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August 8th, 2004, 01:22 PM
#1606
And what the heck is a DVI cable? It says that it needs it for a particular monitor, but what is it?
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August 8th, 2004, 01:24 PM
#1607
Originally Posted by Mick
/Somehow though I always wind up with blondes...I'm cursed I say.
In that case, pack your bags and move on over to Regensburg. Some of the girls here are spectacular.
// Assuming you can put up with a more bureaucratic and bloated government than Uncle Sam.
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August 8th, 2004, 01:29 PM
#1608
Originally Posted by YourSurrogateGod
Options are good... very good. Just not when you're poor, like me right now...
Probably should censor myself for this but I've been a good boy for too long....so having said that....the key is learning to lick your eyebrows....
Meh I guess. This may come as a surprise but I loath hardware I am not the right person to ask this question
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August 8th, 2004, 01:31 PM
#1609
Originally Posted by YourSurrogateGod
And what the heck is a DVI cable? It says that it needs it for a particular monitor, but what is it?
http://www.datapro.net/techinfo/dvi_info.html
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August 8th, 2004, 02:06 PM
#1610
Hey Mick, what's your computer?
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August 8th, 2004, 02:11 PM
#1611
Originally Posted by YourSurrogateGod
Hey Mick, what's your computer?
Which one
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August 8th, 2004, 02:23 PM
#1612
Originally Posted by Mick
Which one
You've got more than one :envy: . Well how about the one that you like the most?
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August 8th, 2004, 02:29 PM
#1613
hmm lets see I guess I'm getting use to the laptop. I prefer the desktop PC's though because they are easier to upgrade. But like I said I'm not a hardware nut. My buddy use to take care of all that stuff, but alas he moved several thousand miles away. Anyways he was the hardware geek, and he would every year and 1/2 go out and slap a machine together for me. So I haven't really shopped/bought on since the mid 90's.
Right now what is functioanl is lets see: a dell laptop (mid-high end) a dell desktop (high-end) and a mid-level no-name pc that I use for development test/play purposes.
I mainly just use PC's to play games surf or write code....home pc's are the game playing ones. work pc's all that is needed is a large/fast harddrive and lots o ram. But I'm sure there are plenty of super geeks that have their machines tricked out more than I do
Got plenty of various hardware parts in boxes from over the years...really should get rid of that stuff...
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August 8th, 2004, 02:35 PM
#1614
But remember that I'm older than you I remember what it's like to be young and poor
But here is something for you...I remember spending 1200.00 bucks just for a hard drive exapnsion kit back in like the 80's or early 90's for my amiga 2000.
It had an extra 2 meg on board and a 52 meg harddrive...cost almost as much as the amiga 2000 did Just so I could play my games without switching the floppies
/Sigh wish the amiga had taken off more in the markets more.
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August 8th, 2004, 02:39 PM
#1615
I looked at Dell, but those guys seem to be quite a bit in bed with ATI radeon, I wanted an NVIDIA. I plan to install Linux (gentoo) on my machine at some point, most likely soon and I heard that NVIDIA works with the installation fewest problems. That and from what I've heard, Dell laptops have quite a bit of problems when it comes to quality.
I want to get a Gateway, but I don't know if a 300 W power supply would be sufficient for the below computer. That's what's bugging me for some time.
http://products.gateway.com/products...id=710t&seg=hm
And from what I've heard, if the power source sucks, you're pretty much, uhh... fudged for the long run.
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August 8th, 2004, 02:40 PM
#1616
Originally Posted by Mick
But remember that I'm older than you I remember what it's like to be young and poor
But here is something for you...I remember spending 1200.00 bucks just for a hard drive exapnsion kit back in like the 80's or early 90's for my amiga 2000.
It had an extra 2 meg on board and a 52 meg harddrive...cost almost as much as the amiga 2000 did Just so I could play my games without switching the floppies
/Sigh wish the amiga had taken off more in the markets more.
Yes, I am quite the poor student that I am .
// I guess I'll go back to smuggling immigrants over the border for $5000 a head...
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August 8th, 2004, 02:44 PM
#1617
Originally Posted by YourSurrogateGod
I looked at Dell, but those guys seem to be quite a bit in bed with ATI radeon, I wanted an NVIDIA. I plan to install Linux (gentoo) on my machine at some point, most likely soon and I heard that NVIDIA works with the installation fewest problems. That and from what I've heard, Dell laptops have quite a bit of problems when it comes to quality.
I want to get a Gateway, but I don't know if a 300 W power supply would be sufficient for the below computer. That's what's bugging me for some time.
http://products.gateway.com/products...id=710t&seg=hm
And from what I've heard, if the power source sucks, you're pretty much, uhh... fudged for the long run.
Never had a problem with a dell..ok scratch that, OLDER dells (talking the 90's) motherboards use to go out all the time. Compaq use to fark up all the time and have memory that wasn't compatable...I have seen people buy gateways and have all sorts of problems. Me...I have no problem with dells these days so I would probably buy from them.
You know..you can make your own system cheaper...like I said I'm not a hardware geek, but my buddy use to make systems that smoked for dirt cheap.
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August 8th, 2004, 02:45 PM
#1618
Originally Posted by YourSurrogateGod
Yes, I am quite the poor student that I am .
// I guess I'll go back to smuggling immigrants over the border for $5000 a head...
Well it was either a down payment for a new car for the wifey or the expansion board...still can't figure out why she left me
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August 8th, 2004, 02:51 PM
#1619
Originally Posted by Mick
Never had a problem with a dell..ok scratch that, OLDER dells (talking the 90's) motherboards use to go out all the time. Compaq use to fark up all the time and have memory that wasn't compatable...I have seen people buy gateways and have all sorts of problems. Me...I have no problem with dells these days so I would probably buy from them.
You know..you can make your own system cheaper...like I said I'm not a hardware geek, but my buddy use to make systems that smoked for dirt cheap.
I probably would have put the darn thing together had I had 1 month of "free time" (odd phrase isn't it ?) Unfortunately, since I come back from Socialisti... err... Germany I have to go back to college in less than 10 days. So I have to get my little grubby hands on whatever I can. I guess I'll keep looking at the dell and phantasizing...
// Wooohooo... Olsen Twins !!! :barf:
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August 8th, 2004, 02:54 PM
#1620
Originally Posted by YourSurrogateGod
I probably would have put the darn thing together had I had 1 month of "free time" (odd phrase isn't it ?) Unfortunately, since I come back from Socialisti... err... Germany I have to go back to college in less than 10 days. So I have to get my little grubby hands on whatever I can. I guess I'll keep looking at the dell and phantasizing...
// Wooohooo... Olsen Twins !!! :barf:
well your a bit luckier than me in my youth...PC's were way too expensive back then. So you got that going for you Get a job you bum!!! Or at least a suga momma
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