HP laptops = crap? - Page 10

Lamnidae · 02-25-2009, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

You're likely right about that. I had very little to do with the server side implementation. I was hands on, out on site. It was pretty messy, so I had my hands full enough as it was.

At this point though, I'm not putting anything past the screw-ups that Vista can cause. Have you ever added a Vista system to AD and then logged in for the first time, only to have Vista sit there saying that it was logging in for as long as you're willing to wait? Lost count, myself.

haven't used vista in a domain environment yet.

will be doing so soon, one of my systems is about to get overhauled and i'm gonna load up a VM to be a DC, so I'll be doing that soon enough.

Lamnidae · 02-26-2009, 12:12 AM

welp i guess i was motivated enough.

got the OS loading on the new PC.

man, she's quick.

rogue · 02-26-2009, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amblyopic

welp i guess i was motivated enough.

got the OS loading on the new PC.

man, she's quick.

Hey...what are you still doing up? Isn't it past your bedtime?

Lamnidae · 02-26-2009, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rogue

Hey...what are you still doing up? Isn't it past your bedtime?

yes ma'am it is, by damn near two hours....

Geeks play hard sometimes.

Sauron · 02-26-2009, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

I've got you beat by one desktop and you've got me by one laptop. So do we start counting NAS boxes to break the tie?

I've got 2 Lacie 7.5 TB ones... I sold the drobos cause they were just to f-ing slow

And I didn't count the 2 MacMini's that are used solely as MediaCenter Devices. The old Xboxes running XBMC were great, but couldn't handle HD content...

Mark

Papa_Complex · 02-26-2009, 10:27 AM

Ug! Ya got me!!

I've got a D-Link and a Synology NAS, for 2GB each.

*EDIT* That's 2TB.

Lamnidae · 02-26-2009, 09:11 PM

Damn, that's a fairly good amount of storage there.....

BTW

the new i7's fucking kick ass. loaded XP, drivers, patched up to date (including SP3) in well under an hour.... things a friggin machine!

Smittie61984 · 02-26-2009, 10:47 PM

Okay a little off topic but you computer folks going back and forth got me thinking and now I can't figure it out. There was a TV show from the 90s that I watched as a kid. It featured a Compaq computer that people would use to travel literally (Yes I said literally) INTO the internet and fight crime and stuff. Made me think Compaq was the best puters out there because of the show. Anyone know???

Lamnidae · 02-27-2009, 08:02 AM

Ummm lost me there on that one Smittie.

Papa_Complex · 02-27-2009, 08:33 AM

The only show that comes to mind was "Whiz Kids", but that was back in the early/mid '80s and I don't remember a lot about it. Definitely not the type of computer they used, which at best could have been an early PC compatible.

Do you have any more on it?

02-26-2009, 10:27 AM	#96
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	Ug! Ya got me!! I've got a D-Link and a Synology NAS, for 2GB each. EDIT That's 2TB. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/ Last edited by Papa_Complex; 02-26-2009 at 09:22 PM..

02-26-2009, 10:47 PM	#98
Smittie61984 I give Squids a bad name Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Fly Over State Moto: 1996 CBR600 F3 (AKA the Flying Turd) Posts: 4,742	Okay a little off topic but you computer folks going back and forth got me thinking and now I can't figure it out. There was a TV show from the 90s that I watched as a kid. It featured a Compaq computer that people would use to travel literally (Yes I said literally) INTO the internet and fight crime and stuff. Made me think Compaq was the best puters out there because of the show. Anyone know??? __________________ lifts - R.I.P.

02-27-2009, 08:33 AM	#100
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	The only show that comes to mind was "Whiz Kids", but that was back in the early/mid '80s and I don't remember a lot about it. Definitely not the type of computer they used, which at best could have been an early PC compatible. Do you have any more on it? __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/