"My reasoning is this. Dell has a keen sense of quality. They'll actually pick a motherboard that's a touch slower but hardier."
If by hardier you mean whatever the hell is lying around the warehouse, then yes. In all seriousness, when you purchase a Dell computer the motherboard included is...
Cleaner 5 can convert mpeg 2 files into pretty much any other video codec (.mov, mpeg 1, etc.)
The software comes bundled with FCP 2 but is also available for purchase seperately. It's made by Terran.
i know this doesn't help much, but in my experience you're better off without the "help" of comcast. ;)
2 hour phone call, 1 hour was spent on hold, and the other was me trying to explain to the lady that i wanted a static IP. ;)
Seamless transition my ass.
My multiple IP's work fine, but the dynamic IP and configuring using DHCP is a bitch. It took me a couple of hours to sort everything out.
I'm planning on spending all day with tech support tommorow haggling for a better price and demanding static ip addresses...