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mike
23rd November 2004, 04:16 PM
...has 2MB memory, 4GB hard drive, 32 MB ram and has Windows 98.

Is anybody else's computer as advanced as mine ? :roll:

I'm getting a newy tomorrow...can't wait.

Jarro
23rd November 2004, 05:06 PM
mines not much better mate.

4Gb hard drive .... 96Mb RAM and runs Windows 98.

I bought it new around 5 years ago, and it was the ducks-nuts then :roll:

I'm looking at a new system early in the new year 8)

AndyP
23rd November 2004, 05:09 PM
Until a few months ago, I had a PC from '96 that had Windows 95, and 2G Hard Drive (if that, can't remember).

New computer much better. :cool:

Jarro
23rd November 2004, 05:12 PM
I'm getting a newy tomorrow...can't wait.

.. just out of curiosity, what are you getting :?:

drunken
23rd November 2004, 05:14 PM
I'm running a PIII 450, 128MB RAM, 16MB Voodoo Banshe, 6.4GB Hard drive. Was the best available at the time...

markTHEblake
23rd November 2004, 05:21 PM
I run a 1 Gig/256mb ram as my main machine.
Laptop is 1gig/256mb

TV PC is 733mb/256mb
Server is 550mb/256
bedroom is 350m/256
kids is 350mb/96mb

got about 4 others i dont use anymore. Anyone wanna buy a 486 SX33?

I am just upgrading someones computer to P2.4/512mb so i got another bunch of spare parts for another PC. (it figures, everyones computer i work on a far more advanced than my own) should be able to slot that one into the kitchen somewhere.

Jarro
23rd November 2004, 05:22 PM
.. geez.. i thought i would have had the worst system around here :?

looks like i might have some competition :lol:

Andrew
23rd November 2004, 06:10 PM
I've got an ABACUS

Courty
23rd November 2004, 07:04 PM
I've got an iMac...

suffer in ya jocks!

Onewood
23rd November 2004, 07:11 PM
Mines got OZGOLF on it :wink: :D

Ducky
23rd November 2004, 08:14 PM
- Motherboard: Gigabyte 8I-915P Duo
- Processor: Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz (LGA775)
- Memory: Geil Dual Channel (1024MB)
- Hard Drive: Western Digital 200GB SATA (7200RPM, 8MB Cache)
- Sound Card: Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS
- Video Card: Albatron 6600GT (128MB DDR3, PCI-E)
- Operating System: Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2)

Suckers!

:D

Kind regards,

Ben (Ducky).

AndyP
23rd November 2004, 08:26 PM
Checked the details at home

Old:
IBM 686-150 (200+)
Pentium 512K
16MB RAM
2.1GB Hard drive
CD Reader
Windows 95

Recently Updated to:
Asus A7N8X-x motherboard
Athlon 2800+ CPU
512MB RAM
120GB HDD
DVD Burner
Windows XP (SP2)

Just a slight difference in performance. :roll:

Eag's
23rd November 2004, 09:51 PM
- Motherboard: Gigabyte 8I-915P Duo
- Processor: Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz (LGA775)
- Memory: Geil Dual Channel (1024MB)
- Hard Drive: Western Digital 200GB SATA (7200RPM, 8MB Cache)
- Sound Card: Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS
- Video Card: Albatron 6600GT (128MB DDR3, PCI-E)
- Operating System: Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2)

Suckers!

:D

Kind regards,

Ben (Ducky).

Nice system there Ducky :shock:
AndyP I think you mean a 120Gig HDD mate :wink:

My system is not to bad
ABIT KV7 Mobo
AMD XP 2500
1 Gig Kingmax DDR 2700 Ram
160G Western Digital 7200 rpm HDD & 80G Western Digital 7200 rpm HDD
ATI 9500 Pro vid card
Soundblaster Live
Pioneer A108 Dual Layer DVD Burner

Trung
23rd November 2004, 09:57 PM
We have Optus cable with a wireless router at home

P4 PC
P3 Laptop

I can seat in the backyard and surf for porn at the same time. :lol:

Jarro
23rd November 2004, 09:59 PM
I can seat in the backyard and surf for porn at the same time. :lol:

.. lucky bugger 8)

davidp
23rd November 2004, 10:03 PM
- Motherboard: Gigabyte 8I-915P Duo
- Processor: Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz (LGA775)
- Memory: Geil Dual Channel (1024MB)
- Hard Drive: Western Digital 200GB SATA (7200RPM, 8MB Cache)
- Sound Card: Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS
- Video Card: Albatron 6600GT (128MB DDR3, PCI-E)
- Operating System: Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2)

Suckers!

:D

Kind regards,

Ben (Ducky).

Seriously nice gear. What do you need all that grunt for?? Do you run a porn site off it? :P

mike
23rd November 2004, 10:41 PM
.. just out of curiosity, what are you getting :?:

I'm not really sure , Jarro but apparently it's a very attractive beige colour. :wink:

When I get it I'll know more.

Ducky
24th November 2004, 03:29 AM
Nice system there Ducky :shock:
Thanks.

My previous PC (which wasn't so glamorous) was recently fried in a thunder storm (which is why I was away for around two weeks), so it was a good excuse to upgrade and build a new tower.

You should see the casing, though. Chromed aluminium, Neon LED fans, plexiglass window, and a flip door for the drive bays. It's crazy. If 'The Fast and The Furious' movie was about computers, I'm sure this would have made an appearance.

:shock:


Seriously nice gear. What do you need all that grunt for? Do you run a porn site off it? :P
Haha, it would definitely be on the cards if my ADSL had a higher upload speed! (1500kb/s down, 256kb/s up)

:D

Seriously though, I get into a bit of gaming when I have the chance. If you have played any of the latest generation games, you will know that the recommended specifications are nothing short of high end (and expensive).

Also, a lot of the applications that I fiddle around with (3D Studio Max, Photoshop, Premiere, etc) do require high amounts of memory and processing power in order to function smoothly.


I'm not really sure...
Did you want to post some specifications and prices before purchasing that we can take a look at to ensure you're not getting ripped off? I only say this because a lot of the time general retailers (for example, Harvey Norman) will sell package computers that may seem great, but due to them only advertising select components (such as the '3ghz processor' or '1gb memory') you don't get to find out exactly what you're buying (and I'm sure even if you asked them, they probably wouldn't know).

Kind regards,

Ben (Ducky).

Onewood
24th November 2004, 07:45 AM
.. just out of curiosity, what are you getting :?:

I'm not really sure , Jarro but apparently it's a very attractive beige colour. :wink:

When I get it I'll know more.

Nice choice Mike, the beige ones are awesome \:D/

Jarro
24th November 2004, 01:50 PM
.. just out of curiosity, what are you getting :?:

I'm not really sure , Jarro but apparently it's a very attractive beige colour. :wink:

When I get it I'll know more.

Nice choice Mike, the beige ones are awesome \:D/.. but i thought the red ones went faster :P

mike
30th November 2004, 03:47 PM
I know nothing about computers but here's what I just got;
ASUS Pentium 4 ATX Motherboard
INTEL Pentium 4 3.0ghz processor
800FSB
512MB corsairDDR PC2700 RAM memory
Seagate 80GB hard drive
Panasonic DVD burner
Dlink 56K modem
Windows XP
Panasonic 3.5 floppy

I read it all off the invoice...it means nothing to me.
:oops:

Courty
30th November 2004, 04:48 PM
Panasonic 3.5 floppy


I'm constantly amazed by the number of people who still insist on getting a 3.5" floppy drive (I'm not picking on you, Mike - you probably didn't even ask for it). These things have been obsolete for years, if for no other reason than they simply don't have enough capacity. We now have email/ wireless networking/ firewire/ usb/ removable drives/ high speed burners etc etc. but still many people panic at the thought of buying a PC without the ubiquitous (and useless) floppy drive. :?
There, got that out of my system now. :roll:

McMw
30th November 2004, 05:22 PM
it's the cheapest and easiest way to transfer files... :)

but yeah....once those thumbdrives becomes stupidly cheap....boom....

Bruce
30th November 2004, 06:36 PM
it's the cheapest and easiest way to transfer files... :)

but yeah....once those thumbdrives becomes stupidly cheap....boom....

I have seen 128MB for $29. Is that stupid cheap enough for you?

DVD media are 50c each.

The only reason for a 3.5 now is backwards compatability with things taht don't have USB.

McMw
30th November 2004, 11:05 PM
128MB for 29bucks.....not bad...
will wait till it hits 19bucks tho... :lol:

problem I have with using CDRs is that it feels like such a waste to burn small files into them...call me cheap... :roll:

Ducky
30th November 2004, 11:54 PM
I'm constantly amazed by the number of people who still insist on getting a 3.5" floppy drive (I'm not picking on you, Mike - you probably didn't even ask for it). These things have been obsolete for years, if for no other reason than they simply don't have enough capacity. We now have email/ wireless networking/ firewire/ usb/ removable drives/ high speed burners etc etc. but still many people panic at the thought of buying a PC without the ubiquitous (and useless) floppy drive.
I would doubt anyone would use floppy disks as a removable storage source anymore (apart from storing a few word processing documents), but that isn't to say they don't have other uses. I guarantee there will be at least one time (if you fix your PC problems yourself) where you will need a bootable floppy disk. Whether it be to restore a virtual image with Norton Ghost, to format with FDisk, or to simply install some hardware drivers. Obsolete? I don't agree.


DVD media are 50c each.
Yeah, they're great if you want several new shiney drink coasters everytime you wish to write to a DVD and it becomes corrupted. Even if it avoids corruption initially, I wouldn't count on it lasting very long.


problem I have with using CDRs is that it feels like such a waste to burn small files into them...
That's right. Why would you waste a few minutes opening a CD/DVD writing application for files less than 1MB, when you can simply drag and drop them onto a floppy disk in a few seconds?

Kind regards,

Ben (Ducky).

markTHEblake
1st December 2004, 12:40 AM
I guarantee there will be at least one time (if you fix your PC problems yourself) where you will need a bootable floppy disk.

whats wrong with using bootable CDR's? any decent PC tech is going to arm himself with a handfull of them.




That's right. Why would you waste a few minutes opening a CD/DVD writing application for files less than 1MB, when you can simply drag and drop them onto a floppy disk in a few seconds?

Drag and drop them to CDR in Windows XP, piece of cake, doesnt take any longer.

Fishman Dan
1st December 2004, 08:04 AM
I can't believe this debate. Anything floppy disk sized is far easier transferred via the internet. Takes less time than scratching around for a floppy as well, not to mention burning to CD/DVD etc.. :roll:

Got/need 1 mb file? E-mail it..

Ducky
1st December 2004, 08:08 AM
If you truly believe your can live the high life hassle-free simply by cutting back on a $20 floppy drive, best of luck to you.

:roll:

Courty
1st December 2004, 08:10 AM
I guarantee there will be at least one time (if you fix your PC problems yourself) where you will need a bootable floppy disk.
That's where you are wrong. I have a Mac. For a start, it doesn't have problems that can only be fixed by re-booting. Secondly, it will boot from a system CD.

Yeah, they're great if you want several new shiney drink coasters everytime you wish to write to a DVD and it becomes corrupted. Even if it avoids corruption initially, I wouldn't count on it lasting very long.


problem I have with using CDRs is that it feels like such a waste to burn small files into them...


That's right. Why would you waste a few minutes opening a CD/DVD writing application for files less than 1MB, when you can simply drag and drop them onto a floppy disk in a few seconds?

Can you say C-D-R-W? :roll:

AndyP
1st December 2004, 08:14 AM
I can't believe this debate. Anything floppy disk sized is far easier transferred via the internet.
What if I can't access my internet connection from the computer I want to transfer the file/s to?

I got a floppy drive on my new computer because they are cheap, my old computer had one, and I haven't got Lemmings on CD. ;)

Fishman Dan
1st December 2004, 08:15 AM
I can't believe this debate. Anything floppy disk sized is far easier transferred via the internet.
What if I can't access my internet connection from the computer I want to transfer the file/s to?

'sif. :roll:

LMAO.
LOL.
ROFL.

:roll: :roll:

Ducky
1st December 2004, 08:20 AM
That's where you are wrong. I have a Mac.
And I'm the one who is wrong? I hope you have an excuse (such as digital photography or print/graphic design).


For a start, it doesn't have problems that can only be fixed by re-booting.
That's fantastic! I could have sworn you were giving advice in relation to a PC user.

:roll:


Secondly, it will boot from a system CD.
Wow, this really is fascinating stuff. Care to enlighten me on what a bootable CD attempts to emulate?


Can you say C-D-R-W?
Can you say O-V-E-R-K-I-L-L?

Do you drive your car to your next door neighbours house, Courty?

Regards,

Ben (Ducky).

Fishman Dan
1st December 2004, 08:28 AM
Do you drive your car to your next door neighbours house, Courty?

No, he catches the first available kangaroo...

Quit the uber-nerding guys. For the sake of bugger stuff all, Mike can read floppies. Peace-of-mind for a bloke who doesn't want/need to learn about burning cd's (let alone bootable ones).

It's standard - if new computers aren't fitted with FDD's, then the current stockpile is only going to become land-fill anyway.. :roll:

Ducky
1st December 2004, 08:42 AM
You're right, it's not worth debating, and I am sorry I replied to the original comments on the floppy drive. I just don't understand why such a big deal would be made out of someone having a floppy drive installed? For $20 it's a convenient and hassleless component to have.

Kind regards,

Ben (Ducky).

markTHEblake
1st December 2004, 10:23 AM
I wonder why laptops havent had floppy drives for years if they're so great. Heck my laptop doesnt even have an optical drive.

I wouldnt consider a floppy a waste of $20, in fact they are only about $12 now. I just cant be bothered putting them in, as its an extra reason to skin my knuckles, bend the pins, miss the pins, or getting pin 1 wrong again. (why cant the effing floppy drive manufacturers agree to have pin 1 on the same side?)

Plus the cable is always so bloody long its another thing to tie up.

I cant recall building a PC with a floppy in it for years, people are just not asking for it anymore.

Courty
1st December 2004, 11:35 AM
You're right, it's not worth debating, and I am sorry I replied to the original comments on the floppy drive. I just don't understand why such a big deal would be made out of someone having a floppy drive installed? For $20 it's a convenient and hassleless component to have.

Apologies if I came across as being all-knowing (wasn't my intention - don't mean to start a slanging match). The first statement was made hastily and in frustration with family members I have been helping with IT issues.

And, of course, everything I have said is my opinion. Everyone else is quite welcome & entitled to express theirs.

Ducky, after experiencing both sides of the fence, my opinion is that Macs are superior to Windows boxes in far more than just multimedia.

Fishman Dan
1st December 2004, 12:31 PM
Ducky, after experiencing both sides of the fence, my opinion is that Macs are superior to Windows boxes in far more than just multimedia.

:smt023 =D>

Ducky
1st December 2004, 08:01 PM
Ducky, after experiencing both sides of the fence, my opinion is that Macs are superior to Windows boxes in far more than just multimedia.
Heard of the 'Gaming Mac', Courty?

:P

Kind regards,

Ben (Ducky).

Fishman Dan
1st December 2004, 09:05 PM
Ducky, after experiencing both sides of the fence, my opinion is that Macs are superior to Windows boxes in far more than just multimedia.
Heard of the 'Gaming Mac', Courty?

Actually Ben, most of the 'real' games come out on Mac too, Tiger Woods 2k5, Championship Manager ;)

The world's biggest selling game "Myst" started on the mac. So did SimCity. 8)

Ducky
1st December 2004, 09:24 PM
Actually Ben, most of the 'real' games come out on Mac too...
I won't touch this one...

:smt101

Kind regards,

Ben (Ducky).

markTHEblake
1st December 2004, 11:44 PM
Does the Mac have Solitaire?

Fishman Dan
2nd December 2004, 08:00 AM
Does the Mac have Solitaire?

You've got Eric's Ultimate solitaire, although i'm not sure about Spider Solitaire.. :roll:

mike
2nd December 2004, 10:33 AM
Courty , my wife's a teacher and does a lot of her planning and admin stuff here at home. If she needs to take that work to school or bring stuff home it takes a few seconds to put her work on a floppy and shove it in her handbag.

Is there a simpler way than this ?

Fishman Dan
2nd December 2004, 10:40 AM
Courty , my wife's a teacher and does a lot of her planning and admin stuff here at home. If she needs to take that work to school or bring stuff home it takes a few seconds to put her work on a floppy and shove it in her handbag.

Is there a simpler way than this ?

My only concern with floppies is that they can be unreliable. You could have a document on one, but from one use to the next it could stop reading. This can be true for any magnetic media, but floppies aren't as robust and more prone to damage.

Simple things like this (basic documents of 10kb to 1000kb) can be more easily transferred via e-mail (if and where possible), not to mention security - if you have a doc that's potentially fragile and you lose it, whereas you need to log in to your ISP account to get your e-mail ;)

Courty
2nd December 2004, 11:24 AM
Courty , my wife's a teacher and does a lot of her planning and admin stuff here at home. If she needs to take that work to school or bring stuff home it takes a few seconds to put her work on a floppy and shove it in her handbag.

Is there a simpler way than this ?

My only concern with floppies is that they can be unreliable. You could have a document on one, but from one use to the next it could stop reading. This can be true for any magnetic media, but floppies aren't as robust and more prone to damage.

Simple things like this (basic documents of 10kb to 1000kb) can be more easily transferred via e-mail (if and where possible), not to mention security - if you have a doc that's potentially fragile and you lose it, whereas you need to log in to your ISP account to get your e-mail ;)

Wot Fishy said. :lol: The high humidity in the far north accentuates the situation. I have had brand new floppy disks fail on me in the past because they have sat for a month or two in a drawer in summer. The best alternative in Mike's case would probably be a USB Microdrive. You can get them just about anywhere these days for as little as $30 for 64MB capacity. They just plug in to an available USB port and appear in Windows Explorer as another drive letter.

McMw
2nd December 2004, 12:14 PM
yeh baby....thumbdrives are the way!!! :D

but some of the thumbdrives are not readable by certain comps...very annoying...

markTHEblake
3rd December 2004, 01:52 PM
I picked up a 512mb flash pen drive for $70. Perfect for carrying around SP2, virus and a couple other tools. always comes in handy.

I just received this deal from a wholesaler. no matter how i crunch the numbers i cant see how a small operator can beat this price. all i can think of is Compaq pays stuff all for MS licensing.

COMPAQ PRESARIO SR1010AN
DESKTOP COMPUTER
Intel Celeron 2.6GHz
256MB Memory
40Gb Hard Disk Drive
1.44 Floppy Disk Drive
CDROM
56k Internal Modem
10/100 Network Card
Firewire and USB Ports
Windows XP Home
Man Part No: DY039A
$495.00 Excluding GST

Fishman Dan
3rd December 2004, 02:16 PM
COMPAQ PRESARIO SR1010AN
DESKTOP COMPUTER
Intel Celeron 2.6GHz
256MB Memory
40Gb Hard Disk Drive
1.44 Floppy Disk Drive
CDROM
56k Internal Modem
10/100 Network Card
Firewire and USB Ports
Windows XP Home
Man Part No: DY039A
$495.00 Excluding GST

It's obviously ex-lease, but will they lower the price if i don't want the operating system?

Courty
3rd December 2004, 02:17 PM
COMPAQ PRESARIO SR1010AN
DESKTOP COMPUTER
Intel Celeron 2.6GHz
256MB Memory
40Gb Hard Disk Drive
1.44 Floppy Disk Drive
CDROM
56k Internal Modem
10/100 Network Card
Firewire and USB Ports
Windows XP Home
Man Part No: DY039A
$495.00 Excluding GST

:roll: :wink: :smt024 ](*,)