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View Poll Results: What speeds are the computers you use most often?
<500 Mhz 24 17.65%
500-900 Mhz 38 27.94%
1-1.4 Ghz 21 15.44%
1.5-1.9 Ghz 29 21.32%
2.0-2.4 Ghz 26 19.12%
2.5-2.9 Ghz 13 9.56%
3+ Ghz 14 10.29%
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Originally posted by Firewolf
instead of telling all the heartwarming capabilities of my comp, all i can say speed wise is that i'm wooed, smitten, and in bliss,
i went from PC Athalon less then 200Mhz (ok prob. lying there) to notebook p4 2.66Ghz
2.66 Ghz *drools*

1.40 GHz AMDAthlon XP 1600+
224 MB of RAM
NVIDIA GeForce2 Integrated GPU
ACPI Uniprocessor PC
Maxtor 4D040H2 HD
NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Adapter
Standard Ethernet Card
1.5 ADSL LAN Connection

[Edit: My computer info was far off]
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wow, my measely 2.26 ghz is looking worse and worse... haha
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Got a new laptop! :-)

Apple Powerbook G4 12.1"
867 MHz G4 Processor
256 MB DDR RAM
ComboDrive (24x10x24x 8x DVD Read)
Bluetooth 1.1
Airport Extreme (54g Wireless, 802.11g)
FireWire 400
Mac OS X 10.2.6

Glowing Apple!

This laptop is one of the fastest computers that I have ever used. Of course, I'm counting all of the ones that I used on display for 5 minutes too...

The 15" G4 is noticeably faster than the one in the 12"... it has an 1MB DDR SRAM Level 3 cache. I didn't have 15" money though.

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Does speed matter?

I have two computers, one at my Kokomo, Indiana home, and one at my Davenport Florida home. The one in Indiana is a 100 MHz Pentium with 16 megabytes of RAM. I bought it in October of 1995. The other is a Pentium 3, Pentium 4, or some such thing with 128 megabytes of RAM and was bought in '03. They both work about the same for what I use them for, e-mail, accessing web sites, and occasional word processing.
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Heh heh. My newly built system:

AMD Athlon XP 3000+
Abit NF7-S (nForce2 chipset)
512mb 400mhz DDR (I know the 3000+ only has a 333mhz fsb...upgrades, though )
200gb+100gb+40gb Western-Digital Caviar SE (7200rpm, 8mb cache) (200gb with a $120 mail-in rebate at outpost.com)
Pioneer 4x DVD-R (16x cd-r)
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128mb (6x AA, 16x AF, I believe)
Enermax Case/PSU (300w)
1-120mm fan, 2-80mm fans, 1 cpu HS/fan, 1 vpu fan, 1 chipset fan
5.1ch surround sound provided by Logitech Z640 (70w)
Logitech MX700 (wireless, optical, and rechargeable in a base station)
Quick mod to change the green power LED to blue (looks sweet).
Red PCB.

Future plans:
Red rounded ATA133 cables.
Dremel out the fan vents in the rear for more ventilation (running hot right now)
Get a quieter 120mm fan (Radio Shack fans are NOT quiet...even though 160CFM is nice )
Place more blue LED's inside the case to create a glow.

I have built it myself for about $1400. That is CHEAP! I don't need no stinkin' support. I _AM_ tech support

(This joined the network along side a P3-1ghz (family desktop), a P4-2ghz (sister's computer))
Deceased: Celeron 266mhz. Died during an overclock to 450mhz with a 100mhz FSB. Overclocking with no fan at all=bad.

Recommended sites:
www.newegg.com <-- free shipping
www.googlegear.com <-- some free shipping
www.knowledgemicro.com (charges $2 to ship to RR Box's though *grr*) <-- free shipping
www.amazon.com <-- free shipping on orders $60+
www.outpost.com <-- not very cheap (+s&h) but has NICE sales (Got a 200gb hdd for $150, now they're only $140, I think (maybe $120))

If you want some part recommendations (or have questions regarding building a computer), PM, IM, or e-mail me

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Re: Got a new laptop! :-)

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Originally posted by marlon_jbt
Apple Powerbook G4 12.1"
867 MHz G4 Processor
256 MB DDR RAM
ComboDrive (24x10x24x 8x DVD Read Someone correct me if I'm wrong)
Bluetooth 1.1
Airport Extreme (54g Wireless, 802.11g)
FireWire 400
Mac OS X 10.2.6

Glowing Apple!

This laptop is one of the fastest computers that I have ever used. Of course, I'm counting all of the ones that I used on display for 5 minutes too...

The 15" G4 is noticeably faster than the one in the 12"... it has an 1MB DDR SRAM Level 3 cache. I didn't have 15" money though.

since we're posting pics...



it's SO NICE. so much better than the 15 incher (i had one until someone ::COUGH::ALEX::COUGH:: broke it, so i had to get a new one)

the built in bluetooth is nice (talks to my phone)
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I may be getting a 15" Powerbook. I'm waiting a bit though. I have a 'source' that tells me that Apple is updating the Powerbooks. I /heard/ that it may be sometime in August. Oh, and currently, with the PSU student discount and stuff, there is a $300 rebate on the $269 iPod when you buy the $1800 15" Powerbook (that's with the edu discounts). So I'll be getting $2300 worth of tech for under $1800
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My new Computer is a

1.8 GHz G5
900 mhz bus
512 RAM
160 gb
ATI 9600 Pro
Super Drive (Maybe DVD-R or -R + '+R')
Maybe a televiso TV tuner card

My other is a
233mhz Beige G3
384 mb of RAM
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I may be getting a 15" Powerbook. I'm waiting a bit though. I have a 'source' that tells me that Apple is updating the Powerbooks. I /heard/ that it may be sometime in August. Oh, and currently, with the PSU student discount and stuff, there is a $300 rebate on the $269 iPod when you buy the $1800 15" Powerbook (that's with the edu discounts). So I'll be getting $2300 worth of tech for under $1800
Good thinking the PB 15' is getting really old now, and should have been updated by now. Most reliable sources say that it is because the new Motorola didn't make enough 7457 G4 for Apple to announce it.

Anyways the timming couldn't be any better to by a Mac, they just slashed prices even more on their educational store. I just saved another $109, which is way less than any retail sotre (by $200.)

Also if you have an old Premiere (not LE) CD laying around you can trade it in for Final Cut Express or get Final cut Pro for $500.
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Kyle

You have a G5?

Wow... (I'm speechless)

The 15" Powerbook looks like a read-headed stepchild, compared to the 12" and the 17" models. Is this update going to include a G5 SuperBook (Just making up a name) as well? What about the iBook? It's the only thing left that uses the G3!
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You have a G5?

Wow... (I'm speechless)

The 15" Powerbook looks like a read-headed stepchild, compared to the 12" and the 17" models.
Not yet, but I ordered it custom from Apple's web site. My order status says on or before 8/29.

The price is actually not that bad I payed only $2353 with tax and free shipping.
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I'd imagine the 15" will get a different case (the Titanium interferes with wireless), a better processor (probably a 1.25ghz G4), bigger hard drive, better VPU (I think it's a ATI 9000 right now, maybe a 9500 will be coming), faster cd-rom/burner/superdrive (whatever). That's all just speculation. I really doubt a G5 will be coming in it (Although that would be sweet!)
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I will post this thread again this coming season, and I think it will be interesting to see how the average speeds will have changed. I know that I will be adding a new one to the list!:

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Heh, I guess I'll be the first to admit to an upgrade...

new specs:

Athlon 64 3200+
MSI K8T Neo
1 gig DDR400 (Samsung)
120 gig WD 8mb cache drive
80 gig 7200rpm 2 meg cache drive
DVD+RW (2.4x)
All in Wonder 9700pro
SB Audigy w/ Inspire 5.1 speakers
Random 19" .25 pitch flat CRT

17978 3d marks - all stock, nothing overclocked.

5227 in 2003


Moved the old mobo/cpu to one of my older cases, it's my dedicated linux box now, running gentoo

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Take this:

Pentium 166MHz MMX
160MB PC66 SDRAM
3 IDE H.disks (All IBM, total 17.2GB)
ATI Radeon 7500 (PCI)
SB Audigy Platinum EX
1 UltraSCSI (Seagate) 4GB H.disk
1 3.5" floppy drive
and...
1 5.25" floppy drive

Yep. It is still my main computer. Running Windows XP Home, too. And serving 4 different web sites. Im quite impressed.
Who needs a gigahertz?



Inventor 5.0 is actually faster on this system than Inventor 3 was, Im not entirely sure why.
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System Specs

If you want to beat the pants off anyone in town get one of these

http://www.go-l.com/desktops/index.htm

Check out the extreme versions.
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