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Not DRM'd = Not license protected, so just pure MP3 for example, from a ripped CD.

People do buy music. (as in, pay money to have access to the music..but we can't be too picky about the word buy - lease maybe? :p) And anapod or xplay both let you put music on iPod's without iTunes. (I guess providing it's not DRM'd)

Best and cheapest? ;) Fast - Cheap - Reliable. Choose two only ;) My advice is buy a laptop, buy a wireless router and choose any ISP you want. This whole 18month/24month nonsense and get a "free" laptop is crazy IMO, Heh.

Sure, but CS don't have £millions to invest in infrastructure ;)

The chances of Google being down, as in, not responding are near to impossible really. The infrastructure just won't allow it generally. The closest you ever get is a message telling you if there's an issue.. but it just wouldn't time out.

Hardware errors are always painful. Infact, I've never had anyone get data back off one with a hardware fault.. although we've only tried about 3 or 4.. You have to have identical hardware, clean room etc to do it.. so not easy..

It accesses the Store I think.. and you need to have a credit card assigned for that.

What did you actually do before the reboot? Oh, and have a look in C:\Documents & Settings\ if it's XP or C:\Users if it's Vista to see if anything is in there.

OSX has Adium which is the best client ever if that helps? ;) Infact, Adium is one if my favourite apps ever! Worth getting a Mac just for that IMO. Not that useful am I? Ok, I use pidgin in Linux now. Used it for years, it used to be gAIM - so very focussed on AIM then it evolved and changed...

iTunes > *

That's been a rumor for ages.. the iPhone screen touchpad. Means you can do full gestures, zoom, display stuff etc really well. Altho, saying that, that's how I expect the MBP to look come revision time, most rumours seem consistent with that design.

Cacti rocks for monitoring network devices. Mainly Windows servers? http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/operationsmanager/en/us/default.aspx

My iPhone was fine.. 2.0, 2.0.1 (apps crashed a bit), 2.0.2 (perfect) then they brought out 2.1. 2.1 I get call drops, I get crashes, BLAH. I never had call drops before :( Worse update ever.

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Hold down power button and home button at the same time until it goes off. Then turn back on if it doesn't automatically.

This is why OSX rocks the desktop hard.. ;) Get a Mac. :p

17" is massive on a laptop.. do you want it to move around or to have as a desktop replacement?

I have an Epson R285 (Was a replacement to my R220, and that was a replacement for a R200). Very very good printer.. out of all the ones I use daily, it's about the best to be honest. HP ones are also quite good - we generally only sell HP at work, and they seem fine also. Inks aren't cheap...

My biggest criticism is that it runs WM6. (and it's not an iPhone). :)

£45.. will probably stay on that though.. I try to use my 1200 mins a month, just ring people, and get nowhere near.. ahwell.. :p

GNOME is about the most complete. XFCE is also good.. but largely GNOME based. KDE is very complete, but ugly.. functional though. Enlightenment has been in development (at the same level) for 10 years+ now, and it still looks the same as it did back then to me. WindowsMaker, GNUStep aren't...

Definetely better on battery, but then, I found 2.0.2 pretty good too. Got about 1/3rd left on the meter, and it's been on for 1 day and 2 hours usage. I have WiFi on most of the time (at work, at home) and then 3G/Edge when travelling and Bluetooth on all the time too.. so pretty good. As good...

USB2 WiFi is going to be fun ;) Like I said, just boot from the CD, enter Live mode and see what works/doesn't work.

Ubuntu is pretty plug and play yep. Everything works on my laptop without any work in the latest version.. Dell D420, so pretty run of the mill hardware! Get the CD, boot it, boot into live mode (you don't have to install it) and just see what works, what doesn't etc :)

Well, if you can go OSX, that'll be infinitely better than Linux on a desktop/laptop machine. If you do want Linux, then Ubuntu is the one to go for IMO. Wouldn't even bother looking at others..

Ubuntu.

Call Waiting, Missed Calls and the ability to "send text messages really quickly" are all on the iPhone. Infact, once you get used to the iPhone keyboard, you can send rapidly! I send full e-mails on mine.

What do you mean? Why would you miss any of those features when they're present in both?

I notice subtle things.. like it flicking from EDGE to GPRS and dumping my call. Stupid. Ahwell, could be worse, I could be sending my 7th k850i back for repair like most on here. :rasp:

Defo 100% 2.0.3. 2.1 needed new features, this is nonsense. It's worse. Roll on 2.1.1 :p