The "New Toys" Thread

[snoro]

and then he discovered $chan.org and now he live only for internet

[Quiky]

Originally Posted by PacketCollision

I can't tell if that's a spambot or just a really unintelligible user.

Internets toy are quite pleasurable upon proper instructable.

[Topgearfanatic]

Originally Posted by chaos386

I like how the Internet "surprised" him. Like he was just using his computer one day, working on spreadsheets and checking his non-Internet emails, his mind awash with a feeling of ennui so powerful that it began to wrench his very sanity away from himself. Then, in a fit of desperation, he minimized all 63 of his empty Excel windows (for he had a habit of clicking the lower 'x' when he was done with a file, and starting a new instance of the program when he wanted to open another) one by one, until he was finally at his desktop once more. Poring over the icons, he came across a curiously round blue fellow he had not noticed before. He decided to live dangerously and double-clicked it with reckless abandon, bringing forth onto his screen something that was altogether new to his computing experience:

The Internet™

Being an entirely new experience for him, he found it truly captivating and perused it for hours, not knowing when to stop! Eventually, however, as the sunlight faded and his eyes grew weary, he had to accept the fact that, alas, all good things must come to an end. Thus, he reluctantly closed the window (after maximizing, un-maximizing, maximizing and un-maximizing it a few times, the close button being that saucily-small button she was), slapped his knee, let out a hearty "who'da thunk it?" and sat back in his chair, reflecting on the amazing new direction his life was about to take...

[maxtortheone]

Originally Posted by chaos386

I like how the Internet "surprised" him. Like he was just using his computer one day, working on spreadsheets and checking his non-Internet emails, his mind awash with a feeling of ennui so powerful that it began to wrench his very sanity away from himself. Then, in a fit of desperation, he minimized all 63 of his empty Excel windows (for he had a habit of clicking the lower 'x' when he was done with a file, and starting a new instance of the program when he wanted to open another) one by one, until he was finally at his desktop once more. Poring over the icons, he came across a curiously round blue fellow he had not noticed before. He decided to live dangerously and double-clicked it with reckless abandon, bringing forth onto his screen something that was altogether new to his computing experience:

The Internet™

Being an entirely new experience for him, he found it truly captivating and perused it for hours, not knowing when to stop! Eventually, however, as the sunlight faded and his eyes grew weary, he had to accept the fact that, alas, all good things must come to an end. Thus, he reluctantly closed the window (after maximizing, un-maximizing, maximizing and un-maximizing it a few times, the close button being that saucily-small button she was), slapped his knee, let out a hearty "who'da thunk it?" and sat back in his chair, reflecting on the amazing new direction his life was about to take...

Sounds like the plot from World of Goo to me

[napoleondyna]

[matt2000]

A bargain at £399. It's 37 inches of awesome. It's going to take weeks to get used to it, I'm used to a 25" 4:3 CRT. When I first started it up Star Wars Episode III was on, I don't like Star Wars but because of the great picture I watched the rest of it, and it was brilliant.

Best bit. The power LEDs do a Knight Rider effect when the TV's warming up, which keeps me occupied and will make sure my mum doesn't turn it off by pressing power again, thinking it's not on yet...

[Buba]

^ Warming up? My 3 year old 37"er turns on right away.
Also, you'll get used to 37" pretty quick...

[nsx_23]

I thought my 19" was massive when I first got it.

[Prost264]

Originally Posted by Buba

Also, you'll get used to 37" pretty quick...

+1

Especially with everyone having at least a 42" now, HD just doesn't seem like anything special anymore.. almost like its SD.

[matt2000]

Originally Posted by Buba

^ Warming up? My 3 year old 37"er turns on right away.
Also, you'll get used to 37" pretty quick...

Well I've only turned it on a couple of times and I'm too busy watch the light to notice how long it's on for.

This is our first big HD TV, so it's pretty special. We've been holding out for a good deal (or until the old one died, the tube was on its way out) and got it. Admittedly this isn't a new model (it's a 3000 series compared to the new 8000 series TVs) but I'm happy. Looking forward to hooking up my 360 and finally turning on 1080p mode. Then blasting around Fujimi Kaido on Forza.

[TechZ]

Originally Posted by matt2000

A bargain at £399. It's 37 inches of awesome. It's going to take weeks to get used to it, I'm used to a 25" 4:3 CRT. When I first started it up Star Wars Episode III was on, I don't like Star Wars but because of the great picture I watched the rest of it, and it was brilliant.

Best bit. The power LEDs do a Knight Rider effect when the TV's warming up, which keeps me occupied and will make sure my mum doesn't turn it off by pressing power again, thinking it's not on yet...

399 sounds a bit much IMO

You can get a Full HD 42" LCD here for that money.

Looks good though, enjoy!

[Peter3hg]

Originally Posted by TechZ

399 sounds a bit much IMO

You can get a Full HD 42" LCD here for that money.

Looks good though, enjoy!

That's about the right price, although I would have gone for one of the Panasonics for the price.

[matt2000]

Originally we were looking at £500 Samsungs so we grabbed this while we could.

Not heard much about Panasonics really, always preferred LG or Samsung myself.

[anTo]

at my house we're still using crt's, 3 of them to be precise

still waiting for an upgrade

[Prost264]

[Vltros]

I got myself a shiny tiny new Sony Vaio P11Z/G



And yes! Mine is also in British Racing Green!

[nsx_23]

13", base configuration (2.26 C2D, nVidia 9400m, 2GB DDR3, 160GB HD). Going to upgrade Ram and Hard disk myself later.

Now, on to finding a half decent case to protect my new toy. Ideas?

[killpanda]

Originally Posted by nsx_23

Now, on to finding a half decent case to protect my new toy. Ideas?

Congrats on your buy, you won't regret it ^^


If you want a bag, I can recommend Crumpler bags, they are kind of expensive but well worth the price.

[nsx_23]

I'm more looking for something like this: http://www.speckproducts.com/product...black-keys/159

But not that ridiculously expensive.

[killpanda]

Yeah they are nice! I don't know if any other manufacturer does this for the MacBook.