I called Acer after I bought my Aspire 5920G and they were very nice about telling me that if I shipped it 2000 miles they would peel the vista sticker off the back and wipe the drive and refund me $65 CDN. I didn't bother, for personal reasons, and well, I'd pay 65 to have my laptop type of thing, but hey, the option was there. We didn't get into how much a refund for the other ****ware would have been.
PS, avoid pavillions, they seem to have gone to lengths to prevent XP and linux from having drivers. THe acer works perf in xp, vista, ubuntu. Thats all Ive tried so far.
Hint, if you want ubuntu to install perfectly, you must be online by wired connection during the install. Without that, it doesnt automount ntfs drives for example, and I dont know what else.
Hint, if you want ubuntu wireless to just work, install from Ubuntu 32 bit, then use "sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop" to have kde if you want that. You can switch between ubuntu (gnome) and kubuntu (kde) by Log Out, and change Session. ALso, you can use kde apps from gnome and visa versa.
Ubuntu wireless just works now if you use the gnome install. Even on broadcoms! If it doesnt for your thing, I'm sure they are working on it, and get a $30 retailplus wireless usb dongle during the meanwhile.
Hint, there is a usb (printer style) port on your cable modem. Plug that in to your computer and you are online without using any network card, wireless or wired. hehe. (it works from the ubuntu install cd too of course)
If this goes down we'll shut our internet a couple months per year. I'd rather suffer than pay the RIAA for nothing. I already pay them for music cds I buy.
Vid cards are not the bottleneck for CAD at all. A 10,000 part machine in CAD is not rendered with textures and the engineer doesn't want them either. CPU is the bottleneck. The programs (UG, SW, SE) output low tolerance polygons now. I can CAD just as good on a GF3 than a new quadro. Actually, a TNT2 isn't so bad believe it or not.
May I recommend an Acer 5920? Mine from The Source was 730 after price protection, and came just busting at the seams... 512M Geforce8600, 250G 5400rpm, 3G RAM, DVDRW, vidcam, mics, speakers with bass, 1280x800 15.4" wide, VGA/SVGA/HDMI out, 4 USB ports, sound out, wireless. Acer supplies vista and xp drivers. XP works nice. Ubuntu works nice. Doom3 games great in xp and linux. I am currently Dooming in linux (not wine) 800x600 HighQuality 4 x AA at 70 fps. Warcraft3 in wine with video cranked is very very smooth.
I hear Asus is good too but I don't see them in stores.
Well, then we better have a referendum, so we can vote this down. And the song writers pay for the referendum btw. I find mp3s sound terrible in our good systems and dont use them, thank you very much.
dynamic range compression (fairy dust) isn't that bad. It is less annoying than albumns that are quiet when you put them on and adjust the volume and them wham blast it out.
The U.S. isn't doomed, but there is certainly a huge, deep pile of shit to be shoveled if it's going to get back to what it was.
Nice try, keeping your chin up, positive attitude and all that. Showing you are real and not a nut. Well now try realizing that you've only learned the tip of the iceberg.
...Governments both in the US and elsewhere do this, which suggests that no backdoor is available.
If you ignore reality then yeah. Try thinking "spy first, warrent later" and you will be in the right league. Trolling has become too important to give up.
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Canadians:
$5 per month of your internet bill and 2% of blank cd/dvd price goes to the Canadian music & film industries.
My response: "woop-ti-do"
10 year olds: "that sucked."
They can invalidate his CD key, yeah.
I called Acer after I bought my Aspire 5920G and they were very nice about telling me that if I shipped it 2000 miles they would peel the vista sticker off the back and wipe the drive and refund me $65 CDN. I didn't bother, for personal reasons, and well, I'd pay 65 to have my laptop type of thing, but hey, the option was there. We didn't get into how much a refund for the other ****ware would have been.
PS, avoid pavillions, they seem to have gone to lengths to prevent XP and linux from having drivers. THe acer works perf in xp, vista, ubuntu. Thats all Ive tried so far.
Hint, if you want ubuntu to install perfectly, you must be online by wired connection during the install. Without that, it doesnt automount ntfs drives for example, and I dont know what else.
Hint, if you want ubuntu wireless to just work, install from Ubuntu 32 bit, then use "sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop" to have kde if you want that. You can switch between ubuntu (gnome) and kubuntu (kde) by Log Out, and change Session. ALso, you can use kde apps from gnome and visa versa.
Ubuntu wireless just works now if you use the gnome install. Even on broadcoms! If it doesnt for your thing, I'm sure they are working on it, and get a $30 retailplus wireless usb dongle during the meanwhile.
Hint, there is a usb (printer style) port on your cable modem. Plug that in to your computer and you are online without using any network card, wireless or wired. hehe. (it works from the ubuntu install cd too of course)
If this goes down we'll shut our internet a couple months per year. I'd rather suffer than pay the RIAA for nothing. I already pay them for music cds I buy.
Vid cards are not the bottleneck for CAD at all. A 10,000 part machine in CAD is not rendered with textures and the engineer doesn't want them either. CPU is the bottleneck. The programs (UG, SW, SE) output low tolerance polygons now. I can CAD just as good on a GF3 than a new quadro. Actually, a TNT2 isn't so bad believe it or not.
Dear nvidia,
Please hurry up and fix your drivers so the Cossacks series and Rome work again. Thanks, that is what I paid you for.
I'm sure this was on purpose. Leaking false plans is how the spooks can test their enemy's knowledge.
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Acer Aspire 5920: 1.6G Core2Duo.
Dislike: glossy top, keyboard layout (all laptops), no vista install cds (called MS, Acer, Source)
Like: light grey inside color, speed, compatibility, using it
May I recommend an Acer 5920? Mine from The Source was 730 after price protection, and came just busting at the seams... 512M Geforce8600, 250G 5400rpm, 3G RAM, DVDRW, vidcam, mics, speakers with bass, 1280x800 15.4" wide, VGA/SVGA/HDMI out, 4 USB ports, sound out, wireless. Acer supplies vista and xp drivers. XP works nice. Ubuntu works nice. Doom3 games great in xp and linux. I am currently Dooming in linux (not wine) 800x600 HighQuality 4 x AA at 70 fps. Warcraft3 in wine with video cranked is very very smooth.
I hear Asus is good too but I don't see them in stores.
..use a mass, not a bomb.
Well, then we better have a referendum, so we can vote this down. And the song writers pay for the referendum btw. I find mp3s sound terrible in our good systems and dont use them, thank you very much.
dynamic range compression (fairy dust) isn't that bad. It is less annoying than albumns that are quiet when you put them on and adjust the volume and them wham blast it out.
I'm sick of all this recent BS about how bad MP3 is.
Ok, I have a pair of MonitorAudio RS1s, a Paradigm PW2200 sub and a NAD amp. I have cds, and higher audio quality mp3 player.
CDs sound good. Mp3s sound boomy, I only use them for background music. I am not impressed.
In some states, doing that without her knowing consent is a felony.
So are lots of things with girlfriends...
sodomy sodomy
: anal or oral copulation with a member of the same or opposite sex; also : copulation with an animal
Guy: Officer, do you mind if I now turn on my voice recorder and record our conversation?
Officer: No go right ahead. Is it on? Good. Smack! Now listen you punk...
The human race could be like Star Trek, or we could get real good at killing and spying. Sigh.
The U.S. isn't doomed, but there is certainly a huge, deep pile of shit to be shoveled if it's going to get back to what it was.
Nice try, keeping your chin up, positive attitude and all that. Showing you are real and not a nut. Well now try realizing that you've only learned the tip of the iceberg.
...Governments both in the US and elsewhere do this, which suggests that no backdoor is available.
If you ignore reality then yeah. Try thinking "spy first, warrent later" and you will be in the right league. Trolling has become too important to give up.
Try to walk up a wet clay riverbank sometime. Clay mud is like Astroglide.
Lame scientists can't figure out why these rocks...
To copy files with super user status and not having to use the command line (much) try "sudo nautilus"