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Fawlty_tiny by WalrusMan on

Off day fun time.  Since I just got a new computer, i thought it would be nice to go through and see what everyone's got.  If you want to post specs, post specs.  If you just want to put programs that you use down, post programs.  If you just never use computers....well what are you doing here then?

Star-divide

Anyways, my new computer is an HP 17" Laptop.  It's got a 2.0GHz dual core prossesor and 3 GB of memory.  So far it's been a great computer, although it still is in the early stages of usage.  One thing I'm very happy with is the battery life, which even if I have the screen brightness turned up lasts for quite a long time.

The new Windows Media Player is nicer than the old one, it'll sort your songs better.  And using foobar2000 by Natto's tip has been working out really well for my .flac files.  I think for any parties the new Windows Media Center will be nice, you can put together a random playlist of stuff and have it play forever with the visualizations on and it'll pop up the name of the song like a music video would.

So now the questions from me to you.  What other programs would you suggest I get?  I would like a torrenting program, I believe you said utorrent Natto?  Also I have Vista (eh so far), are there any "Gadgets" that you think I should add?

 

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I’ll post my specs when I get home.

Farewell, Ray. We'll miss your smile and your sugar. Welcome, Steve Hammond "Eggs". Throw strikes.
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by Natto on Aug 7, 2008 1:14 PM PDT   0 recs

And, yeah, I use uTorrent. Baron mentions ABC, which I have also used in the past. It’s pretty good too. I went with uTorrent because it’s less of a resource hog.

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by Natto on Aug 7, 2008 1:20 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think I've used ABC before..

And yea uTorrent was I think what I was using on my old laptop as well because it was a smaller file.

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by WalrusMan on Aug 7, 2008 3:01 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

uTorrent is A+ number 1

by chilibean_3 on Aug 7, 2008 4:36 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I'll give ya all my 1's and 0's when I get home as well.

Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.

by PacBellBoozer on Aug 7, 2008 1:16 PM PDT   0 recs

Late to the party, but here ya go...if anyone still cares

Dell Dimension 8400 with a Pentium 4 running at a nice 3.0 GHz
Only 1 GB of RAM, but it works for me…don’t need more than that really…that’s what the work PC is for anyways!
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Video Card
Dell 1905FP 19” Flat Panel Display
HP Photosmart C5180 All-in-One

Currently Running:
Windows XP Pro Service Pack 3
MS Office Suite with Outlook
Macromedia Freehand 10 (before Adobe bought them out and basically put them out of business)
AutoCAD Architectural Desktop (don’t ask)
Adobe Acrobat, Premiere Pro, Pagemaker, Illustrator, Photoshop CS2
SketchUp Professional
Firefox 3.01

Minesweeper, Solitaire, Hearts, and Pinball yo! What you got on that huh?!?

So ya, nothing special really. A good reliable machine that rarely has issues and can run many of the apps that I use in the office so I can bring work home with me. Had me a kickass 17” Dell Inspiron laptop back in the college days until I fried the hard drive a month before my thesis was due. Of course it was just beyond the warranty so I got a new HD only to have that one go tits up about a year later. Enough with the shitty-ass laptop HD’s I say, so I replaced it with a desktop so I can at least make the trip to Fry’s and get a replacement or upgrade the video card, memory, etc at will. Best decision I ever made in hindsight, as all I needed was something reliable for the “basics”. Amazing how you lose motivation to fire up that home PC when you spend 9-10 hours a day staring at one in the office!

Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.

by PacBellBoozer on Aug 8, 2008 2:13 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

C5180..

That’s really proven to be a popular printer. How do you like it?

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
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How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!

by WalrusMan on Aug 8, 2008 6:19 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Love it, love it, love it…

Never was a big HP fan in the past, but I couldn’t be any happier with this one.

Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.

by PacBellBoozer on Aug 8, 2008 6:39 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I have a Dell B130 laptop. 15.4” widescreen display, 80 GB hard disk, wireless internets, Windows XP (thank god because Vista is a big pile of suck), blah blah. It’s pretty basic features wise. It’s not a gaming machine nor can I do anything fancy with it. It’s great for what I need it for; web stuff, working on school and sportswriting stuff. Plus it was cheap and that makes me happy. When I graduate from college my graduation present to myself will be a new lappy. Something small and more better than my current machine, as I learned the hard way that a 15.4” widescreen laptop is not so great in a crowded press box. I’m looking for a 13” or smaller. That’s what she said. There, I saved you the trouble.

The only remotely computer-nerdy thing I have on my laptop (named MUD, Machine of Ultimate Destruction) is the Opera web browser. I hate Firefox as it crashes my computer every time I try to use it, and Safari doesn’t appeal to me. IE is total crap. Opera provides me nice features plus a little bit of nerd cred.

As for a Torrenting program I use ABC, Another Bit Torrent Client. A friend of a friend created that one and it’s worked very well for me.

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 7, 2008 1:18 PM PDT   0 recs

Opera..

Teach me of this. I use firefox (IE FTL) already and have become used to it but perhaps a transfer to Opera would intrigue me. I’m always looking to be more fake nerdy.

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!

by WalrusMan on Aug 7, 2008 3:02 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Ooh ooh, I have plenty of Opera tweaks to show you.

Farewell, Ray. We'll miss your smile and your sugar. Welcome, Steve Hammond "Eggs". Throw strikes.
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by Natto on Aug 7, 2008 3:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Maxthon FTW, screw Firefox and Opera!

"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler

by JRPhillips on Aug 7, 2008 3:17 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Tis neat. Natto’s probably better at it than I am. For instance I still haven’t figured out how to change the hot keys on Opera. Basically what drew me to Opera is it was the first web browser (that I had seen) that had tabs in one window. I know all of them do that now, but to me the enlightenment of OMG TABS was pretty neat.

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 7, 2008 3:18 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

To edit hot keys, go to Preferences -> Advanced -> Shortcuts. Then go to the keyboard setup and hit edit. There you can fix your hot keys to your liking. This came in handy when the new SB Nation site came rolling around.

Farewell, Ray. We'll miss your smile and your sugar. Welcome, Steve Hammond "Eggs". Throw strikes.
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by Natto on Aug 7, 2008 6:46 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Thanks!

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 7, 2008 7:14 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

(I’ll take some photos of the STATS LAIR later.)

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Aug 7, 2008 1:21 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

trade ya my broken game boy pocket for it.

If my head is full of white hairs by the end of this season.. I blame Brian Wilson. (I'm only 22, dammit!)

by GiNgiNxbOi on Aug 7, 2008 2:17 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

First computer...

Apple IIe. I used to OWN the computer in blackjack on that thing. Had a nice dot matrix printer on it too.

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!

by WalrusMan on Aug 7, 2008 3:03 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I got ya beat there…Had both a Commodore 64 AND a Vic 20 back in the day. We had Frogger on a cassette tape drive…took nearly 20 minutes just to load.

Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.

by PacBellBoozer on Aug 7, 2008 3:23 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

right on...

i remember waiting days for the UPS man to deliver my Vic 20. tape drive. soooo sweet. i seem to remeber that the vic 20 came stock with 3k ram!

"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"

by The Gene Hackman on Aug 7, 2008 3:33 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I had a TRS-80 during the 80s. Two 5 1/4” floppy disk drives. I remember the drive heads would sometimes get stuck and stop spinning. I’d just reach in there and start spinning them by hand.

by non sequitur on Aug 7, 2008 3:39 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

damn... you guys are oooold.

If my head is full of white hairs by the end of this season.. I blame Brian Wilson. (I'm only 22, dammit!)

by GiNgiNxbOi on Aug 7, 2008 3:45 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Did you mean

30GB hard drive?

by BigO on Aug 7, 2008 1:20 PM PDT   0 recs

i assumed he meant 3GB of RAM

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Aug 7, 2008 1:25 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think this was a reply to Baron.

Farewell, Ray. We'll miss your smile and your sugar. Welcome, Steve Hammond "Eggs". Throw strikes.
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by Natto on Aug 7, 2008 1:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

BigO should know

she’ll respond faster if he sends it to her Yahoo address

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Aug 7, 2008 1:31 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Is someone upset about mine being bigger than his? I’m sorry but you will all just have to get used to it.

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 7, 2008 1:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

you’re probably right.

by BigO on Aug 7, 2008 2:25 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

3 GB of RAM yes, 250GB hard drive. I’m a salesman at Office Max and they pound into your brain memory not RAM (supposed to make it simpler for the customer).

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!

by WalrusMan on Aug 7, 2008 2:53 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

he's a beatles fan, so it's OK

"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"

by The Gene Hackman on Aug 7, 2008 4:27 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

And I hate being a salesman...

And try to be the farthest thing away from a salesman. That’s why my managers hate me too lol.

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!

by WalrusMan on Aug 8, 2008 6:21 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I have a computer

And it works, mostly.

I’m a retired computer nerd.

Eugeniooooooo!!!!

by FairweatherFan on Aug 7, 2008 1:25 PM PDT   0 recs

Kickin it old school.

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 7, 2008 1:28 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

You must still be on the ARPAnet...

Join the 1990s dude!

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!

by WalrusMan on Aug 7, 2008 3:05 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

with all the b!#@*$ sayin. . . .

For WilltheThrill, this is Jon Miller saying goodnight. . . .

by WilltheThrill on Aug 7, 2008 3:10 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I wish I still had mine

I was only 5 or 6 at the time, but I still remember the game cartridges and the awesomeness that was the Koala Pad.

by rightcenterfielder on Aug 7, 2008 4:22 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Not quite yet,

but I will be purchasing the 17” MacBook Pro with the 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, high-res display (1920×1200), and the 200GB 7200rpm HD. And a 1TB external drive.

I’m stepping up a bit from my G4.

by kaliber on Aug 7, 2008 1:26 PM PDT   0 recs

and for software, I’m just pretty much going to be running the Adobe CS3 suite and Logic.

by kaliber on Aug 7, 2008 1:28 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

4GB?

Boo! Then you get the 64-bit Vista version.

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!

by WalrusMan on Aug 7, 2008 2:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Vista ain’t touchin’ that baby.

by kaliber on Aug 7, 2008 7:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Boris the Mac

10.4.11, 1ghz powerPC g4, 768 MB DDR SDRAM (don’t ask me what any of this means, ‘cause I don’t know). Programs I use on the Boris-baby are:

Safari
Mail
all the i-stuff (iCal, iPhoto, iTunes)
Adobe CS 3, all of it, but particularly InDesign
QuarkXPress 6.0
Adium to integrate all the IM programs
etc. etc.

Still-proud, adoptive mama of Notgardo Alfonzo, who's back from the 50-game purgatory. He promises never to do it again. I couldn't get him to promise to hit, though. We're working on that with bribes of M&Ms, kind of like potty training.

by tk on Aug 7, 2008 1:27 PM PDT   0 recs

I just got all my parts

I’m attempting a build for the first time. Nvidia 780i 3-way SLi mobo, 6 GBs total ram, 8800GT 512 MB pcie 2.0(hoping to get another here soon), 500GB Seagate HD, and the crappy Vista premium. Figured I’d try it, hope it works out.

by giants9107 on Aug 7, 2008 2:05 PM PDT   0 recs

Oh

I’ll be buying a MacBook for college in May, so if any of you wanna give me a sweet deal, lemme know.

by giants9107 on Aug 7, 2008 2:13 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

oops

left out processor, Intel 9450 quad core.

by giants9107 on Aug 7, 2008 4:04 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That is a beast of a machine. Mine was a beast…like 4 years ago.

by chilibean_3 on Aug 7, 2008 4:39 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

500 GB HD?

Damn that’s a whole lotta porn. I got me a 160 GB Seagate and it’s not even 25% full and I’ve got all kinds of kinky stuff on here…uhhhh…I mean…uh….ya, nevermind.

Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.

by PacBellBoozer on Aug 8, 2008 2:21 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I got me a 500GB external...

So total I think I have about 800GB of memory between my laptop, external drive, and my old computer. Can’t find the movies I want to watch anymore.

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!

by WalrusMan on Aug 8, 2008 6:28 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

computer porn!

I’ve got a desktop with and what’s classified as an “ultraportable” laptop.

Desktop: HP Pavilion m9000t, 2.33 GHz E6550 Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM, 500GB 7200 RPM hard drive. Runs Vista Home Premium. My display is a 24” widescreen HP w2408 with an ambient light sensor so I don’t blind myself at night. It effectively doubles as a TV, as I don’t have an actual TV.

Laptop: Lenovo ThinkPad X61, 1.80 GHz T7100 Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM, 120GB 5400 RPM hard drive. Runs Vista Business. There’s no built-in optical drive, which I was a little worried about at first, but aside from initially installing Microsoft Office on to the thing, I really have found I never need one. All my music and what video I watch is nearly all digital, so I don’t need even need discs for entertainment purposes. (Plus, if I really need to use a disc there’s always the desktop.)

The two are connected through a simple wireless (802.11g) network. I use a sychronization application called GoodSync to (manually) keep the Documents folders on the two synced up. Other than GoodSync, I just use Office and Firefox mostly. I’m not much of a gamer; Vista’s simple little built-in games are enough to keep me distracted.

by non sequitur on Aug 7, 2008 2:06 PM PDT   0 recs

THIIIIIIIIIIS CLOSE

to buying a thinkpad.

BROCK BOND LIKES HIS MARTINIS PUNCHED IN THE FACE, NOT STIRRED.

by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Aug 7, 2008 6:11 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think Lenovo is going to come out with a new line of ThinkPads in the next few months, so if you are going to get one and can wait, I would. Unless you’re looking at the X300, which is already out.

by non sequitur on Aug 7, 2008 7:32 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

the

THIIIISS close implied that I already bought one.

sold out; grandma bought me a mac.

BROCK BOND LIKES HIS MARTINIS PUNCHED IN THE FACE, NOT STIRRED.

by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Aug 8, 2008 6:04 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

SLO..

I currently have a ThinkPad T61 running XP Pro, Office 2007, Adobe Suite and assorted other Apps. It’s the 2.4 Gig Core 2 Duo w/4 Mb backside cache, 2 Gb Ram , ATI Mobility Video 512 Mb card), DVD/CD read/writer, and the most important part, the >b> 9 cell extended life battery. Adds about a pound, but gives you about seven hours battery life. Paid about $2G’s a little over a year ago. Absolutely love it. I have had various ( T20, T41, and now the T61) ThinkPad’s for the last eight years. They are well worth the investment. If you want something fast, sturdy and dependable, go with the T Series. I did quick check on Lenovo site and the T61 is on a price reduction right now.

ThinkPad T61 14.1” widescreen with integrated graphics, 2.5 Gig Core 2 Duo, 6Mb backside cache, 3 Gb of RAM Win XP (downgraded from Vista Home).

From: $2,067.95 *
Sale price: $1,601.71 *
Total savings: $466.24 *
After rebate:

That price also includes an IBM/Lenovo Dock. I use mine with an external monitor, keyboard and mouse at work. Makes a great desktop replacement. You would save another $200 if you take the dock off the price.

I have had one problem in eight years. A USB port went bad, and it was one of the ones that were soldered on the board. Just bought a powered USB hub. That is Mrs. NVSFG’s laptop now,


If you are looking for fast, light and small, go with the X series. There is also the new T300 and 500 which are beasts, but well out of most normal peoples price range ( about $3G’s loaded up right). Most of the coolest new Notebooks have the Solid State hard drives. No moving parts. Longer lifespan, much better battery life, but hella expensive. Got to play with a few at work. Pretty damn cool.

About the only bad thing I can say about IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad’s is that they are a btch to reload. All of the drivers and parts are loaded specifically by Lenovo and must be reloaded if you do a complete system rebuild. Not fun.

My adopted son Matt Downs. Bill Mueller without the two-flap helmet .

by nvsfg on Aug 8, 2008 5:32 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

15" MacBook Pro

1.83GHz Intel Duo
2GB RAM
80 GB Hard Drive

OSX Rally Leopard
Adobe CS3
Quark Express
Safari
MS Office
iEverything

Giants! Giants! HELP US GOD!

by j14 on Aug 7, 2008 2:11 PM PDT   0 recs

love the case on that machine ;) the regular macbooks look like toys :P

If my head is full of white hairs by the end of this season.. I blame Brian Wilson. (I'm only 22, dammit!)

by GiNgiNxbOi on Aug 7, 2008 2:18 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

it could make a rock so big that even it couldn’t lift it

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Aug 7, 2008 2:17 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/010435.html

That’s a fun look at the topic.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Aug 7, 2008 2:46 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I has computers

My home system is a fairly outdated Dell XPS Gen4 with 3GB RAM, 160GB drive, some kind of processor, and whatever else I got in there. Nothing fancy, but it can play Madden, Oblivion, and it was great at handling World of Nerdcraft before child-rearing altered my gaming priorities.

At work, I have this kick ass Dell Latitude D530, with a 15”ish screen, a Celeron processor, 2GB RAM, and an 80GB drive. Yeah, I work in IT, and this is what they gave me… Weird. I’m running Vista Ultimate on it, which is just fine as far as I’ve ever been able to tell. Works great, doesn’t crash, and is only mildly disruptive. Not sure what all the complaining about Vista has been about.

"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler

by JRPhillips on Aug 7, 2008 2:18 PM PDT   0 recs

Warning!

You are about to hear criticism of Vista. Do you want to continue?

No
I do not trust the person criticizing Vista.

Yes
I do trust the person criticizing Vista but will not trust what they say and ignore it.

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!

by WalrusMan on Aug 7, 2008 2:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Eh… don’t use Vista is you have an old computer / second rate processor OR if you do a lot of weird computery stuff with your internal settings.

Otherwise, you have nothing to bitch about.

This is the conclusion I’ve come to.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Aug 7, 2008 3:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah, when I installed the virtual reality with auto-jack sleeve, Vista didn’t like it.

Adoptive father of howtheyscored. The beatings will begin momentarily.

by Goofus on Aug 7, 2008 3:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Go crazy nuts!

Complain away, no biggie on my end. I don’t do the geeky things many people do, so I guess that might be why I don’t have complaints, like HTS said…

"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler

by JRPhillips on Aug 7, 2008 3:21 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

yea..

But the thing is when you try and run a program from a CD it says that EVERY SINGLE TIME.

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!

by WalrusMan on Aug 7, 2008 3:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

You CAN disable that feature, you know...

http://www.petri.co.il/disable_uac_in_windows_vista.htm

Just follow method 4 (I didn’t read it, but I believe that’s the right one), and those obnoxious WARNING messages will be a thing of the past!

"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler

by JRPhillips on Aug 7, 2008 4:00 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Macbook! The upgraded version.

by AndOnTheDrums... on Aug 7, 2008 2:24 PM PDT   0 recs

I’m not an ubergeek as evidenced by the fact that my desktop computer is an old HP running win98, and not 98SE either! There is some talk of replacing that with a Linux machine, apparently it could be set up to run the old software that I haven’t found replacements for and it could share printers with “significant others” XP/Linux box. Apparently XP and 98 aren’t on speaking terms when it comes to printers.

Usually tho I’m on my macbook:
Processor 1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 512 MB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

by Merope on Aug 7, 2008 2:28 PM PDT   0 recs

Yea XP and 98 weren't on speaking terms...

Think if you went to vista with your printer. It’s a terrible printer, but if you need a new one look at a $100ish Brotther printer. They’ll have support from Windows 95 to Vista.

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have