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YoKenny is about to enter the Age of Vista

Started by YoKenny, Feb 03 2009 06:54 PM

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#1 OFFLINE   YoKenny

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Posted 03 February 2009 - 06:54 PM

Being an Aquarius I thought I would venture into a new age.

I put a down payment on a Pentium Dual Core E5200, 4GB RAM, 160GB 7200 hard drive, LG DVD-RW both SATA and Windows Vista Premium in a IN WIN V-Series V564T2 case.

Hopefully after rent, food, Internet, cable TV and phone I will have enough left over by the end of the month.

The Next Big Thing will be Tax Time at the end of April.
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Posted 03 February 2009 - 07:33 PM

sounds sweet mate. i have WVHP as well. visualize vistagratification

From my prespective, winvista club is a very good forum for all things windows related.
They have helped me and many others in the past. Excellent hints and advice!



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Posted 03 February 2009 - 07:35 PM

Why just a Dual core? Why not go for a Core 2 Duo?
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Posted 03 February 2009 - 08:04 PM

View Postkmillerusaf, on Feb 3 2009, 03:35 PM, said:

Why just a Dual core? Why not go for a Core 2 Duo?

Those Pentium Dual Cores are stripped down Core 2's. I think.

@ YoKenny...please, seriously consider a graphics card. Even with 4 GBs of RAM, you'll be annoyed. What resolution is your monitor at? I'll recommend a decent one. If you don't play games ( I'm assuming you don't) you still want something better than the integrated graphics on the motherboard.


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Posted 03 February 2009 - 08:44 PM

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Posted 03 February 2009 - 08:57 PM

quad core is better..but dont take my word for it.

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Posted 03 February 2009 - 10:14 PM

View Postkmillerusaf, on Feb 3 2009, 02:35 PM, said:

Why just a Dual core? Why not go for a Core 2 Duo?
What's the difference?

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@ YoKenny...please, seriously consider a graphics card. Even with 4 GBs of RAM, you'll be annoyed.
What resolution is your monitor at? I'll recommend a decent one.
Why?
1152x864.
IBM ThinkVision L170P TFT will do fine but I will happily accept the decent one that you offer.

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quad core is better..but dont take my word for it.
I'll take your money for it though.

Consider these items.
  • It is to replace my old 500MHZ PIII
  • It will take me at least 3 months to pay it off if I do not go out to a restaurant, take upcoming bus trips, forgo other entertainment and live on macaroni and cheese
  • I have 2 other systems to play with

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Posted 04 February 2009 - 01:20 AM

Yeah i think a lot of hype is built into 2 core, 4 core, blah blah blah....I don't play games on the computer, all i want is websites to load quick, and applications to run right and both my duo 2 and my quad core work about the same for that so save your money.....

I keep thinking I will start gaming (most of my buddies do) but i just don't seem to find the time...............and to be honest, my old xp system, if it hadnt finally kicked the bucket would have done me well.....

you made a good choice yokenny, we all have to work within our budgets and lifestyles and, well macaroni and cheese is not a food group....:)

I think your system has all the basics and will be an awesome machine. :)

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Posted 04 February 2009 - 04:18 PM

Something like this is all you would need.

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With the rebate, $50 is a good deal. And even with the resolution, you'll probably be able to push everything up, even if you don't game.

This is a desktop, correct?

Vista is not a mistake. Yes it uses more resources, but hey, you've spec'd your machine accordingly. I have Ultimate 32 bit on my laptop and it runs fine. It takes a little getting used to, but I find it more polished than XP. Overall, I'm glad I have this laptop.

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Posted 04 February 2009 - 06:56 PM

The rebate is only $20.00 and I won't need faster graphics right now.

It is a tower.

I'm looking forward to learning Vista.
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Posted 04 February 2009 - 07:11 PM

I enjoy it, and I get a lot of scorned glares when I mention that in my circle D:
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Posted 05 February 2009 - 12:10 PM

View Post1984, on Feb 3 2009, 08:20 PM, said:

. . . and, well macaroni and cheese is not a food group....:)

I think your system has all the basics and will be an awesome machine. :)

Good choice, Yokenny, I agree with 1984 except about the macaroni and cheese. M&C has saved the lives of millions and millions of graduate students. It and peanut butter deserve a place in the food groups. :lol:
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Posted 05 February 2009 - 12:42 PM

View Postlogin123, on Feb 5 2009, 07:10 AM, said:

Good choice, Yokenny, I agree with 1984 except about the macaroni and cheese. M&C has saved the lives of millions and millions of graduate students. It and peanut butter deserve a place in the food groups. :lol:

When I went to university M&C with beef wieners or Cream of Mushroom or Tomato soup with bread was my lunch time diet as I could go home at lunch and whip them up in no time.

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Posted 25 February 2009 - 05:34 PM

This is my first post with my Vista system and it sure is strange.
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Posted 25 February 2009 - 06:40 PM

You disable UAC yet? Hahahahahaha. You'll get a annoyed quick.

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Posted 25 February 2009 - 06:50 PM

View PostCTskifreak, on Feb 25 2009, 01:40 PM, said:

You disable UAC yet? Hahahahahaha. You'll get a annoyed quick.

It is annoying but I haven't disabled it yet.

I can't get my ClicKey application to stay active in IE where I like it most.

Its active in Windows.
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Posted 25 February 2009 - 10:47 PM

View Postlogin123, on Feb 5 2009, 12:10 PM, said:

It and peanut butter deserve a place in the food groups. :lol:


You spoke the hallowed words... Peanut Butter:

Peanut Butter Man:


EDIT: Good luck with the 'puter Ken. Any new toy's a good toy. :)
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Posted 25 February 2009 - 11:09 PM

View PostDennisD, on Feb 25 2009, 05:47 PM, said:

You spoke the hallowed words... Peanut Butter:

Peanut Butter Man:


EDIT: Good luck with the 'puter Ken. Any new toy's a good toy. :)

Whatever happened to davey?

A peanut bath?

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Posted 25 February 2009 - 11:12 PM

View PostYoKenny, on Feb 25 2009, 11:09 PM, said:

Whatever happened to davey?

We're all wondering that Ken, and hoping he's OK. ;)
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Posted 25 February 2009 - 11:59 PM

Congrats Kenny! New toys are fun. Hair-tearing frustrating fun!
And about a month ago I was installing ME in a partition. Quite the time warp, no?
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Anyway, today I crank-started a very old toy. I never had a cabinet before so I grabbed it from my nieces' storage and put in my old stereo.
Fits perfectly. I even still have my old Disc Cleaner equipment.
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