TECHIE TERMS - Add & Ask

Sofa_Sogood

gizmoleeds wrote:

It would work but it isn't really necessary. On most computers IE will save every web page you visit on the hard disk (tip: this is a major cause of unneccesary hard disk space usage)

The history tip should work and be easier.

Many thanks again gizmoleeds.

I'm not sure if it's the same for everyone (or if I'm really so bad, but on I.E. the history only lasts 3 weeks?? ) Not that I need longer to keep/save the pages , I just wondered if anyone got longer than 3 weeks in their history?

Sorry for the delay btw; I get sidetracked everytime I visit the forum

But as I said - thanks again

P.S. I usually c+p interesting posts by sweeping over the posts - and pasting them to notepad. Is this just as good as? Bearing in mind a lot what gets copied can be smilies and profiles?

Sorry to take up your time ...

tigermatt

Stumpy wrote:

Well, its says at the top about MP4 - was that a mistake? Or is there something called MP4? And if so, what is it?!

I think iPods :mad: use MP4 to compress the music. This is why it is of such bad quality and I don't like them.

tigermatt

Sofa_Sogood wrote:

Many thanks again gizmoleeds.

I'm not sure if it's the same for everyone (or if I'm really so bad, but on I.E. the history only lasts 3 weeks?? ) Not that I need longer to keep/save the pages , I just wondered if anyone got longer than 3 weeks in their history?

Sorry for the delay btw; I get sidetracked everytime I visit the forum

But as I said - thanks again

P.S. I usually c+p interesting posts by sweeping over the posts - and pasting them to notepad. Is this just as good as? Bearing in mind a lot what gets copied can be smilies and profiles?

Sorry to take up your time ...

I keep my history for 20 days, after which it will be removed automatically. Before, I used to have a setup where history was deleted as soon as I closed IE, but I have changed this now because it was a pain when you forgot a website address or something and couldn't look back in History to find it. :xmassign:

Ross_Brown_2

tigermatt wrote:

I think iPods :mad: use MP4 to compress the music. This is why it is of such bad quality and I don't like them.

Not followed every element of this thread (bad, I know) but your comment isn't strictly correct.

iTunes is the software that organises the music that goes onto your iPod and it can handle - from memory - MP3, AIFF, Apple Lossless and AAC files. AAC (Advanced Audio Codec) is occasionally referred to as MP4, probably as (I believe) it's based on the fourth layer of the MPEG-2 codec used in video. This makes sense (to me at least!), as MP3 is the third layer of the MPEG-1 codec (ie, in both cases it's the "bit" that takes care of the sound).

AAC/MP4 is a much better codec than MP3, in that a song sampled at 96Khz MP4 will sound much better than one sampled at, say, 128KHz MP3. My entire music library (35k or so songs) are encoded, in the main, at 320KHz AAC and I'd challenge anyone to tell the difference between them and the original CD tracks - there's no discernible difference through my surround sound system, let's put it that way!

If you're concerned about audio quality, then you can put Apple Lossless or (if you're on a Mac) AIFF formats into iTunes and therefore onto your iPod. I don't think either of these compress the song in the slightest, so you're getting CD-quality sound. That said, you're also going to get a file that's 8 times bigger than an AAC file and it would probably take an oscilloscope to tell the difference in quality!

2p added, back to browsing,
Ross

bfishwick

Can anyone tell me are barebone systems a better option than a tower system pc???? i have a laptop already and want to add a newer system to replace my old pc, i have loked at other systems but most come with monitor and keyboard, which i dont really need!!
What , generally do i need to buy extra once i have bought the barebone pc unit,???
The main factor in considering buying a barebone system is the size of the unit, as they are a lot smaller than the normal tower units, and space is an issue for me.

Ross_Brown_2

A barebones system isn't necessarily smaller than a full tower - all "barebones" means is (usually) the box, possibly a motherboard and a power unit. You have to provide your own chip (Intel or AMD), RAM, graphics/sound cards (though these could be built into a motherboard), network card (ethernet and/or modem) etc etc.
Barebones systems are what geeks (such as myself!) would buy if they wanted a new PC and, from the tone of your message, I'm not sure if one would be right for you because not only do you have to choose all the "bits" to go inside - but you need to know the bits you've chosen will work with each other!
That said, with a bit of help from a friendly PC shop (NOT PC WORLD - I REPEAT NOT PC WORLD) to ensure you get the right "bits", it's quite fun building your own PC, extremely rewarding and ensures you get a machine that is specified to do exactly what you want it to do.

Ross

Omertron

As Ross Brown has said, you have to be comfortable with building a pc for you to go for a bare bones system. Having said that, if you can install a hard drive, some RAM and a CPU you should be able to get a cheap barebones system up and running quite easily. The advantage of a barebone system is that they usually come with a motherboard installed, so you just need to add the other components such as memory, hard disk and CPU. A decent barebones system should cost less than £270...

BioStar iDEQ 210V (£100), AMD 3000+ CPU (£50), Hard drive 120Gb (£50), 512Mb RAM (£50), DVD R/W (£20).

As the BioStar has onboard graphics and sound, you don't need the expense of a graphics card or sound card. This system should be perfectly adequate for general use (I.E. no new games). Having said that, you can add a graphics card to the machine if needed.

Ross_Brown_2

To join in the mutual appreciation society with Omertron (why am I so dull to always use my real name for these forums!?) - that's not a bad little machine for the price and I'd recommend getting your "bits" from either https://www.cclonline.com or https://www.aria.co.uk (I'm not affiliated with either, just found both to be good prices for good stuff and - if you get stuck (before you buy!) - they're happy to dish out useful information to you).

At time of writing, both have the BioStar iDEQ 210V at approx. £110, the CPU for about £60, the SATA HD you'll require for £50, the RAM for £60 and the DVD R/W for £20, so the prices are broadly in line with m'learned friend's quotes.

But before you even THINK of buying the bits to put together into a "box" email whoever you're buying from and ask them to confirm everything's suitable (is it the right RAM for example?). There's nothing to lose from admitting ignorance; I'm a geek but I always ask for someone geekier than me to confirm I'm not about to commit an expensive mistake.

Good luck with the build!

Ross

loopy_lass

er so how do i get mp4 to play on me comp then?

loops

Darksun

loopy_lass wrote:

er so how do i get mp4 to play on me comp then?

loops

Download Quicktime or Quicktime Alternative.