Not all direct loans have subsidized interest. Most of my loans are of the unsubsidized type, and while not due while in school, accrued interest from the date of issue. Some of my loan money is subsidized, and is not accruing interest while in deferment.

The first chunk of my loans, issued pre-Fall 2006, are at ~1.8% and is a variable rate. My loans issued Fall 2006 and onwards are at 6 and change. My only complaint is that they refuse to let me pay back the higher interest loan first, telling me that federal law prohibits it.
Loans for graduate school are higher, my wife has graduate PLUS loans at the 8.5%.

2 years in the Peace Corps will not forgive any of your loans, it will just get you a two year deferment. Those PLUS loans of the OP are going to sit and accrue interest at 8.5% for two years. The $6,000 "resettlement" cash PC gives you when you return won't cover the interest on his loans. Not withstanding any other benefits (increased employability, personal growth, ect), the PC is a poor economic decision for recent graduates with unsubsidized loans.

Having lived a block away from a major tourist landmark for a year, I'm certain that I am in thousands of facebook, and other, photos. I'm pretty sure I can't do anything about it either, public space and all.

Well, perhaps we can move it to a Monday. Monday is burger night, $1 burgers. Monday also cuts back on the business guys out for drinks on a Friday.

But what about the mb?

I can't say for sure, but if he is worried about the CPU's ability to run X, then he probably has a pretty old processor and, therefore, motherboard. Old motherboard's cannot handle that kind of storage.

I'm running a K6-2 400MHz machine, and the best it can do is run a 30GB hard drive (which is actually a 40GB hd jumpered down to 30GB).

So, a $30 60GB hard drive (are they really *that* cheap?!) would probably cost a lot more, considering CPU and MB.

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