My sister's moving to Croatia, so today we went over to her house and had a pre-garage sale house cleaning, where basically I could take anything I wanted that that she wasn't taking with her. I got:
- An N64, with 3 or 4 games and a couple controllers
- A Windows 95 era Dell laptop
- Region free DVD player
- Old clacky keyboard (I love old clacky keyboards)
- Bluetooth mouse
- A stack of anime DVD's, including tons of Hellsing and Chobits
And the real gem, her old PC (old as in, two weeks old). ATI X700 Pro graphics, AMD 3000+ CPU, 2gb RAM... 12gb HDD... it's pretty nice. I replaced the HDD and am in the process of putting an x86 version of OS X on it.
Why is she moving to Croatia? I had a friend who is from there.
Excellent finds, Snorkel. Awesome computer also.
My mom lived in Croatia for a while spam;
Quote from: JMV290 on August 24, 2007, 09:46:48 PM
Why is she moving to Croatia? I had a friend who is from there.
Her boyfriend lives there, they've been going back and forth seeing each other for the last year or two. They're engaged now.
Also, why the hell would an even relatively new computer only have a 12 gigabyte harddrive? The operating system takes more than that psyduck;
Quote from: TITLEMONSTER on August 24, 2007, 09:59:23 PM
Also, why the hell would an even relatively new computer only have a 12 gigabyte harddrive? The operating system takes more than that psyduck;
She somehow fit XP, Civ IV, The Sims 2, Fallout 2, and a couple other games on there plus some music and other media. It wasn't the primary drive, though; she took her main out. I have several 60 and 80gb drives, so I'll use one for a shiny new XP installation and another for OS X.
Quote from: Snorks B. Hindenbergh on August 24, 2007, 10:03:15 PM
She somehow fit XP, Civ IV, The Sims 2, Fallout 2, and a couple other games on there plus some music and other media. It wasn't the primary drive, though; she took her main out. I have several 60 and 80gb drives, so I'll use one for a shiny new XP installation and another for OS X.
Are you going to be using this over your MacBook Pro?
Do you have a first gen MBP?
What N64 games did you get?
Quote from: TITLEMONSTER on August 24, 2007, 10:10:12 PM
Are you going to be using this over your MacBook Pro?
Do you have a first gen MBP?
Hell no. I'll use it occasionally, when I game or have to do something that Windows is better suited for (get spyware, for instance).
And yes, my MBP is first gen, however does not have any of the first gen flaws (CPU buzz, etc).
Quote from: Snorks B. Hindenbergh on August 24, 2007, 10:17:02 PM
Hell no. I'll use it occasionally, when I game or have to do something that Windows is better suited for (get spyware, for instance).
And yes, my MBP is first gen, however does not have any of the first gen flaws (CPU buzz, etc).
Oh
Because I was about to say
The MacBooks are quite a bit more powerful than the first-gen MBPs
I believe yours has something like a 1.83 Core Duo with 512 RAM.
Quote from: TITLEMONSTER on August 24, 2007, 10:18:22 PM
Oh
Because I was about to say
The MacBooks are quite a bit more powerful than the first-gen MBPs
I believe yours has something like a 1.83 Core Duo with 512 RAM.
Actually, it has something like 2.16ghz Core Duo, 2GB of RAM, and ATI X1600 Pro graphics. :|
Quote from: Snorks B. Hindenbergh on August 24, 2007, 10:22:27 PM
Actually, it has something like 2.16ghz Core Duo, 2GB of RAM, and ATI X1600 Pro graphics. :|
oh
well fuck you mine is dual core with 3.3 gis of RAM argh;
Quote from: TITLEMONSTER on August 24, 2007, 10:24:37 PM
oh
well fuck you mine is dual core with 3.3 gis of RAM argh;
Congrats on finding the elusive 300mb DIMM. thumbup;
Also, since when can MacBooks take more than 3gb?
Quote from: Snorks B. Hindenbergh on August 24, 2007, 10:26:55 PM
Congrats on finding the elusive 300mb DIMM. thumbup;
Also, since when can MacBooks take more than 3gb?
I have 2 2 gig sticks. : 700MB of it is unrecognized.
Quote from: TITLEMONSTER on August 24, 2007, 10:27:55 PM
I have 2 2 gig sticks. : 700MB of it is unrecognized.
Oh. I suppose that runs games wonderfully, what with all the extra RAM to make up for lack of dedicated graphics RAM.
BUT STILL, THE SCREEN IS SO TINY AND THE KEYBOARD OH SO UNSATISFYING.
Quote from: Snorks B. Hindenbergh on August 24, 2007, 10:35:49 PM
Oh. I suppose that runs games wonderfully, what with all the extra RAM to make up for lack of dedicated graphics RAM.
BUT STILL, THE SCREEN IS SO TINY AND THE KEYBOARD OH SO UNSATISFYING.
The Keyboard is amazing, why do you think Apple turned into their standard keyboards?
It runs games very well.
And the screen is beautiful and looks perfectly big to me :)
Quote from: TITLEMONSTER on August 24, 2007, 10:40:37 PM
The Keyboard is amazing, why do you think Apple turned into their standard keyboards?
It runs games very well.
And the screen is beautiful and looks perfectly big to me :)
That's because your eyes are small.
Anything that's under 19" looks small to me. poppy;
I dislike the new kayboards... I like to be able to
feel my keystrokes, and hear that rhythmic clack, and feel the springy mechanical pressure against my soft fingertips...
Quote from: Snorks B. Hindenbergh on August 24, 2007, 11:04:02 PM
That's because your eyes are small.
Anything that's under 19" looks small to me. poppy;
I dislike the new kayboards... I like to be able to feel my keystrokes, and hear that rhythmic clack, and feel the springy mechanical pressure against my soft fingertips...
I love the quiet tap-motion keyboards.
Quote from: Snorks B. Hindenbergh on August 24, 2007, 11:04:02 PM
That's because your eyes are small.
Anything that's under 19" looks small to me. poppy;
I dislike the new kayboards... I like to be able to feel my keystrokes, and hear that rhythmic clack, and feel the springy mechanical pressure against my soft fingertips...
I kinda hate having a 19 inch monitor, it makes me feel the same way about anything else.
My friend has a 24 inch monitor and it's just incredibly lame when we play Starcraft because we can always see what he is building and where his base is at.
Quote from: Snorks B. Hindenbergh on August 24, 2007, 09:43:08 PM
And the real gem, her old PC (old as in, two weeks old). ATI X700 Pro graphics, AMD 3000+ CPU, 2gb RAM... 12gb HDD... it's pretty nice. I replaced the HDD and am in the process of putting an x86 version of OS X on it.
uh other than the amount of ram it seems kind of outdated to me
what's the ram spec'd at