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01 Dec 2008, 6:23 pm

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That's one of the 13 computers that I own. And yes, I use it every day. It's a wonderful machine.

Again,

I've got one laptop, and that's it for my computing stable. Macbook 3,1 (Santa Rosa). Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2.2 GHz. 4GB DDR2 RAM. Triple-boot of OSX Leopard, Vista Ultimate, and Ubuntu 8.10 Hardy Heron. Ubuntu is my favorite of those, and Vista still runs like s**t even on overpowered hardware. What do you use that old machine for, out of curiosity? I'm guessing all it can do anymore is stuff like web browsing, some of the old Classic games. Though, those old games weren't all that bad. I kind of miss Power Pete.

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01 Dec 2008, 6:30 pm

Orwell wrote:

gramirez wrote:

That's one of the 13 computers that I own. And yes, I use it every day. It's a wonderful machine.

Again,

I've got one laptop, and that's it for my computing stable. Macbook 3,1 (Santa Rosa). Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2.2 GHz. 4GB DDR2 RAM. Triple-boot of OSX Leopard, Vista Ultimate, and Ubuntu 8.10 Hardy Heron. Ubuntu is my favorite of those, and Vista still runs like sh** even on overpowered hardware. What do you use that old machine for, out of curiosity? I'm guessing all it can do anymore is stuff like web browsing, some of the old Classic games. Though, those old games weren't all that bad. I kind of miss Power Pete.

I like old computers. I dunno why. I do have an iBook G4 800MHz 640 RAM 80 GB with 10.4 Tiger, but I don't really like it that much.

I really don't like new computers. Lots of problems with them. Vintage Macs are cool. No games, though. I guess it's an emotional attachment, or even a fetish.

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01 Dec 2008, 6:43 pm

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Maybe an attachment to a simpler time, or a preference for the familiar? The only problem I see with the older machines is that they can no longer communicate well with the newer ones- what do you do if someone sends you an attachment in a file format you can't read? The old Mac OS did have cleanliness and simplicity. And so intuitive- even as a little kid, I had no problem finding my way around. It was generally reliable too, since it didn't do enough to have much opportunity to fail.

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01 Dec 2008, 6:59 pm

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If that's the case, then I have my iBook; or even my Power Macintosh 9500 w/ OS 9.

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01 Dec 2008, 8:16 pm

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I loved the startup icons at the bottom
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01 Jan 2009, 1:36 pm

I seem to have been toy shopping since I was last here. Autofox II, slightly modified version of the original form:

OS: openSUSE Linux 11.0
CPU: 2x AMD Opteron 2378 (2.4GHz quad core Shanghai)
Motherboard: Tyan S2915-E
Chipset: NVIDIA nForce Professional 3600 + 3050
RAM: 16GB DDR2 800 (ECC/Registered) (8x2GB)
Hard Drive: 2x 400GB Samsung SATA II, 2x 500GB Samsung SATA II
Primary Optical Drive: Lite-on DVD burner
Secondary Optical Drive: Nil
Media Manager: Not Applicable
Graphics: 2x 896MB GeForce GTX260-216 (SLI)
Sound: Onboard
Monitor: 2x Samsung 204B (20.1" 4:3 TFT)
AGP Slots: Nil
PCI Slots: 1
PCI-X Slots: 2
PCI-E 1x Slots: Nil
PCI-E 4x Slots: Nil
PCI-E 16x Slots: 4
Manufacturer: Not Applicable
Model Number: Not Applicable

Now I just need to find something to do with it :-)

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01 Jan 2009, 1:41 pm

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What was the point of getting two GTX 260s if you're running OpenSuSE.

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01 Jan 2009, 6:28 pm

Hendikins wrote:

Ok, at least get some sort of Windows OS so your not wasting that wonderful video card on os that is poor at extreme multimedia & gaming.

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01 Jan 2009, 8:18 pm

z0rp wrote:

What was the point of getting two GTX 260s if you're running OpenSuSE.

I plan to not have to upgrade this for quite some time, and possibly to use the GPUs for number crunching rather than graphics.

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Ok, at least get some sort of Windows OS so your not wasting that wonderful video card on os that is poor at extreme multimedia & gaming.

I don't game as a general rule, and if I used Windows I wouldn't be able to use the machine as effectively for raw number crunching. Not to mention I simply prefer Linux for my usage patterns.

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02 Jan 2009, 1:08 pm

Orwell wrote:

gramirez wrote:

That's one of the 13 computers that I own. And yes, I use it every day. It's a wonderful machine.

Again, 8O

I've got one laptop, and that's it for my computing stable. Macbook 3,1 (Santa Rosa). Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2.2 GHz. 4GB DDR2 RAM. Triple-boot of OSX Leopard, Vista Ultimate, and Ubuntu 8.10 Hardy Heron. Ubuntu is my favorite of those, and Vista still runs like sh** even on overpowered hardware. What do you use that old machine for, out of curiosity? I'm guessing all it can do anymore is stuff like web browsing, some of the old Classic games. Though, those old games weren't all that bad. I kind of miss Power Pete.

Like Doom, Wolfenstien 3D, Quake & Hexen.

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02 Jan 2009, 3:01 pm

Hendikins wrote:

z0rp wrote:

What was the point of getting two GTX 260s if you're running OpenSuSE.

I plan to not have to upgrade this for quite some time, and possibly to use the GPUs for number crunching rather than graphics.

Why didn't you pick up an NVIDIA Tesla then?

(Yes I am joking)

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02 Jan 2009, 8:00 pm

OS: Windows Vista 64bit Premium
CPU: Intel Q6600 Quad Core @2.4ghz
Motherboard: ASUS Striker II Formula 780i
RAM: 4094MB Geil Ultra Dual channel 800mhz
Hard Drive: WD 500GB
Primary Optical Drive: Philips 20x dvd drive
Graphics: Two Overclocked BFG 8800gt's in SLI
Sound: ASUS SupremeFX Sound Card
Monitor:LG Flatron 22"
Manufacture: Myself
Keyboard: Logitec G15 Refresh
Mouse: Logitec G9

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03 Jan 2009, 7:16 pm

well I did some upgrading to my machines (except lappy)

Firstly we'll start with the PDA (it's a Pocket PC, it counts as a computer in my eyes)
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OS:Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1
CPU:Intel PXA263 @ 400MHz
Chipset:unknown, don't think it has one
RAM:128 MB
Hard Drive: RAM and flash ROM
No optical drives but a SDIO slot is available
Media Manager:Windows Media Player
Graphics: I assume ATI Imageon, after doing some reading, but whatever it is it drives a touchscreen
Sound:could be Intel, Texas Instruments, part of the Imageon chip or some other chip
Monitor:inbuilt touchscreen
AGP Slots:0
PCI Slots:0 (SDIO is used instead)
PCI 1x Slots:0
PCI 4x Slots:0
PCI 16x Slots:0
Manufacture:HTC
Model Number:PH20B2 - codename "Blue Angel", otherwise known as vodafone v1620, O2 XDA IIs, Orange SPV M2000, and others

Coolblue unfortunately has met a fate worse than death as you shall now see...

OS:Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 (purely as a failed experiment, it is like a snail)
CPU:AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (overclocked to 2600+) 2.2GHz
Chipset:VIA KT133A (finally identified it, lol)
RAM:768 MB
Hard Drive:Primary: Western Digital WD800BB 80GB partitioned into 2 for each OS (OS drive). Secondary: Maxtor91021U2 10GB (retrieving content from it but it is not in use currently)
Primary Optical Drive:A "white box" DVD+/-R/RW/RAM drive Model SW-9581
Secondary Optical Drive:Lite-On DH20A4P DVD+/-R/RW/dual layer DVD RW drive
Media Manager:Windows Media Player
Graphics:nVidia FX5200
Sound:C-Media CMI8738, onboard sound, Creative SoundBlaster Live! USB 24 bit
Monitor:Acer X193w 16:9 LCD monitor
AGP Slots:1 (1x, 2x, 4x)
PCI Slots:5
PCI 1x Slots:0
PCI 4x Slots:0
PCI 16x Slots:0
Manufacture:home built
Model Number:none

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03 Jan 2009, 10:27 pm

Pikachu wrote:

768MB Memory, thats why the computer is so slow. I would upgrade the memory to 1.5GB @ least to get good performance out of vista. Or it can go really fast again if you get Windows XP Professional back on the machine along with using the 10GB Hard Drive for Ubuntu Linux when you get the data off of it.

XP Professional is so much better than Vista. Oh and Ubuntu is good when you need to quickly boot up your computer to do office work, music and web browsing.

So having a dual-boot of XP Pro & Ubuntu on the 10GB Hard Drive will make your computer fast again.

Vista!! Yuk!! !! !!

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03 Jan 2009, 11:22 pm

DOWNGRADE!

OS: Mac OS 7.5.5
CPU: 68LC040
Chipset: N/A
RAM: 20 MB
Hard Drive: 320 MB
Primary Optical Drive: CD-ROM 4x
Secondary Optical Drive: Floppy Drive
Media Manager: N/A
Graphics: N/A
Sound: Built-in
Monitor: Built-in
AGP Slots: N/A
PCI Slots: N/A
PCI 1x Slots: N/A
PCI 4x Slots: N/A
PCI 16x Slots: N/A
Manufacture: Apple Macintosh
Model Number: Performa 575

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04 Jan 2009, 9:37 am

gamefreak wrote:

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indeed that will, however the 10GB hard disk is on it's last legs, which is why I am recovering from it where possible, the disk doesn't identify itself to the BIOS properly and I think it clicks at times

I'm hoping in the near future to obtain my mother's old computer (it's either a Pentium 4 or Celeron) and strip it for parts, possibly transferring the Athlon XP board to server duties (a third server) or using the P4/Celeron board for that

and yes, vista is yuk, I use it daily on my laptop and an stuck with it for the next 13 months

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