shadowfax, (gandalf's speedy horse) was a fast athlon 1100 when i bought it, now getting older gandalf, my son's fave LOTR character and therefore his computer arwen because it is a female LOTR character for my wife's computer.
more boring at work: nick, secretary, www, oldwww, ipcop, ibm (laptop), fax On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:58:32 +1300 (NZDT) Derek Smithies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, > we can have a herd... > > === > My work computer is called kauri. > a 3 1/2 year old machine, that has an athlon1333/512mb ram > which was big at the time... > > > then, there is the machine called pain > obvious reasons. > > > ================================== > Anyone with novel names they are willing to share??? > > > Derek. > > > On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote: > > > If you buy parts from Tastech or DragonPC they have the same warranty. > > > > The only exception is damage while assembling - I know of people who have > > stuffed up brand new CPU's when fitting them. > > > > I also recently had the pleasure of accepting higher spec'd components > > because some items I ordered from the DragonPC website were not in stock so > > they "upsized" me for no extra cost. > > > > Ps - my new machine is called "beast" too. Does that mean we would have a > > "herd" if we they were connected? > > > > Regards, > > > > Robert > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Derek Smithies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, 11 November 2004 8:47 a.m. > > To: Isaac Devine > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Opinions re choice of CPU; marginally on topic > > > > Hi, > > > > I considered building a box myself. Warranty is a "nice thing" to have. > > Particularly, if you discover some component is not linux compliant. Going > > through a firm like PC practice, means you can swap components after > > buying the machine. > > > > > > The computer's name is "beast" > > > > > > Derek. > > ======================================================================== > > > > > > > > -- > Derek Smithies Ph.D. This PC runs pine on linux for > email > IndraNet Technologies Ltd. If you find a virus apparently > from me, it has > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] forged the e-mail headers on > someone else's machine > ph +64 3 365 6485 Please do not notify me when > (apparently) receiving a > Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ windows virus from me...... -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
