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[Kicking Horse]

mjturley34, on Sep 25 2008, 07:10 PM, said:

Hey if it ain't broke why replace it ?

That's Correct.

[floridaskier]

I'm still holding on to my HP dv1000 laptop as long as I can. I got it in 2005 and it's still working fine with no problems, which seeing my track record for ridiculous computer problems is something to be proud of. It's not as fast as it once was, but it was cheap and it's been really nice having a laptop. 60 gig hard drive, 512 mb of ram, 1.6 ghz Pentium M, 14.1 inch screen, XP. Doesn't sound like much compared to what some of you all have, but it does everything I ask it to do

[Jonni]

Here's what I've got:

Dell Inspiron 1721 Laptop:
750 GB Seagate HD
2.1 Ghz AMD Turion Processor
3 GB DDR PC2-5300 RAM
CD-R/RW, DVD+-R/RW, Blu-Ray Combo Drive
17" Widescreen Laptop display
17" External Dell Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor
Microsoft Windows Vista Premium Edition

I also have an older spare computer that I use for storage space and to run a webcam looking out my window (http://www.jon-gallup.com/webcam.html)

Here are it's specs:
eMachines T2642
Dual 40 GB Western Digital 5200rpm HDs
2.1 Ghz Intel P4 Processor
512 MB DDR Ram
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2

[Carl]

I've had a MacBook Pro for a few years. I won't leave home without it!

Carl

[Ontariodude]

As much as I love my PC, I use my MacBook 95% of the time. Whenever it's in my room, I hook it up to my 22" LG Monitor with a Mini-DVI Adapter and with a Mac Keyboard and Wireless Mighty Mouse, it turns my Mac into a powerful dual monitor desktop/laptop It makes me glad I never did buy a iMac a year back. This setup is even better.

Here's a picture:

[skierdude9450]

Ontariodude, on Sep 23 2008, 08:52 AM, said:

Wow, you don't hear that every day...


update: got a new mac keyboard today it's amazing and it types really well. Going to either use for my PC or for my MacBook with a new setup of using my 22" monitor as a secondary for my mac with the mac off to the side. I also ordered a mini DVI adapter and iPhone 3G dock for my iPhone and its all awesome.

I couldnt resist but to take some pics of the keyboard. It's so thin!

Hey I've got one of those too!! I wish that I could brag about my computer. I'm using a Dell Dimension E520, and it's performance has served me well in all that it's needed for. I don't even know the technical data. I'm using XP, though. I never really thought it necessary to upgrade to Vista, as it works just fine. (Most of the time. ) I also have a Macbook Pro, and it's one of the best computers I've ever been around.

This post has been edited by skierdude9450: 02 October 2008 - 04:45 PM

[Petz]

Think my computer would be the oldtimer here.....

Self completed desktop AMD 0,5 ghz, 1024 mb ram, one 45 gb and one partitioned 250 gb wd - harddisc, ATI all in wonder graphic (used to capture my videos), still running with W95b cause i still need the possibility of some special Dos - based software.

[Allan]

Here's mine!

Mac Mini 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo
OSX Leopard 10.5.5
1 GB Ram
120 GB HDD
Soyo 22" HD display

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[Skiing#1]

My computer is about 7 years old, and I tried to use the system restore but it doesn't work, because I have a few viruses there. I have to remove Windows Installation and do reinstall windows. Now I use a second computer, which it was cheap, limit memories and slow. It is yucker!!!

I have Windows Live Onecare program but my computer got viruses (I believe one of my children opened attachement file from their email and my computer got it). I don't know which anti-virus program is good...guys can you tell me which one is good?

This post has been edited by Skiing#1: 11 October 2008 - 04:55 AM

[Lift Kid]

Avast antivirus 4 is what I would recommend for a very reliable virus protection software. It is free to download and use for non-commercial home use.
http://avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

I use it on all of my Windows comps.

[k2skier]

Lift Kid, on Oct 12 2008, 10:33 AM, said:

Avast antivirus 4 is what I would recommend for a very reliable virus protection software. It is free to download and use for non-commercial home use.
http://avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

I use it on all of my Windows comps.

I have heard good things about that one also. I just switched to AVG and it's been flawless.

[keystoneaddict]

While you all have your fancy gaming/power PCs or rigged MacBooks, I'll just stick to my basic MacBook.

13" White, 2.16 Ghz, 2 GB RAM, 120 GB HDD

[brad82]

Ive got a :

intel core2 duo
ASUS P5P800
BFG NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OC
4Gb RAM
Sound blaster X-Fi fatality sound card thing

[Allan]

Allan, on Oct 10 2008, 05:46 PM, said:

Here's mine!

Mac Mini 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo
OSX Leopard 10.5.5
1 GB Ram
120 GB HDD
Soyo 22" HD display

And I just bought a 2.4 GHz MacBook
2 GB Ram
160 GB HDD

yay! Mac conversion complete!! haha

[SkiBachelor]

Even though I like Mac's, I just bought this baby tonight:

Dell XPS 630

SYSTEM COLOR Black Bezel Chassis edit
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 Q9550 (12MB,2.83GHz, 1333FSB) edit
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows XP edit
MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs edit
HARD DRIVE 1TB Performance RAID 0 (2 x 500GB SATA 3Gb/s 7200 RPM HDDs) edit
OPTICAL DRIVE Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable edit
MONITORS 24 inch UltraSharp™ 2408WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel edit
VIDEO CARD Dual ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB edit
GAMING ESSENTIALS AGEIA® PhysX® physics accelerator edit
SOUND CARD Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio edit
SPEAKERS Dell A525 30 Watt 2.1 Stereo Speakers with Subwoofer edit
KEYBOARD Dell USB Enhanced Multimedia Keyboard edit
MOUSE Dell Optical USB Mouse edit
MODEM 56K PCI Data Fax Modem edit

While it was very expensive and may be some what overkill, it was badly needed. Now I will have the desire to work on Skilifts.org because my current desktop could not longer handle my multimedia programs. I was going to get a Dell XPS 420, but it no longer came with Windows XP and it's a pain in the ass to get it to function correctly after recent hardware changes. This computer will replace my old Gateway Performance XL which I've had since early 2000.

[lastchair_44]

Congrats Cameron! Sounds like a nice machine.

[k2skier]

SkiBachelor, on Dec 29 2008, 06:37 PM, said:

Even though I like Mac's, I just bought this baby tonight:

Dell XPS 630

SYSTEM COLOR Black Bezel Chassis edit
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 Q9550 (12MB,2.83GHz, 1333FSB) edit
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows XP edit
MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs edit
HARD DRIVE 1TB Performance RAID 0 (2 x 500GB SATA 3Gb/s 7200 RPM HDDs) edit
OPTICAL DRIVE Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable edit
MONITORS 24 inch UltraSharp™ 2408WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel edit
VIDEO CARD Dual ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB edit
GAMING ESSENTIALS AGEIA® PhysX® physics accelerator edit
SOUND CARD Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio edit
SPEAKERS Dell A525 30 Watt 2.1 Stereo Speakers with Subwoofer edit
KEYBOARD Dell USB Enhanced Multimedia Keyboard edit
MOUSE Dell Optical USB Mouse edit
MODEM 56K PCI Data Fax Modem edit

While it was very expensive and may be some what overkill, it was badly needed. Now I will have the desire to work on Skilifts.org because my current desktop could not longer handle my multimedia programs. I was going to get a Dell XPS 420, but it no longer came with Windows XP and it's a pain in the ass to get it to function correctly after recent hardware changes. This computer will replace my old Gateway Performance XL which I've had since early 2000.

Yes, very nice system. Did Dell not tell you what motherboard they used??
I hope Dell was smart enough to put in XP 64bit OS? Standard 32 bit XP can't use more than 3 megs of RAM, I found out the hard way by installing 2+2GB of RAM in my first build, but fortunately Newegg took the RAM back and gave me full credit. It may also not allow the RAM to utilize dual channel either, so I was told.

[SkiBachelor]

My computer is coming with Windows XP 32 bit. This is another reason why I had Windows XP installed because I have too many expensive programs that only work with Windows XP 32 bit, like my Macromedia package and Adobe stuff. It's not worth it to spend $1,200 on new software. Plus, most games don't work for Windows 64 bit systems either.

While I'm aware Windows can't handle 4 GB RAM, it can handle 3.33, so the 4 GB of RAM in the computer will still allow it to function. To my knowledge you can have more DDR2 RAM in the computer, but Windows 32 bit OSs won't recognize it, although more than 2GB of DDR3 will cause it to freeze on boot up.

[Andoman]

SkiBachelor, on Dec 31 2008, 01:37 PM, said:

My computer is coming with Windows XP 32 bit. This is another reason why I had Windows XP installed because I have too many expensive programs that only work with Windows XP 32 bit, like my Macromedia package and Adobe stuff. It's not worth it to spend $1,200 on new software. Plus, most games don't work for Windows 64 bit systems either.

While I'm aware Windows can't handle 4 GB RAM, it can handle 3.33, so the 4 GB of RAM in the computer will still allow it to function. To my knowledge you can have more DDR2 RAM in the computer, but Windows 32 bit OSs won't recognize it, although more than 2GB of DDR3 will cause it to freeze on boot up.

When did Dell say they would have the computer ready to ship?? I had to buy a new computer for my office and they said the ship date would be 1/18/2009 so I'm building the computer myself.

Ando

[SkiBachelor]

Dell said they would ship it on Jan. 8th, although I'm in no hurry for it.

http://www.cheapstin...cheapster/dell/