29-07-2002, 00:39
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FIRST's Spare, Queuer & Tech guy =)
AKA: Mike M. / Mouse =)
no team (FRC Volunteer)
Team Role: Alumni
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Rookie Year: 2001
Location: Staten Island, NYC
Posts: 1,504
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I do agree with gniticxe you want a good monitor go with NEC you want a good PC go with dell. E-Machines however are bad computers but they are way better then the infamous Packard Bell.
If you want a computer that has less of a chance to break then Build your own. Its cheaper. And you know indefinitely what is in it. I know people who build their own machines and have lasted them 10 years.
IBM is great for Businesses
Gateway is great for Businesses and Home
NEC is great for businesses
Dell is great for businesses and home
E-Machines is great for home
Hewlett Packard is great for Home
Compaq is great for Business and Home
When you build your own PC you learn about all sorts of new things Troubleshooting and such. You save alot of money both by buying parts and Tech support since you can repair what you built.
I have an emachine it has not broken down on me it has frozen up 2 but that was only b/c it has not been fragged over a long time period. Emachine does have its bad parts but since i've purchased it there have not been any major failures. Where as my Packard Bell which i have had for 6 years has had both hardware / software problems. Packard Bell / Emchines both have bad streaks but work great when the streaks are found and are properly delt with.
Dell - PII - 266mhz - Win 98 SE - 64 RAM
Emachines - AMD Athlon XP - 1600Mhz - Win XP - 256 RAM
Packard Bell - Celeron - 366mhz - WIN 98 SE - 192 RAM
these are all machines that have been owned by me and the only machine i had problems with is Packard Bell. - Thank God they went out of business. Dell no poblems and Emachine freezups when not properly maintained.
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Past FIRST Robotics Events that I proudly volunteered at: FLL: NY State Competition '03
FRC: NYC Remote Kickoff '04 & NYC Regionals '04-'15 ,'10-'13 & NJ Regionals '06-'10, Finger Lakes Regional '09 & SBPLI Regional '08-'15 and the World Championship in '05 (Galileo Field) '07 (Newton Field) '09 (Practice Fields Attendant / FTA(A)), CeBIT Convention in '04 & NextFEST in '06 both held @ the Javitts Center, Monty Madness '07-'10, Panda-monium '08, B.Eruption '08 & '09, Ramp Riot '08, PARC '09 & '10, BR^2 '09 & Wol. Inv. '09 -'15
2015 FIRST Robotics Off Season Events that I hope to volunteer at: Where is Wolcott Invitational 2015 FIRST Robotics Events that I will be volunteering at: SBPLI Reg. & Championships Volunteer Resume: Alt & Lead Team Queuer, Field Repair/Reset, Field Setup/Breakdown, Spare Parts Attendant, Field Power Controller/Score Keeper, Co-Emcee & Official Scorer, Control System Advisor, FIRST Tech Advisor Assistant & recently Practice Field Attendant.
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