.Dan. Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 Just a side-thing to see how everyone's systems compare.List just the basic stuff,like Hard-drive storage,RAM capacity,processor,screen size,audio system( I envy 5.1) .And any mod-cons that make yours better than the rest.
Guest D Generation X Posted October 7, 2006 Posted October 7, 2006 Ok... AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 512 MB RAM 160 GB hard drive DVD recorder NVIDIA Geforce FX 5200XT Realtec AC 97 sound adaptor HP Pavilion f1523 15" TFT monitor
Matt Posted October 7, 2006 Posted October 7, 2006 Alright. It's nerd time! Acer Travelmate 2700 Laptop. Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz. 704MB RAM. 2 17.6 GB Hard Drives (I think it's one, just partitioned for no apparent reason) Card Reader DVD Drive Infared Wireless Card
Mira Posted October 8, 2006 Posted October 8, 2006 Alright. It's nerd time! Acer Travelmate 2700 Laptop. Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz. 704MB RAM. 2 17.6 GB Hard Drives (I think it's one, just partitioned for no apparent reason) Card Reader DVD Drive Infared Wireless Card all i understood was "DVD Drive"
melanerd Posted November 7, 2006 Posted November 7, 2006 Ok... AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 512 MB RAM 160 GB hard drive DVD recorder NVIDIA Geforce FX 5200XT Realtec AC 97 sound adaptor HP Pavilion f1523 15" TFT monitor Dell Dimension E510 Microsoft Windows Media Edition ACPI Multiprocessor CPU RADEON X300 SE 128MB Hypermemory RADEON X300 SE 128MB Hypermemory Secondary PHILIPS DVD+-RW TSSTcorp DVD-ROM Microsoft eHome Infrared Transceiver (for tv feature) Intel® Pentium® D CPU 2.80GHz Intel® Pentium® D CPU 2.80GHz (Duo-Core System) 1.0 GB of Ram 250 GB Hardrive 19"LCD Monitor I watch Cable TV, Record, Pause and Rewind Cable TV all while watching another channel on my monitor - full screen or small screen while using the internet..also with Remote Control..it's nice.
cloudedsunny Posted November 7, 2006 Posted November 7, 2006 All this doesn't make it easier for hackers does it?! lol can you tell I'm not an IT geek? ;)
melanerd Posted November 7, 2006 Posted November 7, 2006 All this doesn't make it easier for hackers does it?! lol can you tell I'm not an IT geek? ;) :sad01_anim: Nope, no one's gonna be giving their IP addresses out! :worried:
Fuzio Posted December 22, 2006 Posted December 22, 2006 MSI Custom Case Win XP Pro ATI Radeon 9600 PRO 1gb RAM 80gb HD (no need for more) 2.8mhz Intel Celeron D (yea yea I know, crappy) Logitech 5.1 surround sound Acer 20" Flat Panel LCD monitor I forget my sound card. Soundblaster though. xD I'm at work, so I can't remember everything or check. I plan to get a semi-decent computer system one of these days after I get a new job. haha
Eric Posted December 22, 2006 Posted December 22, 2006 I'd normally enforce the 14-day rule, but since it opens up conversation, I'm going to let it slide. Toshiba Portege A100 Pentium M 1.4 GHz 496MB RAM 40GB HD (I think) DVD Player (doesn't burn >_<) Yeah, it's not much, but it's a school laptop. It's allowed to be cruddy. :P
Matt Posted December 22, 2006 Posted December 22, 2006 Just 1 question: Why would they put a DVD player on a school laptop?
Superfly Posted December 22, 2006 Posted December 22, 2006 Just 1 question: Why would they put a DVD player on a school laptop? To play DVD's :P I just recently got a laptop, so here is the info: Its a Compaq 512 Ram 60 GB HD Wireless already installed Windows XP DVD drive (that burns) Who knows or can even remember this stuff!
.Dan. Posted December 23, 2006 Author Posted December 23, 2006 Dude,my old man's a teacher. His school leases out some really crappy laptops. They were so security conscious they removed all the CD drives in the school,from every single ICT desktop down to even Faculty PCs..
Eric Posted December 23, 2006 Posted December 23, 2006 Haha...that's pretty harsh. I have no idea why we still have our DVD drives. It's a good thing they didn't take it out, though. :yes:
Fuzio Posted December 23, 2006 Posted December 23, 2006 My question is, why is there a time limit as to when you can post on a thread? If you don't want people posting on a thread after it's been 'dead' for 14 days, delete it. o_O I don't look at dates. Most of the threads I posted on were near the top of the boards, I assumed they weren't old.
Eric Posted December 23, 2006 Posted December 23, 2006 That's because, admittedly, some of the boards are rather dead. :laughingsmiley: We choose to leave 14-day boards open because deleting them severly messes up people's post counts. Now...back on topic. I have a keyboard. ^_^
Matt Posted December 24, 2006 Posted December 24, 2006 Off topic for a second, we do allow 14 day old topics to be replied to, if the reply is relevant and aids the conversation on more (For example, if someone was wondering if they were going to get an Xbox 360 or a Wii for Christmas, and they got an Xbox 360 in the end, we'd allow that.) On topic for now, Aren't high spec computers coming down in price because of the anticipation of Windows Vista preinstallation?
.Dan. Posted December 26, 2006 Author Posted December 26, 2006 I didn't get that. Do you mean they're cheaper because the newer, Cure Duo or Quad Cores will have Vista pre-installed, or they're cheaper because they're compatible?
grass_tiger Posted December 26, 2006 Posted December 26, 2006 The fourteen day rule never made sense to me either - if we shouldn't post to them perhaps they should just be closed. I've had to PM people to answer their old questions since I couldn't post. On topic: I have a TravelMate 2423 laptop Intel Celeron 370 1.5GHz 14.1 wide screen 80GB HD DVD/CD-RW combo 1 gig memory wireless I like that it is small, lightweight, and has a wide screen. Otherwise it is a pretty standard laptop...and inexpensive as laptops go. And I am a computer geek - or at least was. I worked in computer technical support (hardware and software, laptops and desktops in the corporate environment) and Information Security (Firewalls, Anti-virus, Virtual Private Networks, etc.) for 6 years, before I became disabled.
antiaircraft Posted December 26, 2006 Posted December 26, 2006 Acer Travelmate 292TX Laptop Intel Pentium M processor 1400MHz 496MB RAM 80GB HDD CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo Wireless LAN
Eric Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 I just got specifics on my new 'poota. Any good? Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 CPU Intel D965 LTCK PD Conroe MB 1024Mb 1Gb DDR2 667 Kingston x2 320Gb Seagate SATA2 16Mb HDD GeForce 7600GT 16X PCI-E 256Mb Benq FP92W 19" WIDESCREEN TFT Logitech R-20 2.1 Stereo Pioneer 111D DVD Writer 1.44Mb Floppy Disk Drive 7-in-1 Card Reader Antec Sonata II Piano Black Microsoft Optical Value Pack MS Windows VISTA Home Premium Netgear WG311 802.11b/g 54mbps (I don't know what most of it means, so I just posted it all, anyway. :P)
Guest Lightning Strike Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 I just got specifics on my new 'poota. Any good? Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 CPU Intel D965 LTCK PD Conroe MB 1024Mb 1Gb DDR2 667 Kingston x2 320Gb Seagate SATA2 16Mb HDD GeForce 7600GT 16X PCI-E 256Mb Benq FP92W 19" WIDESCREEN TFT Logitech R-20 2.1 Stereo Pioneer 111D DVD Writer 1.44Mb Floppy Disk Drive 7-in-1 Card Reader Antec Sonata II Piano Black Microsoft Optical Value Pack MS Windows VISTA Home Premium Netgear WG311 802.11b/g 54mbps (I don't know what most of it means, so I just posted it all, anyway. :P ) Awesome specs! Especially the RAM and Graphics Adapter. :laughingsmiley: It is able to have 496 RAM because the Graphics Adapter is onboard, this is, doesn't have it's own memory. So it uses the RAM memory to store video data. In reality she has 512MB. My laptop has 224MB also, 32MB is for the video card (aka Graphics Adap.)
.Dan. Posted March 2, 2007 Author Posted March 2, 2007 Booo, he has a floppy disk...wow, they still sell those? The base specs are pretty decent. 1GB of ram, 320Gb HDD...not bad at all.
Eric Posted March 3, 2007 Posted March 3, 2007 Ahaha. All 1.44 inches of it. :) And isn't RAM the thing I have "x2" next to? =/
webpixie Posted March 3, 2007 Posted March 3, 2007 And isn't RAM the thing I have "x2" next to? =/ yup, that it is
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