three point four Q and -- power supply should look like 65 watts of power. Or roughly the same as a single penny each -- driving like about half the power of the regular ten inch off for a light. Now if you're looking for something like eight and 500 watts. Power supply connect to core two duo machine. You're looking at something like a 150 wants is an average power maybe 85 or ninety watts and idle. Which are gonna be actually running through converter which means you're gonna be doing like a 150 divided by twelve -- around ten camps for roughly a single. Driving lights. So right 150 divided by twelve told themselves while could be as much as. Twelve camps drama -- that's thats what you dumping -- watch out. Soccer be enough to blow -- that you might want you to reclined of the matter -- want I think the bigger issue there actually is something you're talking about before which is dots don't."

" Via big bugaboo for -- agreement on -- going to -- question you probably looked a lot notebooks what's your take on the processor thing I mean do you like that out of where would you jump to the Intel unlikable that the the atom actually is an Intel processor that basically the idea verses. He is got a processor Intel's going to processor called the atom. We see that he had an island and I'm sure got that wrong which makes me sad but. And a did you better job with power consumption. Because it has problem capabilities that via processor actually has more raw horsepower. So both of -- are basically capable both of that full throttle are capable of playing. Like 720. So plan a consumer here for a variety itself to me like an atom based solution for him to be really good because that way at the problem's gonna help him out as -- nice and compact because that's obviously really easy to mopping decks packets in the truck almost -- and it doesn't affiliate BE PC that tells -- the form factors there for him to do that sort of mount installation it's pretty -- for like six."

" Five bucks you can basically buy them the equivalent of the motherboard inside of this by solid state drive going on of that power supplies less complicated in that situation. You biggest thing actually. -- deadly check out so out. Maybe -- box dot com MP3 card comes much people who played around you really want to look like at twelve volt power supply because it just so much simpler to ring up because you don't want to have like. A power and murder and then. Your regular PC power supply hooking your PC big things like making sure that connectors don't fallout. Hot glue or silicon to. Basically little data silicone to -- on. The memory chips in here to keep -- from vibrating loose on some people use silicone all the larger capacity version components to help minimize the vibration basically to tie and each other time down the board that keeps the vibration figured -- basically be like bouncing up right now. And that's one of the biggest things is literally just not vibrating stuff directly off the."

" What we're talking about the stuff would you say it was the biggest deal was vibration does but that's -- that don't try to about a like oh my god how you handle it doesn't that's like not to worry about it has pleaded after each time yes and the big deal -- you can you basically like bill the boxer on this in the and I would you want to go stuff that's bits. Is close as possible to be just fine air cool and the processors the biggest issue with that you just put a big heat -- on the processor. And then put some place that's relatively dry up under the dashboard up under the seats right. -- protected -- you definitely don't have to expose the elements that no no actually I've seen people ex amount of insights into the cab like you know in between the drivers and stuff is that we if you do decide to go to a river. You don't flood everything download it isn't the reason you're out there. Look at some."

" the desert is dry sometimes the desert is wet. One of the biggest problems need to start looking for monitor right now there's a ton of like 712 inch panels being sold out there for in car installation but they're almost all composite input -- that crappy ours he Jack. For standard definition television which he's the output from something like this is going to look awful so you'll find something that's actually smaller to -- your vehicle is it's hard to fit a fifteen inch flat panel inside the cabin and cockpit you're truck. They'll accepted DVI or more likely VGA inputs are looking for that now because they're hard to find. And it's gonna have to be usable right if you can find you're gonna have to build include over to actually see it during the day. And you know what you're also gonna use -- you can set and forget as a code dog undergone hundreds of miles an offer racing using like six big buttons on the Lawrence GPS. When you're bouncing around -- speed is hard. Using a keyboard and mouse because you want to change your destination is going to be impossible. So that's something critical to think about."

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" You put them in there how I. Home works are basically -- got a hold that all of these days a lot of you've been asking us about the windows home server. Mike's got out and taxes you're writing can do a segment windows home server showing how it works building your own or using an HP media smart PC. Asked Scott you shall receive and I'm glad you did ask because I have a lot of media content especially a lot of loss was on you when ago or so tell me about. What's what's the deal okay so we can get a bunch of windows home server emails just like you know from Scott's BS HP for -- it. -- actually in something funny happened HP -- of the wanted to build around DIY windows home server box which is why we actually picked up. -- box that we do it low power machine. And our core two duo motherboard here's a new high powered machine and basically -- start to date about windows home server talk better idea why box next week's. And then in the final installment talk about tweaking customizing windows home server so well -- part one. Of the windows home server challenge brought you by the HP media smart server power by Microsoft windows home server. And not powered by an expert on medical clinics pocketed a project this is Tekzilla you have to -- box once and -- now we -- the smooth and simple. It's not that simple expedient you told me I should -- experts as. This is what it does make or write certain of clinics so tell me -- you're gonna actually configure the automated backups of your computers on this. I don't know monopolies community and going to help because when it's -- it's awesome will be right there to me just for fun just for simplicity we're gonna try to get the windows way. And we're gonna see it's less painful. He's had just horrified. I. I think the for the role of me but we'll see. This could be easy fight -- I got a funny between last week here's there's -- ludicrous there's new crew version of Ubuntu don't ruin the number of thousands like. I never knew the current version number of Ubuntu -- download with the latest version is and a half. Happy that's our experience clinics at this stage of my life but to just delete expletive works and works really really well right and so what is it about this home server for Microsoft that you think could make it easy for that you -- for the user to it's it's interesting because it's essentially a -- power over to windows server 2003. That's being that. They drop interface on that'll make it easy enough for anybody to watch. -- it -- thinking this particular interface I'm not looking up a monitoring keyboard this this is like I have to coming to a from another from another computer problem there's some sort of web interface. You're gonna plug ethernet cable into it you're gonna powered up install some software on a windows machine you're gonna need to install the softened when is she you know rolling. Type in the IP address and yeah Walla Walla there it is the configuration will begin. So it's gonna be interesting actually kind of look at it next week at the experience with the Iowa windows home server versions that you downloaded 320 V trial for Microsoft assault others out there and cost plus a hundred bucks to buy stuff we have long line. And the ideas is for me is like you I'm looking at something like a terabyte of audio files right. Now off my -- CDs I'm converting only DVDs into video like nexis online we are racking up baby pictures at an alarming rates. And it it'll be interesting for me to actually look at something of the things that drove over backed up attached to a server box and I built so it'll be fun for me actually compared this to that terms of ease of use. And especially automated backups to sometimes a little slack key on the Macs."

" I -- and get -- conversations you always flat Crystal -- However is that you don't talk about 360 because I was question I had. I want to windows vehicles or about October November -- last year and it's still was a little bit -- getting into it from your 360. And I I find that funny because with the Zune software it's really easy access shouldn't you. Hey I won't I borrowed the X."

" X 360 from the from the from the meeting room I'm not laughing in -- and I'm I'm I'm. I am a laughing at the fact that I'm gonna have to sneaking Xbox 360 in the house before it might make kill me -- There's an incident involving video games who have in the house anymore -- never played something for twelve hours street hoops yet -- to make an ethnic armies anyhow. You got some questions about windows home server to us a favor email us pixel risen three dot com we'll do our best answer including -- Xbox three -- because you want to -- the media from here on -- Xbox 360 owners bring it instantly and seamlessly pull my play list on the 360 media center and dropping so we're I think the performance. We'll talk about the whole windows home server verses save building and Ubuntu box. Next week. So -- ultimately up to."

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" Last week we promised you an introduction of windows seven Taka about what's good what's exciting about joining us today the legendary mister Roger -- and like myself. Actually do we love when I love windows seven it's everything with Vista should have bad. I like windows seven isn't so much that it is a definite and not just a little bit but. Quantify believe it's a whole lot better than this. Yet so. We've talked about another play Iraq are about other places like Vista is pretty much I think failed from a marketing standpoint they're never going to resurrect that name no matter how solid it's gotten. So Microsoft is pressing on windows ever actually some really good things -- if you have Vista hardware which runs fifty. A lot of folks are running it on net books and seem to be happy -- snappy as fast it is clean. And instantly what is when Vista beta so windows seven beta windows seven is essentially the next iteration of the windows operating system. It's basically cleaned up operating system and Microsoft released a beta of it."

" to the public said he just had to sign up registry can download tonight so burnout the disk and install it on your machine hopefully you've already done that like we told you to last me. It's probably no longer available what I'm watching this it's actually pretty straightforward you have all the same settings and he can do user account controls that are this -- the control panel. Is similar but it's actually. A lot more polished. Includes a couple of features that them. I thought it was nice initially when you look off to the last few to have this kind of being include G. And Bob sidebar that at all a bunch of text. You know the classic mode of the regular mode you choose one of the giants sidebar of the past or just sit there now it's contextualize is just like this little button control panel home micro climatic and click on any of these. I still get that but now it's not you know three quarters or actions -- a ghost of screen -- exactly it's not a quarter of the screen and you know when you look edit it doesn't seem like much but when you have a bunch of windows open stuff that makes a lot more. It's not just sense but just a lot more eyeballs cleaner exactly. -- filled with a bunch of -- so. We're looking at the libraries which essentially are virtual folders. The thing to understand about them being virtual and all is that unlike a normal folders you can actually -- it in many ways just like the my documents folder. That you have in windows you can assign it to a different drive you can send it to a different fuller. Except except. You have to drag everything into the my -- useful exactly itself pointer which is great that's the virtual park and in the -- is it allows you this kind of flexibility that you didn't have before a senate trying to shuffle. You know have to gig worth of you know MP threes in music or -- I -- older you're my music folder the network folder out on the your home network. Versus the one that's in the work office space. You now just say I want that folded -- it doesn't do anything it just points to it so every time. If you need that folder every time people -- pictures page or not pictures it's pictures folder it's that one picture this it. Now there's something called the device --"

" She's it's pretty -- going to the control panel you can basically look for like your hardware controls. -- should be there is hardware and sound. So devices and printers -- there at the top. And this is actually we will -- is the device stage a -- suffering massive delusions and the idea actually is pretty slick. Vendor supplied X you know basically Microsoft senate the next him and XML -- So vendors could provide a photo of the device access to its settings and capabilities or kids not a lot of these are out actually. For windows seven you might not have them I'm actually looking forward to play around this from the graphics cards if it's that there. But so if you right click on that again contextual menus where you can actually start playing around with it I did Israel have this big picture of your printer or your scanner or group net -- and devices all that. Windows touch is something else that's built into windows seven we have actually had him curiously around -- who have -- report. But imagine a multi touch and gesture computing built into every. We -- seven installation so if you want to basically move stuff around on the screen."

" You do need a touch screen however so you're looking at either one of those all -- ones right that was kind of like the the iMac where you can actually touch and can reduce the whole minority report thing I know where we may be able to borrow one. Or you can do it on I am assuming you can also do it on a tablet PC. Again something we -- get access to now you mentioned gaming. Unfortunately I know a little bit about it but I don't know as much as Garnet because that is kind of -- is step out cards that. Yeah I'm sure you've talked to the guys down and according to definitely put games on seven have they seen any kind of noticeable increase or decrease in you know frame raid or. The amount of."

" I can't be can tack on surely particularly game. Right now right now it's a beta product -- drivers are not mature so. Across the board it's not measuring up be either to Vista on the X -- right now if you're running the X figuring high end hardware you want to be running Vista and the extent as they work well together you're running like a step below that he would be running XP DX nine. And in neither case does does seven beta little to those yet. But they probably will -- this is gonna be immediately 2009 or 2010 release. I think -- should look or -- or some of the cool things they're doing in the interface they've improved game explorer considerably. Game explorer now has a text box and a lot of -- you'll see it's not filled but it has the text box where they can include. Publisher data on what the game is so if you're scrolling through the game you'll be able to see what that is. I especially like the they're building in the ability to update the game. Right out of game explores he's not gonna have to go to the web and what you -- looking around as long as a public supports it you'll be able to. Right click go to the menu click update it's gonna find the updates Patrick I think that's a really good usability feature. But. I mean from a gaming perspective do you use do you think it's seven is headed in the right or at least I didn't I really do actually like two reasons I think so first of all. My biggest it was interesting to see you guys talk about windows seven because of me the best our windows seven is when I turn on machine we get to the end of the blue routine. I don't have to sit there and watch the hard drive light to wait to know when I can use the machine it's ready to go. That to -- shows that snappy you know the operating system has gotten lighter it's much it's running faster I see the same thing in the USB performance it looks like -- really improving units -- So I think that overall it's going to be a better gaming. Platform down the --"

" Well you know it's kind of funny you mention Medicare is you know -- that there is kind of an aero effects typically even doing the transparency like that. When it was enabled on this laptop. If if if I moved it a little bit regular starter you give us senator and you literally wait a full second until you can do something else the fact that I can do this on my laptop. With transparency enabled. Speaks volumes they've taken the amount of kind of polishing -- The final question some of you might be asking is whether or not windows seven is for you and and if you should download and install the -- If you do not have a spare PC do not download this the last beta and put it on your machine. Don't recommended on any kind of mission critical machine if it's for work if it's for school that's for someone else don't do it give us your machine yet go ahead you don't need into the data on your laptop. Or a PC you can -- thing away and you can install it but do not. Pretend that when you have that you can use it for any length of time past August because it will time out. And you know if you're not that comfortable installing -- new operating system's been done just wait for the reviews and then make a command that. But coming up after the break how to get the best speeds on wireless broadband service. And is it possible to play PC -- without the CD-ROM. Inside the drive."

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" WiMax WiMax. I'm gonna binary PC with WiMax built in -- That's okay here's a bit WiMax is a great concept. Mobile WiMax. And probably going to happen fixed WiMax I ease of use with my notebook or home base station is probably going to happen in some areas. -- is basically like to WiMax efforts. Clear wire and Sprint's zone or zoom or XO HM resolve whatever it's called. And they're both. Me wolves was available in Baltimore. Clear while is is is his available in Portland involved and it's an all clear that because it equipment. -- market all of them to get all the different brands together into like a consortium year. So you know it at this point. We can talk about the business model and the emerging competition in the question three G verses. Forgy performance in the WiMax is fourteen but here's the here's -- out. If you want to be able to use it Chicago you're not buying one actually times right. Diss them it was not what can edit is there a case where he should do EV DO for now. And then let WiMax either mature or be bypassed this is one actually get White House what's gonna happen I it is really big question right the first -- the third the first step to the answer is. If he wants if you want to dump -- wired connection -- go wireless now. The video is really is only effective auction unless he happens the -- in Baltimore and never when he's outside of Baltimore except me beat Portland. So that's part one part two. Actually."

" Is how much and what do you consume every month because I happen to have what I understand -- grandfathered in spree the -- about. Dot dot dot now in every one offers cash -- not a particularly big deal if you're doing typical data and -- downloads. However if you say watch a ton of movies or rent a ton of movies on iTunes or Netflix suddenly back cap on your bandwidth is going to seem really really ugly. And the old words charges are not -- spray but could be like a horror pain means if you go several gigabytes overall and in other service. If -- still laughing because you today. Offer -- it they capture data they capture your candidate basically you're gonna hit yet you're gonna hit the cap -- keep letting you download and if you. If you you know if you downloaded a gigabyte and you'll be getting hammered with a really really ugly bill. So right now before anybody goes a -- don't my home connection need to look at. How much and with consuming a monthly basis. And that's kind of like your -- first absolutely. Your second step is yet know what dvd it was going to be a lot slower than DSL or cable it's it's it's going to be probably for most things from -- to DSL. What's -- doing huge file transfers -- you happened yet. Have -- been honking connection that your corporate servers that you you move huge amounts of into. Of those people stay wired for nobody else why -- is a great concept it's been just around the corner since 2004. And it's still just around the corner. Sassy and got the best reviews best information on the but you know he's of the PC mag dot com. And it like that he first he referred to Sprint's efforts which is like environment in elements -- yeah. As as the first potentially. National. WiMax network. But."

" Road to someplace paved with good intentions yes. Yes messages you don't want last email was when it comes from -- he seems to be an avid gamers as I've heard you can play PC games without the CD or dvd in the drive is this true and if so is there -- legal way I could do that that I could try. Well well. Sorry Eric I actually really the question the answer is generally know most games use the CD as a sort of copy protection -- and it's incorporated into all those. Various copy protection schemes that people get upset about the way the performances. -- there's an alternative you can use a service like steam or start impulse. And -- who has an online gaming distribution service and then you run the games through their client and of course there's no CD running or dvd drive but. You know the only other alternative. Not houses you know those. You know alcohol 120%. Which may be possible or crap necessary we don't want to talk about exactly actually -- unless you don't really gonna gonna wrote I mean. Did you want to play -- video game right understandably. Break -- player demo it and then behind the thing. Really seriously what we if it's a very legitimate complaint in the complaint is that is that the copy protections offered -- off the -- time is eating up cycles and and influencing the performance of the game and computers is very true lot of times probably negatively influencing -- physical to the and offering. Feature to feature. -- is online service you Steve I think Steve is actually -- fugitive there's a whole their argument about the future of gaming on PC we talked about it with -- seven -- mean the bigger problem for Microsoft is. How did they get back a hold of actually having gaming platform steam right now is the future you're not the -- I think you'll like it."

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Started discussion: February 5, 2009 @ 3:55pm GMT

Episode 74 - Windows 7 Rocks, Videogames Without the Disk [Discussion]

Dump your cable modem for WiMAX? iSquint, FeedFlix, Windows 7 Beta: better than Vista. HP MediaSmart Server vs. DIY = Windows Home Server Challenge.

Watch and download here.

curahee101
10 months ago

Game Jackal

Hey guys I just thought I would point out that Slysoft makes a program that lets you play games with out the CD as long as you have the CD to scan it in to the software. (sorry only for a windows machine).

http://www.slysoft.com/en/gamejackal.html

Phil
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Windshield
10 months ago
Did anyone else feel that this episode was faster paced than previous?
dojo44
10 months ago

Windows Home Server Add-Ins

I'd suggest showing a few of the community Add-Ins that have been created by developers for Windows Home Server. Microsoft provides an open SDK and some of the Add-Ins (Whiist, WSH Widget) are very cool.

Sites like mswhs.com, and www.wegotserved.co.uk are good places to find add-ins.
computoman
10 months ago
I thought that congress was going to enable a free wimax network?

It was good that it was said that w7 should not be used yet except as a lark and that the software will expire later this year. There have been major vulnerabilities found in w7 per Microsoft itself. So use at your own risk. One also gets the idea that you only be able to Microsoft approved software for w7 to work right. There is good authority that w7 is vista repackaged. You do not just do a whole new os in a blink of an eye. You still need all the protection software which will surely hamper performance to a degree. I still can not see wasting 10 gigabytes (not including any application software) of space for what linux can do in one gigabyte or at most two with all the fancy stuff.

Anyone can get a free dvd set of limited time Windows Home Server from Microsoft via the snail mail without having to download all three dvd/cd's and waste bandwidth. At least I was able to. So far Windows Home Server has dismally competed against linux. File transfer speeds are less that one half of what a lesser linux server can do. That was without adding the needed virus and other protection software required on a mswindows network on the whs. Doing automatic backups on linux are a piece of cake and can be set up via the gui. We have gone one step further and used thin clients with our server, so no data backup from clients is needed at all. The server needs back up though even with raid. Backup can be done to dvd, blue ray, or better. There is a way to attach thin clients to whs, but you would need a machine with dramatically more horsepower than what linux requires and you have to pay for extra terminal server licensing from what I understand. We have even used mythbuntu to stream media to diskless thin clients and even watch tv. Thin clients are a fraction of the cost of a ps3 or xbox360, but you can use them like a computer to even play games also.

I want a G1 phone so bad I can taste it. My brother has an iphone.

Interesting links:
http://dailycupoftech.com/windows-backup-with-rsync-and-freenas/
http://www.freenas.org/
http://islandinthenet.com/2008/07/30/ba ... d-freenas/

http://www.homeserverhacks.com/

mediasmart
http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2009/01/09/how-to-unlock-the-ex487-bios/
http://forum.wegotserved.co.uk/index.ph ... entry25854
http://www.homeautomation-direct.com/blog/?p=59
http://www.redmondpie.com/hp-mediasmart ... -download/
http://www.pedroinnecco.com/2008/05/whs-linux/
http://samuel.thollander.net/projects/l ... -hp-ex470/
http://www.mediasmartserver.net/forums/ ... .php?t=657
http://www.intechnews.com/2008/01/03/hp ... -vault-hp/
davmoo
10 months ago
In reply to computoman:
It was good that it was said that w7 should not be used yet except as a lark and that the software will expire later this year. There have been major vulnerabilities found in w7 per Microsoft itself. So use at your own risk.


That's why it's clearly labeled "beta", folks. Anyone who doesn't understand the term and installed it anyway deserves to have problems for being effing stupid.


In reply to computoman:
There is good authority that w7 is vista repackaged.


Of course it is repackaged and updated Vista. As you also point out, you can't rewrite eleventybillion lines of code in a year or two. Personally I wish Balmer of Borg would hold off another year and make sure it gets released 'right' instead of 'fast'. But this is Balmer we're talking about here, so its not going to happen. He's gonna push 7 out the door just as fast, if not faster, than he kicked Vista to the street.

I know you get tired of me harping on this, but...

In reply to computoman:
You still need all the protection software which will surely hamper performance to a degree.


No, you don't need that crap. What you do need is an intelligence level higher than a rock such that you practice safe surfing habits. All you need is a decent router/firewall, and that's just as true if you're running OSX or Linux. If my mom can run without all that protection crap software and not get a virus, anyone can.


In reply to computoman:
I want a G1 phone so bad I can taste it. My brother has an iphone.


As you've probably read elsewhere, I picked up an iPhone last week to play with. Its neat, and I have to admit its well designed (although its on a suck-ass network, but that's not a hardware issue, and unlocking takes care of that little problem anyway) except for maybe poor bluetooth support. But I still don't think its the Second Coming, and I will not be giving up my EnV2 or Verizon any time in the near future.
Smeerkaas
10 months ago
Where can I get Roger's shirt? Well, not Roger's shirt, but one just like it :D

The one with the 'OMG WTF' and such in a eye chart kinda way.
computoman
10 months ago
You can easily make your own with software and printable iron-ons.... We did our company logos that way.
subwayfox
10 months ago
I am looking forward to next weeks ubuntu media server set up. I've been looking around for where to set one of those up.

If you have a ubuntu media server can you set it up to also be able to send media to windows machines?
spikethechemist
10 months ago

wi max

I'm not sure if what I'm running is the same wimax that you are talking about. I live in a semi rural area of Kentucky my house is about a mile outside of the coverage area for cable and three miles from DSL. My options were dial-up (12k on a good day) or satellite internet (too expensive for what you get).

Three years ago a company called "Kentucky WImax" came in and installed TX/RX on the local water towers. I have an TX/RX the size of a dinner plate on my roof. Even though my house is miles from the city i have line of sight to the towers.
I'm getting 2.3M down and 600k up. It is good for just about anything but streaming large videos.
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