My days of building my own PCs are over. I built some great machines, some of which are still in use with day in, day out commercial processing. But about 3 years ago I decided my time was better invested in coding and providing support, not in building PCs and Servers. So Dell is getting most of that business from me now. Also, 2 years ago when I tweaked my neck so badly I had to stop almost all physical activity that could cause additional problems with nerve damage. I just had another set of EMG, Nerve Conduction, and MRI/MRA tests run. The results were compared to last year's baseline test reports. There has been measurable additional damage, and more to come still. So as of January 2007 I no longer run cables, crawl around on the floor under desks and counters, etc. And I no longer do the physical PC work I loved doing so much. This condition is even making it hard for me to program or use a PC for more than 2 hours at a crack. Drag...
Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 1:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [NF] Don;t you love Advertising Hype > > > You might want to look at Circuit City, if you have one of the stores that > is closing, nearby. I'm going to one tomorrow to see about getting some > motherboards, cpus and memory at 40% off. We have two stores here, in the > hood, that are closing. > > John Harvey > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Gil Hale > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 12:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NF] Don;t you love Advertising Hype > > BTW, I am in the throes of selecting my next PC to replace my primary > communication, Quicken/Quickbooks machine. I have been using an AMD 1800, > 2Gb Win XP Pro machine for several years, but it is beginning to show its > age with newer apps requiring more performance. I am torn between a Dell > Precision machine (from Dell Outlet of course) running XP Pro, > and an Apple > Mac Pro. I have been using dual monitors for some time, and am > looking for > at least 4Gb RAM to run with. If I go Apple I end up relicensing a lot of > software, unless I find I can run older Win apps under VMWare (I have used > Parallels on several iMac and Mac notebook machines - nice, but > time to look > at VMWare). And I will end up investing at least twice as much in the > machiery itself (just under $5k). But, I will have a Mac OS X, Linux and > Windows capable machine on tap for whatever may suit my fancy. And I will > have some serious bragging rights. Then again, I could have 2 new Dell > Precision PCs for the same investment, and only Linux as an alternate OS. > Oh, decisions, decisions... Too many choices. > > Gil > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gil Hale > > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 12:09 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [NF] Don;t you love Advertising Hype > > > > > > > Even if you make false claims? > > > > > Seems we have the budget to pass laws prohibiting such activity, but no > > funds to properly enforce them. Snake oil salesfolks climb over > > dead bodies > > of suckers while laughing in the face of all this wonderful legislation > > meant to protect consumers from being suckered in. In years past > > I figured > > one way to make things more costly for these shucksters is by > > calling their > > toll free numbers time and again, for which each incoming call > > had a minimum > > fee. As soon as someone answered hang up. It is amazing how > > easy it is to > > automated that process with about any scriptable (is that a real word?) > > telecom app, like ProComm. Not that I would do anything like > > that, as it is > > clearly unethical. > > > > Oh, this perhaps ought to be OT, except it did start as an > Apple ad being > > pulled. I guess Apple did not have any fine print in the lower > > right of the > > display saying the ad represents a best case situation, your > > speed may vary > > due to a number of conditions which we can easily explain away in mind > > numbing detail. > > > > Gil > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Hill > > > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 9:56 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [NF] Don;t you love Advertising Hype > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Michael Madigan > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > In the United States you can advertise anything and no one will > > > shut you down. > > > > > > Even if you make false claims? > > > > > > -- > > > Paul > > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
