Who was looking for a Wii? I'm in Costco right now and they actually have them. Call me if you want me to pick one up. Phone is in profile.
Mal: He calls back, you keep them occupied. Wash: What do I do, shadow puppets?
'The Message'
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NoiseDesign - May 09, 2008 1:08:58 pm PDT #6163 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
amych - May 09, 2008 1:10:40 pm PDT #6164 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Jessica was wii-hunting in the gaming thread.
DCJensen - May 09, 2008 2:01:47 pm PDT #6165 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
iPod saves soldier's life: [link]
Deena - May 09, 2008 2:04:47 pm PDT #6166 of 25501
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Okay, I promise, last question. Am I going to notice a difference in speed between 1.6 GHz, 1.73, and 2.0 GHZ on a Pentium Dual Core T2330?
Connie Neil - May 09, 2008 2:33:47 pm PDT #6167 of 25501
brillig
Re: the recent XP update--this played havoc with the software my company makes, resulting in a huge uptick in support calls. It was chaos before we tracked it down to the Windows update and figured out what we needed to do to fix it. Fortunately the patch that Windows put out was sufficient, though there were a few network re-installs that really pissed off the customers.
Still, it was very freeing to be able to say, "No, that was Windows' fault".
Jon B. - May 09, 2008 2:56:50 pm PDT #6168 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Am I going to notice a difference in speed between 1.6 GHz, 1.73, and 2.0 GHZ on a Pentium Dual Core T2330?
I suspect that depends what you're doing with it.
Deena - May 09, 2008 3:01:53 pm PDT #6169 of 25501
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Primarily editing text in Word or Open Office, possibly compiling ebooks for Palm, Mobipocket, etc., possibly some web content editing work, and definitely doing memory intensive graphic art stuff--using the Wacom tablet and PhotoShop.
amych - May 09, 2008 3:04:10 pm PDT #6170 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
The difference between 1.6 and 1.7 is pretty negligible. You'll notice a difference with the jump to 2.0 on the graphics work, but not anywhere near as much as the difference between more or less memory. If it comes down to a budget question between the faster processor and maxing out the RAM, go for the RAM.
Deena - May 09, 2008 3:18:17 pm PDT #6171 of 25501
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
That's what I was hoping you'd say Amy. The price difference is significant enough to make me wonder, if I could go a little slower on the processor and max out the RAM vs. getting the great processor and getting reasonably good RAM.
(edit: not necessarily you you, but someone you. Thanks, you.)
More editing to replace a missing word. Now I will take my dorkitude back to looking at laptops. Thanks for the help guys.
-t - May 09, 2008 4:56:09 pm PDT #6172 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Shredder update: I took it back and got another just like it. Upon inspection, it appears that the bin starts overflowing when it looks a quarter full from the front, so "overfilled" probably was the right diagnosis.
Now that I know that, I should be able to avoid doing it again...
In related news: shredding CDs is pretty fun.