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Acer is actually a pretty big name in the computer market, I have a travelmate and it is honestly a good dependable laptop. The computer was cheaper and offered some pretty high end hardware so I snatched it up. If anything I would say Acer is your next best thing to building your own machine because they include very sizable hard drives and some of the best Intel processors so they are great for doing just that.

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Not really, you could make one with high enough specs to handle gaming, but they aren’t really made solely for gaming.

Try http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/

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Acer computers are pretty good. I was thinking about buying one myself. You can get internet, word processing, watch movies, burn CDs and DVDs. They work as well as any other computer. They are also great if you don’t want to spend a ton on money. And if you want to ever increase the hard drive, RAM, get new software, etc. You can always do that.

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Acer has never been known for their quality

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A Hewlett Packard salesman told me not to buy them
So what are you gonna do
I think he was bias
But Hewlett Packard is #1

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Look mac is like a designer company people use it for 3 reasons durability design and to show it off simple as that i personally prefer windows because i like there performance and support but then again performance is what is in your computer so well if you have the right processor and ram simple things then mac is simply a company if your a smart buyer there are windows which work better then macs

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It only works with macs . U can get really kl mouse by logitec

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You can purchase MS Office for Mac, I believe the latest version is Office 2004. It includes PowerPoint. Or you can purchase iWork, which has presentation software called Keynote. It costs around $100.00 or so. You can also download NeoOffice, which is a free office suite for Mac that includes presentation software.

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They would be the packerd bell….

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I don’t know of any software that Apple makes that will make it support Verizon but you may be able to find a third party software by googling for it.

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You should ask them:)

http://www.myspace.com/themaine

haha or go to the site http://www.cr8tiverecreation.com/
and look at all the styles for a name.

Good luck.

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DTLR

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I don’t know, but you can check out this cool site I ran across. It is www.cashsavingsolutions.com. Check out the Apparel section near the top of the screen.

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I got my bf some for xmas and he’s a 9 or 9.5 in Nike. I got him a 9 in CRs and they fit but he says its a snug fit since the width isnt wide. I hope that makes sense. =)

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Yes.

When buying stuff becomes entertainment, you have cash management problems. You are just buying stuff to fill a desire. That desire will never be satiated with more stuff. And you risk doing it at the cost of your financial future.

You should have a budget for shopping, if you’re that way inclined. Set aside some of your income for saving and some of your income for shopping. That way, you don’t feel too deprived. Make sure you save 10% of your income, though.

Best wishes

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Nope. They recommend Apple computers, though, as most of the school computers are Macs so it’s easier to integrate our computers with their systems.

I’m sure Dell payed your school payed a fair amount of money to recommend their laptops since there’s no reason it’s useful to have the same model of laptop as everyone else, just the same OS.

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As a matter of fact, this is true. It was reported in a recent Reader’s Digest in their Medical Updates section. No, they don’t affect women. The issue was the heat generated by the laptop causing a drop in sperm production. It is not a theory, but a fact. Of course, like so many things, two years from now they may come out with a study that says it isn’t as bad as they once thought.

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Check www.seatguru.com for your airline and plane or flight, and it will tell you what seats have power outlets (if any) and what adapter you might need.

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Some airlines have a few power sources on some of their larger aircraft (that are generally used for longer flights) but generally there isn’t on most airplanes. As far as internet access, there isn’t on the plane and actually they will tell you to disable the wireless feature on your laptop before you take off. Most airport terminals do have wireless access though, and a few power outlets in the terminal, but often you have to pay a fee (it’s not free wireless in a lot of airports it’s like $5-8 usually for up to 24 hours of access, but chances are you’ll only have time to be using it for a few minutes so it’s not worth paying for).

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That battery looks like a big watch battery and they are pretty cheap. Usually they are located on the mainboard of the computer somewhere. On a laptop that’s likely deep inside it’s belly and hard to get at. You could try to take it apart further, just remember where all the screws go.

Sounds like you might need a new laptop. By brother got one for free from this place. There are a couple to choose from and they aren’t crappy ones. I’m working on getting mine right now. It’s not too difficult. Pretty painless really. Just sign up for 1 free trial or something from their list of things and then get a few other people to do the same.

: http://www.notebooks4free.com/default.aspx?r=712126

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This is not a simple thing that a do-it-yourselfer can just do without a lot of study and work. Your best bet is probably to contact a solar installer near you and ask them for a free quote. In fact, contact several, and get competitive bids.

If you are still intent on trying it yourself, try Googling “photovoltaic documentary” , or maybe “solar panel self install”.

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I don’t think NASA does specifically, but there are a number of organizations which do.

Satellites have been monitoring solar activity since 1979. Over the past 31 years, solar activity has remained completely flat on average. Here’s the data:

http://www.acrim.com/RESULTS/Earth%20Observatory/earth_obs_fig27.pdf

Scientists have also put together data on solar activity from much further back using various proxies. For example, when there are more sunspots it also means there’s more solar activity, and people have been monitoring sunspot number for centuries. Here’s some longer-term data.

Http://www.mps.mpg.de/images/projekte/sun-climate/climate.gif

http://solar-center.stanford.edu/sun-on-earth/600px-Temp-sunspot-co2.svg.png

As you can see, the current global warming is clearly not being caused by the Sun, since solar activity has not increased in over 50 years. This is the conclusion of every scientific study on the subject.

Http://www.skepticalscience.com/solar-activity-sunspots-global-warming.htm

We don’t have enough information about the temperature changes on Mars to compare them to those on Earth. We don’t even know for sure if Mars is warming, let alone how much. But we do know that the Sun isn’t causing global warming on Earth right now.

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Here’s some info regarding solar power:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power

http://www.doe.gov/energysources/solar.htm

The US government has a website dedicated to helping people with alternative energy and such. See:

http://hes.lbl.gov/

If you click on the “Remodeling” link, you’re led here:

http://hes.lbl.gov/hes/makingithappen/nrr.html

There’s tons of information regarding solar energy, including financing information (there are grants and tax credits available for “going green.”)

There’s a purchasing link where you can find more info on cost, here:

http://hes.lbl.gov/hes/makingithappen/purchasing.html

Check out the information, and see what is available to you. You might also want to check out your local extension office, or other city resources for more options.

Good luck!

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Yes it is but only if your state will subsidize at least 30% of it and you live in a sunny state (that’s for solar). Wind is more predictable but it costs a bit more due to the wear and tear on the parts.

Rival

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It is not simple to answer.
There are several different technologies
and many differnent working environments and load factors.

High-spec NASA pannels, clean room semiconductors, redundancy & destructive testing. And a short hostile life generating little useable power – perhaps the case could be made the are a net energy loss.

Organic (dye) photovoltaics, although having lower efficiencies, are much simpler to mass produce, so less net energy input
and in normal use should give ample life to give a positive energy gain. Unfortunaly still very much at development stage so no easy to read summaries