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Butt Sniffer Joined: 18 Dec 2001 Posts: 1785 Location: USA

I am minus 2 machine as of yesterday. Although it may be bad news for the team, Its great news all together since the 2 machines are being replaced with 2 of these...............

http://computers.247onlineshopping.com/B000069BJK.html

I wont be folding on them

Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2002 7:55 am Post subject:

Time to jack some boxen!

EEps · Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2002 8:29 am Post subject:

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EEps · Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2002 10:54 am Post subject:

Sad to hear that...[ Sad

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I guess this means I'll get to pass you sooner... [ Very Happy

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Why are you buying laptops from Amazon.com? Confused

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Butt Sniffer Joined: 18 Dec 2001 Posts: 1785 Location: USA

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Sad to hear that...[]

I guess this means I'll get to pass you sooner... []

Why are you buying laptops from Amazon.com? :

BamZipPow
...how things get done

I didnt buy it from Amazon. I just linked their description page. Toshiba didnt have a specs page up so I google searched for it and came up with Amazon. I bought them from Best Buy. Had a great deal including $400 worth of rebates. The cost ended up low enough that I bought a second one. My only negative comment is that they came pre-installed with XP HOME. Nothing FORMAT C: couldnt take care of. So far im very happy with its output. Crisp video, good sound, Long battery life (for now), DVD/CDRW combo and 256 mg of RAM. Although its a little on the heavy side compared to similar units (10oz heavier than the HP and 1 pound heavier than the Thinkpad) but still 8lbs is a decent weight.

Its running XP PRO right now.......should be up and running a dual boot with Mandrake by the weekend. LAN and Modem drivers will more than likely be my only problem installing Linux (so ive been reading). But I should have them compiled by the weekend with alittle help from Code_Monkey and Google.

Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2002 4:21 pm Post subject:

I'll be lowering my output as well. My second box will be shut off since I don't use it for anything but SETI. Just an absolute waste having it running 24/7 for just that.

Life is a like a box of chocolates.....when it's done it's done.

Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2002 4:57 pm Post subject:

I burned up [XX(] my backup machine (AthlonXP 1800+) last weekend Sad Smile

and then dissassembled its remains for parts for another project. My total CPU cycles have dropped by 42% from 3000 MHz to 1733 MHz. Shocking Smile