Check out this deal on a new computer

[exhawg]

My buddy was really pissed when I told him about that $750 off deal on Dell Laptops a while back. I told him about a week after it was over.

 

[BuckeyeTillIDie]

Look at the new $500 Macs.. !!!
I don't know if this is old or not, but I just saw this last night, it's like 6.5 inches tall.. crazy!

 

[BrutusMaximus]

Yep, $500 is alot for a 6.5 inch pile of shit though :)

 

[exhawg]

My computer eats pieces of shit like that for breakfast. :p

 

[Thump]

I highly recommend one of the new Commodore's like this beaut.

 

[Hodge]

Piecing together components is definitely the way to go. I used newegg.com and was very pleased with pricing and quick shipping. Being in college or working in an IT departments are both excellent ways to get microsoft software for a minimal price or free.

My specs: (Barely over $1000)

420w TurboLink Power supply
Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2 Motherboard
AMD Athlon 3200+ (only 32 bit, i wish i had the 64)
1 Gb Corsair PC3200 DDR
2x Western Digital 80 Gb ATA drives
Asus 52x CD drive
I/O Magic 52x32x52x CD-RW
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro, 256 Mb
Creative I-trigue 3300 2.1 speakers
17" Amphion CRT
Plus the case w/ led fans, sound sensing led tube, and very large window.

 

[NorthShoreBuck]

Maximus
You are killiing me!

Had trouble with Dell support? Haven't we all.
Don't like paying for over priced Apples?

How hot does your AMD run?

I used to use AMD but got tired of the noise from the fans necessary to keep them cool. I had a few fail.

 

[BuckStocksHere]

ah...the good ol' days...


used to run a Vic -20 then bought a commodore 64 then bought the 128 the finally got the AMIGA.... ooooooo that was the jackpot.

i feel old. :(

 

[exhawg]

We still have the Commodore 64 in box in the basement. All I ever did on that thing was play games.

 

[BrutusMaximus]

The Athlon XP's always had a heat problem, they have since corrected though. The semprons run at around 30 C. My Athlon 64 Runs about 35 C.........no problems at all. Intel better get on the ball real soon, cause when M$ finally releases XP 64 bit, they are in deep shit. In fact they are in deep shit right now, cause the 64's are already smokin the P4's :)

And I work in support, network administration, etc, so i deal with Telco support people, comp manufacturer support people, etc............they all suck ass.

Oh and regarding the fan noise. I have the Thermaltake Silent Boost now on my AMD 64. You cant even hear it running :)

 

[Thump]

hawg,


Here's another beast of a machine that's good for the modern day gamer.

 

[BuckStocksHere]

That joystick sucked so big..... it went alllll the way left and right..... it was a nightmare.

The range of motion was wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to big. The AMIGA was still the grand poo bah


btw - don't u just love the 5 1/4" disk drives ... lol. flimsy arss crappy media....

 

[BrutusMaximus]

May not be as old as some of you, but that dont mean I havent been around the computer block. Check this out........I started with a TI 8088. Had a Tandy 1000 in there somewhere, Comodore, Apple IIC and IIE. I learned to program in Logo and Basic. Now I really do feel old.

 

[BuckStocksHere]

May not be as old as some of you, but that dont mean I havent been around the computer block. Check this out........I started with a TI 8088. Had a Tandy 1000 in there somewhere, Comodore, Apple IIC and IIE. I learned to program in Logo and Basic. Now I really do feel old.

I took a BASIC programming class in like 8th grade or something...... it sucked. I knew I never wanted to do that.

it was something like this...

line 10 x = 3
line 20 y =6
line 30 if x > y, go to line 50

blah blah blah.....oh my god THAT SUCKED.

 

[BrutusMaximus]

Pascal was the worse I ever did. What a crock of shit it is. C and Visual Basic are pretty cool.