XP has had support for SATA for years.

So, like a lot of people, apparently, Bloglines' flakiness is getting so bad that I'm switching to Google Reader. Is there any way to set the reader pane to show my new posts by feed, rather than by date?

Bon bon, I'm not sure exactly what you mean.

ION, I have a question - ages ago, I downloaded JoinTogether on the suggestion of this thread to turn some 1-mp3-per-chapter audiobooks I have into single files. Even after downloading the upgrade, it's still hanging when I try to run it. (Pre-upgrade, it would hang on chapter 8/46, now it's hanging on chapter 32. So yes, an improvement, but still not actually working.)

Is there another piece of software out there that does this? I'm on a G5 running Tiger.

I'm having trouble with my wireless router. I've tried to get an internet connection to work and it's just not working. I've checked my modem and it's working fine. I've tried the diagnostics on the laptop and ran the set up disc for the router. I can only get "local only" connections on BOTH laptops, so I know it's not the laptop, either.

I just bought this Linksys two months ago and I hate the thought of replacing it so soon.

Any advice? Is there something I'm not doing?

"Hard reset."

On the back of the linksys there is a reset button only accessible with a paper clip or really thin wire.

Take a paper clip and press in on the recessed switch for 20 seconds.

Then set it up from scratch.

Bon bon, I'm not sure exactly what you mean.

There's probably not a way. In Bloglines, if I choose to read all my updated feeds at once, new posts are arranged by feed. So in the reading pane it shows me, for example, the new posts on Defamer, then all the new posts from Gawker, then all the new posts from NYT. It looks like Google Reader doesn't sort them by feed and then date, it sorts new posts by date. So I'm looking at a New York Times post then two Gawker posts then another NYT post. The snark code-switching makes me dizzy!

I thought Microsoft had made another 6-month extension of XP's life

You are right - but the same deal as before - upgrade your VISTA laptop to VISTA business and you can downgrade to XP Pro for free. XP can continue to be bundled with teeny tiny laptops, but not with laptops with decent memory and hard drives.

Cashmere,

back up the router settings before you do a hard reset, it might save you a bit of time.

unplug the router for a bit and plug it back in. You can try that before you do a hard reset. You need to do the hard reset while the router is unplugged.

FWIW, are you sure your cable modem is okay? Disconnect it from the router and run it to a computer directly and see if it is working okay.

My concern would be with SATA drivers, do recent version of XP have SATA support on install?

XP has had support for SATA for years.

While you are correct about XP support for SATA drives, ND, it doesn't necessarily have support for the controller. I couldn't install XP-SP2 on my Acer because the installer couldn't locate the Fujitsu HDD. I had to slipstream a new copy of XP with the controller driver added so that setup could locate the HDD and install.

That said, my cheap laptop has Vista and has worked just fine even with 1GB of memory.

Lucky you. My cheap laptop ran like a 3-legged drunk dog with Vista, and that was with 1gb of ram. Works fine with XP and Ubuntu.

ETA: Interestingly, unlike XP, Ubuntu 8.04 installed without a hiccup.

I don't know about Google Reader, but NewsGator lets you group by feed or by date. (I use it when away from home because it syncs with my beloved NetNewsWire client automatically, so I've never really compared it with other readers.)