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Post Your Windows Setup: Past & Present!

waynesun

waynesun

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Feb 25, 2006
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silbeej said:
You put up your free Nikon Poster, nice.
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Hah, yeah.. gotta love them freebies. The wall felt empty without it!

SamNeeds said:
Nice set up. Simple. Can you elaborate a bit more on the audio set up?
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Sorry I didn't respond earlier bro! Just got your PM.. and came to check on this thread.

Monitors are KRK RP-5's: Guitar Center is currently having a clearance.. 99.00/monitor (which makes it almost a steal at $200.00/pair for these monitors). The Yamaha HS50M monitors sounded clearer, but at my age and budget, the RP5's suited me well. I migrated from Logitech Z-4's.. although I had the sub back then, there's nothing better than fuller and more accurate sound.

Audio Interface: M-Audio MobilePre, connected with 1/4'' cables via USB

iMpathetic said:
That's actually a pretty cool setup right there!
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Thanx bro. Will be on Mac when I go off to college.. but this has done me well enough for the past 4-5 years!
 
waynesun

waynesun

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Feb 25, 2006
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iMpathetic said:
Where exactly is the laptop in your setup? Also, how about a pic of the laptop itself? :D
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Heh, it's one ugly machine.. don't say I didn't warn you. It's located beneath my desk (to catch cooler air in the summer.. because of the plague of overheating issues i've had).

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Image taken from notebook review, i've got a nice, black burn mark on the pad beneath my left hand to remind me of the unmatched build quality of a Dell. :D
 
ayeying

ayeying

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Dec 5, 2007
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I actually liked the Dell 600m/8600 models. They were really good dell laptops, apart from the weird blue colors and the obvious cheap plastic.
 
iMpathetic

iMpathetic

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Oct 7, 2007
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IMBY
You know, it actually doesn't look bad compared to some other PCs of the era.

Here's what I want though.....
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ayeying

ayeying

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Dec 5, 2007
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the XPS gen 1 and 9100 were the WORST laptops made imo. Too thick (nearly 2 inches) and runs incredibly HOT due to the Pentium 4 processor. Their gaming capabilities weren't too bad though.
 
iMpathetic

iMpathetic

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Oct 7, 2007
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Yeah, but they weren't exactly made to be used on the lap.

I saw one with a 3.4GHz PXE, 2GB RAM, a 60GB 7200RPM disk, a 1 hour battery, Vista Ultimate, an extra charger, and a backpack go for $530 on eBay.

My dad was being an a$$hole though, and pretended he didn't know how to use eBay when he full well did. :mad:
 
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Metal425

macrumors newbie
May 11, 2008
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My Gaming Rig, Specs are in my sig.
My 24" Samsung Monitor(1920x1200)
And other stuff... :p

Adding framed posters on my wall in the next couple of days, to make it less bland.


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tr0jan

tr0jan

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Apr 22, 2008
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haha my old old pc.. this was my last pc - sold the whole stuff long time ago and now i have an only-mac-household..

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Adokimus

Adokimus

macrumors 6502a
Jun 2, 2007
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Boston, MA
iMpathetic said:
You know, it actually doesn't look bad compared to some other PCs of the era.

Here's what I want though.....
115850-2206P060_2B.jpg
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iMpathetic said:
Yeah, but they weren't exactly made to be used on the lap.

I saw one with a 3.4GHz PXE, 2GB RAM, a 60GB 7200RPM disk, a 1 hour battery, Vista Ultimate, an extra charger, and a backpack go for $530 on eBay.

My dad was being an a$$hole though, and pretended he didn't know how to use eBay when he full well did. :mad:
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That's my exact (older) computer. It was kind of surprise to see it here. I maxxed everything out at the time: 3.4 GHz with hyper-threading, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB 7,200 RPM HDD, extra battery, primary battery with subwoofer, ATI Radeon discrete graphics, WUXGA (1920x1200) matte 15" screen, XPS backpack, alternate scull design clip-on lid cover, DVD-RW, etc.....

So, how much is it worth to you? Not turning this into a marketplace post, just curious on what I would be able to get for it.

Peace,

Ado
 
SkyBell

SkyBell

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Sep 7, 2006
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Texas, unfortunately.
iMpathetic said:
You know, it actually doesn't look bad compared to some other PCs of the era.

Here's what I want though.....
115850-2206P060_2B.jpg
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iMpathetic said:
Yeah, but they weren't exactly made to be used on the lap.

I saw one with a 3.4GHz PXE, 2GB RAM, a 60GB 7200RPM disk, a 1 hour battery, Vista Ultimate, an extra charger, and a backpack go for $530 on eBay.

My dad was being an a$$hole though, and pretended he didn't know how to use eBay when he full well did. :mad:
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I'm sorry, but between how ugly that thing looks, and the bolded text, I would have to call that an "epic fail"

A one hour battery? I mean, come on...
 
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lost eden

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Mar 18, 2007
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Cassie said:
A one hour battery? I mean, come on...
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So? Laptops like that aren't designed for extended use on the go. I mean the Sager NP9261 with a quad core, 2x graphics cards in SLI & 3 hard drives in RAID5 probably get's less than an hour, but then it's intended that you spend most of the time with it plugged into AC.
 
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Knapman

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May 16, 2006
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Got my computer setup in the basement so I can use all of my desk for studying.
This setup will probably stay for the summer, cause its nice and cool down there. Except I think I might just move down here and get it finished. :eek:
I'm thinking about getting a macbook soonish. Hmm...

Dell XPS:
e6600
2GB
8800GTX 768mb :p
250GB HDD
DVD Burner

The Monitors are a 22" Samsung 226BW and some LG Flatron 20".

7.1 Creative speakers, they're meh.
Logitech Cordless G7, Logitech G5





 
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