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The quest for a sound proofed PC
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14 The making of: Hobbyist home studio

Part 1: Committing ideas to analogue and digital
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AMD's Spider pIatform new Alienware PCand more
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most noble of intentions; "this year will be different" wethink, I
will follow through on my resolutions," we say.

Whether you resolve to drop a few holiday pounds, quit Smoking,
make more time for family and friends organize your business
recelpts, digital or analogue photo collection, your digital audio or
video library or whatever resolutions (or at least my resolutions)
lnvariably seem to fall by the wayside. They are forgotten in the
first few weeks of the New Year, never to be considered again
save perhaps inthe Countdown to the next New Year.
This year will be different.
No, serlously.
I'm going to succeed by making resolutions I know I can stick with.
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they don't recognize or that they have to search around for
software in order to open. Of course, that means I won't use the
.docx file format in the Iatest Microsoft Word. However, it also
means I won't be sending the .abw default document fiIe name in
the open source Abiword, nor will I send .odt files. Noone wants
to hear open source evangellsm when they're trying to figure out
why an attachment won't open. Instead I'll just send rtf (lieh text
format) files and let the rest sort itself out. People can go wlthout
flashing rainbow marquees around text, company logos that have
never been optimized for use as digital letterhead and so, push
the fiIe size of a one-page document past 1MB. They don't need to
see Word Art" or any of the other embelishments that make
documents look more like a rejected CompuServe home page at
the beginning of the dotcom days.
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to run concurrently over my lunch hour. This will have the added
benefit of forcing meto take a lunch hour as my office PCwill be
essentially unusable while the scans are running. Canceling out
scans is not wise but working with a Computer while it's running a
virus scan is out of the question.
75--22: I will stop using the star function of Gmall just so

I can feel like I've taken the appropriate steps with an email
message. while I'm at lt, I may (or may not, this isn't a resolution
so much as it is a vague hope) start clearing out and dealing with
the piles of old and in many cases unread email messages in my
inbox. 8,177 unread at the time of wrlting. This unwieldy inbox is
the result of years worth of emails whose subject lines alone let
me know I don't need to read further along with a daily email
overload, sometimes as many as 250 messages in a day.
Fortunately, Gmall has been steadlly ramping up the amount of
storage accorded to each person. Mycurrent inbox size of
1717MB would have been around 90 per cent capacity six months
ago. Now it's a mere 30. Still, lt really needs a purge.
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Frur: I will flnally get a wide screen monitor for my

main home Computer. The productivity boost I've noticed using a
wide screen in the office deserves to be applied to home Iife as
well. lf nothing else, I can watch movies and play games inwide
screen. That's gotta be worth something.
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I will bite the bullet and pony up for a proper data
plan. Cell phone plans are pretty reasonably priced... in marketing
brochures. The truth ls however, unless you can justify in the
region of S100 per month for a usable data plan with a decent
amount of talk time as a business expense, they're just too
expensive. lf the iPhone ever does actually lofflclally) make lt to
Canada (at the time of writing, the Iatest rumoured date of
December 4 has come and gone), I'll want one as much or more
than then next person. But getting a usable data plan to take
advantage of all that Appley goodness puts the total cost of
ownership at over a grand a year. Yegodsl
311x: I will stop holding on to tech junk just because it
had a value at one point in time. More to the point perhaps, I'll
stop buylng tech junk just because it's got a price tag of S10
when 20 years ago, lt would have cost several thousand. Stuff like
aluminum attache cases holding a reeltoieel video tape recorder
(with cathode ray tube monitor) and an approxlmately eight tonne
portable video camera that attaches thereto. I'm a pack rat in
some ways. i'm not yet to the point that my apartment is
crammed to the ceiling with back issue magazines and
newspapers to the point that you can't even walk. Still, it's a
slippery slope.
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I will uninstall the Stumble Upon toolbar from
every PC I use. While it's glven meuntold leads and potential story
ideas, it's a productivity robber. Not to mention a sleep stealer. For
every interesting article that pops up detalling one man's theory
that, by the year 2050 in Massachusetts, people will be wed in
unholy matrimony with robots and that robot to non-robot sex will
come in to play well before that time
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there's three time sucking Flash games. For every interesting howto article, a dozen stupid cat pictures. For every Iatest and
greatest gadget shot there are 10 Dilbert, Calvin & Hobbes,
Cyanide and Happiness etc. comics of varylng hilarity.
Who am I kiddlng. You can't uninstall Stumble Upon...
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Monitor Extension VGA Cable Shield 6'/10'/15/25'... 12/15/19/25 Pioneer DVR-112D dual Iayer 18XDVI>1RW w/software .......33.9
Monitor VGA Cable Shield 6'/10/15/25.................... 12/15/19/25 Pioneer DVR-212D SATA 18XDVD1RIN D.L. w/software ......33.9
DVI Cable For Digital Monitor 6'/10'/15'/25....
...15/22/29/35 Plextor PX-800A18xDVDtRW w/sofiware .......
...79.9
9 Pin Serial Cable 6 FT F/F Straight/cross.....
......9.99/9.99 Plextor PX-810SA 18xDVDtRW w/soljware .........................89.9
9 Pin Serial Cable 6 FT Extension F/M ......
Samsung SH-S203B 20xDVDtRW Dllal-layer w/soflware....30.9
USB 2.0 To IDE (3.5" 8. 2.5) Adaptor ...............
Samsung SH-S203N Litescribe SATAZtJxDVDiRW D.L.. ....33.9
USB 2.0 To S-ATA+IDE (3.5" 8. 2.5) Adaptor
Sony AW-Q170A Dual Iayer 18xDVDilRW software...............32.9
S-Video Cable 6Ft........................................... ..
Sony AW-GWiOS S-ATA 18xDVDtRW {iD.L.w/sofIware..........34.9
40/80 Pin IDE Data Cable
Blank CD Writable/Rewritable ...........................
0.29/1.9
80 Pin Round IDE Data Cable
........13.99
Ritek Ridata 80Min 700MB so Pack Retail box..
Parallel Port Printer Cable ............
Precision 4xDVD-R 4.7G 25Pack Retall Box......
....e99
Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable ......
Ritek Ridata DVD-R 8X/Printable...... * .......
o.39/.5o
Ritek Ridata Dua Layer 8.56 .....
SeriaI_ATA (SATA) Power Cable
......3.99
KVM 3-in-1 6 Cable ..........:..........................
Rltek Ridata 6XDVD-RW..............................................2.49
KVM Switch maual 2 Port/4 Port wlo cable ......
KEYBOARD/MMSE
Digital KVM Switch HotKey w/cable 2/4port.....
......................s5.99/a.99
Keyboard p s 2 /Multimedia .......... L
EUSSO UKS8204-D0 4 port USB KVM Switch.
_Fujitsu Keyboard 8729/4726.........
EUSSO UKS8104-RO 4 port KVM Stackable....
Logitech Deluxe 250 USB Keyboard
Logitech lntemet 350 USB Keyboard..."
Logitech Multimedia Keyboard/Blackfilw.
34.99
Logitech Premium desktop(KB.+wireI
Logitech Deluxe 250 Desktop Combo B + Mouse).......18.
L I P B R A D E S P E C I A L 5 9 8 . 99
Logitech Optical Wheel Mouse.........
Free Installation
Logitech G5 Laser Gaming Mouse:...,
ECS Goal3+ Mainboard + Sempron 3000+ CPU
10/100Mb LAN/S-ATAJG-Channel 3D Audio
SIS 3D Video O/B (Open PCI-E Video card Slot)
Logitech .Cordless Keyboard + OpticallMouse ...................399
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15
Sempron AM2 3400/3600+ ................._ ........................546.9/54.9

AMD Athlon64x2 4000/4200/4600/4800 ......75.9/e4.9/99.9/1o9.9
Athlon64x2 5200/5600/6000/6400......132.9/152.9/169.9/194.9"
CeIeron-S775 3.2G/3.46G ...........................................54.9/68.9
Pentium/I Dual-core 3.4G(945) 4M Cache
.........189.9
Pentium Dual core E2140(1.6G)/E2180(1.8G).... ......74.9/94.9
Core2Duo E4400(2.0G)/4500(2.2G).........................129.9/129.9
Core 2 Duo E6320(1.86G)/E6420(2.13G)....
......186.9/218.9
Core 2 Duo E6600(2.4G)/E6550(2.33G)......
. .....248.9/176.9
Core 2 Duo E6750(2.66G)/E6850(3.0G). ... ..
......198.9/279.9
Core 2 Quad Q6600(_2.4G)/QX6850(3.0G)..
....279.9/1018.9
PC133 SDRAM 128/256/512M........................19.9/35.9/54.9
PC433 SDRAM 16 Chips 128/256M.........................24.9/37.9
DDR PC3200 256/512M/1.0G.............................14.9/29.9/49.99

Transcend DDR2 PC5400 512M/1.0G/2.0G. ......16.9/24.99/59.9
OCZ DDR PC3200 1G(2x512M)Dualchannel kit................ ..69.9
OCZ DDR2-667mhz PC5400 1G dual-Channel kit..
OCZ DDR2-800Mhz PC6400 2G dual channel kit..
..89.9
OCC PC6400 2.0G Gold edition Dual-Channel kit ................94.9
Kingston PC3200 256/512M/1.0G.........................26.9/38.9/68.9
Kingston PC5300 DDR2 512M/1G ..............................21.9/29.9
Transcend DDR2-800Mhz PC6400 2.0G Dual-Channel Kit..64.9
Transcend JF130 High speed USB Falsh Drive 2/4G...29.9/59.9
Transcend JF185 High speed USB Falsh Drive 2/4G....34.9/64.9
USB2.0 Flash Drive 1G/2G/4G/8G.............9.99l17.99/32.9/69.9
.....29.99
Apacer MP3 Player 1G w/SD expansion slot...
Creative Labs MUVO MP3 Pla er 2.0G ........................._.29.99
Canon A460/A550/A560...............................S139.9/169.9/179.9
Canon A570is/A650is/720is ............................198.9/458.9/239.9
Canon SD40/SD750/SD850is........................374.9/279.9/329.9
Canon SD1000/S5is/G9.................................228.9/419.9/509.9
Canon Camcorder DC210/DC230/DC50... ........369/459/699.9
Canon camcorder ZR800lHR10/HG100 .........279/1 099/1019
Casio EX-S880lEX-Z777/Z1080................ ..269.9/209.9/269.9
Casio EX-Z1200/EX-V8.. . .........
...............358.9l299.9
Olympus FE210/FE240/FE280.......................134.9/284.9/179.9
Olympus S790lS820/S1200/SP550......289.9l269.9/329.9/419.9
Olympus E410/E410K2/E510K .............................459/669.9/659
....159.9/219/459
Sony DSCS700IDSCW55/DSCT200..
.369.9/189.9/369
Sony DSCH7/DSCW35/DSCN2..........
.. .
............24.9/29.9
Compact Flash 1G/2G............... .
Compact Flash 75x 2G/4G .......................................32.9/64.9
Compact Flash 120x 2.0G/4.0G/8.0G............36.9l82.9/119.9
....27.9/38.9/65.9
Memory stick Pro Duo 1.0G/2.0G/4.0G.....
Micro Memory Stick(M2) 1G/2G/4G......................34.9/48.9/72.9
Micro Secure Digital 1.0G/2.0G/4G/6G........16.9/26.9/58.9/99.9
Kingston 2.0G SD card & Memory card reader Combo kit..29.99
(works w/SD, MMC, MMCplus MIniSD, RS-MMC, MMCmobile)
klngston SDMMC,MiniSD MioroSD RS-MMC card reader..9.99
(works w/SD, MMC, MMCplus MIniSD, RS-MMC, MMCmobile)
Secure digital 1.0G/2.0/4.0G..............................'..15.9/_24.9l35.9
Secure digital 80x 512/1.0G. .....
.........19.9/22.9
Secure digital 150x 2.0l4.0G1....

.....40.9/69.9
Secure digital Mini 1.0G/2.0G....
.....19.9/32.&
XD-Picture Card 1.0G/2.0G............... ........................34.9/49.9
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AMD Sempron64 3400+l36O+
AMD Sempron64 3400+/3600+
5449/459
5489/499
AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+I4800+
AMD AthIon64 X2 4200+l4800+
5799/829
5629/659
AMD AthIon64 X2 4000+/4200+
5529/549
3499/519
AMD Athlon64 X2 52004456004
AMD Athlon64 X2 520014560045679/699
5849/869
5569/589
AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+/5200+
5539/559
AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+/6400+
5889/939
5719/769
AMD Athlon64 X2 5600+/6000+
5579/599
AMD Athlon64 X2 5600+/6000+
Asus M2N-MX SE Motherboard
Asus M2NBP-VM CSM Motherboard
Asus M2N-E SLI AM2 Mainboard
Asus M2N-X AM2 Mainboard
(nForoe430,SATA RAID)
(NVIDIA Business Platform 430B. RAID, Dual Channel)
(NVIDIA nForce 5 SLI, RAID, Dual Channel)
(NVIDIA nForce 5. RAID, Dual Channel)
Transcend 2GB DDR2-800 Dual Channel Kit
PC5400 2.0G DDR2-667Mhz RAM
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80GB 7200RPM S-ATA 8M Hard drive
160GB SATA2 8M cache hard drive
500GB 7200RPM SATA2 16MB Hard Drive
320GB S-ATA2 16M Hard Drive
AII-In-One Memory_Card Reader

nVIDIA Quadro NV21OS Graphics/DVI O/B
nvidia GF6100 Video Card O/B
nVIDIA GF8600GT Wdeo wl256M DDR3/DVI
nVidia GF8400GS Video wl256M/DVI
Pioneer 18xDVDtRW Dual Layer Drive
gi LG H55N 20xDVDtRW Dual Layer Drive
LG H55N 20xDVDtRW Dual Layer Dnve
LGH55N 20xDVDtRW Dual Layer Drive i
8-Channel 7.1 Sound Card O/B
6 Channel 5.1 Sound Card OIB
PS/2 Keyboard
Logitech Deluxe 250 desktop combo
PS/2 Keyboard
PS/2 Keyboard
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(Keyboard + Optical Wheel Mouse)
Logitech Optical Wheel mouse
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17' P4-ATX USB2.0-Front Case
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17" P4ATX USBZO-Front Case
10/100/Mb Ethernet O/B
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Gigabit Ethemet8t1394 Firewire O/B
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10/1OOMb Ethemet O/B
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Altec Lansing VS3251 5.1 Speakers w/Remote
\fibe 2.1 Speakers w/ Subwoofer
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19' LG L196WTY Wide Screen LCD
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19" LG L196WTY VWde Screen LCD' '
19" LG L196W|'Y Wide Screen LCD
5000:1. Dual Analog/Digital) i j (1440x900 2ms. 5000:1. Dual Analog/Digital)
2ms.
(1J440x900
(1440x90O 2ms, 5000:1, Dual Analm/Qigital)
(1440x900 2ms, 5999g Dual Analo
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M2AMVP/M2A-VM-HDMI........................................99.9/87.9
M2A-VM-B/M2AVM ......................................74.9/78.9
.. ....
...1099
(AM2) MZN-E
(AM2) M2NESLl/M2N-LR ...............................99.9l238.9
....82.9/69.9
ASUS (AM2) M2N-MX/M2N-MX SE.
.......149.9
ASUS MZN-SLI-Deluxe.... .................
.78.9I94.9
ASUS MZN-X/MZNPV-VM ...................................
............94.9
ASUS AM2 MZNBP-VM/Cswoorperate edition)
....209.9l189.9
ASUS M2N32-SLI-Premium/M2N32SLI-WE..
....224.9I134.9
ASUS M2N32-WS-Pro/M2R32-MVP.
........69.9l89.9
Asus M2V-MX/M2V...........................
....109.9/244.9
ASUS M3NM3A32-MVP-WF........................
.79/69.9/149.9
ASUS P53D2-X/P5VD2-MX-SE/P5B-Plus..
....104.9/104.9
ASUS PSB-VMSE/PSB-SE.........................
....239.9I129.9
ASUS P5E/P5E-VMD0...............
....114.9/219.9
ASUS P5K-SE/P5K-Premiurn-WF.....
............168.9/239.9
ASUS P5K-E-WF/P5K3-DX-WF........
..144.9/149.9/224.9
ASUS PSK/PSK-V/PSK-WS.......
........244.9I169.9
ASUS P5K64-WS/P5K-ElWF....
......84.9/134.9
ASUS P5L-MX/P5N-E-SLI....,..............
229.9/229.9
ASUS P5NTWS/P5N32-SLI-Premium.
ASUS P5N32-SLI-Premium.......................................229.9
204.9I248.9
ASUS P5N32ESLI Plus/P5W64-WS-Pro...
1949/2899
ASUS P5W-DH-DeluxelPwDGz-WS-Pro.
ASUS Striker NF680i SLI .......................................316.9
ECS 945GZT-M/945P-A(3.0)..........................
Foxconn 760GXK8MC-RSIK8M89D-M2MA....
Foxconn 946GZ7MA-8KS2H...................................59.9
............79
PC Partner 915PAS7-A47 I915 chipset Firewarei.
144/115
Gigabyte GA965P-DS3IS3.......
.......159.9
Gigabyte GAP35-D_S3R ..............................
......124/209
Gigabyte GAM57SLl-S4/GAM595SLI-S5...
125/1599
MSI P35-NEO-F/965 Platlnum............
MSI K9N-Diamond/K9N-SLI-Platium ..................................199/145
ASUS
ASUS
ASUS
ASUS
MONITOR
Acer LCD 17" AL1716FB/AL1717BBMD ..............S189.9/188.9
..214.9/199.9
Acer 19" LCD AL1916ABI1916WAB
Acer 20" AL2017BMD/AL2016W...............................235/205.9
.............
Acer 20" Ferrari F20 800:1 8ms DVI w/speaker............449.9

Acer 22" X223WBD ..........................................................265.9
Acer 24" AL2416WD/26 AL2616WD.....................394.9/595.9
Acer LCD TV 42" AT4220A 1366x768 8ms DVI..............1399
Daytek LCD Touch Screen 15"/17.............................599/769
..1479/1649
Daytek DM-42AlDT4660.............................
..........189.9
KDS 19 K-92BW 500:1 5ms Vtfide Screen.
...219.9
KDS 20' K20MDWB 1000:1 5ms ....... .......
Z499
KDS 22" K22MDWB 70021 2ms DVI.....
...479.9
KDS 24" K-24MDWB ..................................
...189.9
LG 17' L1752TX 1600:1 8ms Analog/DVI..
...204.9
LG L1753TX Analog/Digital 5ms 2000:1 .............
...249.9
LG 19" L1900J 3000:1 2ms LED Backlight DVI..
...219.9
LG 1918s 1280x1024dpi 8ms..............................
LG 1953T Dual Analog/Digital 5ms 2000:1................. ...224.9
LG 19' L194WTX W.scr_een 5ms 2000:1 VGNDVI.........199.9
LG_ 19' L196WTY 2ms 5000:1 VGA/DVI Tllt. Swlvel.......204.9
LG 20" L206Wl'Y 1680x1050 2ms 3000:1.................... 2 5 9 9
LG. 226001722 1080x1050 2ms 3000:1 TiILSwivel....294.9
LG L245WP 24'1920x1200 8Ms 1000:1 HDMI................589.9
Samsung 17" 720N LCD 600:1 8ms.................................194.9
Samsung 19' 931BW .......................................................224.9
Samsung LCD 931C ................................................274
...219.9
Samsung LCD 940B WAnalog/DVI 6ms 700:1...
......239.9
Samsung LCD 20' 205BW w/HAS 6ms 700:1....
......304.9
Samsung LCD 22' 225BW 5ms 70021 .. ....... . ....
.........S1439
Samsung LCD 24 244T 1000:1 6ms........
...189.9l235.9
WewSonic 17" VA1703WB/19" VA903B....
...208.9/218.9
ViewSonic 19" VA1903WBNA1912WB.....
ViewSonic LCD 19" VP930NG1930WM..................... 348/249
WewSonic LCD 19" VX1945WMNX2035WM ............285/269
ViewSonic LCD VG203OWMNP213OB ................279.9/615.9
ViewSonic LCD 22" VX2235WM...........................299.9
ViewSonic 24" VX2435WM..............................................688.9
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CNet 10/100Mb Switch 5/8/16 Port............................S22/32/69

Impression 10/10OMb Ethernet Card..............................9.9
..29.99
Belkin Wirelees e 54Mb PCI Ethernet Adapter...
...44.9
Belkin wlrele -G 54Mb Router....i....
NovaTech Wreless-G 54Mb Router..........................44.9
NovaTech wireless-G 54Mb USB/PCMCIA ................29.9/29.
Planet wirelesssG 54Mb Ethernet? PCI/PCMCIA........24.9/29.9
Planet 10/100Mb Switch 5/8 Port ..j..............................24.9/34.9
Planet PL-20}I 85Mb Power Ilne Ethernet Adapter...............59.9
...36.9
Planet_4 PortiRouter wl Hardware Firewall.............
..58.9
D-Link wireless DI-524 Router 802.116 54Mb...
D-Link WireIessG WBR-2130 Rotyifter 108Mb.................69.9
D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme N wireless Gigabit Router... ...134.9
D-Link DWA542 wireless-N Rangebooster PCI .............84.9
.....53
D-Link DWL-G630 54Mb PCMClAjuLAN Wireless..
...49.9
D-Link wireless LAN PCI DWL-GSHO 54Mb...........
......58.9
D-Llnk wireless LAN PCI DWL-G5l20 108Mb.....
........59
D-Link wireles LAN PCMCIA DWlll-G650 108Mb..
107..9
D-Iink 24 Port DES-1024D......................................
49/78
D-Llnk Switch 8 port DSS8+/16 port DSS16+...
Linksys WRT54G 54Mb wireless G router.....................68.9
Linksys wireless PCI card WMP54GNVMP54GR ......
Linksys WMP54GS Speed Boost wireless PCI ca
..
Linksys WUSB54G wireless USB card ............

Linksys WPC54G wireless PCMCIA card.......
Linksys WRT54G 54Mb wireless G router.......
Linksys WRT150N wireless -N Router............
Linksys WRTBOON wireless -N Router...............
Linksys WMP300N wireless -N PCI Adapter..........
Linksys WUSKB300N wireless -N USB Adapter......
Linksys WPCBOON wireless -N PCMCIA .ter......
PowerData PCI Sound Card 3.1/5.1 .............................514/16

.......29.9
Creative SB Audigy SE 7.1 ...................
...49.9
Creative SB X-Fl Xtreme Sound.................
....79.9
Creative SB X-Fl Xtreme Audio retail box....
.-.99.99
Creative SB X-Fl Extreme Gamer . ...................
.....134.9
Creative SB X-Fl Extreme Gamer Fatality Pro. .
.....178.9
Creative SB X-Fl Platinum Fatality Champion . .. .
11.916
Vibe 2.1 Speaker with subwoofer/Z pc Speaker........
Altec Lansing VS3251 5.1 Spk. w/wireless remote.............54.9
Altec Lansing FX4021/FX5051/FX6021.................129/219/215
Logitech Z5500 ....................................................299.9
Logitech X540/X240 ..................................................78.99l38.9
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STORAGE
IDE (ParaIIeI-ATA) 7200RPM Hard drive with 8MB buffer cache:
80G/160G/250/320G ...............................S47.99/57.9l69.9/84.9
lDE(ParalIeI-PATA)7200rpm Hard drlve with 16MB buffer cache:
3206/5006. ...............................................................89.9/114.9
......47.9/57.9/71.9
SATA 8M 80G/160G/250G....
....77.9/84.9/114.9
SATA 16M 250/320/5006 ........... ..
......154.9/194.9
WD Rapter 10000rpm 74/1506...
SCSI Hard Drive.....................................................................caII
PCI-E 256M EAH 240OPro/2600Pro.................562.9/99.9
PCI-E EAH3870 w/512M/HTDP/DVI/TV-out .............259.9
EAH2900XT 512M 512bit PCI-E Dual DVI ..............429.9
PCI-E Silent 256M EN8500GT/8600GT..........99.99/134.9
Asus ENBBOOGTS 320/640M........................
Asus
Asus
Asus
Asus
102 9
128.9 Asus 768M EN8800GTX/8800Ultra
......85.9 ATI Radeon 9550 w/TV-out/DVl/256M.....
..99.9 ATI X1650Pro TV-out DVI PCI-E 512M......
.
......99.9 ATI X1650Pro AGP TV-put DVI 256/512M...................89.9/99.9
... ..118.9 ATI X1600XT Ultimate PCI-E 256M DDR3 DVI...................99.9
Netgear WNR834B WirelessN Router.............
......54.9 ATI X1950Pro PCI-E DDR3DVI 256M/512M..............154/169
Netgear Gigabit Switch 4 port GS605NA.........
...78.9 ATI X195OXT PCI-E 256MVlV0DVI ..............................209
Netgear Gigabit Switch 8 port GS6D8NA.........
......79.9 ATI HD2600Pro AGP8x DVI 512M......
Netgear 10/10OMB Switch 16 port FS116NA...
..128.9
Cable Assembly 3/6/10 .............................................4/5/6 ATI HD2600Pro PCI-E DVI w/audio 256/512M .........94.9/96.9
...9/14/19/24 ATI HD2600XT PCI-E DVI w/audio 256/512M.........118.9/138.9
Cable Assembly 25/50/75/100ft ..
............ 9/12/15/75 ATI X2900XT 512M ..........................................................409.9
CAT5e Cable50/75/1n n o
;
......248.9
ATI HD3870 512M DDR4/DVIfN-out......
...........S79.9/129.9/189.9 eVGA AGP 6200 AGP8x 128M TV-out .........
Brother 240Cl4l4OCN/465CN..........
....... 39.9
...58.9/108.9/164.9/294.9 eVGA AGP 6200 AGP8x 256M TV-out DVI..................... 54.9
Canon lP1400/3500/4500/IP90.....
Canon IP6700 /Pro9000/Pro9500.................. 199.9/579.9/859.9 eVGA PCI-E 7200GS TV-out. DVI 128M/256M ......... 449/599
Large format I F5100/W6400/lPF8000.... .....2129/3719/5899 eVGA PCI-E 256M 7300GT/7600GS.........................65.9/94.9
Large Fonnat lPF500/lPF610/IPF710................1539/2349/4049 eVGA PCI-E 7600GT 256M DDR3l1'\/-out/DVI..
.........109.9
Canon MP-140l210/520/830l960...99.9/109.9/189.9/299.9/389.9 eVGA AGP GF7600GS 256M TV-out DVI................. 109.9
Canon MFC MF-3240/4150/6530/810C........209/299/669/849 eVGA PCI-E 256M. DVI GF8400GS/8500GT...
58.9l88.9
...156.9l248.9/89.9 eVGA 8600GT 256M DDR3 DVI TV-out......................112.9
Canon Scanner 4400F/8800FlLlDE25.....
Epson C120/1400/R1800.......;........................95.9/319.9/459.9 eVGA 8600GTS 256M DDR3 DVI TV-out...
......168.9
Epson CD prirtter R280l380/800/2400.... ...118.9/145/455/769 eVGA GF8800GT 512M Superclock.....
..289.9
.............299.9
Epson CX4450/7450/8400...... . .. .. ........59.9/89.9/109.9 eVGA GF8800GT 512M kO..................
...........89.9/99.9 eVGA PCI-E BBOOGTS 320Ml640M............
Brother Laser HL-2030/2040..
2999/3649
....139.9l289.9 eVGA 8800GTX 768M DDR3 DVI TV-out...
Brother HL 2OI70N/5250DN...........
.............529.9
....469.9I549.9 eVga E-GeF8800UItra 768M .............................
Brother Color Laser 4040CN/4050GDN..
359.9
.. 3893/5699 Forsa PCI-E 8600GT256M DDR3 TV-out DVI...............'_...114.9'
Okldata Color aser C3400N/C550Cbl........
.......759.9/669 Gigabyte 8800GTS 320M
Okidata Color ser C5800LDN/C6000N...
.. 7999;
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Samsung La
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...84 9117491619 9
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Brother Toner TN250/350/460/560.: ..................29.9/59/59/59

Canon Toner w/Dmm E4OIA3OIS35V X-3...........69/69/54/54
.....49/54/59
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comes with a big full colour display
that makes multitasking and ultra-tight
zooming a breeze. Simply, a PCthrows
the doors wide open so you can create
your own, personalized audio world that
adapts to the times. Let's look at the
building blocks.
Bwkling the beast
The CPU: Recording 'analogue' audio

such as a guitar or piano in a multitrack
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processor. Therefore, particularly if you
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snippets-usually drums, percussion or
beat-heavy synths-fliat are inserted
into a song and repeated), you'd best
buy the most powerful CPU you can
afford. Amidlevel lntel Core 2 Duo CPU
such as the 2.0GHz, 667MHz FSB
T7200 or equivalent should be
considered the minimum, though
hardcore users wouldn't be committing
overkill by moving up to an lntel Core 2
Duo Quad or equivalent.
That said ifyou all you want to do is
record your own voice and one or two
bac "ng tracks or if you're into

and dance beats where
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Dorilt even bother with lntel's Celeronbudet CPUs just won't d0 the job.
ry: 1GB of 400MHz RAM should
be enoughfor most home studio
hob yists; 2GB is better, especially if
youllintend to use a Iot of post-recording
eff ts, virtual instruments and the Iike.
S e: This is one area where PCbasied systems annihilate standalone
DA s. Whereas even the priciest
sta alone makes do with measly sub80 hard drives, the storage capacity
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more, hard drives are ridiculously
chefp. Werecommend not one but two
driv sthe first for your operating
systlem and applications, and the
secpnd for your valuable tunes. This
maliies Iife easier for your PCand gives
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mu more than S150.
Sound Card: Look for a model that
Supports a 24-bit data width and 96kHz
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Part I: Committing ideas t0
and digital
Starviig musician melhod i;

Ifyou're an absolute beginner, youcould go the rock
bottom route and pick up a simpleglcassette recorder
such as the Sony TCM939 (S40). You'll get your ideas
on tape with a minimum of fuss,
the result will be
so Iofidelity that you may never want to listen to it. A
far better idea for the budget conscious would be

recorders
entry Ievel (subS400) portable
MH4 Handy
such as the BOSS BR600 the ZO_
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Recorder the TASCAM DP-01 8-tr k Digital
Portastudio, or the Fostex X-12 A log Multitracker.
The recording medium differs fronfil unit to unit
(cassette memory card and hard rive, respectiveIyl
but they all offer hlfidelity sound that's Ieagues ahead
of a straightup cassette deck.
Moreover, each supports "multitricking." Multitracking
allows you to record and layer sevieral different
instrumental or vocal tracks ontop of each other. You
can, for exampIe record guitar part, and then record
a piano and/or vocal part while you're Iistening to that
first guitar part. This is a critical feature for anyone
who plays multiple instruments or wants to create a full
song. The better models also allow you to quickly edit
out and replace mistakes and add-studiostyle effects
such as reverb or compression.
But budget-Ievel portastudios simply won't do the trick
for those whose aspirations go beyond the basics.
They severely limit the number of simultaneous tracks
you can record, the number of tracks you can store,
the effects you can use, the editing process and future
expandability and upgradeability. What's more, anyone
who wants to work with loops (we'll discuss loops in a
Recordiigl E180
Olaf:>For our purposes theresolution of
recorded music. The better the data width, the finer
and more accurate the results.
DAW: Digital Audio Workstation, a PCbased or

standalone device geared for mixing and recording
high-quality audio.
All: Musical instrument digital interface, a means

of interfacing instruments digitally with your PCor
other compliant hardware.
So you have this melody in your head. It's going

around and around, and you know the music-buying
public (or maybe just your best friends) will eat it up.
You grab your guitar or run to your keyboard or
warm up your voice and you flesh that baby out. But
then what? What are you going to do to ensure you
don't forget the megainit that right now exists only in
your mind?
You record it, naturally. But how? Inthis two-part
guide, spread over this and the next issue, we'll look at
the many options available to the home studio
hobbyist. This month we'll check out the entry-level
options the not-soentry Ievel alternatives, and the
central components of a PCJoased rig. So if you're
ready, lets rock.
Loop: Anaudio file (often drums and percussion) of

extremely short duration that, when repeated,
sounds like a continuous piece tot music.
Meise {hat Thelevel of constant residual noise in}
system.
track: One element of a musical composition, i.e.

drum track, vocal track, bass track etc.
minute though it can safely be said they play a big

role in rock and roll demos and electronic musicl can
usually not do so here. Sooner or Iater most
musicians who begln with a portastudio move on up
the money ladder to something else.
i
upsi and down of standalone DAWs

That something else is often a fuIl-blown, standalone
digital audio workstation (DAW). Really just trickedout,
steroidenhanced versions of the portastudios above
standalone DAWs such as the Yamaha AW2400 the
BOSS BR-1600CD and the ZOOM MRS1608CD deliver
studiograde 24wbit digital recording, hard drive
storage, a ton of effects (often including esoteric stuff
such as pitch correction and guitar amp simulatorsl,
enough inputs to record an entire band in one take
enough tracks to add any additional instrumentation or
sounds your heart desires and more knobs and sliders
and controls than even a professional audio engineer
would Iikely need. Some include onboard CDburning
and a roster of loops and drumbeats.
But audio workstations such as these do have
drawbacks, particularly to those of us familiar with the
versatility and chameleoniike attrlbutes of a PC. lt, for
instance, you want to upgrade the processor or the
hard drive, you're out of luck. lf you'd prefer a fuIlcolour 20-inch display rather than the comparatively
dinky monochrome screen you'll find in most
Workstations, you may be able to connect one-or you
may not. And if you want to use third-party effects or
Software, you're going to have a hard time doing so.
Essentially, the audio workstation you buy today will be
pretty muchthe same five years from now.
APC, on the olher hand is fully upgradeable and
expandable. lt isn't proprietary, so it'll run just about
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heatsink's efficiency. Copper is a
better heatsink material than
aluminium and the addition of heat
pipes also adds to efficiency. A
heat pipe is a pipe with a bit of
liquid in it. Asthe liquid gets
heated it evaporates moving to fne
cool end of the pipe where it
condenses again. lt is a more
efficient way of conducting heat
than using a solid material and can
spread heat around better and for
longer distances. While it is still
possible to cool the northbridge
chip using a heatsink alone, the
days of cooling a CPU or mid-range
graphic card without active cooling
seem to be Iong gone. Even
expensive liquid cooling solutions
still use a fan. However there is
one fanless solution Ive found
called the Reserator 2 from Zalman,
which is a huge radiator that cools
everything except the power supply.
At around S350, silence is golden
but you can heat your house in a
pinch. For totally silent running,
Toms Hardware Guides Munich Iab
made an oilcooled PCin which all
components are submerged into a
case (tank) filled with cooking oil.
Very cool and makes for a great
calamari too. Mineral oil solutions
are more stabIe as vegetable oil
can go rancld. Even still, this is
perhaps best not tried out at home.
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Power supplies have always had
fans in them, even inthe time when
you could touch a working CPU with
your bare hands. Back then, they
didn't need two or four of them
though. When Iooking for a quiet
power supply, check for one big fan
over two small ones. Another factor
that comes into play is the
efficiency of the power supply itself.
The less efficient it is, the more
electricity it wastes in heat and the
faster the fan has to spin to cool it
When shopping for one, Iook for
high efficiency ratings and a single
Iarge fan, if any. There are a few
totally silent power supplies out
there, although usually onthe low
end of capacity such as the FSP
Fortron Zen FSP30060GNF which
is 300W and goes for around S85.
A Case of Ratlle and Hum

Cases are another source of noise
as they can amplify the vibrations of
drives and fans into sound.
Generally l:l1e things to Iook for are
adequate airflow, some weight,
rubber feet and a tight fit and finish
iroughout. Getljng an anti-vibration
mounting kit can help with isolating
drives and fans from die case as well. Antec Sonata cases are
quiet with good airflow, silicon grommets for isolting hard
drive Vibration and sound deadening side panels. fiiThey start at
around S120. As for disk drives, most modern drives are rated
close to 30dB which ls a good benchmark for hqw loud quiet
is. Inthe case of drives, isolating Vibration is most important,
but ifdrive noise is still bothersome, Scythe makes quiet drive
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ounce of speed out of a Computer applies to the grnuffler, who
just wants peace, quiet and no fans. Where one wants to move
as much heat as possibIe the other wants it done quietly. There

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The
lets not forget the whir of those speedy drives and

the rattle of nondescript Computer parts add their
voices too.
Unfortunately, you may want to listen to music, watch
a movie, Concentrate on something or live a life where
working onyour Computer is less stressful than an
eight-hour flight to lreland with the windows open.
You may even want to move the Computer into the
Iiving room as an entertainment device where noise is
a big downer. But is all this racket necessary to
maintain your cool?
Fans to Cheer quietly about

Any type of fan used in a Computer, be it a case fan,
Scythe Quiet Drive insides
CPU fan or what have you, will make less noise the
larger it is. Thats because it won't have to spin as fast
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gentle
chorus of fans both big and small. With all of them
of air with half the noise. Bear in mind, bearing type
. can effect fan noise with fluid bearing generally being
emitting their own dulcet tones video cards, CPUs
case fans, power supplies motherboard chipsets and
the quietest, followed by sleeve then ball bearing. Also,
the occasional drive fan meld into an annoying
an adequate intake of ambient air is important as the
cacophony of white noise. However, ifthey didn't,
larger the air intake, the less the fans have to work
because they're not blowing the same hot air around.
your components would cook in their own juices. And
FSP Fortron Zen FSP300-6OGNF
The same rule applies for spot Cooling fans as well.

Air intakes can get blocked with dust over time, so you
need to clean your Computer occasionally; otherwise,
the Computer will speed up the fans to compensate for
the restricted airflow and, bingo, more noise again.
Eans are the main culprit of Computer noise, but heat
has to get out of your Computer somehow or else it
will stop working. Be a big fan of big fans and you'll
live a quieter life.
Cool Chip Coolers

CPUs video cards and northbridge Chips (memory
Controllers) all need to have heatsinks or theyll
overheat. Infact, they typically have a heatsink with a
Iittle fan blowing down onthem, which can add
unwelcome noise. When you add the three Component
fans together, you can wind up with a fair racket. This
is Called active Cooling. Again, the same deal applies
where bigger is better for both fan and heatsink. The
big fan moves slower, which is quieter, and the larger
the surface area of a heatsink, the more heat is
transferred to the air. This makes the fan even more
efficient and allows it to turn even more slowly. Infact,
the Iatest and greatest third party heatsinks are quite a
thing to behold, Iooking like something between jewelry
and a chromed-up hot rod engine. You may even be
tempted to get one of those cases that allow you to
see inside. Although larger heatsinks are generally
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stiCk and does a state-oftheart job as a network
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a notebook or desktop Computer, it presents a
formidable barrier against malicious Software of all
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is how it performs its task without slowing down or
impacting the Computer it is protecting in any way.
The Yoggie Pico has 128MB of memory and a
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power to a Pentium 3 Computer, many of which are
still in use. lt uses the Linux 2.6 kernel as its operating
system to run and manage a suite of 13 enterpriseClass security applications, mostly Iicensed from
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The only difference between the Pico and the Pico Pro
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The first time the PiCo is connected to a Computer
(desktop or notebook, standalone or networked),
software from the included CDneeds to be installed.
This is acCompIished in a few minutes with no
experience required. Once this is completed, the
system is protected and Iittle or no configuration
remains to be done. The Yoggie icon in the system
tray lets you disable protection, if this is necessary, or
open the simple Management Console. A password is
required to accomplish either of these tasks so no
one can do this but you.
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the Computer vulnerable to attack via the Internet? Not
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although not very functional, until the Pico is returned.
This is a very good feature and exactly what most
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others) running on top of Windows. Interms of
protection, it seems to be at least as good in most
ways. lt requires very Iittle attention or resources. In
fact, ifyou want to tinker, there's Iittle you Can do. The
real time anttvirus software checks for updates every
five minutes and updates itself automatically. There are
no settings to change this behaviour. The anti-virus
software, and all of the other security components, run
in the Pico's memory using only the Pico's CPU. There
is nonegative impact on the Computer's performance.
Conventional security suites, by Comparison, often
drag down the performance of a Computer, making it
seem sluggish.
Every element of the design has been optimized for
security purposes. Its 128MB of memory Consists of
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stores a secured Copy of the Linux OS. During the preboot sequence, Yoggie Pico copies the OSonto the
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of the OS, stored onthe first unit of memory, does not
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successful attack, the device is still able to use a Clean
and safe version of the OSwhen it is rebooted. The OS
and security applications remain completely safe.

Gibson Research Iwwwgrocom) makes available free
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Shields Up! I discovered that my Computer, protected

by Yoggie Pico Pro, achieved a perfect TruSteaIth"
rating. Shields Up! tests a system's first 1056 TCP
ports, for reasons explained on the Web site. A system
protected by Yoggie Pico has all ports running in
stealth mode, which means that they are not only
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repeated probes of Internet haCkers. According to the
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it vulnerable to a virus hiding on a diskette or flash
drive, for example. For that reason, a Iicensed Copy of
the weII-regarded Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 is included
in the package. The license is good for the first year. I
don't accept diskettes or drives other than my own, so
I use this software to scan my system onCe a week
while I'm away from the office. I don't use the real time
virus Checking so there's no performance hit when I
use my Computer.
The Yoggie Pico family of products isn't perfect but
it's the best way of protecting notebooks on the road
and all Computers in a small business or home
business setting that I've used. The Cost is reasonable,
too. The prices in Canada for the Pico and the Pro are
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All the! photo editor you'll lilsely need

You rrlay crave Photoshop CS3, but
Elements 6.0 is Iikely all you really
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Among digital photographers a
somewhat standardized workflow has
emerged. This is a series of steps or
subtasks that include:
a. moving the digital imagas from

your camera or memory card t0 die
Computer;
b. filing and organizing the collection;
selecting and correcting lmages: and

d. sending them somewhere lemail, a
web photesharing site er your inkjct
printsrl for others t9 enjay.
Adobe has been refining this model with
each new version of Photoshop
Elements, and in version 6.0 you'll find
a further evolution of this workflow. In
PE6 parlance, the workflow steps are
Organize, Edit, Create and Share; and
when you launch the application for the
first time, the welcome screen shows
those four options. As before, you can
select whether you always want to start
in the welcome screen, or in the
organizer module or the editor module.
These two main modules started as two
separate applications, and they still
behave as two distinct pieces of
Software with overlapping functionality.
For example, in the Organizer module
you have access to a "Fix" panel, which
gives you access to a number of one
button correction actions, such as auto
leveIs auto color and auto red-eye
removal. There's also a Full Edit
button, which launches the editor
module and Ioads the image in question
into that workspace.
Within the Editor workspace, you also
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have a Quick Edit panel, which is a

sliderbased control panel to adjust
most of the common photographic
variables-lighting, brightness and
contrast, colour saturation and balance
and sharpening. Within the Organizefs
autdmated Fix panel and the Editofs
fuII and Quick Edit panels, you have
a graduated toolset that takes you
from nolarainer simple through to
control-freak Ievels of manipulation of
an Image. This makes the package
great for both casual and serious
Image editing.
Ifyou used version 5, you'll notice that
collections are now called albums.
Overall, the Organizer module has been
cleaned up and the grey Interface
makes your Images pop. One
interesting new feature in the Editor
module is a group shot creator.
Suppose you take two or three shots of
a group of people but none of them is"
perfect-someone has their eyes
closed in one, in another someone is
looking oficamera, etc. The best shot
creator Iets you merge the best
elements of the photos into one where
everyone looks right.
Overall, the changes in Photoshop
Elements 6 vs. Elements 5 are
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The main story with Premiere Elements
4 is output. You can now more easily
send your finished videos to more
places. Premiere Supports output to

recordable Bluray, optimized output for
YouTube and will also format your video
for the small screen-video iPods
smartphones, etc. I've always been

impressed with Premiere Elements
you get a lot of video editing power for.
a hundred bucks, and thafs still true.
For my test project, I chose to make a
DVD of a demonstration I videotaped at
a conference last summer. lt wasn't
exactly stellar cinematically as I was
stuck with justone shooting anglefrom my seat as part of the audience in
a lecture hall. Using a tripod wasn't
convenient, so I captured 20 minutes of
video as best as I could handholding a
miniDV camcorder. The demonstration
naturally fell into four segments, so all I
wanted to do was clean up some of the
jerky bits of video, add some titling and
chapter markers and write the
production to a DVD. This was a walk in
the park for Premiere Elements.
Using a PC Card Firewire port, it was a
simple matter of pulling the footage
from the corder into Premiere.
Premiere split the footage at precisely
the right spot for two of the clips, but it
was easy enough to manually cut the
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appropriate spot.
The workspace has three main tabs for
Edit, Create Menus and Share. The edit
tab gives you access to media (such as
still images you might want to use,
music clips for sound tracks, etc.l,
themes which are templates to give
your production a unified appearance;
effects, transitions and titles. The
effects panel gives you access to an
extensive tool kit for adjusting basic
parameters Iike colour balance,
brightness and contrast, but also some
interesting special effects that range
from image distortion to chroma_
key effects.
From there, it was on to the transitions
panel to add a simple page turning
effect between the Segments. The final
step was to create a DVD menu, which
was easy using one of the included
templates. lf you haven't put in scene
markers, the program will otfer to add
them for you. This was a relatively
simple project, so I let Premiere

add them.
Since my notebook does not have an
onboard DVD burner l chose to write to
the hard drive. Burning the finished 20minute movie to MPEGZ DVD format
took just over 30 minutes (even though
Premiere's Initial estimate was about 45
minutes). That's not too bad for
rendering, but this is anarea where a
faster processor really helps.
This was quite a simple project but I
have a more complex production I'm
working on with more complex editing
and use of stills etc. I started in
Premiere Elements 2, and I'm
looking forward to finishing it in the
new version.
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The composition is very nice. Colours are highly

saturated (too much?) but it still works for this subject
Highlights drop ofia bit of levels tweaking would
give the photo a fulltonal distribution for a more
dynamic effect.
Rules of composition say you shouldn't put the subject

smack in the middle, but this is a good example of why
rules were meant to be broken. The softness of the Ieaf
bed and the mist that shrouds the background and
mutes the busy randomness of the thin branches
together provide a contrast that accentuates the hard,
solid form ofthe tree trunk. The monochromatic colour
scheme also works well.
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transifion from filmbased to digital
photography, you might have hoped
that the computer would make things
easier man sorting through all those
shoe boxes to find a packet of photos.
You shouldnt be disappointed because
ifthere's one thing a computer does
very well, it's organizing data. The
mystery comes in trying to figure out
how the operating system or a piece of
Software does its organizing magic. One
preliminary key to solving this mystery

lies intwo words: turf war.
Yes, there is a constant battle being
played out on your computer between
the operating system and the many
Software packages that deal with
images. Each wants to be your personal
image sherpa, and each has its own
ideas about the best way to serve you._
Pop a memory card into your
computefs card reader and Windows
CD
might launch the download utility. lf

you've recently bought a new camera
that comes with its own image
organizing software when you install
that Software, suddenly it wants to
download your images, and not
necessarily to the same place as the
OSutility nor using the same naming
convention for the folder. lf you also buy
a new image editor and it has a
cataloguing utility, it too will want to be
the one to download your images and
store them it its unique way. Then
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growing collection of snapshots emailed
to you by friends and relatives that you
move to an entirely new place onyour
computer. It's not too Iong before you
have images stored in a bunch of
places with noway to consolidate them.
First resolution: l resolve to use just
one downloading and cataloguing
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cataloguing utilities bring a lot of
additional power to help you find a
particular image months or years later.
You can assign keyword tags to a group
of photos, and then later find all the
images with that tag. The tag could be
then name of the person in the photo,
or a vacation spotvirtually any name
or phrase can be a tag. Alternatively
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and then at any given time, find all your
five star photos. Ofcourse diese can
be used in combination-tags for aII the
images of your child, with a ranking
system to identify the best ones.
organizing religion, you can work

through bringing those into your system
at your Ieisure. Most cameras made in
the past five years collect a Iot of
additional infonnation called metadata
and store it withythe image file. lf you
made sure to set the camera clock to
the right date and time, that information
will be stored as-metadata, so you
can use it to chronologically organize
your images, for example.
One of the main problems with
orphaned folders of images is that
you never realize you're missing the
images until some event triggers a dim
awakening of, "Oh yeah I forgot about
that-I'm sure the photo is here
somewhere." lfyou've switched to a
new Computer in the interim and
scrubbed the hard drive before donating
the system, those images may be gone
forever. Thus, a second resolution to
make is: I will back up and archive my
hard drive.
Backing up is such a well documented
procedure that I don't want to get into
the detalls of it here. But I will mention
one slight Variation of it, which is the
archiving function you might find as part
of your image editing suite. Rather than
backing up the whole hard drive, you
create an archive of just the photo
collection. You should do both-lhe
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Audio jbllozus (litt-er) sonirlinzes

The first time I watched a home video in
a surround sound home theatre, I felt
Iike that guy in the Maxell adpushed
deep into the chair, hair blown back,
scarf sticking straight out...
Wewere only watching highlights from
my friend's daughtefis eighth birthday
party but the surround sound had the
effect of dropping us right in the middle
of a group of hypercharged kids having
a blast Okay... you might not want to
relive that too many times, but
excellent audio and surround sound
can create an amazingly immersive
experience from almost any
home video.
The above statement is only qualified
because audio often takes a back seat
in video production. And why not? For
the most part, we only listened through
tacky, teeny little speakers on a TVset.
Now. of course, as more of us surround
ourselves with sophisticated home
theatre systems, only the highest quality
audio and video will do.
So it was great to hear (yeah, yeah)
that this issue of HUB: The Computer
Paper wou|d be thematically dedicated
to sound. DVOr Not DVhas had
articles about audio for video in the

past... in April of 2007 and in a two
part series in November and December
2006. And while I Iike to remind my
video production students that pictures
without soundsiIent movies-died
years ago, sound without picturesradiois alive and weil, thank you
very much.
Whether you are working strictIy in a
twochannel mono or stereo
environment, or if you do enjoy 5.1 or
7.1 surround sound capabilities while
watching your own video and DVD
creations at home, a little extra time

spent producing and tweaking your
audio will pay of'f in the end with a
more immersive and enjoyable
video presentation.
Some of you will know already that
camcorders boasting surround sound
capabilities are available in the
consumer market. Sony's DVD
camcorder (DCR DVD308; about S599)
is one of that company's camcorder
Iineup that adds a tI1ree dimensional
sound to its recording characteristics.
The on-board camera mic and audio
processing Subsystem does mimic the
characteristics of theatrical
performance, and will add a fullness to
regular or surround sound playback.
But true surround sound from a single
mic is tough, if not impossible. Most
mics are designed with a specific pickuppattern that gives them their unique
capabilities, and allows them to meet
the demands of specific applications.
Oflien, they reject sound from one
direction in order to focus on sound
from another direction.
Uni or Omni directional, cardioid et
cetlera are among different mic types
but whatever the name, the pick-up
characteristics can actually be drawn on
paper to represent its hearing pattern.
RecentIy Torontobased company
Rising Sun developed some cooI
microphones with truly three
dirnensional pick up patterns that have

a hearing footprint that covers multiple
frequencies and positions. The
Holophone (actually, a famiIy of
surround sound microphone products
and systems) uses multiple mic

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Holophone mics are used for
broadcast events Iike live sports (you've
heard them in your surround sound
HDTV home theatre if you watch
Hockey Night InCanada in HD), as
well as motion picture and video
game production.
Now. the company has confirmed it is
worklng on a consumer Version,

nicknamed the Holophone mini. lt
Iooks like a cute toy trophy with a
Iittle football ontopand it mounts
on the front of a camcorder. There
is a Supermini Holophone now, also
designed for video camera
mounting but ifs too big for most
consumer camcorders designed
more for shoulder mount pro
cameras. lts breakout processing
and transmission unit is about the
size of a deck of cards:and the

planned consumer model seems to
have shrunk this size further.
So home videographers do have
some surround sound record
capabiIities and more are on the
way. Even without true surround
sound, good miding techniques and
some clever "pan-potting" in the
editing of your home video can be a
creative alternative.
Pan-potting is using the
potentiometers on hardware audio
boards or the virtual pots in video
editing software to make sound
follow motion. With a car whizzing
through the frame from Left to right,
the on-screen action can be
reinforced by shifting the audio
from left, through centre to the far
right as the car goes through the
frame, for example. Most video
editing software will Iet you work
with multiple audio tracks, and each
can be panned across the left-right
stereo spectrum with good results.
So, too, many DVD authoring
programs Iet you create surround
sound mixes, even with mono
source material. Some are as easy
as dragging and dropping a sound
clip (a digital file from taken off your
camcorder a music file or
whatever) and dropping it right on a
little speaker icon, one of five
displayed in a surround sound
capable program.
Myfriend used Apple iMovie and
iDVD and recently I've seen Corel's
Ulead DVD Movie Factory at work
too, with its 5.1 surround sound
capability. Inall honesty, it is getting
so easy to be productive and
creative with surround sound audio
for-video production that either side
of the equation might dominate
your next creation.
Anaudio editofis friend
Just before wefade to 0 dB, a

quick word or two about a great
way to listen to great sound at your
computer and sometlting that
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fits on a shelf, desktop countertop or beneath a desk.
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audio players as well. The amp has a USB pIug to both play
music and Charge the device.
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their equipment. And considering the
continuing growth in popularity of
laptops (several industry reports last
year claimed that they were on the
verge of or had already become more
ubiquitous than desktops), it seems
likely that game Iovers are keeping
their eyes peeled for a pumped up
portable PC.
With these thoughts in mind, we
pestered Dell into loaning us one of

their mammoth XPS m173O gaming
laptops. Weput it through the ringer,
testing the most intense 3D games
available. But before we report our
results, lefs take a quick peek at this
powerful notebooks impressive insides.

First up: A pair of NVIDIA GeForce G0
8700m graphics cards, running in
tandem via Scalable Link Interface lSLl).
These boards which each have 256MB
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10, are just about the most powerful
mobile graphics processors around.
Add in the m1730s AGElA PhysX
Processing Unita board dedicated to

enhancing the threedimensional physics
of some gamesand you're looking at
anenormously robust video solution.
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current mobile CPU technology, thanks
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Extreme X7900, which runs at a
blistering 2.8GHz and has a lightning
fast 800MHz front side bus. And with
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solid state drive (you know, because
rotating disks are just so 2007).
And that's just its geeky guts. lt also
has a sparkling clear 1920 x 1200 17inch display, as well as a Blu-ray drive
that will let you take advantage of every
one of those two-million-plus pixels
when watching movies. Onthe subject
of multimedia playback, it also has
Dell's Media Direct Software, which lets
users play movies and music without
actually booting up the system.
Meanwhile, the glossy black Chassis is
the epitome of nerd cool. lt sports a
pair of lighted panels on the cover all
sorts of glowing switches and buttons
inside, a white backlit keyboard and a
built-in Logitech GamePanel LCD that
shows performance data and game
stats while you play. lt might sound a bit
overdone but hey, if its stylish enough
that Don Cheadle's wunderkind engineer
is willing to be seen with it in Ocean's
Thirteen it's certainly hip enough for
most gamers.
Just keep in mind that, at two-inches
thick and weighing nearly five
kilograms, its not the sort of book you'll
want to tote around. lts power adapter
alone is bigger than some ultra-portable
PCs. Suffice to say it falls safely into
the category of desktop replacement.
Besides which, the battery drains like a
tub with the stopper pulledespecially
if you're using it for multimedia
applications. Long story short: The
m173O is portable in a pinch, but
designed to stay onyour desk and
jacked into the wall.
Now for the god stuff: Games. We
started slowly, booting up BioShock and
Halflife 2. They both ran splendidly on
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Iess than one frame per second. The only way wew able to
achieve a smooth playable frame rate with Directx turned
onwas to ramp down resolution and shift all 12
visuafil settings
from very high to medium. lt was still a strikingly attractive
game, but it Iacked the Iustre that developer Crytek ljas been
teasing John Q. Gamer with over the last year.
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for playing the most punishing PCgames. But you'll
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model starts at a hefty 52,699, while our tricked out evaluation
unit was worth a cool 53,985. Still, the fact of the matter is
that this is a_
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satisfy all but the most powermad Windows gamers.
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high level. Creative claims that its X-Fi
line betters the older SBAudigy's
performance on a number of measures
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to noise ratio. The XFi family includes
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audio enhances our enjoyment of the
music, Videos, movies and PCgame
sound tracks etc.
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still being made. The most common
reasons to use an addin card are to
increase the audio quality or the
functionality of an existing system; for
example, adding surround sound if your
embedded PCsound system offers just
stereo. For desktop systems, a PCI
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way to go and PCI cards from Creative,
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newer ExpressCard format. USB sound
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evolving: witness the rise of podcasting
inthe past few years or the growing
number of audio and multimedia
devices we dock to our Computers.
Tools to enhance your experience in
those areas are coming on board too.
One of the potentially coolest products
ls the Belkin Tune Studio for iPod. l
hope this doesn't turn out to be a
phlantom product because it is a great
coucept. However, it was first
announced a year ago with midsummer availability, but the availability
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directconnect USB microphone that
sends a 16-bit 44.1KHz (or 48KHz)
signal directly to your computer. Also
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In the Lab: Colourglaser printers
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feature Iooking at monochrome laser printers that ran
in our November 2007 issue. Westand by our
assertion that mono laser printers still have their place
in the office or in a SOHO environment. They are the
reliable and necessary workgroup workhorses and until
(or indeed if) weever reach the oft talked about but
seemingly no closer to reality 'paperless office, they
aren't looking to make an exit any time soon.
lf you haven't looked at colour laser printers in a
while, you may be surprised at how relatively low the
prices and how fulI the feature sets are these days;
you can realistically buy a fuII colour laser printer that
is netvvorkable and that does duplex printing for under

S500. What's more, the resulting fulI colour
presentations, prints, graphics and charts won't Iook
much different than the prints you get at a retail
business Service printing shop.
Colour is a simple way to help reinforce your
message in printed products. Whether it's an otherwise
drab wall of black and white text made more
accessible with acolour graphic element like the ever
popular pie chart or an illustrative picture to drive the
point home, colour makes business documents more
accessible and more likely to be read. Printing
company letterhead in fuII colour can make an allimportant impact onClients. For the SOHO and
independent business owners, creating your own
stationary saves money and makes the outfit Iook that
much more professional.
With the cost of high quality colour laser printers
dropping to landmark Iows and with print quality at all
time highs, the time has never been better to make
the investment.
All of the printers tested ln the Lab this month come
in under S500 and performed solidly, offering at least
reasonably fast prints, sharp black and white printing
and high quality colour. Details oneach of the five .
colour laser printers tested follows.
HL-404OCN
Lexmark www.lexmark.ca S499
Dimensions: 41cm x 47cm x 36d5m (WxHxD)

Weight: 25.9kg
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PPM (manufacturer supplied): 24ppm B&W
2lppm colour
PPM (real world, monochrome, default): I6.8ppm
PPM (real world, colour, default): 14.2ppm

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Connection: Ethernet, USB
Lexmark's C532n is a well thought out machine and a
solid performer for small or Iarge "yvork groups. Its
75,000 page per month maximunt duty cycle will keep
even Iarge offices with moderate colour needs running
smoothly and potentially saving untold trips to an
outside print shop for colour jobs.
The C532n comes in sub-SSOO (the ceiling set for this
particular ln the Lab feature) and isi a nonduplexing
printer. The virtually identical C532dn adds duplexing
capabilities for another S200 on tdp of the price. To
take fulI advantage of Lexmark's resource and energy
saving modes, the duplexing model is the way to go.
Lexmark has paid very close attention to Iowering the
overall resource use of its printers; which is a good
thing for both the environment and lyour wallet. The
company deserves credit for the alitention it pays to
ecological and economic concerns..
Its four line monochrome LCD display is non
adjustable and difficult to see whemseated. This LCD
offers easy access to the on-board rnenu and gives
access to, among a great many other features, the
aforementioned 'eco mode, a power-saving toner
miser setting that saves in more ways than one.
The C532n is a very speedy printer; the company
claims 24ppm in monochrome and 2lppm in colour in
flieir best case scenario lab conditiqns. ln our real
world tests we saw an impressive 16.8ppm at the
printer's default settings with the last page of our 10
page black and white test document hitting the finished
tray in 35.85. Our colour test document cleared in
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Black and white printing is of very high quality and,

even in draft mode, creates an infiniljely readable
document with no overly heavy text toner spatter.
Using the normal settings. the quality is on par with
dedicated mondlasers. Business graphics are output
cleanly. Detailed colour graphics and even photos
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are output very cleanly with minimal banding. _lt won't
replace a dedicated photo printer, but it's more than
adequate in a pinch. All colours and screens came
through bright clearly differentiated and clean with
only a slight banding visible on a nonsaturated blue
background.
The 250 sheet lower tray can be expanded to accept
legal size paper and with an additional 550 sheet
drawer addon, the paper capacity can be boosted to
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expandable up to 640MB keep thingsjrunning smoothly
and makes spooling time near instantgfor simple
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Dimensions: 42cm x 315 x 47.5 (WxHxD)

Weight: 29.lkg
PPM (manufacturer suppliedl: 2lppm B&W,
2lppm colour
PPM (real world, monochrome, default): 13ppm
Connection: Ethemet, USB

Brother's HL4040CN is an excellent half-way point
between home inkjet and office colour laser printers.
lts 35,000 page per month duty cycle and respectable
print times mean it's well at home in a small office or
small to medium enterprise workgroup. However it
could be equally in the SOHO as the mainstay home
printer, both business and personal, thanksto its
PictBridge connection that allows for direct from
camera printing. Users can choose to create an index
print of all images on the camera's storage and then
select the ones they want to print off. Photo printing
quality is quite high but won't replace your dedicated
photo printer or photo inkjet.
Its twoline LCD panel is very readable and menus are
easy to navigate using the pseudocolour LCD screen
(more onthat in a moment) and simple directional
button array. This monochrome text LCD screen tilts
up for easy viewing and, in a neat and unexpected
added touch. the backlight changes colour to indicate
status. When everythings running smoothly, the LCD
screen is backlit green. When it's processing a job, it
turns yellow. lf there's a problem, the backlight turns
red. This is a really simple and intuitive way of getting
an immediate idea as to the printer's status from
across the room so you'll know ifyou need to get up
from your chair to reload the paper tray or replace a
toner cartridge or if you're job is just not printing
because the queue is long or a big job is spooling.
Our 10page black and white document cleared the
printer in 46.1 for a ppm of 13; off the mark from the
2lppm Brother suggests but not out of the ordinary
for the printers in the Lab. Text quality is equal to that
of a quality mono laser. When printing colour, the page
per minute count ironically climbs to 13.6ppm (10
Brother HL-404OCN
page document in44.2s) but still offers smooth and

clean output for business graphics though it lost detail
of low intensity orange and yellow on an 80 per cent
white screen. SimilarIy saturated blue was almost lost
to the grey card screen. Printed photos are of good,
but not excellent, quality; sufficient for a presentation
but not albumready. This is not unique to the Brother
unit however.
While its monthly duty cycle might suggest the printer
is weil at home in a workgroup or small to medium
sized office, its paper holding capacity says otherwise.
There's a 250-sheet tray that can be expanded to
accept up to legal size paper along with a 50sheet
multipurpose tray for feeding in Ietterhead or other
media but thats it. There are no paper expansion
options here and there is no duplexing option or
version of the HL404OCN model.
One particularly neat touch is the password protected
print option. lf youre printing a confidential or
otherwise sensitive document, you have the option of
sending the job to the printer, password protected.
Upon sending the job, you can waik over to the printer,
select your user profile, enter your password and
receive the document. A nice change from the clickanddash method used previously with for your eyes
onIy" documents. There's also a onebutton option to
reprint the last job, useful if you want to do a final
check for alignment on the finished page without
committing to the full print run or running back and
forth between PC and printer.
Under the hood, 64MB of RAM upgradable to 576MB
and a 300MHz processor keep things running.
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clean and sharp. lt can even hangle subtle graduations
of colour without visible dithering or blocking at high
print quality. Slight banding and a slight fuzzy pink aura
was seen with one test pattern print of saturated blue.
Print speed is not far off the stated mark of 12ppm
for mono and 10ppm for colour. Our IO-page text test
document net a real world ppm count of 11.6. Our 10page colour document made it through in 1m 3.85 for
a colour ppm of 9.4, again, not far off the stated
10ppm mark. Duplexing our mono document didn't
impact print time overly; our document cleared the
printer in lm 14.25 for a duplexed 8.1ppm.
Under the hood, a 300MHz processor and 64MB of_
SDRAM expandable to 320MB runs the show.
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The 2605dn is a good bet as a njedium duty small
workgroup or SOHO colour Iaserjlt's250sheet, nonexpandable paper tray can handle up to 11x14 (legal)
paper and the documents it delivers are of high quality;
very sharp mono text at the printers factory default
settings and sharp colour with little of the banding that
can occur with inexpensive colour laser printers.
The LCD is a two-Iine monochrome and is
unfortunately quite hard to read in all but the most
optimal situations. lt offers a rough gauge on how
much toner is left in each of the iiidividual cartridges
along with standard printer messages but its use is
Iimited. Also, owing to the limitedlamount of
information the screen can display and the limited
menu navigation buttons-just Ieft, right, OKand
cancelit's difficult to navigate too.
The real story here is perhaps the most important
story of all; the 2605dn has excellent print quality for
both colour and monochrome documents. Text is
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Dimensions: 43cm x 34cm x 39cm (WxHxD)

Weight: 20.8kg
5ppm colour
PPM (real world, monochrome, defaultl: l6.1ppm
PPM (real world, colour, defaultl: 3.2ppm
Connection: Ethemet, USB
Creating quality colour prints at something of a
laborious pace, the Konica Minolta Magicolor 2550 is
quiet, has a relatively small footprint and is very simple
to Setup and operate. AII in all, it's a fine choice for
any smaller office with moderate (or Iower) colour
printing requirements quantity wise but with high
expectations quality wise. lf you can wait a minute for
three pages, you'll be in good shape; the 2min 8.35 it
took to print our 10 page colour test document
equates to a 3.2ppm. This slow printing does not
affect the mono printing fortunately. Our 10 page black
and white test document cleared the printer in 37.3 or
a pretty speedy l6.1ppm.
Print quality of our black and white document was
excellent with sharp and very readable reproduction of
a variety of fonts and sizes, serifed and non-serifed.
Our colour test print showed a Iittle confusion with low
intensity yellow on an 80 per cent white background
along with slight fuzzing of nonsaturated blue font
on 18 per cent black background and no banding.
A 200 sheet tray can be augmented with an optional
500sheet add-on tray and cassette for a 700 page
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finished prints. Toexpand the m chine's capabilifies
and scalability in a variety of apfilications, there's an
optional 40GB hard drive add-onllthat can be used for
downloaded fonts, to store jobsllPDF printing and
other tasks that require more than temporary memory.
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Called the Magicolor 2550 DN itradds another 128MB
of RAM to the 128MB included ingithe Magicolor 2550
EN(as tested) for a total of 256MB. Both models are
upgradable to 640MB if necessary and both use a
300MHz PowerPC processor at their core.
While at S671 MSRP a quick serch suggests that
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Weight: 13.6kg
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Connection: Ethernet, USB
Samsungs CLP-300N is a remarkably small colour
laser printer. lt's lower duty cycle, i150 sheet paper
tray and super small footprint rela pve to other colour
Iasers make it welI suited to a smller or home office
where printing demands are goingllto be fairly low.
Also, it's doglike colour printing speed make it a less
than ideal choice for workgroups ough home users
and small offices may be able to c pe.
Inkeeping the device's footprint wn, Samsung had
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replaced. This is a cost savings as the drum typically
outlasts the toner.
When printing in monochrome, the CLP-300N is a
capable unit. spitting out pages at slightly more than
14 per minute. However, opting to spruce up a
presentation with some colour will cut the printing time
drastically to in the order of just over 3ppm. Your Iate
night trips to the print shop as deadline Iooms may not
yet be a thing of the past.
Print quality is good if a Iittle overbearing in black and
white; at the default printer settings, black text is laid
down so heavily that it almost looks embossed. Dialing
down the quality saves on toner and offers a finished
product fliat is, counterintuitively, much more readable.
The printer lost the detail of low intensity orange and
yellow text on an 80 per cent white background.
Saturated blue was lost in a grey card background and
likewise, black font on saturated blue was difficult to
distinguish. ln opting for more detailed graphics or
photos some oversaturation issues rear their heads,
along with a bit of banding in some situations.
The CLP-300 and 300N printers eschew the LCD
screen, which helps to keep the size down but that
doesn't do a great deal for POfree menu adjustments.
A 300MHz Samsung processor is adequate for most
users. However, the 32MB of on-board RAM that can't
be expanded is insufficient for anything beyond
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you're traveling and plan on using your USB PC, you
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"in case you encounter older machiiites that aren't able
to boot from USB.
USB bootlng
distros and files and actually shoehorning (or in some

cases, easily and effortlessly Installing) a version of
Linux onto our USB drive. We're the aforementioned
4GB Cruzer Contour which has been formatted using
the likewise aforementioned 3MB downloadable
application mat wipes the SanDisk drive clean.
The first in the Ultraportable Powerhouse series
gamered quite a Iot of reader feedback Including
suggestions for Linux distros to try out, suggestions of
specific USB drives that you have had some success
Inusing along with the usual scathing ripostes and
comments both critical and complimentary. We
appreciate all the feedback.
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Many the Linux distros that are perfectly designed
for running from a USB key were developed by an
Individual or a small and dedicated team. Often, it's a
hobby that morphs in to much more after a community
and a user base forms around the distro. As such,
there's a Iot of call for even small donations. All of the
distros we're Iooking at here are completely free to
download and you can burn and distribute as many as
you Iike to friends and family. However, Ifyou find
yourself using a particular distro all the time and are
impressed with It, consider making a small donation to
the team. S20 is not really a Iot to ask for a full
operating system.
some Iimitations
SometImes when opting to run the operating system
from a USB drive as opposed to natively installed as a
bootable partition ona desktop or laptop computer,
you'll find yourself Iimited Inthe version of the OSthat
you're able to use. Byway of example, when Installing
Ubuntu to a bootable portion of your USB drive,
support documentation only really covered Installing
version 6.06. Reason being that the persistent
element of subsequent versions (for saving and storing
changes made while using the Live CDoption) didn't
work. Since the official release of Ubuntu 7.10
(codenamed Gutsy Gibbon) InOctober of 2007 and
given all the improvements that came to the OSwith
the full version number jump, this presented a serious
issue. There have since been fixes released but the
best solutions don't come from Ubuntu and require
some searching.
There are versions of Linux that are specifically
designed to run from a USB key (or CompactF-lash
card, CD, SDcard, portable hard drive...) but I?you're
used to and comfortable working with a particular
distro, it's probably worlh Itto go through the Initial
rigamarole to get It installed on your trusty USB key.
For some versions, It's as simple as downloading an
ISO or other disc Image file unpacking it anddragging
it to your USB key under either Linux or Windows.
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This story was originally planned

a stepby-step
guide to getting Ubuntu up and runiling on a USB key,
for use with just about any system {hat can boot from
a USB key. However, a few
(thanks
a Iot) and some digging around
an _;it became clear
readerjuggestion
that It needn't be as complicated afithe 20+ step
process for making a USB-bootablelversion of this
particular distro. Moving away fromiUbuntu and its
derivatives, wefound a whole world"of distros tailor

made for USB Installation. Were wet0 follow the stepby-step tutorial idea for some of these distros, Itwould
Iook something Iike this:
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1-Download and burn Live CDISO file
2-Restart PCand boot from Live
3- Click Install to USB drive
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Recommended minimum drive size: MMB for minimal
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This really is one smart puppy and arlexcellent
candidate for a USB key Install. It's similar to Damn
Small Linux inthat it tries to keep theffsize down, both
Inthe Initial download and in the Instaly. It's perfect for
running a browser and doing standarq} stuff Iike email.
There are packaged versions that Incllide a bunchof
applications Iike a word processor, sirlfiple paint-type
program, vector Image editing, game: and more.
By far its neatest trick Is that it runs tirely InRAM
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saved. Part of Puppy Linux design philosophy includes
running on older computer architecture and running on
diskless thin client PCs. Upon exiting the live disc,
users are also presented with the option to save out
their changes to a portion of the hard drive or to
extemal storage Iike a USB key;
It's amazing how much Puppy Linux does for you;
getting a wireless network card recognized and
connected was literally a matter of a few mouse clicks
then entering the WEP key. Getting a wired network up
was even easier. GettIng an on-board graphics card
and widescreen monitor up and running was likewise
painfully simple and something many other distros
we've tried seem to have a very hard time getting.
From the live CD, running Puppy Linux Is literally as
simple as booting, clicking a few options and going.
This makes It an ideal introduction to Linux, especially
for older hardware.
The Install process for getting Puppy Linux onto a
USB key Is equally simple. Perhaps the easiest way Iss
to select and download anISO Image from the
numerous user community-Compiled packages, run the
CDlive and then choose Install, directing the
Installation to your USB key. lf you have existing data
onthe stick, It gets a little more complicated and
requires partitioning (though thereare several options
for looking after this task, some simple, some not so)
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Current version: 4.0
Install size: Varies with package
Recommended minimum drive size: 64MB for minimal
Install, 128MB with extra applications and storage
Asthe name suggests, this is a Linux Install that is
designed to run as lean as possible while still Including
a reasonable suite of applications to make for a usable
system. Users can configure the Install to run on a
system as archaic as a 486 with 16MB of RAM. Inthis
case, you'll certaInly need to create a bootable floppy
to go along with your Install.
The DSL project apparently started as experiment
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DSL is a more complex OSto use. especially when
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Getting the latest version of Ubuntu to run on your USB
key is nomean feat. Where other installers have
applications custom made to get your Linux install up
and running from a bootable USB key, with Ubuntu,
you're going to have to complete many more steps,
download and burn |S0s and dig in to the Linux
Terminal, bashing out Iong text strings to format, copy
files, install packages and generally make the thing
work.
That said Ubuntu is also one of 111e better supported
Linux distros and has a strong user community that
can answer many of your Ubuntu-related (if not
specifically Ubuntu on a USB key-related) questions.
Avisit to PendriveLinuxcom (www.pendrivelinux.com)
and the 20+ step tutorial hosted there
(http://tinyurl.com/2xnnp8) may Iook intimidating. it's
not that scary though and has the added benefit of
helping first-timers to get some familiarity with Terminal
and its use. Once you get comfortable with and start
Understanding Terminal, Linux itself feels a Iot Iess
intimidating for newbie users. Going this route also
allows for a bit more customizatipn such as using only
a portion of your USB key for petsistent functions and
storage, leaving another portion free for home or
office use on a Windows or othelf operatjng system.
Are you getting fresh?
bogging down moderately speced rigs like Ubuntu

can. lt is an excellent candidate for new users. Doing
the initial install is a relatively simple and painless
affair. While Getting Linux Mint onto a USB key is
nowhere near as complicated as getting Ubuntu to run
from USB, it's more complicated than either Puppy
Linux or Damn Small Linux but offers an ultra shiny but
not overly taxing interface. Think of it as the best of
both worlds.
Linux Mint
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Current version: 4.0 (Darynal
lnstal size: 681MB
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Recommended nnimuri drive sizq: 1GB
Linux Mint is a remix of Ubuntu and is tailor made for
USB drives; not created from the ground-up with USB
installs in mind but with a simple means of installing
Iaid out by by PenDriveLinux.com
(httpz/[tinyurl.com/2bq2p3).
Linux Mint is a painless and newbieffriendly distro with
decent hardware support and a strong user community
on the occasion you run in to problems. lt eschews the
heavily scaled back and pared down graphical user
interfaces of some of the smaller Linux distros without
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There's no such thing as one operating system for

everyone. While some of the distros listed here are
nearly 700MB downloads, it's worth checking out a
few to see what works best for you and with your PC.
ln our own experiments, we've found some distros that
work perfectly with both home and office PCs, some
that offer graphical tweaks and powerful applications
to replace your existing desktop setup and some that
don't even seem to make it past the initial boot. For
what it's worth, Puppy Linux is the distro that's staying
onmy USB key and the developer I'll be sending my

S20 to.
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HUB: TCP lends an ear t0 noise-cancelling headphones

Many airplanes now have LCD screens
for each passenger. These can make a
four-plus hour flight more bearable
because you can select what you want
to watch-old or new movies, TV
shows, news, sports. Whether you're
watching the in-flight entertainment or
have chosen to pack your own with a
video player, DVD player or Iaptop, it's
unfortunate that the audio is often
drowned out by the dull roar of the jet
engines. Time to reach for the noise
cancelling headphones.
Active vs. passive noise reduction

Some noise-cancelling headphones
work by sealing out the noise with
either on-the-ear or over-theear

soundproofing cups or in-me-ear buds.
This is called passive noise reduction.
The effectiveness of these depends on

the sounddeadening material used, but
they can cut out a Iot of noise, like a
good set of acoustic earplugs. That's
also their potential disadvantage; we
get a Iot of cues from sound,
particularly in an urban environment,
and cutting yourself off from them isn't
a good practice.
Active noise reduction headphones
contain microphones that pick up
environmental noise and noise
cancelling circuitry that produces
inverse sound waves-antinoise if you
will-that cancels out the Offending
noise. Headphones that use active
noise cancellation can range from quite
affordable to very expensiveweve
seen products listed at under S100 to
more than S400. The advantage of
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active noise cancellation is that it

reduces much of the steady droning
that you encounter in an airplane cabin
bus or subway car but doesnt
completely obliterate the external
environment you could hear if
someone talked to you, for example
(if you didn't have your music volume
too loud).
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Some models will use both types of

noise reducfion so that when you pt
them on, you notice a decrease in
environmental noise just from the
soundproofed cups, even with the noise
reduction circuitry tumed off.
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Versatile function
Noise cancelling headphones need a bit

of electricity to operate the circuitry.
Typicallynone or tvvo AAA cells is
enough. This means that active noise
cancelling headphones can be a bit
heavier than standard headphones, so
make sur} you try them onto see if
they are domfortable. Ontheear or
earbud mlpdels will have a separate
module fot the battery and the circuitry
attached hp the cable.
Another function to keep in mind is
headset will work without
whether
batteries. course, the active noise
cancellation function will realiire power,
but some Linits need batteries to work,
whether yofii use the noise cancelling
circuitry or not.
.
I've used dheap, active NRheadphones
that seem t0add insome white noise,
which helps ask the background
noise. Whe' "you activate these without
l. you hear a faint but
distinct hiss They also boost the music
signal a bit. These in combination can
combat the tilroning of an airplane
engine well, hat with higher-quality units
you can get "flective noise reduction at
low music voximes, and nohlss.
The small simple that follows are
models wev "gactually had the
opportunity wrap around our ears for
hours at a tiirie. The Audio Technica
ATl-l-ANC7 and Panasonic RPl-ICSOO sell
for around S200, while the Panasonic
RP+lC30 goesifor around S100.
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Audio Technica ATH-ANC7 QuietPoint

Recently given a CES lnnovations 2008
Design and Engineering award, these
over-the-ear headphones are somewhat
large but quite comfortable.
With the noise-cancelling system turned
off, the cups muffle the background
noise a little bit, but once you turn the
system on, background noise is very
noticeably reduced. They also sound
very good. Frequency response is 10Hz
to 25KHz which surpasses the range of
normal human hearing on both the low
and high frequency ends. For ballads or
classical music where the sonic range
is broad, they are greatyou can fully
enjoy the quiet passages. This is also a
big factor for in-flight movie watching
as movie soundtracks often have a very
broad sonic range.
Audio Technica states the noise
reducfion performance of the QuietPoint
headphones intwo ways:-they reduce
background noise by up to 85 per cent.
and up to 206B. That's hard to put into
a meaningfutreal world experience but
be assured that they work very well.
The headphones come with a
so
detachable cable. youpcan wear

them sans audio input if you just want
the noise reduction. The standard cable
uses a mini stereo plug, but the
package includes a two-pin adapter for
use with airline audio systems as well
as a 1/4inch adapter. They come with
a semirigid zippered case that won't
take up too much room in your carry-on.
Panasonic RP-HCSOO
This unit looks feels and sounds a lot Iike the Audio
Technica ATI-IANC7 which is not a bad thing-both
sound great and are comfortable to wear. Both have
the noise cancellation switch onthe left earphone
where the battery compartment for one AAA cell also
is Iocated and both use a blue LED to indicate that the
circuit is on. However some ergonomic as well as
aural differences are worth noting-and the specs are
not the same either. The AudioTechnica phones
sounded livelier/brighter to me and initjally I thought I
Iiked them better. But over time the more neutral
output of the Panasonic set grew on me. The
differences are subtle, and a Iot will depend on your
personal preferences and the music you listen to. The
Panasonic's cups felt a Iittle bigger around my ears
but the headband seemed a bit stiffer and tighter. l
found the Audio Technica phones a bit more
comfortable for extended Iistening, but that wasn't a
big factor unless I had them on for more than an hour.
The Panasonic unit is marginally lighter175 grams
vs. 200 grams for the Audio Technica unit (according
to my kitchen scale).
conform to the shape of your ear canal. The unit ships

with three sizes of cups. l found them quite comfortable.
The HC30 has a separate module onthe cord that
holds the battery and a couple of other controls. There
is a "Monitor" button, which mutes the audio and turns
oft the noise reduction. This allows you to converse
with someone without having to remove the earbuds.
Also mounted on the module is a volume control rotary
dial. There's a sliding power switch and a small red
LED that indicates when the noisecancellation circuit is
turned on. The module has a clip onit so you can attach
it to your pocket or Clip it somewhere out of the way.
Interms of noise reduction, while the HC30 can't
compete with around-the ear isolating properties of the
HC-500 or Audio Technica units, they nonetheless have
a noticeable effect. Panasonic states the overall noise
reduction at 75 per cent, with frequency response of
8HZ-22KHz. These ship with a two-pin airplane adapter
and a cloth carrying pouch that takes up hardly any
room at all, making lt a good choice for anyone that
Iikes to travel Iight.
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Spec wise, Panasonic states uqito 95 per cent noise

reduction with the HC500 with aktive noise reduction
of up to 22dB. Stated frequencyIEresponse is 8Hz22KHz. Like the Audio Technica puietpoint, the HC5OO
has a detachable audio cord so jiou can wear them
just for noise reduction without vgorrylng about the
cord getting in your way. lt comes with a semi-hard
zippered carrying case that's marginally smaller then
the Audio Technica case, and alsfp comes with a twopin airline adapter and a l/4inch standard audio
converter.
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Ifthe geeky look of over-the-ear headphones is not to
your taste, the Panasonic RP-HC30 might fit into your
wardrobe. These unobtrusive earbud headphones
sound amazingly good and the active noise cancelling
circuit works quite well. I did notice a faint hiss on
some music sources, but not all when the noise
cancellation circuit was switchedlon. The earpiece
drivers are surrounded by soft rubber cups that
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D300 is a solid advancement of the D200 as the modeI to bridge the Iine between enthusiast and pro
gear. But my recent experiences with Olympus SLR gear have been very satisfying and the new E-3 cpuld
be the model to move meoff the Nikon path. The camera is par with anything else in its price cIass,
but I think Olympus has created a steIIar Iine of smaII Iight and fast (f2.8) mid-Ievel Ienses. With the va|ue
o1the Canadian doIIar increasing against the Japanese Yen inuthe past few months both the D300 and E3 have become more affordabIe-under 51,900.
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Sandisk Vater Disk; This is a product that you can't buy yetgiput its potentiaI to change the PC
experience is immense. Techies have Iong yeamed for a flashggdisk-based PC, so that the boot times, fiIe
access, etc. could be shortened by fIash memorys much fastkr I/0 times. Sandisk's VauIter Disk is an
intermediate step toward that-essentialiy it is a fIash drive H works in concert with existing mechanical
hard drives. The fIash drive is big enough to hold the operatin system and frequently used fiIes and
that don't need fast I/0 on the slower
intelligence between the fIash and mechanicaI drives would
pfifiies
(and bigger) mechanicaI drive.
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