The Hive is (realy) Dead! Long Live the Hive Mind!

[Jdvn1]

Thanks.

I'm having a pretty good Thursday. The sun has shown itself for the first time in about five days, and the second time in about two weeks. Plus, I'm looking into getting a new computer pretty soon.

 

[Mycanid]

Really JDVN1? I am getting a new computer soon too! How about that? Mine is just beginning to be built right now by a company in Cleveland. They have already done one computer for us and I really liked their work and prices.

Have you decided what you are going to get yet? Or perhaps what you are hoping to get?

 

[Jdvn1]

Ironically, mine's also being built for me.

I was the best man at a wedding back in July, and as the gift to the best man, the groom decided he was going to build me a computer out of extra parts he had (and, some parts I had).

Well, we've been pretty busy since July, so it's going to come along this week, I hope.

 

[Mycanid]

Ironically, mine's also being built for me.

I was the best man at a wedding back in July, and as the gift to the best man, the groom decided he was going to build me a computer out of extra parts he had (and, some parts I had).

Well, we've been pretty busy since July, so it's going to come along this week, I hope.

Now THAT'S a treat! Nice.

The office dished out for my machine - a sort of belated Christmas present.

Here is what I'll be getting: Athlon 64 X2 4600 AM2 cpu ... the one with the 1024k cache, not the newer 2048k ones; a cpu "extra quiet" fan (why not?); Asus M2NBP board; 1gb of pc 6400 ddr2 800mhz ram; Antec Sonata black ultra-quiet case with 450w true power power supply; 320 gb 7200 rpm sata2 udma 300 16 m cache hard drive

Here is what I already have which will complete the machine:
Nvidia 7600gs 256mb ddr3 pci express video card; Sony 16x DVD reader; Sony 18x DVD dual layer burner; external usb floppy; external usb 9-in-1 media reader; Logitech S510 cordless desktop; external usb2 Simple Tech hard drive 160gb

All in all I think it will be quite nice and will last a bit (fingers crossed ). Last time I upgraded my machine was four years ago. I'm giving my old machine to a friend of mine who could definitely use it!

 

[Jdvn1]

The office dished out for my machine - a sort of belated Christmas present.
... <snip impressive tech specs>
All in all I think it will be quite nice and will last a bit (fingers crossed ). Last time I upgraded my machine was four years ago. I'm giving my old machine to a friend of mine who could definitely use it!

Some Christmas present! Last time I upgraded was... 2001, I think. It was a dual 440MHz P2(3?) processor system, with something like 192 or 128 MB of RAM.

Needless to say, in 2007 terms, it's a bit slow nowadays.

I'm not sure what all it'll have, but I'll let you know when I find out.

I believe I'll be harvesting the rest of my current machine to give something to my parents, as they've been needing something new.

 

[Dog Moon]

I already bought a computer week before christmas, the best present I'd received this year. Not much coulda topped that, however.

 

[megamania]

c-c-c-c-c-cold....... will b-b-b-be back to-tonight.......



3 degrees and now the wind is picking up. Heard that with wind gusts it will be -40 at times tonight.



Can someone once more tell me something about the greenhouse effect....?

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

c-c-c-c-c-cold....... will b-b-b-be back to-tonight.......

3 degrees and now the wind is picking up. Heard that with wind gusts it will be -40 at times tonight.

Celsius or Fahrenheit?

 

[Mycanid]

c-c-c-c-c-cold....... will b-b-b-be back to-tonight.......
3 degrees and now the wind is picking up. Heard that with wind gusts it will be -40 at times tonight.
Can someone once more tell me something about the greenhouse effect....?

Man. That sounds cold. Really cold. I hope those guys fixed the heater good and nice recently....

 

[Mycanid]

I already bought a computer week before christmas, the best present I'd received this year. Not much coulda topped that, however.

Care to share the specs?