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Various Non-Bald Discussions => General Discussion => Topic started by: andrew on May 13, 2009, 08:45:12 PM
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We're a 3-computer family with the following:
1) HP Pavilion Slimline Core 2 Duo 2.6 GHz with 4 GB RAM and 750 GB Hard-drive. 24" HP LCD. This is mine.
2) Dell Laptop - 2 GB Ram, 200 GB HD, 2.0 GHz Intel chipset, 17". This one is hooked up to my home theater with wireless internet access for Netflix streaming and access to a networked-attached Buffalo 1 TB drive for movies and music.
3) HP Pavilion - 1.5 GB Ram, 300 GB HD, AMD processor (forgot the speed). Dell 22" LCD. This is my daughter's.
What kind of gear do you guys have?
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I have an AMD Sempron 3200+ (I think it's clocked at 1.8ghz). 1 gig of ddr1 memory (it's been a while since I've upgraded), 120 and 80 gig IDE harddrives and a Nvidia Gforce 9500GT. It serves its purpose, we have it hooked up to the living room tv and use it as the media server. I have the 120 gig partitioned in half which has windows XP home and Ubuntu (Linux). I like Ubunto better because I can push stuff to the computer from my laptop w/ a simple ftp connection, but there is some stuff that won't run on firefox (watching 24 on fox.com for one) and I need IE to watch it.
I also have a bunch of old computers. Some PIII's and a P2. Going to set up one of them w/ another Linux distro and make a webserver out of it or something.
Oh! and an SGI o2 from work (which runs IRIX, which is a UNIX type OS).
BReady
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Where should I start?
3 MacBook Pros
1 iMac
2 PowerMacs
1 iBook
2 Mac Minis
That doesn't count the ones in closets not currently being used.
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White MacBook 2.1
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I got a MDG, altho want to get a new dell when I can afford it, or maybe a mac, altho mac's are waaaaaayyyy more expensive.
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22" Sony Vaio.. Love it
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HP Entertainment PC
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Where should I start?
3 MacBook Pros
1 iMac
2 PowerMacs
1 iBook
2 Mac Minis
That doesn't count the ones in closets not currently being used.
Dang Bear, use computers much...LOL
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That doesn't count the ones in closets not currently being used.
Ha, ha, if I had a MAC it would be in the closet >:D
3 Homebuilt Pentium 4 Windows XP Pro PCs
1 HP Laptop w/Windows XP Pro
Did I mention I'm a Windows guy?
Red
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Advent laptop. Dont ask me anymore than that. I am totally hopeless
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4gb high performance ram
aftermarket cpu cooler
Over a terabyte of HD storage
M3A32-MVP Deluxe Asus mobo
AMD cpu overclocked far beyond what it should be
Grunge Honey case O0
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Dang Bear, use computers much...LOL
Just now and again... ;)
Seriously, it's my profession.
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Dell Inspiron 1720 Laptop
1.5 gig Dual Core Processor
4 Gig of RAM
140 gig hard drive
Wireless Card
I'd say that's what I have!!
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20" iMac (aluminum)
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Another IMac convert guy here.....don't hate the simplicity. Since i got it Christmas I have spent 0 hours working ON my computer and have just been playing on it!
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4gb high performance ram
aftermarket cpu cooler
Over a terabyte of HD storage
M3A32-MVP Deluxe Asus mobo
AMD cpu overclocked far beyond what it should be
Grunge Honey case O0
Might as well add, I run a triple boot, Ubuntu linux, heavily modified XP and the latest W7 release.
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Regarding computers "in the closet", I've been making an effort to get rid of them in recent years. I like to replace my computers every 3 years, so my old ones tended to stack up but never get used again.
Now, I get rid of computers that I replace. My friends and family have benefited greatly from this decision ....
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4gb high performance ram
aftermarket cpu cooler
Over a terabyte of HD storage
M3A32-MVP Deluxe Asus mobo
AMD cpu overclocked far beyond what it should be
Grunge Honey case O0
Might as well add, I run a triple boot, Ubuntu linux, heavily modified XP and the latest W7 release.
Gf has a Intel based quad, with high end Nvidia card, I run a ATI card at the mo.. You would think I could fit all this into one post :o
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I use a iMac, a Macbook and a Acer Aspire One Netbook SSD, Linpus.
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atest W7 release.
How do you like it?
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atest W7 release.
How do you like it?
Well, it boots 7 seconds faster than Vista Ultimate 64bit, and 5 seconds faster than XP. Doesn't have any of the problems vista did, all my programs, games and development tools ran and installed flawlessly (Vista failed epically at this, x86 and x64 bit versions) lots of eye candy, although I really dislike the "ribbons" that's just my preference. My performance benchmarks scored much higher on W7, MUCH higher.
I would have to say that it is probably their best OS to date. But their launch price is probably going to keep a lot of people from buying it.
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atest W7 release.
How do you like it?
Well, it boots 7 seconds faster than Vista Ultimate 64bit, and 5 seconds faster than XP. Doesn't have any of the problems vista did, all my programs, games and development tools ran and installed flawlessly (Vista failed epically at this, x86 and x64 bit versions) lots of eye candy, although I really dislike the "ribbons" that's just my preference. My performance benchmarks scored much higher on W7, MUCH higher.
I would have to say that it is probably their best OS to date. But their launch price is probably going to keep a lot of people from buying it.
I am running the beta W7 on a VMWare virtual. It is blazing fast and the beta has been surprisingly stable.
I dislike the ribbons too, shdwwlk. My opinion on UI design is that less is better. The ribbons are too over-bearing.
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20" iMac and a white macbook. I love my macs.
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I have an HP Pavillion DV6500, well had one. It broke yesterday and I'm rather upset, I loved that thing and I still need to take out my hard drive. Theres loads of stuff on there I need and want.
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24" Intel iMac. I got it two weeks before they changed to the aluminum cases. Of course I would have waited if I had known, but they didn't really change the guts too much.
I have a 17" iMac G5 in the closet. It's my backup machine. I've only used it once in the past two years.
I tend to get a new machine every three years, but maybe not this time. The 24" iMac is plenty fast. There's something about Macs that makes them seem to stay nice and fast for longer than PCs. My old iMac is about 5 years old and still runs great. My 5 year old PC at work is junk.
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There's something about Macs that makes them seem to stay nice and fast for longer than PCs.
My "kitchen computer" is an 8-year-old G3 iMac that's still going strong.
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atest W7 release.
How do you like it?
Well, it boots 7 seconds faster than Vista Ultimate 64bit, and 5 seconds faster than XP. Doesn't have any of the problems vista did, all my programs, games and development tools ran and installed flawlessly (Vista failed epically at this, x86 and x64 bit versions) lots of eye candy, although I really dislike the "ribbons" that's just my preference. My performance benchmarks scored much higher on W7, MUCH higher.
I would have to say that it is probably their best OS to date. But their launch price is probably going to keep a lot of people from buying it.
I am running the beta W7 on a VMWare virtual. It is blazing fast and the beta has been surprisingly stable.
I dislike the ribbons too, shdwwlk. My opinion on UI design is that less is better. The ribbons are too over-bearing.
same here. i have Ubuntu and W7 running on VirtualBox, and i like W7. havent had any issues with it. i hooked it up to our domain and we had an issue with networked printers, but i think it was more the print server than the actual W7 OS.
you guys better watch out, because in about a week, W7 will shut down every two hours!
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atest W7 release.
How do you like it?
Well, it boots 7 seconds faster than Vista Ultimate 64bit, and 5 seconds faster than XP. Doesn't have any of the problems vista did, all my programs, games and development tools ran and installed flawlessly (Vista failed epically at this, x86 and x64 bit versions) lots of eye candy, although I really dislike the "ribbons" that's just my preference. My performance benchmarks scored much higher on W7, MUCH higher.
I would have to say that it is probably their best OS to date. But their launch price is probably going to keep a lot of people from buying it.
I am running the beta W7 on a VMWare virtual. It is blazing fast and the beta has been surprisingly stable.
I dislike the ribbons too, shdwwlk. My opinion on UI design is that less is better. The ribbons are too over-bearing.
same here. i have Ubuntu and W7 running on VirtualBox, and i like W7. havent had any issues with it. i hooked it up to our domain and we had an issue with networked printers, but i think it was more the print server than the actual W7 OS.
you guys better watch out, because in about a week, W7 will shut down every two hours!
I thought that it was good for a year? I am sure there are some crafty geeks out there with a fix for that ;)
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same here. i have Ubuntu and W7 running on VirtualBox, and i like W7. havent had any issues with it. i hooked it up to our domain and we had an issue with networked printers, but i think it was more the print server than the actual W7 OS.
you guys better watch out, because in about a week, W7 will shut down every two hours!
I thought that it was good for a year? I am sure there are some crafty geeks out there with a fix for that ;)
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i got an email from microsoft saying they were going to start shutting off after 6 1 09 and will completely expire after 8 1 09.
and youre right. where there is a will.... ;D
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Apple iMac. Good for fun stuff, not so good for work stuff.
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1 - 24" iMac
1 - Mac PB 17 G4
1 - Dell Precision M65
3 - Shuttle SK43, various configurations
2- Shuttle XPC ss56G
1- Shuttle SN25P
1- Shuttle SN45G
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Apple iMac. Good for fun stuff, not so good for work stuff.
Odd assertion. Do you have a need for specific programs that are Windows-only?
The vast majority of my office uses Macs (myself included), from Engineering (me) to Accounting to Marketing and beyond, without difficulty.
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Apple iMac. Good for fun stuff, not so good for work stuff.
Odd assertion. Do you have a need for specific programs that are Windows-only?
The vast majority of my office uses Macs (myself included), from Engineering (me) to Accounting to Marketing and beyond, without difficulty.
I bought the Mac for home. My office uses only PC's. I have some PC only software that we use and I cannot use the Mac for connecting to my office network. No biggie, though. The Mac is for my wife and kids to have fun with. And they do.
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24" Intel iMac. I got it two weeks before they changed to the aluminum cases. Of course I would have waited if I had known, but they didn't really change the guts too much.
I bought my 17" White iMac a month before they went Aluminum also. I am ok with it though because I have kept all the software up to date.
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I have a MacBook that I use for most things. Unfortunately, I have to use Vista to be able to connect for grad school. For some bizarre reason, their server can't interact with my Mac, so I'm stuck using Windows, which I'm not happy about at all.
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24'' iMac.
It is really a cool computer, I partitioned the hard drive and run the Bootcamp program with Windows XP. Hardly ever go over to that side as all I need is provided by Safari and the Leopard OS, I got it to allow the running of a Suunto dive computer program. I am off the belief that one you try Mac you won't go back. ;D
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. A Pentium PC at 3200mhz with 2gb RAM and 1Tb HD for me (WinXP pro)
. A Dell PC for my wife (WinXP pro)
and..
. An HTC Touch Pro + HP iPaq hx2790 for work accessories (WinMobile 6.1) because I hate Laptops... O0