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Various Non-Bald Discussions => Autos,Toys and Hobbies => Topic started by: tooteaching on October 21, 2006, 04:42:40 PM
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What kind of computer do you like to use? What particular hardware of software?
I know our heads may be "hardware" however they don't count!
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I'm still using a "frankenstien" that I built two years ago. Lian Li case, Asus MB, 2 gHz Intel chip, 2 GB ram... I think the only piece that came over from my old system was a 25GB HDD that now serves as a D: drive.
I'm really kind of sick of the whole set-up though and would love to switch to a wide-screen laptop with wireless connetions to the printers, etc. I hate beeing chained to my office/inner sanctum.
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I use a Mac... PowerBook G4... LOVe it.... :o
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I have a Dell Latitude C400 with Suse Linux installed that I normally use. For business I have a ThinkPad 42 with XP. Always use Firefox!!
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I have a few that i use. I use my Laptop: A Powerbook G4, An Intel iMac, And a custom watercooled rig that i just built. It has a Conroe E6600, 4 Gigs of Ram, 750 Gig Seagate with a 25 Gig boot drive, 680i motherboard, and the new nVidia 8800 Graphics card. Not too shabby for gaming :P
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I have a few that i use. I use my Laptop: A Powerbook G4, An Intel iMac, And a custom watercooled rig that i just built. It has a Conroe E6600, 4 Gigs of Ram, 750 Gig Seagate with a 25 Gig boot drive, 680i motherboard, and the new nVidia 8800 Graphics card. Not too shabby for gaming :P
So what you're trying to say is that it takes awhile to view Sly Bald Guys? :D
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I recently switched to a Toshiba Satellite laptop with a bilingual
Win XP (Greek and English) running on it.
I absolutely love laptops and would never buy one of these ugly and bulky desktops again.
Anyway, it's sufficiently fast, with an Intel Duo 2 Core processor, 1024 MB RAM and a 100GB HDD. The graphics card (NVidia GeForce Go 7600) could be better for the kind of work I do, which is web design, so I'm also using Macromedia Studio 8 software.
I also use office software (Open Office 2.0 - a great and free alternative to the MS Office suite), and when I feel really adventurous (like Billy the Kid) I also run Limewire on my system....but sshhh, don't tell anyone...
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LimeWire...mmmm...good stuff...er I mean REALLY???
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My New gear at Work!!!
Left to right...
Ubuntu Dell P4 20", Vista Duo Core 2 Dell 24" wide and the ultimate OS X Quad Core Mac Pro with 30" Cinema Display
I must be a real real real good boy at work...
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Main system: XP2400+ (2 GHz), 1 GB RAM, Radeon 9800 Pro, 160+400GB HDDs, 19" NEC LCD, running XP Pro and Ubuntu. No need to upgrade at the moment, don't really have time for games anymore :(
DVR: XP1700+ (underclocked and -volted to ~1 GHz @ 1.1V), 256 MB RAM, 2x 400GB HDDs, 3 DVB-S (digital satellite) tuners, Gentoo Linux
Router: Pentium 200, 32 MB RAM, custom NAT/routing Linux distro
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I am currently limping along on a second hand HP Pavillion running XP. It's got a paltry 40GB hard drive (17GB of which is taken up by music!).
It's running a Pentium III processor and an Asus HAWK 1.08 motherboard.
I bought hte whole thing from my office at the time when they updated their systems. It was $200 complete with monitor and all, so...
I bought it after 3 weeks of being computer less after my Toshiba Satillite Pro laptop finally gave up the ghost... Withdrawls suck.
So my current system is pretty punkass, but I am saving for a nice laptop.
OH, and while I use XP as my platform (came pre-installed on the computer), I ALWAYS use Firefox and Thunderbird.
I LOVES me some LimeWire!!! (exclusively for the legal downloading and sharing of files which in no way infringe on anyones copywrites ^-^ .)
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I think I have all of you beat! As in, I've got the WORSE computer. It's a '99 Gateway Pentium III 500 mghz with a - cough cough - 20 GB harddrive and a maxed out memory of 384 Megs.
Aaand I'm still running Windows 98SE. I'll be getting a new computer (finally) in the next couple of weeks.
~!
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With ya happyharry, laptop only for me too. Also the Toshiba Satellite set up wireless so I have the mobility I need.
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UPDATE!
I upgraded to a 120gb hard drive and un-installed ALL Microsoft products. I have been running on Ubuntu for the past several weeks and I'm never going back to MS, ever. :Xo!
;D www.ubuntu.com :@`
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vash..hows the installation..easy...medium..super linux geek?
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I just got an Acer Aspire 5580. I bought the last display laptop with XP on it after Vista came out. I owned too much XP software to go to Vista. I wasn't sure about Acer because I hadn't heard much about the brand name, but I am very pleased with the performance.
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Toshiba A70 2.8GHtz intel P4 processor, 864 GB RAM, 128 allocated to on board Video card ATI Raedon 9000, dual monitor, XP pro I would have Vista Ultimate however no Video card driver so i cannot dual monitor.
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One of the first things that I look forward to droping some dime on is a computer [of my own personal use] in the next six or so months... I more than likely will go with the desktop option... For the reason being that they are just less expensive and more adaptable.
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My current system: Pentium D 2.66Gb (over clocked to 2.8), 1 Gb ddr2 533 ram, Asus P5n-E SLI Motherboard, BFG 7600 gt video card, 25Gb Hard drive (C: drive) 250 Gb Hard drive (D:drive), Samsung Writescribe DVD burner.
Over the next few months I'll be water cooling this thing, swaping the Pentium D for a Duel Core 2 duo, upgrading the ram to 4Gb of DDr2 800, and getting a 8600 GTS or 8800GTS video card.
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I've got a acer also not to long ago.. for $$ value I tougth it was reasonable. it's a pentium D with 2 gig of ram, 250 HD, was under 500.00$. with win xp media centre.
also have a toshiba Tecra with xp also.
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At work I have a HP AMD 64 Athlon, 100g HD, 1.5g RAM, 30" monitor!!
At home (what I have to design homes) Dell laptop 17" screen, 1.8 dual core,1g RAM, 80G HD,
Also have a Dell D400 laptop, 12" screen, 1.6 dual core, 60 g HD, 512G ram (For my wife)
Also have a Samsung Q1 Tablet, 7" screen, 1 g RAM, 80g HD (great for music, movies, microsoft word..) has great word recognition software!
and a Compaq pentium 4 3.0, 512G RAM, 60 g HD (this has my modem and wireless router hooked to it!)
I really like computers and messing around with them. Besides that I can design homes with my feet propped up on my lazy boy recliner) O0 O0
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OK... Running on a "built for me by a local computer shop" AMD Athlon 3700+ (2.2 gig - 64 bit) processor on an Nvidia based motherboard. 2 Gigs RAM, 2 Hard drives (120 Gig and 75 Gig), and an Nvidia 7800 GPU. Will soon be upgrading to an XFX Nvidia 8800 Ultra video card.
Currently operating on Windows XP Pro (SP2) but, as stated in the Ubuntu forum, I have requested my copy of Ubuntu, as well, and will hopefully be doing a lot with that OS, once I get it up and running.
As for browsers, I run most of the well known ones (MSIE, Firefox, Opera, Safari) but I am writing this right now on Google Chrome, which I like quite a bit, within its limits. Other than that, Firefox is my old standby. I only use MSIE for windows updates. Email is handled by Eudora, and has been for many years.
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I'm not going to go into details, but my pc is worth more than my brothers truck.
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I run a blazing 486DX2 with 2 mb of ram...I just upgraded from a 60 mb to a 210 mb hard drive. I am going to upgrade to windows 95 in a couple of months.....maybe even get a sound card.......... O0
Sorry was having a flashback to 1992...........That Friggin' computer cost me over $3000 to build......
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I run a blazing 486DX2 with 2 mb of ram...I just upgraded from a 60 mb to a 210 mb hard drive. I am going to upgrade to windows 95 in a couple of months.....maybe even get a sound card.......... O0
Sorry was having a flashback to 1992...........That Friggin' computer cost me over $3000 to build......
:*)) :*)) :*)) My god...taking me back, too! My first 'puter was an IBM 486SX25. had 512k RAM, a 33 meg HD, and a 2400 baud modem - Did most everything on DOS 5.0, but it did have Windows 3.1 installed :*)) :*)) :*))
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I have an Intel iMac 24". It is an amazing computer. If you've never tried a Mac, give yourself a week with one and you'll probably never go back. For the average user, PCs work just fine, but my Mac is just better. No viruses, no crashes, it's fast, and everything just... works. On my work PC IE crashes all the time, and one thing I hate is that when it crashes you have to wait forever for it to close (even trying to end process doesn't help). On a Mac, you can Force Quit and the program closes instantly.
My wife's cheapo laptop (we paid $350 for it new) came with Vista. Yuck. It's slow and very annoying. I love it when the security monitor asks if you trust content from Microsoft before installing things. I'm tempted to always say no.
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I have an Intel iMac 24". It is an amazing computer. If you've never tried a Mac, give yourself a week with one and you'll probably never go back. For the average user, PCs work just fine, but my Mac is just better. No viruses, no crashes, it's fast, and everything just... works. On my work PC IE crashes all the time, and one thing I hate is that when it crashes you have to wait forever for it to close (even trying to end process doesn't help). On a Mac, you can Force Quit and the program closes instantly.
My wife's cheapo laptop (we paid $350 for it new) came with Vista. Yuck. It's slow and very annoying. I love it when the security monitor asks if you trust content from Microsoft before installing things. I'm tempted to always say no.
Charlie Brooker on why he hates Macs [and I share the sentiment, no offense :) ]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/feb/05/comment.media
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I've got a 24" iMac too... it's a great pc, like expecially the screen (you can't understand
until you try to work on a full HD display) and the all in one case, no cable around and so on.
Also the design is great.
Have always been a bit on the "anti-Microsoft" side, nevertheless i can say that:
- MacOS X has some unique features unmatched on windows systems, such as spotlight
and time machine
- on the other side it lacks some features we are used to find in Windows, such as the
ability to resize windows from any side, then I often wonder how to keep the icons
in order into the finder windows, then you don't have as much shortcuts as you have
in windows, can't find pgUp pgDown keys on the keybard...
- you can find much more shareware utilities/programs on Windows than on MacOS,
but it's true that you seldom need them because it comes with almost anything you need...
at the end Windows has also his pros and for most of people is just enough.
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Charlie Brooker on why he hates Macs [and I share the sentiment, no offense :) ]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/feb/05/comment.media
Well said. Sums up my feelings. These Mac evangelists remind me of those annoying hare krishnas you run into at airports.
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Charlie Brooker on why he hates Macs [and I share the sentiment, no offense :) ]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/feb/05/comment.media
Have just said in my former message that Windows has his plus, and MacOSX
has some drawbacks too, nevertheless that article is not good as it is just
a "pour parler" and doesn't enter into the technical issues... he neither knows
that also mac mouses have the second button for right clicking...
I can agree that many Mac users buy Macs becasue they are "fashionable",
but nobody can deny the fact that some features of MacOS are special...
Spotlight has been out way before than windows search (and Microsoft copied
from it), Time machine is the best backup I've seen so far.
But for the average user Windows is ok, I have both a WinPC and an iMac...
use Windows at work and MacOS at home!
At the end what really counts is that the pc get things done: then if you wish
to pay more for a bigger screen or for the all in one design you have to evaluate
if it does worth the price difference for you.
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uh huh, right, OK, whatever you say.
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uh huh, right, OK, whatever you say.
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Charlie Brooker on why he hates Macs [and I share the sentiment, no offense :) ]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/feb/05/comment.media
Have just said in my former message that Windows has his plus, and MacOSX
has some drawbacks too, nevertheless that article is not good as it is just
a "pour parler" and doesn't enter into the technical issues... he neither knows
that also mac mouses have the second button for right clicking...
I can agree that many Mac users buy Macs becasue they are "fashionable",
but nobody can deny the fact that some features of MacOS are special...
Spotlight has been out way before than windows search (and Microsoft copied
from it), Time machine is the best backup I've seen so far.
But for the average user Windows is ok, I have both a WinPC and an iMac...
use Windows at work and MacOS at home!
At the end what really counts is that the pc get things done: then if you wish
to pay more for a bigger screen or for the all in one design you have to evaluate
if it does worth the price difference for you.
Actually several brands make 24 inch laptops too.
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Charlie Brooker on why he hates Macs [and I share the sentiment, no offense :) ]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/feb/05/comment.media
Have just said in my former message that Windows has his plus, and MacOSX
has some drawbacks too, nevertheless that article is not good as it is just
a "pour parler" and doesn't enter into the technical issues... he neither knows
that also mac mouses have the second button for right clicking...
I can agree that many Mac users buy Macs becasue they are "fashionable",
but nobody can deny the fact that some features of MacOS are special...
Spotlight has been out way before than windows search (and Microsoft copied
from it), Time machine is the best backup I've seen so far.
But for the average user Windows is ok, I have both a WinPC and an iMac...
use Windows at work and MacOS at home!
At the end what really counts is that the pc get things done: then if you wish
to pay more for a bigger screen or for the all in one design you have to evaluate
if it does worth the price difference for you.
What do you mean by all in one design?
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Get a mac with windows vmware. best of both worlds. O0
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Charlie Brooker on why he hates Macs [and I share the sentiment, no offense :) ]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/feb/05/comment.media
The only things he mentioned were the lack of a right mouse button and few games made for Mac. You can get a Mac with right mouse buttons (control-click is just as easy). It's no secret that for serious gamers, PC is the way to go.
For most people, a PC or a Mac would be about equal. For gamers, it's PC, and for professional graphics and video, Mac is the way to go.
I like my Mac because it works. It keeps things simple. To remove a program on a PC, you run an uninstall utility. On a Mac, you drag its icon to the trash can. The included software for multimedia editing is very simple to use but has lots of features. There are lots of little tools and utilities that make using it better (I wish my PC at work had Expose').
An no one can claim that Macs crash more than PCs. I can't tell you how many times IE7 crashes at work, and when it does, your whole system locks up for an eternity. I've had a couple crashes on a Mac, and you click force quit and the program is gone. If you try to end process on a PC it still just hangs and waits.
There's nothing wrong with having a preference. There's nothing wrong with preferring PCs. I've just found that my Mac runs better than any PC I've owned, has better software on it, and better utilities to get your work done. Not to mention having a desktop computer with only a power cable. Now that's just cool.
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I run IE7 and have never had a crash.
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I run IE7 and have never had a crash.
pigs DO fly!!!!! :*))
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I run IE7 and have never had a crash.
pigs DO fly!!!!! :*))
Now Now Boys........ :*)) :*)) :*))
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I run IE7 and have never had a crash.
pigs DO fly!!!!! :*))
He probably has IE7 but never uses it. That's why it never crashes. :D
I don't want to start a Mac-PC debate, because it never gets resolved. It comes down to personal preference. Macs are better for some things, as are PCs. Either work just fine for many folks. No one can say one is better than the other for all people and all uses.
But I still believe if people try a Mac for a few weeks they probably won't go back. ;)
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Dell Deminsion desktop..older...think we bought it in 03 but still running well and does what I need.
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I run IE7 and have never had a crash.
You are in the vast minority.
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Get a mac with windows vmware. best of both worlds. O0
Agreed. I'm a long time Mac AND Windows guy, but whenever I have the choice, I go with Mac. For certain things like MS Access or SAS, I have to use Windows. I actually use Parallels, but VMWare is the same thing. For games and such, you can even boot directly into Windows on any Mac and get the full performance out of the machine. Macs may cost a little more, but the flexibility rocks.
Oh, and Mac OS X is UNIX. It's the best of all *3* worlds.
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Get a mac with windows vmware. best of both worlds. O0
Agreed. I'm a long time Mac AND Windows guy, but whenever I have the choice, I go with Mac. For certain things like MS Access or SAS, I have to use Windows. I actually use Parallels, but VMWare is the same thing. For games and such, you can even boot directly into Windows on any Mac and get the full performance out of the machine. Macs may cost a little more, but the flexibility rocks.
Oh, and Mac OS X is UNIX. It's the best of all *3* worlds.
What do you mean by flexibility? The ability to dual boot? I tri-booted a friends laptop with XP, Ubuntu, and I believe mac's 10.4 OS back in 2006. I don't understand why people think they are enslaved to Mac's hardware. It's not easy to do, but it ain't hard. Google will find you lots of tutorials out there.
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Agreed. I'm a long time Mac AND Windows guy, but whenever I have the choice, I go with Mac. For certain things like MS Access or SAS, I have to use Windows. I actually use Parallels, but VMWare is the same thing. For games and such, you can even boot directly into Windows on any Mac and get the full performance out of the machine. Macs may cost a little more, but the flexibility rocks.
Oh, and Mac OS X is UNIX. It's the best of all *3* worlds.
What do you mean by flexibility? The ability to dual boot? I tri-booted a friends laptop with XP, Ubuntu, and I believe mac's 10.4 OS back in 2006. I don't understand why people think they are enslaved to Mac's hardware. It's not easy to do, but it ain't hard. Google will find you lots of tutorials out there.
I like the Mac OS because in my experience, it's easier to get stuff done with minimal setup and tweaking. So that is my OS of choice. Other people have other preferences that work well for them, and that's cool.
But running Mac OS on non-Apple hardware requires a fair bit of the very tweaking and hacking I'm trying to avoid by using Mac OS in the first place. And it has to be repeated for every system update. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy that kind of thing sometimes. But on a hobby machine. Not the machine I actually have to get things done with. Being able to run Mac OS, and being able to run it trouble-free is worth something to me, so I go Apple. All that said, hacking Mac OS X to run on your PC can be good way to introduce yourself to the OS, but for the long term, it kind of defeats the purpose.
Now, whether Apple should allow Mac OS on non-Apple hardware, well, I think that would be GREAT! Especially now that they have their iPod/iPhone business to support the loss in Mac revenue. But I'm not going to hold my breath for that as long as Steve Jobs is holding the reigns.