>The catalyst behind all this was Vista. Beta 2 is available, I downloaded it last night, and was hoping to install Vista64 on my AMD64 FX55 computer. I only have one drive, and the AMD is chock full. It’s got a 600W power supply now, so it could probably handle it, but since my DVD Drive is primarily for burning movies, a DVD reader in my main game computer is sufficient. That way I can have one burning away while I’m off killing people. I’m installing Vista now. Since the DVD ISO is an odd file system type I had…

>Have You Cleaned Your Computer?

>I can’t believe it, I let a computer fall into disrepair. I’m not sure of the seriousness of the situation, but my 3ghz HT P4 would not start. It turned on, but there were no diagnostic beeps of any kind to indicate what might be wrong, or that it was booting. I opened it and was greeted with one of the sights I chastize for: an entire case coated in grime, dust, and hair. It’s not as bad as someone who smokes (I’ve done a lot of those) but cat hair is right up there. The CPU fan was coated…