The Computer with no name has passed...

Moonliner · 12-13-2007, 08:15 AM

After a vaillant struggle with old age, circuit rust, and dust my faithful computer with no name quietly passed away sometime during the night.

He leaves behind a fully functional SATA drive will all it's data intact, so he will be remembered fondly.

Please let us have a moment of silence for his cooling fans that will turn no more....

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Whew. That's over.

Now it's SHOPPING TIME!

I wanna build me a Frankenstein! ****-loads of RAM, Dual-Monitors, at least a TB of storage, VMware for windows and linux.... Ho, Ho Ho....

Snowflake · 12-13-2007, 08:32 AM

R-I-P for the PC with no name.

Have fun Moonie! Retail therapy and, remember, he with the most toys in the end wins the game.

Cadaverous Pallor · 12-13-2007, 09:00 AM

How old was he? (Aren't all men's machines supposed to be chicks?)

Have fun at the electronics store

Moonliner · 12-13-2007, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

How old was he? (Aren't all men's machines supposed to be chicks?)

Have fun at the electronics store

Almost 4 years old.

Up until the end, he was quite stable and reliable. So I just assumed he was a he.

Cadaverous Pallor · 12-13-2007, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

Almost 4 years old.

Up until the end, he was quite stable and reliable. So I just assumed he was a he.

Hehe.

I wonder who here has the oldest operating computer. We have a Dell that's about 6 years old, I think, though we dont' really use it.

Ghoulish Delight · 12-13-2007, 09:39 AM

I highly recommend Newegg.com for shopping. When I built my TB RAID box, I spent a couple weeks shopping prices. Internet, Fry's, Microcenter. I ended up purchasing all but 2 components through Newegg.

Pirate Bill · 12-13-2007, 09:56 AM

RIP nameless. (But don't all computers have a name by default?)

I second the Newegg recommendation. I've used them quite a bit.

Snowflake · 12-13-2007, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Hehe.

I wonder who here has the oldest operating computer. We have a Dell that's about 6 years old, I think, though we dont' really use it.

My Dell 8200 is still running and until I buy a new something-or-other is my PC that is currently in use. I bought it in 2000. After I replace the brakes in the car and buy a new bed to sleep on, this is next in line for replacement with a new model, notebook of some sort. I'm still on the fence, PC with Vista or covert to Mac?

Morrigoon · 12-13-2007, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Hehe.

I wonder who here has the oldest operating computer. We have a Dell that's about 6 years old, I think, though we dont' really use it.

I have a Compaq laptop with Windows Millennium Edition. It functions till the OS crashes (usually an hour to an hour and a half of internet use, then it starts hopping off line every 5 minutes until you restart it).

You meant operating as in "can" operate, not as in "on active duty", right?

Chernabog · 12-13-2007, 10:34 AM

I've had great luck with Dell (for my current and last computer) but I keep hearing these random horror stories about them.

Maybe this goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway - do not, I repeat DO NOT buy anything from a) Fry's. or b) Circuit City.

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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	R-I-P for the PC with no name. Have fun Moonie! Retail therapy and, remember, he with the most toys in the end wins the game. __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I highly recommend Newegg.com for shopping. When I built my TB RAID box, I spent a couple weeks shopping prices. Internet, Fry's, Microcenter. I ended up purchasing all but 2 components through Newegg. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Pirate Bill Quality since 1973 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 473	RIP nameless. (But don't all computers have a name by default?) I second the Newegg recommendation. I've used them quite a bit.
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Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	I've had great luck with Dell (for my current and last computer) but I keep hearing these random horror stories about them. Maybe this goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway - do not, I repeat DO NOT buy anything from a) Fry's. or b) Circuit City. __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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