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  1. Jonathan_H

    Jonathan_H Rookie

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    Except there was never a web browser created for the commodore 64...
     
    Jonathan_H, Aug 19, 2006
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  2. foolishfocus

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    AMD X2 3800
    Asus A8NSLI Premium Motherboard
    1G Corsair XMS
    535W SLI Ready Enermax Whisper II
    eVga 7900GT CO
    2 x 36.7GB Raptors in Raid 0 (OS and Games)
    2x 80GB in Raid 0 (Storage)

    Put it all together myself about 2 months ago
     
    foolishfocus, Aug 19, 2006
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  3. Whisky

    Whisky Three Time F1 World Champ Silver Subscribed

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    I bought a 1 GIG HD when they first came out in 1993 or so - $400.


    My Sony Vaio someone at work GAVE me - they told me it was broken, junk, they were going to toss it out, I said 'toss it my way'.

    I put in a brand-new battery, spent 3 nights uninstalling all the porno and gambling 'free' software her BF loaded, and it works flawlessly.
     
    Whisky, Aug 19, 2006
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  4. Whisky

    Whisky Three Time F1 World Champ Silver Subscribed

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    Maybe not a browser, but back in those days it was a DOS Shell we used to get into pure bulletin board sites.

    I remember when I upgraded my modem from a 300 baud to 1200 baud - I was a KING to my friends !
     
    Whisky, Aug 19, 2006
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  5. WJHMH

    WJHMH Two Time F1 World Champ Silver Subscribed

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    As for my system that's been Frankensteined so many times over the years but for now this is what I have:

    450 watt power supply
    AMD Athlon 2.2 GHz (I need an upgrade)
    MSI main board SIS 745 Ultra
    GeForce FX 5200 256mb (I need an upgrade)
    120 Gb HD (I need an upgrade)
    7Gb HD back up
    1.12 GB 2700 of DDR RAM
    DVD/CDRW 52x32x
    4 x 80mm LED case fans with varible fan speed control.
     
    WJHMH, Aug 19, 2006
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  6. DeusGear

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  7. otaku

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    I have two dell laptops both about 4-5 years old. For the time they were top of the line. 40gig 5400RPM hard drives, 64mb graphics, 15inch wuxga monitors, 1.6 and 2.2ghz Pentium 4 processors and 1gig of ram each (266mhz)

    Now they're just old and slow. But I must say they've done well by me and are still running well for what they are.

    Looking to buy a new machine soon for school (college) either a new dell, alienware, or an acer ferrari.

    I actually build/upgrade and service machines (bestbuy) and am A+ certified but still no new machine. Nice one by the way bennet (seen it before-good to see again)
     
    otaku, Aug 19, 2006
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  8. darth550

    darth550 Six Time F1 World Champ Lifetime Rossa

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    Whoever wins this is a credit to all Trekkies around the world!
     
    darth550, Aug 20, 2006
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  9. PAP 348

    PAP 348 Ten Time F1 World Champ Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    I gave Bill Gates the contract to create a custom web browser for the C64. ;)
     
    PAP 348, Aug 20, 2006
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  10. vraa

    vraa F1 Rookie Rossa Subscribed

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    I do.
    Why?
    It's a Mac :D

    No but really..

    I have one desktop dual AMD Athlon XP's @ 1.53ghz, 1gb ram, blah blah. I don't use it anymore except to try linux on it.
    I have a Macbook Pro totally loaded up with only 2gb ram and a 100gb hdd which I've filled up already.

    [​IMG]

    Now a question, does anyone know of a good portable hdd? Meaning around 200gb or more and doesn't need a power adapter? Takes power from usb or firewire?
     
    vraa, Aug 20, 2006
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  11. TurboTodd

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  12. glennm19

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    Just curious, what motherboard are you using? I also built my own about 2 years ago and it's still running fine. Thinking of building another one but wanted to see what other motherboards are out there.
     
    glennm19, Aug 20, 2006
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  13. Little Joe

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    bought it last year. i'm a computer animation major.

    boxx 7400

    -Dual Opteron Model 265
    -4 GB DDR400 ECC
    -Quadro FX 4500
    -74GB 10,000rpm Serial ATA 8MB Cache System Drive + 250GB 7,200rpm
    Serial ATA 8MB Cache Storage Drive
    -CDRW/DVD Combo Drive
    -16x dual layer dvd+/- writer
    -soundblaster audigy 2 zs
    -windows xp professional x64 edition
    -intellimouse explorer w/tilt immersion
    -black keyboard

    17" powerbook g4
    100 gig hd
    1 gb ram
    super drive
    128 mb ati radeon 7800 or something i dunno

    just gave away the one i built 4 years ago to my cousin:
    dual athlon xp 2100+
    1 gig ram
    two 80 gig hd's
    geforce 6800gt 256 mb
    dvd +/- r/rw
     
    Little Joe, Aug 20, 2006
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  14. BritBlaster

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    STA ($80),X


    :)


    Gosh, I'm old enough to remember when 32GB of RAM used to be considered a LOT!!! ;-)
     
    BritBlaster, Aug 21, 2006
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  15. bennett

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    Very cool setup, especially the 'paperweight'.
     
    bennett, Aug 23, 2006
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  16. kovachian

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    No GHz, no RAM, no expandable memory, no disk drive, no USB interface, no internet or music capabilities, no nothin'. Can't get any more pure than this.
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    kovachian, Aug 26, 2006
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  17. Dino Martini

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    Mine computer is crap...Ill get around to buying a new one sometime Im sure...maybe when the new Microsoft Flight Simulator comes out this october.
     
    Dino Martini, Aug 26, 2006
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  18. TurboTodd

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    DFI lanparty..

    Todd
     
    TurboTodd, Aug 27, 2006
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