rdhull said:

actually, the Speak & Spell is the keyboard. makes for nice voice recognition software.

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[This message was edited Fri Apr 25 19:39:12 PDT 2003 by suomynona]

i hear that see & say is good 4 downloadage as well...

Apple Macintosh, of course.

I got a darn compaq computer a compaq computer is horrible, horrible, horrible I have a pentium processor 4 and it still sucks, sucks, sucks

DigitalLisa said:

compaqs suck flea-bitten musk ox ass majorica.

compaq!







edittosh
[This message was edited Fri Apr 25 20:52:06 PDT 2003 by Handclapsfingasnapz]

Freespirit said:

I worked at Gateway for years when I was a student. Crap job (tech support supervisor person) but it paid the bills. What shit PCs!

ian said:

Tech support was/is horrible (what I have experienced), they would mess up everything when ever I upgraded. Although... my PC has been great, have had it for five years just about. :students: , I tell you.

Hello BelleBeyond, beautiful morning.

Beautiful morning (or afternoon/night)(?) to you as well Ian.

ian said:

You're a techno geek Ian, i can tell by the way you list your PC components.

It's a solid system btw...i'm building my own super computer right now as well.

Ooh...and i'm taking donations and trades for parts right now.

rdhull said:

Motherboard.

Freespirit said:

Good morning, Freespirit... ...Beautiful day to you...

IceNine said:

Two PCs that I built and my laptop.


PC forever!

liberation said:

You got my number there Lib... I am a techno geek

What do you need for your new PC? I have some spare bits from my old system that aren't being used but they might be a bit out of date for you.

Mine's a Hewlett-Packard. It's rather old (purchased January 2000), but it still meets my needs just fine. When I upgraded to Windows XP, I increased the memory from 64 MB to 256 MB, and I wiped the hard drive clean to get rid of all the pre-installed software that just takes up space and slows down the machine.

My wife also has an HP, and we've got them networked together and connected to a DSL line. We've also got an old Pentium Pro Compaq stored away in a closet, but I think something's wrong with it... otherwise I'd put it on our network and use it as a Web server.

Originally my plan was to build a computer myself, as Ian has done, when it comes time to get a new machine. But I think I'll probably wind up buying a laptop instead. I hate not having a computer with me when I travel, and it seems as if most hotels I stay in offer high-speed Internet access for free or a modest charge.

ian said:

Ian, you so sexy!

iMac.



Want a tiBook.

tackam said:

Mmmm lovely tiBook
My last Mac was a grape iMac DV. I rarely used it though, unfortunately most of my work requires me to be using Windows. Still I really should pick up a iBook one of the days, they are so cheap now.

DELL

Mac G4; but the previous series, not the silver one. Unfortunately with an older 15 inch screen= big bummer for lay-outs.

zobilamouche said:

Heh... I'm still using the 15-inch Sony Trinitron monitor that I bought back in January 1996 for $500. (At the time I thought it was worth the cost... I remember seeing it in the computer store with all of their other monitors, and the Sony's picture was noticeably superior.)

I'm sure that today I could get something with the same or better picture quality and a larger screen for much less money, but since I'm used to working with a 15-inch screen, I don't have a burning desire to run out and buy a larger monitor. In fact, my next step will probably be to a smaller screen, since my plan is to get a laptop for my primary computer and keep my current machine for use as only a server.

matt said:

Man they don't even make 15" CRT screens anymore You'd pick up a 19" CRT for feck-all nowadays, or a 15" LCD.

I'd like an LCD to save desk space but I need 19" viewable area... and that's expensive unfortunately.

I'm kinda similar to your approach... my big desktop PC only gets used as a server, or for gaming. I do everything else on my laptop, with a wireless network (ADSL shared wirlessly between my laptop, PC, Xbox etc).

Wireless kit so cheap nowadays.

ian said:

For doing lay-out's, 17 inch is the minimum otherwise the text starts looking like grey barrs; So I still use the screen from my old performa 6400
And since i'll be out of a job in a couple of days, it will have todo for a while. Soon i will have plenty of time to surf the org

ian said:

I'm going with all new parts, latest thing i got is the Corsair TwinX memory, it's expensive though... €220.

www.corsairmemory.com