RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread bbraver
! :) Cheers, Erika | -Original Message- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 12:37 AM | To: CF-Community | Subject: RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) | | | Yummy indeed! | | Feel very lucky - | just ordered the beast

RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread bbraver
Larry- thanks. That's why they have the 460W (!) power supply in a separate compartment with two dedicated fans - plus the three fans for the main chassis !! Specs say heat dissipation of fully-loaded system w/o monitor = 1,000 BTU/hour. -Ben Ouch. Ben with that system you wouldn't need a

Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread William Wheatley
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Community [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 12:14 PM Subject: RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) Larry- thanks. That's why they have the 460W (!) power supply in a separate compartment with two dedicated fans - plus the three fans

RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread bbraver
| -Original Message- | From: William Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 2:49 PM | To: CF-Community | Subject: Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) | | | How much did the beast set you back where did you order her

RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread bbraver
Gel- Thanks, you bet I'll be getting those two games in particular! And turning on EVERYTHING in FlightSim vbg. re: pre-orders, Amazon has a distribution center near Reno. Often, I'll order stuff UPS ground and have it the next day. :-) -Ben Wow! That's a beauty of a machine :) Make sure

RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread Bushy
| To: CF-Community | Subject: RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) | | | Yummy indeed! | | Feel very lucky - | just ordered the beast: | P4 3.0GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1GB Dual-channel DDR400, | 240GB SATA RAID0 HDs, | ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, | DVD-ROM and DVD+RW, | Audigy 2

Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread bbraver
. Sure, I was good with a bayonet, but you can't put that on a resume - it puts people off! Frank Barone, Everybody Loves Raymond - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Community [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 12:14 PM Subject: RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered

Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread Dana Tierney
PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 7:58 PM Subject: Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) 3 gigs sweet jesus :) OK, I am now officially envious Dana On Mon, 26 May 2003 23:37:23 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yummy indeed! Feel very lucky - just ordered the beast: P4 3.0GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1GB Dual

Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread bbraver
] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 7:58 PM Subject: Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) 3 gigs sweet jesus :) OK, I am now officially envious Dana On Mon, 26 May 2003 23:37:23 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yummy indeed! Feel very lucky - just ordered the beast: P4 3.0GHz, 800MHz

RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread Larry C. Lyons
The next thing you ought to do is put some flame decals along the side. Sorry wrong thing. I was thinking of cars there. larry At 04:14 PM 5/27/2003 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Larry- thanks. That's why they have the 460W (!) power supply in a separate compartment with two dedicated fans

RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread bbraver
Nah, I don't wanna get into flaming g. -Ben The next thing you ought to do is put some flame decals along the side. Sorry wrong thing. I was thinking of cars there. larry At 04:14 PM 5/27/2003 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Larry- thanks. That's why they have the 460W (!) power

RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread Harkins,Patrick
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 27, 2003 12:37 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) Here's a link to 4 views of the case: http://www.dell.com/us/en/eep/products/model_dimen_2_dimen_XPS. htm#tabtop -Ben have a picture of the case and everything? hopefully they have something nicer

RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread bbraver
all kinds of personalized materials? It was the one with the artificial intelligent creature... Patrick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 27, 2003 12:37 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) Here's a link to 4 views

RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread Angel Stewart
That was a long time agos ^_^ But I always say, when you are buying unless you are the type to upgrade frequently..by the tippity tippity top of the line so it lasts you about two years until the next machine. :) -Gel -Original Message- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread William Wheatley
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Community [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 12:27 PM Subject: RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) We've been down this thread before. No way. Not getting into this argument again (it isn't true, anyway...) -Ben Build your own. Half the price. On Tue, 27 May 2003

Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread William Wheatley
: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 12:24 PM Subject: Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) Bill- ordered from Dell's Employee Purchase Program (10% discount 'cause of my employer) - www.dell.com/eppbuy Umm, I can tell you the cost but then my wife has to shoot me grin: Sub-Total: $3,495.00 Shipping

Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread bbraver
- Original Message - From: Larry C. Lyons [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Community [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 9:41 AM Subject: RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) Ouch. Ben with that system you wouldn't need a furnace if you lived in Minnesota. That must put out a lot

RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread Ben Doom
- : From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 1:19 PM : To: CF-Community : Subject: RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) : : : The next thing you ought to do is put some flame decals along the side. : Sorry wrong thing. I was thinking of cars there. : : larry : : At 04:14 PM 5

Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread bbraver
that on a resume - it puts people off! Frank Barone, Everybody Loves Raymond - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Community [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 12:27 PM Subject: RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) We've been down this thread before. No way

RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread bbraver
Gel speaketh words of wisdom... Moore's Law in action. My current 'puter (P3-866) was purchased in April 2000 :-( -Ben That was a long time agos ^_^ But I always say, when you are buying unless you are the type to upgrade frequently..by the tippity tippity top of the line so it lasts you

RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread bbraver
truck). -- Ben Doom Programmer General Lackey Moonbow Software, Inc : -Original Message- : From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 1:19 PM : To: CF-Community : Subject: RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) : : : The next thing you ought

Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread Dana Tierney
I used to buy the very top of the line always. Then I realized that by buying a notch or two lower I was spending about 1/3 as much. Sorta like a used car I guess. The drawback to this theory though is that by the time you do upgrade, you don't dare tell anyone the specs of your computer g

Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread Dana Tierney
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 27, 2003 12:37 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) Here's a link to 4 views of the case: http://www.dell.com/us/en/eep/products/model_dimen_2_dimen_XPS. htm#tabtop -Ben have a picture

Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread Larry C. Lyons
:14 PM Subject: RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) Larry- thanks. That's why they have the 460W (!) power supply in a separate compartment with two dedicated fans - plus the three fans for the main chassis !! Specs say heat dissipation of fully-loaded system w/o monitor

Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread William Wheatley
-Community [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 12:36 PM Subject: Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) Here's a link to 4 views of the case: http://www.dell.com/us/en/eep/products/model_dimen_2_dimen_XPS.htm#tabtop -Ben have a picture of the case and everything? hopefully they have something

Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread William Wheatley
- Original Message - From: Dana Tierney [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Community [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 12:55 PM Subject: Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) oh, I realize there is more to (any) machine it's just that the last time I looked at computers top of the line was 2

RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread Ben Doom
3:46 PM : To: CF-Community : Subject: Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) : : : dont all William Gibson books have artificial intelligent creatures? They : don't call him a cyberpunk for nuthin. : : On Tue, 27 May 2003 18:14:10 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : : Patrick- : : Thanks. : : I like the IBM

Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread William Wheatley
27, 2003 1:12 PM Subject: Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) In my experience, a lot of manufacturers targeted an uninformed public by selling just the clock speed - e.g., Compaq was famous for a fast CPU with too- little slow RAM, a slow small HD, and mediocre video. Those people paid a lot

Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread William Wheatley
: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 2:43 PM Subject: Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) thanks, Bill! My wife says about my time on the computer, hey, I know where he is and who he is with! vbg When my mom was still with us, she used to say use it in good health g. That's taken on more meaning lately :-) -Ben

RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread Harkins,Patrick
no, I'm a latecomer to his books thinking of Idoru, I believe it was called... -Original Message- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 27, 2003 3:56 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) I think he's referring to Neuromancer, Count Zero

Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread William Wheatley
hehe probably does, if he got the board i was thinking about it comes with onboard gigabit net connection. When I came back from Korea, I had no money, no skills. Sure, I was good with a bayonet, but you can't put that on a resume - it puts people off! Frank Barone, Everybody Loves Raymond -

RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread Larry C. Lyons
:14 PM Subject: RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) Larry- thanks. That's why they have the 460W (!) power supply in a separate compartment with two dedicated fans - plus the three fans for the main chassis !! Specs say heat dissipation of fully-loaded system w/o monitor

Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)

2003-05-27 Thread Dana Tierney
was good with a bayonet, but you can't put that on a resume - it puts people off! Frank Barone, Everybody Loves Raymond - Original Message - From: Dana Tierney [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Community [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 7:58 PM Subject: Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered