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[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Asher
A floppy is one of the most unsafe ways to save data.

I know, but its ANOTHER way to save data, it gives me another back up

[CerberusIV]

PIII 450 Mhz
40 Gb
Voodoo3 16Mb
320 Mb (128x2 + 64)
17" monitor

HP1100 laser printer. Very reliable and about 4000 A4 per toner cartridge. Don't bother with the scanner option - it's crap - buy a separate flatbed scanner.

I'm still using a parallel port Zip 100 for backing up critical files. Am I a dinosaur or does anyone still use zip disks?

Oh, and upgraded from Win98 to XP home. Works fine, no crashes (yet - we need a crossed fingers smiley!)

[Q Classic]

yay ntfs!

ned, to boost speed on your hd, if you have an intel chipset download the intel application accelerator.

i have mine set on max performance, so it's a trade off with the sound, but then again, none of them are really loud, so...

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by alva
Does anyone still have/use a floppy btw, seeing no-one mentiones them.

Of course I still have one, but only for boot floppy purposes.

[Al B. Sure!]

don't even brand new computers all got the floppys? i can't imagine a computer without it. what would fill up that space?

and what is this whole business about computer noise? there's differences in the loudness of the hum between computers?

[reds4ever]

A lot of the new stuff need a lot of cooling to stop them overheating

So you may have a processor fan, two case fans and a graphics card fan it all adds up!

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by Albert Speer
don't even brand new computers all got the floppys? i can't imagine a computer without it. what would fill up that space?

Dell stopped shipping its PCs with a floppy drive. If you want one, you need to pay extra for it.

and what is this whole business about computer noise? there's differences in the loudness of the hum between computers?

Yea, the new computers need heavy cooling solutions. I try to keep my system's sound level below 20-25 dB.

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by reds4ever
So you may have a processor fan, two case fans and a graphics card fan it all adds up!

The power supply usually comes with one big motherfarking fan as well.
Sometimes even two.

[MattH]

Homebuilt:
A7N8X Deluxe Mobo (surround sound)
Athlon XP 2700+ (~2.4GHZ)
768 BD DDR 2100
120GB HD
Raedon 9000 pro 128MB
CD-RW
DVD
Wireless Keyboard, Mouse (logitech)
Logitech Z-something 4.1 speakers
XP Pro
Redhat 7

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by Asher
A floppy is one of the most unsafe ways to save data.

Agreed. I have two hundred floppy disks, half of them don't work and I lost an important IB paper on one of them.

[Neutrino]

Asus A7A266 mobo
Athlon 1.1GHz (T-Bird)
2x256MB DDR-SDRAM (PC2100 and PC2700 sticks, running at 133*2=266MHz=PC2100 speed, 2-3-3-7 timing)
9GB Hard drive
60GB Hard drive
Floppy drive
DVD-ROM (2x DVD / 24x CD-ROM)
GeForce2 MX 32MB
SB Live!
17" LCD screen

[Mercator]

It looks like I have the second-oldest computer on 'Poly so far:

PII 350MHz
192 MB SDRAM (upgraded from 64)
7.6 GB HD
ATI something graphics card
DVD-ROM
Floppy drive
17" monitor
Windows 98

[Sharpe]

Dell Dimension 4500
P4 2.4 Ghz (no hyperthreading )
1GB DDR-333 RAM
200GB HD
ATI 128 MB Radeon 9700-TX (slower than regular 9700)
Combo 12XDVD-32X/10X/24X CDRW
Floppy drive
19" Trinitron monitor (wish I had just gone for the standard 19")
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card
Altec Lansing 4.1 speakers
Windows XP

and a very old printer - HP Deskjet 694C (5 years old)

[reds4ever]

Shape, have you got the Altec Lansing ADA885 speakers? The bass is awesome!

BTW you live anywhere near Dundas? I have relatives over there I've been there a couple of times

[Sharpe]

Hi, reds4ever,

no, I have the ADA745 it appears.

Somewhat close to Dundas - though I am much closer to Ancaster.