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Stoke
12-02-2006, 08:11 AM
Heres the new addition at Casa Stoke.......

Its the Dell XPS 700 Heavy Ordnance
Highlites include:

Pentium D Dualcore 3.8 ghz processor
4Gb of RAM
NVidea 7900 GTX video
160GB HD
and a big ass freakin case! (compare to the normal Dell sitting beside it).
Ghryphen
12-03-2006, 01:23 PM
Sweet :D
Stoke
12-03-2006, 01:28 PM
You know you want my Panthers wallpaper i got going there too....
Ghryphen
12-03-2006, 01:39 PM
:)
SilverTalon
12-03-2006, 09:43 PM
Dual G15s...niiiiiiice. :) lol
Stoke
12-04-2006, 03:07 AM
Yeah.... and BOTH of them have small issues....

The old one on the left was losing the black of a couple of the keys.

The new on the right has something going on with the lcd screen...its nowhere near as bright as the old one and has some "ghost" images on the right hand side.
SilverTalon
12-04-2006, 04:26 AM
Awww, poor Stokey.

I picked up another Saturday because the lighting on one side was fading o the point that I could barely read the keys. Yeah yeah yeah, home row and all that crap but when you go from needing to use the mouse to needing to hit 8 in less than 2 seconds, sometimes you need to see the key. :p

My old one still works tho, which is impressive after a year with me and I figure I'll use my work laptop with it should I ever need to use that at home. The new one seems to be working out ok...but everything is great 3 days after you buy it. :p
Stoke
12-04-2006, 05:14 AM
The plan was to buy the second one, send the 1st one back for repair/exchange but it just never happened. Not sure about the LCD screen. I never noticed the 1st being brighter than the 2nd until I sat them side by side.

I know they acknowledged a "flaw" with the paint on the keys on the ealier models - other than it wearing off a little on a few of the buttons, it works great and survived me finishing off the warlock and leveling the hunter.

I must keep my eye on the LCD screen issue - if it gets worse, it will get sent back.
Stang
12-04-2006, 04:16 PM
You need a bigger Yoda
Stoke
12-04-2006, 05:59 PM
You need a bigger Yoda

Hmmm... seems like Mrs. Stoke says the same thing.....
SilverTalon
12-04-2006, 06:17 PM
Why do you think the computer is so big? He's compensating... ;) ;)
Stoke
12-04-2006, 07:26 PM
You got that right.... kinda like those guys that drive the big huge 4X4 trucks....
CannonBall
12-05-2006, 10:02 AM
A friend sent me a picture of his coworker's "server".

The case is a bookshelf from Home Depot. The fan is Lasko box fan.
This picture is a little out date, it now has 2 rails of drives (28 total).


http://www.eskimo.com/~edv/vanheest/Images/Linux_R5_Test_Rig-1.jpg
Spinning Hat
12-05-2006, 02:58 PM
Holy crap.. what's he need so much storage for? He a Pr0n pirate ro sumthin? :lol: