"Slant6" (slant-6)
03/09/2016 at 18:56 • Filed to: None
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"Slant6" (slant-6)
03/09/2016 at 18:56 • Filed to: None | 7
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This one is getting slow.
1993 Powerbook 145.
jkm7680
> Slant6
03/09/2016 at 19:02 |
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Noice, I’ve got a Powerbook 170 with a fried hard drive.
ttyymmnn
> Slant6
03/09/2016 at 19:04 |
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I wrote much of my doctoral dissertation on a Powerbook of that vintage.
Steve in Manhattan
> Slant6
03/09/2016 at 19:10 |
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Mac Mini now, last one a Mini, before that a G5 - seem to get four or five years out of ‘em, then the power supply goes and it’s cheaper to get a new one.
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Slant6
> Steve in Manhattan
03/09/2016 at 19:11 |
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I have a 2011 mini that I use for casual work and a Dell mobile workstation thathe breathes fire for all my multimedia.
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Steve in Manhattan
> Slant6
03/09/2016 at 19:14 |
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I do the same thing every time - new Mini and I immediately put in all the RAM it will take.
Nibby
> Slant6
03/09/2016 at 19:21 |
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ly2v8-Brian
> Nibby
03/09/2016 at 19:27 |
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Those prices always get me.
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Slant6
> Nibby
03/09/2016 at 19:40 |
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I have a Dell as my primary machine
Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> Slant6
03/09/2016 at 19:52 |
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Whatever you do.... Don’t get an Air.
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Nibby
> Slant6
03/09/2016 at 19:52 |
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Nice, I have a Dell laptop. Which machine do you have
DoYouEvenShift
> Slant6
03/09/2016 at 19:57 |
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If it can interface with alien computers. Your fine then.
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Slant6
> Nibby
03/09/2016 at 20:01 |
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Precision M4800. I’m all backwards. My desktop mac mini is for basic stuff and my laptop is for actual work. Should be the other way around.
certified cool guy
> Nibby
03/09/2016 at 20:23 |
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Good memories. Back when 450mb was a lot of space....
Rico
> Slant6
03/09/2016 at 21:00 |
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Lol. One of my friends puts those stickers on everything, I give him mine when I get a new phone but it’s hilarious. He’s got one on his LG TV, his iPad Case his PS4, and even one of his ceiling fan blades.
itranthelasttimeiparkedit
> Nibby
03/09/2016 at 21:59 |
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Do you have a dell fetish as well? Your love of old computers fascinates me (I actually have a couple of random workstations in my storage-unit-of-mysteries. Dec alphastation, sgi indy & onyx. and something else random that I can’t remember. Probably sun something)
Conan
> Slant6
03/09/2016 at 22:33 |
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Back from when I still liked Macs.
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Slant6
> Conan
03/09/2016 at 22:37 |
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I really don’t understand the whole rivalry between Mac and PC. I use both everyday.
Its like coke vs Pepsi. You prefer one but drink the other depending on what is available.
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Conan
> Slant6
03/09/2016 at 22:40 |
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I don’t mind the software at all or really take part in the rivalry. I just got upset when they switched the Mac to screw/wrench patterns that they didn’t sell to the general public. I used to love tinkering/modding.
wafflesnfalafel
> Slant6
03/09/2016 at 23:33 |
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I always thought those old powerbooks looked cool - very functional, ready to do important stuff.
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Nibby
> Slant6
03/09/2016 at 23:38 |
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Wait are you the one I sold my M4800 to?
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Nibby
> certified cool guy
03/09/2016 at 23:38 |
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aww ye
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Nibby
> itranthelasttimeiparkedit
03/09/2016 at 23:39 |
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Wow those are some rare breeds of workstations you’ve got.
I’m not particularly picky about Dell (I don’t like most of their consumer stuff and my Dad has an XPS 8700 which is quite frankly garbage IMO). I have an old XPS T600 that serves as a retroPC and my laptop is a Latitude E7450.
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Slant6
> Nibby
03/09/2016 at 23:42 |
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Did you send yours back to Dell to be refurbished?
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Nibby
> Slant6
03/09/2016 at 23:44 |
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No, someone else on Oppo bought it from me.
MUSASHI66
> Slant6
03/10/2016 at 00:40 |
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Dell XPS 435 desktop with i7 920 desktop from some 6+ years ago, still working like a beast for Plex, photo editing, and all my storage, and Dell XPS 13" carbon fiber with i5 and 8GB of RAM for my laptop. Plus, Dell E5550 Latitude at work. I love nice, high-ish end Dell computers. Their cheap stuff, not so much.
190octane
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
03/10/2016 at 05:17 |
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Why? I have one and haven't had any issues at all and I think I'm at 4 years on it now.
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> 190octane
03/10/2016 at 07:58 |
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I have a 2013 air but I just ended up wanting more power. It’s not a bad computer, it just wasn’t the one for me
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itranthelasttimeiparkedit
> Nibby
03/10/2016 at 09:47 |
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I also have a full cd set of openvms for the dec, for a year or two (HP owns it now i think?) there was a weird enthusiast program where you could send off for a copy. Same thing with hp-ux, but i don’t have anything to run it on