Welp, My Birthday Was Yesterday, and here's the things I got ^_^
08-20-2008, 04:43 PM
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Welp, My Birthday Was Yesterday, and here's the things I got ^_^
A Job as a PC and Network Technician for The Nielsen Media Company . . .
A New Phone courtesy of said company . . .
AND
A fresh out the box IMAC, not even charged, labels not even removed, it shipped in from Apple when I got there this morning. The drive is a bit out of the way, but who CARES! This is the coolest job!
LMAO!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!
-Stig
A New Phone courtesy of said company . . .
AND
A fresh out the box IMAC, not even charged, labels not even removed, it shipped in from Apple when I got there this morning. The drive is a bit out of the way, but who CARES! This is the coolest job!
LMAO!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!
-Stig
08-21-2008, 06:43 PM
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ok dave i'm a total noob when it come to os other that windows. id expect you to recommend mac but what about linix, could you share some info. i'd like to get a new computer but i'd rather get something other than vista.
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08-21-2008, 06:57 PM
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Well Linux is becoming more and more approachable by those who have never used it. With the incarnation of Fedora Core 9, I will say that Linux is borderline user-friendly. Double-click-to-install, a plethora of pre-loaded drivers and an easy-to-use GUI, I mean, it's really the way to go if you are new to the Linux environment.
It's hard for me to recommend a pre-built machine to buy as I normally piece my own desktops together. If you're looking to get away from Vista, simply order a new laptop or desktop and ask that it have XP loaded on it, or, when you receive your machine, upgrade to XP. Yes, I said "upgrade". LOL!
I love my Mac, I mean, it's a solid machine, my Mac at work (A G5 MacBook) is even more impressive with it's 2.4 CoreDuo and 2 gig's of ram couple with the oodles of software and hardware goodies that Macs are known for, it's really a dream machine . . .but they are pricey.
If you ask me, Macs are worth the price, but a lot of others will not agree at all. It's really a matter of what you have to spend and if you can justify the cost. For the average user (email, interwebs, video, pictures, music and occasional low-intensity game) no, I don't recommend a Mac. If you really DO want one, get a lower end model.
However, if you do anything specific to music or graphics (intense gaming, video rendering, graphic processing, music processing, music editing/creation) then a Mac really is the only way to fly if you want to fly right.
I'm not sure if that answer your question, LOL! Let me know.
-Dave
P.S: Ryan, what's up man, long time no talk, we've missed you bro! Nah, they didn't get me an IPhone, that would have been cool, it's just a simple Verizon Motorola W385. Nothing special.
It's hard for me to recommend a pre-built machine to buy as I normally piece my own desktops together. If you're looking to get away from Vista, simply order a new laptop or desktop and ask that it have XP loaded on it, or, when you receive your machine, upgrade to XP. Yes, I said "upgrade". LOL!
I love my Mac, I mean, it's a solid machine, my Mac at work (A G5 MacBook) is even more impressive with it's 2.4 CoreDuo and 2 gig's of ram couple with the oodles of software and hardware goodies that Macs are known for, it's really a dream machine . . .but they are pricey.
If you ask me, Macs are worth the price, but a lot of others will not agree at all. It's really a matter of what you have to spend and if you can justify the cost. For the average user (email, interwebs, video, pictures, music and occasional low-intensity game) no, I don't recommend a Mac. If you really DO want one, get a lower end model.
However, if you do anything specific to music or graphics (intense gaming, video rendering, graphic processing, music processing, music editing/creation) then a Mac really is the only way to fly if you want to fly right.
I'm not sure if that answer your question, LOL! Let me know.
-Dave
P.S: Ryan, what's up man, long time no talk, we've missed you bro! Nah, they didn't get me an IPhone, that would have been cool, it's just a simple Verizon Motorola W385. Nothing special.
08-21-2008, 09:02 PM
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well you really dont need to spend much to be an intense gamer... i just built a new pc i have a nvidia 8800GT and it can take pretty much anything i can throw at it except for crysis lol. Crysis is the ONLY game i cant play with all the settings on maximum and its not even a top of the line card.
BUT i do realize its not just the video card that does everything im running a decent AMD 2 5400+ black eddition over clocked at 3.2ghz stable 8 hours on orthos
air cooled.
anyway all im saying is you dont need to spend insane amount of money to make a pretty good pc gaming machine people that spend that kind of money only care about benchmarks.
BUT i do realize its not just the video card that does everything im running a decent AMD 2 5400+ black eddition over clocked at 3.2ghz stable 8 hours on orthos
air cooled.anyway all im saying is you dont need to spend insane amount of money to make a pretty good pc gaming machine people that spend that kind of money only care about benchmarks.
08-21-2008, 10:14 PM
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