Why do companies keep on releasing the "same" notebook over and over again. I want something new. Same proc, same memory, same hard drive, same chassis, why do they even bother...

TiVo runs linux, and the tivo OS has been thoroughly hacked and installed on different hardware. Considering that mac addresses usually arn't unique, I could see the possibility of friends being able to share their tivo downloads in more then one location.

Maybe they should do something that isnt engineered, say a trooper hosing the server with a m249, lets see how the server will handle that!

The cheetah line is designed for high-end servers, to complain about no sata support is plain stuipid, why would seagate cripple such a awsome drive with a pokey sata-scsi translation layer?

All the companies want is a way to take rights away from the consumers and put money into their pockets. What we are seeing is a massive declination of our rights to own property, instead we are paying a company to allow us to do what we should beable to do anyway. By carefully wording and tricking consumers that these new products are "easier and more convenient" they are throwing rights management and limiting what we can do with our own property. Unfortunately the government seems unwilling or uninterested in helping their citizens. We should beable to do whatever we want with our property. If I want to rip a cd to my computer, why do companies INSIST on trying to limit this. Sure the problem with piracy is there, but why dont they develop toward countering piracy instead of crippling the consumers with limitations.