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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Five Things to Consider When Buying a Computer]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/02/17/five-things-to-consider-when-buying-a-computer-5/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/02/17/five-things-to-consider-when-buying-a-computer-5/</guid><description><![CDATA[you did not even address the very important audio aspects. Like what do we need to download the latest hi-rez 24/96 music? Come on... we ain't all gamers. Help us all.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[greg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 17th 2010 3:53AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Five Things to Consider When Buying a Computer]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/02/17/five-things-to-consider-when-buying-a-computer-5/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/02/17/five-things-to-consider-when-buying-a-computer-5/</guid><description><![CDATA[Firstly, 24/96 kbps is hardly "hi-rez" -- way below CD quality.<br><br>Secondly, you get computer speakers, no matter what. No laptop will ever have decent sound quality.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Brillson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 17th 2010 1:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Five Things to Consider When Buying a Computer]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/02/17/five-things-to-consider-when-buying-a-computer-5/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/02/17/five-things-to-consider-when-buying-a-computer-5/</guid><description><![CDATA[Actually, I did think the sound quality on the Bang & Olufsen / ASUS laptop we saw at CES was pretty stellar. Never mind that I hated the casing. But yeah, you're still right, Leila.<br><br><a href="http://www.switched.com/2010/01/10/asus-bang-and-olufsen-nx90jq-laptop-not-as-awesome-as-wed-hoped/" rel="nofollow">http://www.switched.com/2010/01/10/asus-bang-and-olufsen-nx90jq-laptop-not-as-awesome-as-wed-hoped/</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Zuras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 17th 2010 1:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Five Things to Consider When Buying a Computer]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/02/17/five-things-to-consider-when-buying-a-computer-5/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/02/17/five-things-to-consider-when-buying-a-computer-5/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Leila Brillson <br><br>He's talking 24 bit / 96 kHz music, girl! Way ABOVE CD quality. CDs are 16 bits/ 44.1 kHz.. Basically the bit depth is the amount of dynamic range and the sample rate (in kHz) is the number of times per second that the waveform is sampled (so 96,000 is more than 44,100).]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[yourdj70]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 20th 2010 11:21PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Five Things to Consider When Buying a Computer]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/02/17/five-things-to-consider-when-buying-a-computer-5/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/02/17/five-things-to-consider-when-buying-a-computer-5/</guid><description><![CDATA[Thanks for mentioning that Windows is a major target for viruses,trojans, etc. mainly due to its huge market share.  My MAC buddies seem to thing that their OS is whats defending them.  I always remind them that if Apple computers ever make a decent inroad in the corporate world they'll be in the same boat. -T]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[taja2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 17th 2010 2:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Five Things to Consider When Buying a Computer]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/02/17/five-things-to-consider-when-buying-a-computer-5/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/02/17/five-things-to-consider-when-buying-a-computer-5/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's discrete video cards, not discreet.  It's not in the corner trying to act polite.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ethan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 17th 2010 2:34PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Five Things to Consider When Buying a Computer]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/02/17/five-things-to-consider-when-buying-a-computer-5/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/02/17/five-things-to-consider-when-buying-a-computer-5/</guid><description><![CDATA[Thanks for catching, Ethan.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Houston]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 17th 2010 2:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Five Things to Consider When Buying a Computer]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/02/17/five-things-to-consider-when-buying-a-computer-5/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/02/17/five-things-to-consider-when-buying-a-computer-5/</guid><description><![CDATA[There is a Lot of hardware from various manufacturors that don't have the drivers for Windows 7 os64.  I have a new printer and am told it will be July 2010 before the drivers are available]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bruce Beaudette]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 17th 2010 9:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Five Things to Consider When Buying a Computer]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/02/17/five-things-to-consider-when-buying-a-computer-5/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/02/17/five-things-to-consider-when-buying-a-computer-5/</guid><description><![CDATA[When getting a monitor, if you're at all interested in 3D viewing, you should get a Zalman Trimon monitor.  They are special LCD monitors that allow for stereoscopic 3D viewing with circularly polarized glasses.  I have one of those.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Barich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 19th 2010 1:41AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
