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ImGod · 08-01-2003, 12:33 PM

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Originally posted by Kinross
Then you want an iBook. Apple makes the best laptops.

Unless, of course, all the software you've previously pirated.. I mean purchased doesn't run on an Apple.

NialScorva · 08-01-2003, 01:52 PM

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Originally posted by ex-xian
Umm...because I'm a devious wretch who enjoys wasting people's time?

Fair enough.

Flynn McKerrow · 08-01-2003, 07:39 PM

AMD Athlon chips make a damn fine space heater. So much so that I have to keep the windows open during winter for my home office to be a comfortable temperature. Now that it is summer, I had to move my home office to the basement. Before I did this, the basement was typically 10 degrees cooler than the rest of the house. Now that the AMD has been down here for a week or so, it's actually a little bit warmer down here than in the rest of the house. But that beats the 15-20 degree difference I used to have to endure.

This is with a 1.8 GHz Athlon processor. I also have a 2 GHz Pentium IV which has a thermal output about an order of magnitude less than the Athlon.

Knowing this, I will never again buy an AMD chip.

pariah · 08-01-2003, 07:59 PM

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Originally posted by ImGod
Unless, of course, all the software you've previously pirated.. I mean purchased doesn't run on an Apple.

You can just pirate...errrr purchase more.

Get a centrino.

ex-xian · 08-01-2003, 09:10 PM

Well there's a deal at Wal-Mart (I know, I know) that I'm considering. It's a hewlett packard, 30gig hd, dvd/cdrw, 15" screen, ethernet and modem, 2 gigahertz athlon, 256 ram, 64 shared video ram. The only thing that bothers me is the shared video. Is that common on laptops? I don't currently run anything that would require more than 192 ram (or 64 for that matter), so it didn't seem like a big deal.

It also comes bundled with a flatbed scanner/printer. Price is $1000. Whadya think?

ex-xian · 08-01-2003, 09:13 PM

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Originally posted by pariahSS
You can just pirate...errrr purchase more.

Get a centrino.

I don't think that mathematica has a version for mac. I'm a math major, so it comes in handy.

chanoc · 08-02-2003, 01:45 AM

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Originally posted by ImGod
Unless, of course, all the software you've previously pirated.. I mean purchased doesn't run on an Apple.

I run my X86 software with Virtual PC, an emulator of Windows XP Pro. When run at fullscreen it "turns the ibook into an X86 Wintel machine." It's slow as a turtle though.

chanoc · 08-02-2003, 01:47 AM

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Originally posted by ex-xian
I don't think that mathematica has a version for mac. I'm a math major, so it comes in handy.

Mathematica has versions for Windows, Mac OS-X, and Linux.

chanoc · 08-02-2003, 01:51 AM

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Originally posted by ImGod
Unless, of course, all the software you've previously pirated.. I mean purchased doesn't run on an Apple.

There is lots of software, shareware, etc to Warez/Pirate on Gnutella Protocol, just do a search for .dmg, .bin, or .sit. I did not tell you this though, your actions are your own, not mine.

ex-xian · 08-02-2003, 12:30 PM

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Originally posted by chanoc
Mathematica has versions for Windows, Mac OS-X, and Linux.

Ah yes, but I've already paid out the ass for my PC copy.

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08-01-2003, 07:39 PM	#23
Flynn McKerrow Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: surrounded by fundies Posts: 768	AMD Athlon chips make a damn fine space heater. So much so that I have to keep the windows open during winter for my home office to be a comfortable temperature. Now that it is summer, I had to move my home office to the basement. Before I did this, the basement was typically 10 degrees cooler than the rest of the house. Now that the AMD has been down here for a week or so, it's actually a little bit warmer down here than in the rest of the house. But that beats the 15-20 degree difference I used to have to endure. This is with a 1.8 GHz Athlon processor. I also have a 2 GHz Pentium IV which has a thermal output about an order of magnitude less than the Athlon. Knowing this, I will never again buy an AMD chip.

08-01-2003, 09:10 PM	#25
ex-xian Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: :noitacoL Posts: 4,679	Well there's a deal at Wal-Mart (I know, I know) that I'm considering. It's a hewlett packard, 30gig hd, dvd/cdrw, 15" screen, ethernet and modem, 2 gigahertz athlon, 256 ram, 64 shared video ram. The only thing that bothers me is the shared video. Is that common on laptops? I don't currently run anything that would require more than 192 ram (or 64 for that matter), so it didn't seem like a big deal. It also comes bundled with a flatbed scanner/printer. Price is $1000. Whadya think?

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