Looking for a reliable optical mouse brand...

[Looking for a reliable optical mouse brand...]

I have a microsoft trackball optical and a wireless optical both hooked up. I switch between them depending on what I'm doing. Never any problems. Batteries die a lot on wireless but I use rechargeables.

[help start my computer]

Just put in your service tag # on dell.com and they will show you your config

[Looking for a reliable optical mouse brand...]

I guess that wasn't very helpful. Microsoft mice work great. I have 2 of them that I use. If you can wait for shipping you can get a brand new wireless mouse on ebay for around $10-$15

[Looking for a reliable optical mouse brand...]

I have never had a mouse die. I think you're just unlucky.

[Heatsink question]

Use something like a credit card to apply it in a thin layer. But not a card that you still use.

[Windows XP Corrputed?]

If you have used your PC long enough a full hard drive wipe and a reinstall of XP will do beautiful things. Windows just gets cluttered and a reinstall will make it almost like a new computer. Another thing you should get is a CD burner or something to transfer files. Cheap CD burner should be less than $10 on ebay .

[This is a taste of what is comming!]

And I still have a single core. I feel like a caveman.

[will I get a performance increase?]

I use a 2.8ghz prescott and it works fine for gaming. I'm just too cheap to get a core 2.

[Building a gaming rig]

Nice comp. That should be great for gaming. You may want to get another hard drive and set up RAID in the future but what you have looks sweet.

[Keep your private data . . . private]

I have to agree with you. Truecrypt is the most powerful encryption software available for free. I have lots of data that I can trust TrueCrypt with.

[Memory Question-2x512mb OR 1 X1 gb]

I would suggest a 1gb stick simply because you wouldn't have to sell off the 512 sticks if you ever wanted to upgrade to 2 gigs. You could just pop in another 1gb stick. With only two slots it is best to get the most out of each stick.

[worth upgrading 5 yr old system]

Ebay is a great place to get used Computer stuff. I got my friend a 3ghz CPU 512mb RAM system with good video card for $250. When technology gets older prices drop.

[Uninstall Internet Explorer 7]

I have found that Firefox is a much better browser than IE. There is a solution to Firefox notr being able to view certain web sites. Download the IEtab add-on for Firefox. It uses IE to view a page but within a Firefox tab. It is very fast and you can still run other tabs on Firefox.

[firefox or operah]

As you can probably tell from my avatar I would recommend sticking with Firefox. I have tried Opera, IE, and a couple of others and I think Firefox is much better. It is extremely customizable, fast, easy to use, and secure. It is definitely the fastest browser I have tried if you use the right add-ons.