how come you cant start threads after 70 posts? does not make sense to me? i just started here tho so maybe I am missing something?
The new member subforum has rules none of the others do. 70 is an arbitrary number, but really, at some point you just aren't "new" and looking for getting-started support and very general information. After awhile you're more likely to have very specific questions, about hardware, say, or a particular vendor's products, which are more appropriate (and more quicky answered) in a dedicated subforum.
Vendors aren't allowed to post here at all; others can continue to reply indefinitely, but not start new threads.