The "New Toys" Thread - Page 39

swek · February 3rd, 2006, 05:46 PM

Nice ! I bought a Saturn last year and it's mainly collecting dust but I just had to have it. There's always the possibility that you're in the mood for a round of Virtua Fighter 2 or Sega Rally.

Buba · February 3rd, 2006, 06:05 PM

How I loved Sega Rally... Those were the days...

@-=SLR=-: If you wanted Image quality, you should have bought a k750/w800 since it had better image quality in all the tests I read. Still, the video quality is waaaayyyyy better on the N90, and the Display kicks every ass there is...

SV · February 4th, 2006, 12:39 AM

8)

I looked at the k750/w800 but it came down to the fact of how easy it is to use it.. ive always used nokia so it was just that tiny bit better for me.

Mel · February 4th, 2006, 09:13 AM

It's small gift on Christmas for myself

Mini-review here: http://mel.cc/Olympus_Ferrari.htm

AxlxA · February 4th, 2006, 10:25 AM

New toys for me?

Google @ 421(right now i'm losing $ already)
UNH
MRH
CD (Losing a lot of money)
AMTD (just got my $6 dividend!)

Next to buy:
INTC!

lol sorry but that's where ALL my money has been going lately. no new gadgets yet

s3r4x · February 4th, 2006, 01:39 PM

just got this...

Silverstar · February 5th, 2006, 05:44 AM

After my three week absence...a blown power supply, fried graphics card and a faulty surge protector, I am back in full force with new toys!

Thankfully insurance covered the new power supply, graphics card and battery backup

jeffy777 · February 5th, 2006, 05:58 AM

^^^ very nice. I think you'll be happy with that card. What did you have before?

And sometimes it pays to have insurance

SL65 · February 5th, 2006, 06:40 AM

Flight Simulator any good? I'v heard alot about the series..

Silverstar · February 5th, 2006, 06:47 AM

jeffy: Yeah, I'm very much happy with this card. I used to have a BFG FX5950 Ultra...that of course was aging. I am more of a nVidia guy than ATi, but considering there is pretty much no 6800 Ultras left for retail sale...or any high end AGP that I could find, it was the best choice. I usually go by Tom's Hardware for good VGA charts, and the x850 XT is pretty much top for the AGP group. Can finally open up the taps on BF2, F.E.A.R., AOE III, HL:2, DOOM III, on and on with such beautiful looks and smoothness!

And yeah, it is good to have insurance for my situation, here on base there has been almost a dozen power outages since we moved here. And every time the power zaps back on, the system got a surge of power and it fried the PSU and the card.

SL65: I like Combat Flight so far..the ground textures are a bit sub-par, the game is more bent on making all the planes look good rather then other things. It is pretty real and fun, you get a huge map of europe, in which you pick your starting area, and hit a marker on the grid to attack, recon ect. Medals and stats come along with, and can also choose between a fighter pilot career or bomber...just have to watch yourself with all the flak with either one

Ethan · February 5th, 2006, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by s3r4x

just got this...

Nice Nokia. My new mobile phone is:

The best my pocket could buy

Cosworth · February 5th, 2006, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Silverstar

And yeah, it is good to have insurance for my situation, here on base there has been almost a dozen power outages since we moved here. And every time the power zaps back on, the system got a surge of power and it fried the PSU and the card.

Get yourself a Surge protector, everything in my room is run off them, so if there is a surge, they'll blow up and not my computer

jeffy777 · February 5th, 2006, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Cosworth

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silverstar

And yeah, it is good to have insurance for my situation, here on base there has been almost a dozen power outages since we moved here. And every time the power zaps back on, the system got a surge of power and it fried the PSU and the card.

Get yourself a Surge protector, everything in my room is run off them, so if there is a surge, they'll blow up and not my computer

He had one:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silverstar

After my three week absence...a blown power supply, fried graphics card and a faulty surge protector, I am back in full force with new toys!

It seems that they aren't always as invincible as we think they are...

hokiethang · February 6th, 2006, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffy777

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cosworth

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silverstar

And yeah, it is good to have insurance for my situation, here on base there has been almost a dozen power outages since we moved here. And every time the power zaps back on, the system got a surge of power and it fried the PSU and the card.

Get yourself a Surge protector, everything in my room is run off them, so if there is a surge, they'll blow up and not my computer

He had one:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silverstar

After my three week absence...a blown power supply, fried graphics card and a faulty surge protector, I am back in full force with new toys!

It seems that they aren't always as invincible as we think they are...

Yeah, I have lost hardware as a result of a bad surge supressor as well. Nowadays I use surge protectors that have attached equipment warranties (mostly APC) so if my stuff gets fried, APC pays for it, instead of me.

I'll hopefully have some new toys by the end of the month, since I start a new job in a little over an hour.

cvrefugee · February 9th, 2006, 02:53 AM

My first notebook!

The best part is I only paid $500USD (which includes tax and an upgrade to 1GB RAM). Yes, I know it's a low-budget notebook but it fits my needs. Here are the specs:

Toshiba L25-S1216
-Intel® Celeron® M Processor 380
(1.60GHz, 1MB L2, 400MHz FSB)
-1GB PC4200 DDR2 533MHz SDRAM
-40GB (5400 RPM); Enhanced IDE (ATA-6) hard disk drive
-CD-RW/DVD-ROM
-15.0” diagonal TFT active-matrix LCD display at 1024x768 native
resolution (XGA)
-ATI RADEON® Xpress 200M 32MB-128MB dynamically allocated
shared graphics memory
-Toshiba V.92 software modem
-Atheros® 802.11b/g wireless-LAN
-10/100 Base-TX Ethernet

It came with only a 4-cell battery so eventually I'll put in an 8-cell to double my battery life.

jeffy777 · February 9th, 2006, 03:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cvg

My first notebook!

That's a great deal for $500

Quote:

Originally Posted by hokiethang

I'll hopefully have some new toys by the end of the month, since I start a new job in a little over an hour.

What kind of new toys are we talking about here?

hokiethang · February 9th, 2006, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by jeffy777

Quote:

Originally Posted by hokiethang

I'll hopefully have some new toys by the end of the month, since I start a new job in a little over an hour.

What kind of new toys are we talking about here?

hehe

Right now I need to replace my iPod (since my old one died and it would make the work day go MUCH faster), and my Powerbook is getting ready to have the warranty expire, so i'll probably replace it too. I'll probably wait at least until the Intel iBook comes out, since I don't really need a macbook pro to surf the internet and check e-mail.

andyhui01 · February 9th, 2006, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by pdanev

Wow andy, as jeffy said that's weird. 3.1 on a PII?

well I'm not 100% sure... because I wasn't such a tech geek yet, AFAI Remember, it looked like the same CPU when I ran Windows 3.1 and 95...

bone · February 9th, 2006, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by hokiethang

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffy777

Quote:

Originally Posted by hokiethang

I'll hopefully have some new toys by the end of the month, since I start a new job in a little over an hour.

What kind of new toys are we talking about here?

hehe

Right now I need to replace my iPod (since my old one died and it would make the work day go MUCH faster), and my Powerbook is getting ready to have the warranty expire, so i'll probably replace it too. I'll probably wait at least until the Intel iBook comes out, since I don't really need a macbook pro to surf the internet and check e-mail.

it's out of warrenty and you get a new one? you need warranty to surf the internet?

February 3rd, 2006, 06:05 PM	#762
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February 4th, 2006, 12:39 AM	#763
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February 4th, 2006, 09:13 AM	#764
Mel ICQ Maniac Joined: Jun 5th, 2005 Last Online: January 4th, 2009 Location: Orenburg, RU Age: 22 Posts: 84 Rep Power: 0	It's small gift on Christmas for myself Mini-review here: http://mel.cc/Olympus_Ferrari.htm __________________ Change my eleet 5dig ICQ UIN on Ferrari. Last edited by Mel; March 21st, 2007 at 12:28 PM..

February 4th, 2006, 10:25 AM	#765
AxlxA Joined: Jan 3rd, 2005 Last Online: December 19th, 2008 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 1,541 Rep Power: 18	New toys for me? Google @ 421(right now i'm losing $ already) UNH MRH CD (Losing a lot of money) AMTD (just got my $6 dividend!) Next to buy: INTC! lol sorry but that's where ALL my money has been going lately. no new gadgets yet __________________ My FlickR Gallery! Rig: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0ghz with Artic Freezer 7 Pro. 4gb PC6400. MSI 8800GT OC 512mb. 2TB of space. Antec Nine Hundred Case. Logitech G25. Logitech G7 gaming mouse. Logitech VX Revolution. Saitek Eclipse Keyboard. Dell Ultrasharp 2407wfp-HC and Ultrasharp 2007wfp. Senheiser HD280 Headphones.

February 4th, 2006, 01:39 PM	#766
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February 3rd, 2006, 05:46 PM	#761
swek Global Moderator Joined: May 19th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Hamburg, Germany Age: 26 Posts: 4,345 Car: Does a bicycle count? Rep Power: 47	Nice ! I bought a Saturn last year and it's mainly collecting dust but I just had to have it. There's always the possibility that you're in the mood for a round of Virtua Fighter 2 or Sega Rally.

February 5th, 2006, 05:44 AM	#767
Silverstar Joined: Jul 29th, 2005 Last Online: 04:04 AM Location: Center Point, Iowa Age: 22 Posts: 1,131 Car: '08 Subaru Impreza STI\|'90 Ford Mustang GT LFS Status: Rep Power: 22	After my three week absence...a blown power supply, fried graphics card and a faulty surge protector, I am back in full force with new toys! Thankfully insurance covered the new power supply, graphics card and battery backup __________________ SS - Bishop of the Hot Hatches, Church of the Horizontally Opposed Flickr\|deviantART

February 5th, 2006, 05:58 AM	#768
jeffy777 Joined: Feb 8th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: US Age: 27 Posts: 5,662 Car: '04 Toyota Sienna, crippled people like vans.... Rep Power: 53	^^^ very nice. I think you'll be happy with that card. What did you have before? And sometimes it pays to have insurance

February 5th, 2006, 06:40 AM	#769
SL65 Ambitious but rubbish! Joined: Jul 12th, 2004 Last Online: 03:53 AM Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 18 Posts: 9,191 Car: 1998 Subaru Legacy 2.5L Rep Power: 41	Flight Simulator any good? I'v heard alot about the series..

February 5th, 2006, 06:47 AM	#770
Silverstar Joined: Jul 29th, 2005 Last Online: 04:04 AM Location: Center Point, Iowa Age: 22 Posts: 1,131 Car: '08 Subaru Impreza STI\|'90 Ford Mustang GT LFS Status: Rep Power: 22	jeffy: Yeah, I'm very much happy with this card. I used to have a BFG FX5950 Ultra...that of course was aging. I am more of a nVidia guy than ATi, but considering there is pretty much no 6800 Ultras left for retail sale...or any high end AGP that I could find, it was the best choice. I usually go by Tom's Hardware for good VGA charts, and the x850 XT is pretty much top for the AGP group. Can finally open up the taps on BF2, F.E.A.R., AOE III, HL:2, DOOM III, on and on with such beautiful looks and smoothness! And yeah, it is good to have insurance for my situation, here on base there has been almost a dozen power outages since we moved here. And every time the power zaps back on, the system got a surge of power and it fried the PSU and the card. SL65: I like Combat Flight so far..the ground textures are a bit sub-par, the game is more bent on making all the planes look good rather then other things. It is pretty real and fun, you get a huge map of europe, in which you pick your starting area, and hit a marker on the grid to attack, recon ect. Medals and stats come along with, and can also choose between a fighter pilot career or bomber...just have to watch yourself with all the flak with either one __________________ SS - Bishop of the Hot Hatches, Church of the Horizontally Opposed Flickr\|deviantART

February 9th, 2006, 02:53 AM	#775
cvrefugee Joined: Aug 16th, 2004 Last Online: 02:15 AM Location: Corona, CA Age: 28 Posts: 3,450 Car: 2005 Scion xB Rep Power: 60	My first notebook! The best part is I only paid $500USD (which includes tax and an upgrade to 1GB RAM). Yes, I know it's a low-budget notebook but it fits my needs. Here are the specs: Toshiba L25-S1216 -Intel® Celeron® M Processor 380 (1.60GHz, 1MB L2, 400MHz FSB) -1GB PC4200 DDR2 533MHz SDRAM -40GB (5400 RPM); Enhanced IDE (ATA-6) hard disk drive -CD-RW/DVD-ROM -15.0” diagonal TFT active-matrix LCD display at 1024x768 native resolution (XGA) -ATI RADEON® Xpress 200M 32MB-128MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory -Toshiba V.92 software modem -Atheros® 802.11b/g wireless-LAN -10/100 Base-TX Ethernet It came with only a 4-cell battery so eventually I'll put in an 8-cell to double my battery life.

February 9th, 2006, 08:30 AM	#780
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