Rick, I guess that my (and others') issue is that the electrons are traveling to the speaker at near lightspeed (literally.) I don't see that a few feet could possibly be heard; you'd need to be off by miles to hear a millisecond difference.
Add me to the list of the unimpressed. I felt that the movie lacked true depth--the really interesting climactical section came far too early IMO. I think Howard kept building toward it (no spoiler,) continuing to mention that he cut scenes to keep the flow headed there. Once you got there...
Run W2K over 9x any day of the week. Fast, stable, long uptime, and hibernation support. 8500 AIW is the same functionality if you don't play games. If you do, there is a world of difference in favor of the 8500. I've heard mediocre things about the new MS wireless keyboard and mouse combo...
Timon, yes, HL will work with powerstrip. Think of it as an extension of the display properties in the OS. Whether or not the 8500 will output everything to HD is unknown to me. From an email I just recieved: Highest quality method to deliver component output with your RADEON™ 8500 class...
I would think that because the PC can do so many things it is a very likely candidate to be able to read SACD or DVD-A. The reality is that there is no way people are going to produce drives that can rip those formats to Kazaa, et al.
I know it is all over, but....
I'm surprised that nobody mentioned the obvious: have CC PM BB's price. That CC store loses $5 off what they originally planned on selling that piece of media for. Granted, they probably paid $12.00 or some such junk, but it is a way we can strike back at their...