View Full Version : Kind of computer you have?
baNNed
07-16-2008, 03:37 AM
Just curious what everyone has for a computer?
At work I use an IBM Thinkpad R32 which blows half the time. At home I have a custom built wrapped in silverstone case, wicked sexy desktop. Last but not least my mac book pro is pretty dope. I use that quite a bit... but eventually I want to upgrade the memory to 4GB.
I own a shit load of iXsystem servers but that's another story. :)
glidefx
07-16-2008, 01:33 PM
mainly dell, have a d820 laptop from work, a gx520 at work and at home, home has 4 gigs of ram w/ dual core and work has just 3 is a p4.
baNNed
07-16-2008, 04:30 PM
mainly dell, have a d820 laptop from work, a gx520 at work and at home, home has 4 gigs of ram w/ dual core and work has just 3 is a p4.
D820's are nice.. even the 630's are wicked on battery life.
TeKoverride
07-16-2008, 05:01 PM
iMac G5 that my gf uses. And I spend most my time on my MacBook
chevelle
07-17-2008, 08:59 AM
At home, I have a Dell Inspirion. I love it, but it's a bitch to carry - it's heavy :(
baNNed
07-17-2008, 11:41 AM
At home, I have a Dell Inspirion. I love it, but it's a bitch to carry - it's heavy :(
Yeah, buddy of mines wife just bought one.. clunky as hell. Although BSD loaded on it with no flaws and gnome runs wicked nice. Your next buy should be a MAC.. I love mine, thin and light.
chevelle
07-17-2008, 12:40 PM
I will never cross over to the dark side. My dad just bought an XPS from Dell and it's feather light, and not to mention - bad ass.
baNNed
07-17-2008, 02:00 PM
voodoopc for the most sex appeal. Love those laptops.
chevelle
07-17-2008, 02:35 PM
dell sucks!
My only thing against Dell is that they're proprietary.
what oem isn't proprietary? The servers SUCK, and their workstations use cheap hardware, run poorly, and the case design is poo. They try to make their servers look cool, but instead just include a bunch of worthless plastic, and crappy faceplate's you don't need. Workstations are just as bad, they try to make them open all cool, but it just makes it more of a hassle.
chevelle
07-17-2008, 03:22 PM
what oem isn't proprietary? The servers SUCK, and their workstations use cheap hardware, run poorly, and the case design is poo. They try to make their servers look cool, but instead just include a bunch of worthless plastic, and crappy faceplate's you don't need. Workstations are just as bad, they try to make them open all cool, but it just makes it more of a hassle.
From what I've heard, Dell is the worst. NOTHING is interchangeable. I have a Dell Laptop but if I had a desktop, I'd just have my BF build me one :) I can't vouch for their other products.
well any oem computer will be that way. you wont be able to pickup a motherboard at fry's and throw it in your dell/ibm/hp/compaq case. Other then that, memory, pci cards, hard drives, is all standard.
TeKoverride
07-17-2008, 04:07 PM
well any oem computer will be that way. you wont be able to pickup a motherboard at fry's and throw it in your dell/ibm/hp/compaq case. Other then that, memory, pci cards, hard drives, is all standard.
If someone was gonna swap out a MB you might as well build your own stuff. you're only a few components away at that point.
If someone was gonna swap out a MB you might as well build your own stuff. you're only a few components away at that point.
exactly! its kinda pointless, so that's why i don't see why its a big deal about having a proprietary motherboard/ps.
TeKoverride
07-17-2008, 09:15 PM
exactly! its kinda pointless, so that's why i don't see why its a big deal about having a proprietary motherboard/ps.
I started using Macs like 5 years ago. There is no way I am going back to PC. It's hard to go away from something that just works day in and day out.
blah blah, mac's are reliable, but i haven't had a windows problem since like win2k. My PC's are very reliable and i rarely reboot.
baNNed
07-18-2008, 03:22 AM
blah blah, mac's are reliable, but i haven't had a windows problem since like win2k. My PC's are very reliable and i rarely reboot.
True... it's how well you know your shit and how good your hardware is. When the up time project was around windows 2000 had the most uptime. I was right behind him with openbsd.. man I miss that site.
http://en.uptime-project.net/
blah blah, mac's are reliable, but i haven't had a windows problem since like win2k. My PC's are very reliable and i rarely reboot.
Agreed. Mac has also gained Harley Davidson status in that it has almost a cult following, but everything costs AT LEAST double what it's worth.
kritn
07-20-2008, 09:19 PM
I'm working on a lovely desktop comcrap running on XP
TeKoverride
07-20-2008, 09:23 PM
blah blah, mac's are reliable, but i haven't had a windows problem since like win2k. My PC's are very reliable and i rarely reboot.
Actually. Win2k is the best version of windows (stability wise) in my opinion.
Actually. Win2k is the best version of windows (stability wise) in my opinion.
it all comes down to quality of hardware, driver quality, and compatibilities. I ran 2k for many years, xp for many years, and now vista since it was RC1, and ive never had any of them BSOD on me.
baNNed
07-21-2008, 05:18 AM
Commodore 64 sweetheart, I still have mine and it works. :)
glidefx
07-22-2008, 02:42 PM
bs macs don't break, i work on macs @ my 2nd and 3rd job. oh btw, good job apple on releasing 10.5.3 which corrupts images saved in photoshop... that was a smooth one.... but you know they released 10.5.4 quickstyle to fix that fuck up.
TeKoverride
07-22-2008, 03:08 PM
bs macs don't break, i work on macs @ my 2nd and 3rd job. oh btw, good job apple on releasing 10.5.3 which corrupts images saved in photoshop... that was a smooth one.... but you know they released 10.5.4 quickstyle to fix that fuck up.
That's why you wait a day or two before installing an OS update.
Let other people make mistakes first :)
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