Hope a laptop comes up for ya - Apple all the way?
Are you going to let 'EM rip for the fest maybe?
A new motherboard fixed the laptop. I have a 17" MacBook (would be hard to live with a smaller screen)
EmKen will be playing at diyFEST. May even get a chance to fix the vents for non-wall placement.
dave
I have a 17" MacBook (would be hard to live with a smaller screen)
EmKen will be playing at diyFEST. May even get a chance to fix the vents for non-wall placement.
I really miss my 17" MBP - only a 2.4 dual core & 8GB ram but had a hi def matte screen - same pixels as a 23" monitor. Still I've got a 27" 2.8Ghz quad core i7 (hyperthreading) with 16Gb ram now. Just cant take it with me
Will diyFEST get its usual writeup?
I really miss my 17" MBP - only a 2.4 dual core & 8GB ram but had a hi def matte screen - same pixels as a 23" monitor.
Same except 4 GB RAM (SSD thou)
Still I've got a 27" 2.8Ghz quad core i7 (hyperthreading) with 16Gb ram now.
Colour me jealous
Will diyFEST get its usual writeup?
I expect
dave
(SSD thou)
now you can colour me jealous
It was purely a matter of having lost too many HD. They don't do well when the laptop hits the floor.
dave
even without rambunctious kids and pets that's always a hazard at casa dlugos
even without rambunctious kids and pets that's always a hazard at casa dlugos
"Dangerous Dave" ?
It was purely a matter of having lost too many HD. They don't do well when the laptop hits the floor.
Time to try a small SS HD?
jeff
"Dangerous Dave" ?
That is one of my titles. Given by Don Thorne in 1976
dave
Time to try a small SS HD?
jeff
That's what an SSD is. Small size (128 GB) ensures things get put on the big desktop tht gets regular backup
dave
I made the switch from 10k rpm Raptor black whirlie drives to ssd's and dual boot with a hybrid. Easier heat management with SS in a tower as you can let em cook up a bit more.
Rest of system is Asus Republic of Gamers stryker ex2 board and chipset, 2.66 quad with enough cooling for up to 40% clocking, 8 gig ram, graphics bridges are spec'd for single, dual or triple sli 16bit - I'm running dual 570ti's, 850w psu and liquid cooled.
I got offered an I7 about 6months ago, which a friend bought and has had nothing but trouble with it, when it does work properly, its that much of a leap up from mine and cost 4 times as much.
Obviously mine is a gamers system.
Macs are really nice....... till they break.
Laptops are 'ok'........till they break.
Rest of system is Asus Republic of Gamers stryker ex2 board and chipset, 2.66 quad with enough cooling for up to 40% clocking, 8 gig ram, graphics bridges are spec'd for single, dual or triple sli 16bit - I'm running dual 570ti's, 850w psu and liquid cooled.
I got offered an I7 about 6months ago, which a friend bought and has had nothing but trouble with it, when it does work properly, its that much of a leap up from mine and cost 4 times as much.
Obviously mine is a gamers system.
Macs are really nice....... till they break.
Laptops are 'ok'........till they break.
Macs are really nice....... till they break.
They don't break all that often. My newest Mac is 4 years old, the oldest over a decade (web server). And i have direct access to the 2 best official Mac techs in western Canada and a boy genius that can do stuff they wouldn't have a clue.
dave
I want to take out my cd/dvd drive and swap in a SSD for system usage. Then use the 1TB internal as scratch/storage. I've got 3TB for music/films and 3TB as a backup of that. All that will be moving into a G5 tower to serve as a server
Dave you can do the same with your 17" MBP - remove the superdrive and add a 1TB storage drive. I used to use a pmcia? slot card to give me 2 motherboard connections - SUPER SPEEDY!!
Dave you can do the same with your 17" MBP - remove the superdrive and add a 1TB storage drive. I used to use a pmcia? slot card to give me 2 motherboard connections - SUPER SPEEDY!!
Macs are really nice....... till they break.
Yup Macs are really nice - and they rarely breakdown. I have a MDD G4 dual 867Mhz as a music/file server - how many 2002 windows machines are still working? Thats why residual value for PC's drops like Facebook shares and you still pay a premium for Macs of the same age.
It horses for courses of course. Same as I like the Emken's and some dont/wont
Sippy, you gotta tear someone a new one about the time your cutting is taking
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...a G5 tower to serve as a server
That's what i have. Saved from being sent to recycle it. I have an SSD for it, but i found out, to my dissappointment, that it is not supported.
you can do the same with your 17" MBP - remove the superdrive and add a 1TB storage drive.
Not something i'm interested in, use my superdrive often. Besides my G5 PowerMac Desktop (not the same as above), i have an iMac G5 (20", office iTunes + Skype) & a TimeCapsule and myriad spare drives. As soon as the ethernet card arrives i'm going to cram all 3 empty bays of a MacPro i was given (because the on-board EN failed) to use as a file server/NAS and T/S measure machine. No shortage of Macs or disk space around here (wife has a MacBook & godsone has a G5 iMac (20").
The dual mono PP-1C inspired EL84 amp will reside in a PowerMac G5 chassis
dave
I have a MDD G4 dual 867Mhz
My workhorse for a long time, last machine i bought new. Still runs (if i put it back together). And i've salvaged the heat sinks off a few, should be good for a nice SS amp.
dave
Hehe you have a few more than I do but I'm in a 4room appt and one of those is the bathroom (wife banned me from having a screen in there attached to the server ) Still at my height, I had 1 in the lounge, 1 in the bedroom and 2 in the cupboard/study aint bad
Now its imac, G4 and 2 appleTVs
I was thinking of using the G4 case for an amp.........
Now its imac, G4 and 2 appleTVs
I was thinking of using the G4 case for an amp.........
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