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I roll my eyes to the remark that by affording to spend $800 on a DS1621+ that means a person can afford a dual-port 10Gbe switch. That simply isn't true. I just ordered this NAS due to a small windfall I received, and I'm super happy about that, but I still can't afford to make my home network...

I just went ahead and purchased the $99 standard Windows system builder version. I would rather have the peace of mind of avoiding problems in the future... That being said, I would like it to be the pro version, is that 14.99 applicable to upgrade my version of win8 to the pro version, Are am I...

I'm in the same boat, at least as far as the touch screen goes, or lack thereof, but I will be building a brand new top-of-the-line computer with that though, so I'm excited about that. And I plan on eventually buying a laptop with a touchscreen (probably a lenovo twist) with Windows 8 if it's...

Thank you DynoDon for taking the time to post that, i hope I have a similar experience when I do the install!

Did I melt people's brains with this question? :-P

Very useful information everyone, thanks! I'll let you know how my win8 upgrade (clean install) goes in a couple weeks or so.

Cool thank you, I also read that some people (many of those who were using an XP or a Vista key, not a windows 7 key to purchase the upgrade from MS for $39.99) were having issues being given the option to 'create an iso' and were only seeing "install now" or "install later" options, or...

I'm hearing conflicting reports on this. Many people have had success doing a clean install with it. I'm going to give it a shot, and let you all know in a couple weeks.

Will windows updates, etc continue to work properly on the Windows 7 machine?

Hmmm, my win 7 is already activated and I read somewhere else that it does render the previous license of windows "overwritten" so you can't continue to use the older one...I don't want this to happen. I guess I'll risk the upgrade for $40 or whatever, since it's so cheap, and if it ends up...

I'm about to build a new system, and I need it to be windows 8 Pro (I have to gain mastery of it for my line of work...) and I'm wondering if the full OEM version is necessary for my new build or if it's possible to install the upgrade version somehow via a clean install without having issues...

Hey everyone, I'm considering going completely SSD (1 MLC 64gb for cache to use maximum allowed cache size) + another 128GB for storage/programs and then off-setting the lack of storage by using external (usb 2/3) drives...(I have plenty of ext space avail) Is there any advantage to using the...

So should I just use unity then with the latest Ubuntu and not worry about it? Is it just as flashy?

Thank you for the response and information. Does anybody else have any other information or advice on this? Also any tips or guidance to a link, etc to help me configure for dual boot this PC with win8 and Ubuntu, like, which do I install first? I was thinking of using an intel 313 cache...

Hi everyone, I'm wanting to set up a new computer very soon, combining windows 8 with Ubuntu. My focus is to use the machine primarily as a music (midi) computer and a gaming system. On the linux side I would primarily be using it for data rescue (utilizing ddrescue), but also want to be able...