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Took the plunge!

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Frank Olson

Jan 1, 1970
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And built a new puter on Friday night. Intel I-7, dual nVidia 9800
graphics cards (the Asus board will support 3). Win-doze Seven/64 bit -
Ultimate. Works great so far (not a single crash in just over four days
- a record - touch wood).
 
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Jim Rojas

Jan 1, 1970
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Frank said:
And built a new puter on Friday night. Intel I-7, dual nVidia 9800
graphics cards (the Asus board will support 3). Win-doze Seven/64 bit -
Ultimate. Works great so far (not a single crash in just over four days
- a record - touch wood).

My next laptop will be an i7 with 8GB Ram. I am current using Win 7
Ultimate x64 on my dual core laptop with 4GB Ram...not too bad at all.
It's been about 4 months, and I get an occasional mouse freeze. Other
than that, its works great.

Jim Rojas
 
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G. Morgan

Jan 1, 1970
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And built a new puter on Friday night. Intel I-7, dual nVidia 9800
graphics cards (the Asus board will support 3). Win-doze Seven/64 bit -
Ultimate. Works great so far (not a single crash in just over four days
- a record - touch wood).

Sweet...

Why the 2 video cards? HTPC, gaming?

How many Gigafranks of RAM?
 
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G. Morgan

Jan 1, 1970
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Hey... It's MY computer. I'm allowed! :)

Slow down hotrod.. It's okay! I'm about to build one too, and SLI is
and important factor for picking a MOBO.

Mine is going to be used for HTPC, with a minimum of 4 tuners.
Only four, but the P6T can support a heck of a lot more.

DDR3?? Mine will have 8GB of DDR3 to start with, and Win7 Ultimate
64.

I've got my lappy running Win7 Ultimate 64 with 4GB DDR2 now (Intel
dual core P8600). Runs great.

My old single core desktop (P4 2.8GHz) Win 7 Pro 32 with 2GB DDR is a
HTPC. It doesn't do HD Flash well (Hulu), but it does handle HD1080p
OTA and Netflix streaming nicely (M$ Silverlight powered). Right now
I switch between Windows Media Center, and Boxee. I like the Boxee
interface better but it does not support live TV yet, and still needs
work (I get the newest Beta's every 2-3 weeks). I've tried XBMC but
it's not polished enough for me, and tried SageTv but my setup seems
to underpowered for it (takes forever to change channels). Beyond TV
looks nice, but I'm not sure I want to pay for it because it lacks
certain features.

I'm going to demote the P4 to a media/file/print server, and use it
for the steaming device. I'll also leave it on for remote desktop
connections so I can record TV remotely if I forget, and to snag files
I need that are not on the lappy if I'm out in the field.

Now, really.... Why the 2 video cards for you?
 
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G. Morgan

Jan 1, 1970
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Spellcheck Patrol said:
To quote our local meter maids. "I already started writing the
violation. Just show up in court and ask the judge to dismiss it."


Damn!! Almost got away with it.
 
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Frank Olson

Jan 1, 1970
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Slow down hotrod.. It's okay! I'm about to build one too, and SLI is
and important factor for picking a MOBO.

Mine is going to be used for HTPC, with a minimum of 4 tuners.


DDR3?? Mine will have 8GB of DDR3 to start with, and Win7 Ultimate
64.

The motherboard I have will only accept DDR3. Corsair DDR3-2000mHz.

I've got my lappy running Win7 Ultimate 64 with 4GB DDR2 now (Intel
dual core P8600). Runs great.

My old single core desktop (P4 2.8GHz) Win 7 Pro 32 with 2GB DDR is a
HTPC. It doesn't do HD Flash well (Hulu), but it does handle HD1080p
OTA and Netflix streaming nicely (M$ Silverlight powered). Right now
I switch between Windows Media Center, and Boxee. I like the Boxee
interface better but it does not support live TV yet, and still needs
work (I get the newest Beta's every 2-3 weeks). I've tried XBMC but
it's not polished enough for me, and tried SageTv but my setup seems
to underpowered for it (takes forever to change channels). Beyond TV
looks nice, but I'm not sure I want to pay for it because it lacks
certain features.

I'm going to demote the P4 to a media/file/print server, and use it
for the steaming device. I'll also leave it on for remote desktop
connections so I can record TV remotely if I forget, and to snag files
I need that are not on the lappy if I'm out in the field.

Now, really.... Why the 2 video cards for you?

Two reasons. I work with AutoCAD, and then there's the new Star Trek
Online... which happens to look great on my wide screen monitor. OK...
so now everyone knows I'm a Trekkie. Are you happy now?? :p
 
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G. Morgan

Jan 1, 1970
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Robert L Bass said:
Your prayers must be working. I've been feeling much better
this week. Barely even used my cane for the past couple of
days and I'm way less tired. Sad though, I can't ride any
more. Sold the Suzuki M109R tonight. The guy wants to buy
the Honda, too. Guess I'll let him take it. [sniff]


I'm glad you're feeling better Robert! You sounded kinda drained on
the phone, but I know you were busy entertaining guests that night.
Keep up the positive mental attitude, it's working for you.

I'm getting better myself after only 9 aqua-therapy sessions. My
shoulder has almost reached it's full range of movement. Still hurts
daily, but I have some heavy-duty med's for that (the kind only a
pain-management doctor will write). He has a plan to wean me off
narco's without a severe withdraw. He knows my history, so we are
being really careful.

Sorry you had to sell the bike. I know you got a lot of enjoyment
from it. Of course with the med's. you told me you are taking I would
not care to share the road with you! I have a feeling you'll be
around much longer than those doctors said. You're way to stubborn to
go out without a long and protracted fight... and it's only just
begun. :)

I just may take you up on that offer for the burger. I'm off work for
at least 6 more weeks, and I could use a change in scenery. Let me
talk it over with my new G/F (the high-school flame I reunited with on
Facebook didn't work out) and see if she's up for a road-trip. I met
the new one on Chemistry.com. If it were not for the Internet I'd
never meet anyone, haven't seen the inside of a bar in nearly 3 years
(and that never worked well anyway).
 
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G. Morgan

Jan 1, 1970
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mleuck said:
Are you sure you haven't left out any more details of your life G?

I can post more since you appear so interested. Would you prefer a
daily email instead?
 
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G. Morgan

Jan 1, 1970
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mleuck said:
It looks like we were already getting that

Well, I'm glad you are enjoying it. As long as you're happy, that's
all that matters.
 
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Jim Rojas

Jan 1, 1970
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mleuck said:
It could have been worse, with Obamacare she'd have to wait 6 months
just to see the doctor the first time

6 months is not bad...try waiting to see a doctor at a free clinic with
our current healthcare system...you wait 6 months, just to find out they
have no doctor available when you walk in. Then they reschedule you
again, and you wait another 6 months. Unless it is an emergency, or have
cash on hand, that's what free clinics are all about.

Jim Rojas
 
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Frank Olson

Jan 1, 1970
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Don't fret Frank. Just because you have small antennae, it makes you
no less the man.


Small antennae, big ears. You know what they say...
 
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Frank Olson

Jan 1, 1970
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So it IS true.

Ques: How does a French woman hold her liquor?

Ans: By the ears.


And I just happen to love French women... :)
 
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