Build a $350 Vista PC, 10 Reasons 3G iPhone Sucks, and Computex 2008

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Sponsored by Digital Downtown Check out Digital Downtown, NY's Consumer Technology Showcase! June 12-14 at the World Financial Center in Lower Manhattan. Organized by CEA(R), this free event features exhibits and updates on mobile devices and tons of products you can't yet buy. Hours are 11- 7 June 12, 13; 11-4 June 14. Please visit: www.digitaldowntown-nyc.com       I N   T H I S   I S S U E FEATURE STORY: Build a Vista Budget PC If all you want is a Vista system for basic home-computing tasks, here's how to build one for under $350. Read this story MORE STORIES: Ten Reasons Why I Won't Buy the 3G iPhone Apple's update to the iPhone is...underwhelming. Read this story LaCie 526 Monitor Review An extra-wide color gamut and great uniformity separates this professional grade monitor from average consumer displays. Read this story In Search of the Perfect Camera Bag Moving into pro DSLR territory meant finding a new camera bag. After going through four bags, finding the right one is harder than I thought.  Read this story Highlights from Computex 2008 From external graphics to Atom processors, booth babes to AMD guards, there was plenty to see at this year's Computex.  Read this story DISCUSSIONS: Video Card Killed the Computer Star Builder Mltech has a computer issue:  When the rig is booting, the computer black-screens and alarms with  three beeps.  However, swapping-out the video card solves the problem, but the orginal card continues to not function.  Any GPU gurus that can lay-a-hand.  Read this story I Have a Second-Rate Motherboard ET Forum member KamikazeSailor brings up an interesting point regarding motherboards.  How does a board differ if they have the same features but one is made from Intel and the other from Gigabyte?    Read this story Creating a "Read Only" Hard Disk Is it possible to transform a read/write drive into one that is read only?  Any hardware gurus out there that can help?  Read this story SUBSCRIBE TO PC MAGAZINE AND SAVE 82% Subscribe today and save 82% off the newsstand price. 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