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You could try a different computer, it could be the sata connector on the pc, or the controller or something. Or you might have an invalid partition table, you could try re-creating it

I was pondering the same thing myself. I've seen a lot of complaints about the bay res's leaking. I'm not sure if its actually a problem or if the few people who have leaks are very vocal.

The question really needs to be what do you want to do? If you're just getting into programming, C# is probably better, because you don't have to worry about memory management as much, as everything is a pointer allocated on the heap. That being said, it can be slower depending on what you're doing. If you're writing a program that needs to be high performance c or c++ are way better. I've never used C# on any platform other than Windows, but depending on what you're doing c and c++ can get annoying if you're doing anything non-trivial with sockets or files cross platform, as directories and sockets are platform independent Java is also a good bet, since its a "write once, run everywhere" type language. I'm not a huge fan of Java, I think it takes most of the skill and fun out of it, with almost everything you could want being already in a standard library for you, and tends to have a lot over overhead. There are a lot of good Java IDE's though, which can be useful when you're just starting. C vs C++ is an interesting debate, I think C++ is better even if you don't use objects, because you have access to the "new" and "delete" keywords, which are a lot less daunting then having to use malloc when you're just starting out. There's also no // comment and no Boolean type in standard C (c88?). When I just need to get something working quickly (on Windows) I go with C#, on Linux I always go with C++, just my opinion, but I'd go with C#.

Thanks, I think I'm going to go for 3 smaller monitors. I do spend time a lot of time now using both screens, and it seems like it's easier to keep everything organized on multiple monitors.

I'm planning a build this summer and I'm not sure if I want to go with a single 30" 2560x1600 or 3 smaller (24 or 27 inch) 1080p monitors. I've been using my 17" laptop screen and a 23" external monitor for the last three years and I've become accustom to having the large workspace. Anyone have any experience switching from two monitors two one larger display?

One time I though it would be a good idea to take a power supply apart, and then I thought it would be a good idea to plug it in, and then i thought i was a good idea to stick a screwdriver in it when it was plugged in. It made a huge spark, ruined the power supply, and melted some solder onto the screwdriver. Its probably one of the dumber things I've done.