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I'm posting this thread to help out anyone with an ATI/AMD graphics and is having random problems with Metro streaming apps in Windows 8 (Netflix, Skype, Hulu, Youtube, Xbox Music, iHeartRadio, TuneIn Radio, etc.): recap of the problem: metro apps having difficulty streaming or crashing back to the ...

have you guys been playing with xbox music? this is a pretty friggin amazing service. I didn't get the allure of Spotify (used Pandora, Last.FM, and had my own collection of MP3s). But now I get it... I've been piling tons of songs into my music collection and discovered artists and songs I would've...

If I had a computer that took 11 minutes to boot to desktop, I would throw that computer away or donate it. Upgrading one hard drive for another may be sufficient for a few people, but most people wouldn't notice much of a change. I've gone from a 4200 rpm HD to a 7200 rpm HD before and while there ...

I just upgraded my dad's old Dell 5150 (Pentium 4 3.0 GHz system with 2.5 GB of DDR2 RAM and integrated Intel graphics). It was starting to really feel its age (6 years old). Everything took forever to load. The time it took to boot from the time you pressed the power button to when you could launch...

The kind of protection that you were referring to applies only to an OS software problem hosing the system partition. It won't protect a malware wiping out your other partitions nor it will protect in the case of a head crash (that spans multiple partitions). Nowadays, it is more for data managemen...

I'm new to SSDs so please excuse my ignorance. I was wondering if you can partition an SSD like a hard drive and use the same utilities to do so. I'm so used to partitioning. For many reasons, but mainly for data protection (if one partition gets hosed, the other partitions are safe). I'm wondering ...

i just wish there was a way to know whether AHCI or TRIM is working. There's no BIOS setting. The number of settings for this notebook BIOS is very limiting. Intel SSD Toolbox yes, i've run that utility. but where do I find out whether it's working or not? any help would be much appreciated! under ...

alright. upgraded the hp pavilion tx2000 notebook with the intel x25-m 80GB. loving it. now, it's not a miracle worker. but it's probably the best improvement I've seen in a system upgrade. much better than upgrading RAM. the most tangible system upgrade is a good graphics card which is nearly impos...

thanks guys for all the input! it's very much appreciated. looks like I'll skip on buying an SSD until i get a newer laptop (unless someone here has experience with upgrading an old notebook). I was hoping an SSD would make my old one feel like a new one. But I guess it's like a RAM upgrade (like I ...

It would likley help to upgrade, though 256 gig flash is still expensive. Assuming you have SATA interface, make sure to get one that supports TRIM with regards to the SATA interface, are you referring to the SATA controller on the HP laptop motherboard? how would I check if it supports TRIM? or ar...

I'd say get a new laptop although you could always move the SSD to a new laptop in the future. If you do a lot of video editing it would seem like a larger drive would be a better fit. oh, for the video editing, I'd save that kind of work for my desktop computer. I was just referencing how I use ha...

Hi, I was wondering how "too old" your laptop is before you consider junking it for a newer laptop. I was thinking of getting the Intel SSD to get a speed boost but wondering if it'd make a big difference in my laptop. It's an old HP Pavilion TX2000 laptop with AMD Turion64 X2 Mobile Techn...