Gee I hope Apple has to abandon all of their interesting form factors and stick with the grey putty mini tower of Chairman Bill. Because all that borderline melting 75W Intel goodness will need it.
A Mac with 6 fans and a heatsink the size of a car battery. Wowie.
Do you have any idea how much heat the G5 puts out? (hint: Why are there no G5 Powerbooks?). Or, for that matter, have you ever seen the insides of a PowerMac G5?
I had a somewhat simular situation. I had to install Windows XP on a laptop without a floppy drive, and it had some internal HDD controller that Windows XP couldn't handle (and thus, I needed the dreaded F6 floppy). I had a USB floppy, and while it worked for the first part, for some reason it would fail later in the install when XP has to read the disk again to copy the drivers (the laptop could not see the FDD at that point, I don't know why).
Lets just say after a few hours and several coasters later - I now know how to make a slipstreamed Windows XP disk.
For situations like yours, I have been known to install Windows on an old clunker harddrive - while having the RAID array disconnected. After Windows XP is installed and happy, connect the RAID array and have Windows install all the proper drivers so the array works. Then use a program like Partition Magic to transplant the Windows XP install over off the clunker to the array, make it bootable, and it *should* work.
Why do you say OS's? Linux installs fine on an SATA drive, and USB. Did you mean to say Windows and it's horrible, dependent on 3rd party support driver model?
To be fair, Windows XP dates back to 2001. How is it supposed to know about SATA drives? How could any old operating system know about hardware that is newer than it is?
With that said, I hate the F6 floppies for Windows XP. Why can't it use CD/USB/another HDD/whatever?
Because in 2002 when he built the array you couldn't buy half-terra drives. Actually, you can't even buy them now. The biggest I see on the market are 400GB, or roughly 372GiB for those fluent in newspeak.
I got a free, working overhead projector from the curb on one fine trash day, and later I was given a fairly decent laptop with a screen that had a broken backlight and was not economically feasible to repair. I combined the two to create an LCD projector just as you describe. Pictures can be seen here: Click (please be kind to this server!).
Advantages: *Cheap (I did it for $0.00) *Easy *Totally ghetto-fabulous.
Disadvantages: *Really, really crappy quality (only really could be used for video, and only if you weren't picky about quality) *Edges got cut off because the LCD was larger than the projector *Pretty dim *Noisy *In my case, could only work with the laptop who's screen I tore apart
So in summary, if you have the parts laying around and have some time to kill - go for it. Otherwise don't even bother.
For example, everytime someone buys a toyota, ford and gm lost a potential customer.
The sad thing is, if you buy a Toyota you'll likely end up with a car that was built in the USA - but if you buy a Ford or GM you'll get a car that was probably built in Mexico.
Get some box fans, and apply the same logic as the guy in the article. You need an intake fan, and an exhaust fan. Since it sounds like you only have a door, things get a little tricky. But you can stack the fans, putting the intake fan on the bottom to blow in cool air, and the exhaust fan on top to blow out the hot air (remember hot air rises). I'm sure your coworkers will love you.
They are almost certainly reading different temperature probes. The motherboard probably has a probe that sits directly under the CPU, which is why it reads so hot. The LCD one probably has a temperature probe attached to a wire that is probably crammed somewhere in the CPU heatsink fins (just a guess), so it reads a bit lower.
If I was you I would be concerned about the CPU running at 70 degrees, though if 70 degrees is the highest you've ever seen then you might be OK.
They had this in my high school. It was called "pass-no credit", and it was basically designed to so someone could take upto one class a trimester like you suggest without worrying about harming their GPA. However, they allowed it to be applied to any course, including core courses. So the end result was that the group of people who obsessed over their GPA would always apply the "pass no-credit" option to their hardest course, rather than a "just for fun" course they were taking.
Not being one of the ones that constantly obsessed over my GPA, I never actually used the option myself.
I was always deeply offended by the SimCity series' bias towards Llamas. There are few animals more evil and mean-spirited than a llama, and Maxis' emphasis on this animal is suggestive of their cold-hearted capitalist aims!
Well then, the obvious solution would be to uninstall SimCity and install Winamp, right?
Let's remember that Intel has been courting Apple for well over a decade now. They're also clearly unhappy with the crappy boxes being offered by their existing vendors. Having Apple onboard making cool products with their systems must be a dream come true -- "See, THIS is what an Intel machine can do".
That doesn't make sense at all. If that was the case, why didn't Intel just go ahead and create their own line of PCs?
I don't know about K-12, but at college I observed that the PCs were under constant use by the students, while the Apple computers generally sat around in sleep mode, waiting for someone to get tired of waiting around for a "real computer" to open up. Probably the reason the Dells don't last as long is that they simply see a lot more use/abuse by the students. That and the fact that low end Dells are pretty crappy machines anyway.
Exactly. I have never used IE as my main browser. Netscape sucked, I agree. But I stuck with it because when Netscape crashed, it tended to not take the OS down with it. I had known about Opera since the 3.xx days. Sometime in the Opera 5.xx days, I had to rebuild and reinstall Windows and Netscape never made it onto the system. Never looked back (though I admit Firefox is a nice browser, I have it installed, and I do recommend it to people).
We all like to make jokes about Windows ME, and ME was terrible at its release date. But if you install it now and apply all of the patches, ME really isn't that terrible. Though I consider 98SE to still be superior.
Since this thread is otherwise worthless without pics, here are some I found in the forum from the parent's link: (By the way, Captain Obvious says, "Not work safe!")
I have no problems flipping back and forth between the two layouts. It's a lot like 2 languages - I can say one sentence in English and the next sentence in Spanish without any problem, so why not keyboard layouts?
With that said, if you totally switch over to Dvorak, your Qwerty skills will get rusty - just like if I don't speak a foriegn language for a while I'll start to forget parts of it. My solution is to have my main machines Dvorak, and let the lesser used machines, and machines that would be hard to switch (like laptops) stay Qwerty. That way, I get practice in both layouts on a daily basis, while still enjoying the benefits of Dvorak most of the time.
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Why does it always have to be like Star Trek? That interface system is awful; nothing like the tactile response of a glass screen.
Well, it works in the future. Surely it can work now!
Promise: My next machine will be my first Mac purchase.
It must hoever use a non Intel CPU and be no more than 35% populated with Intel chips.
If you're going to be that picky, you better forget about pre-built systems and build your own computer. Either that, or buy one of the last PPC Macs.
You've got to be kidding. There are not many cars running 55 MPH within 100ft of people's houses.
Lots of people have houses that are within 100 feet of a major roadway. Some of these houses were even built after the road was put in!
Gee I hope Apple has to abandon all of their interesting form factors and stick with the grey putty mini tower of Chairman Bill. Because all that borderline melting 75W Intel goodness will need it.
A Mac with 6 fans and a heatsink the size of a car battery. Wowie.
Do you have any idea how much heat the G5 puts out? (hint: Why are there no G5 Powerbooks?). Or, for that matter, have you ever seen the insides of a PowerMac G5?
I had a somewhat simular situation. I had to install Windows XP on a laptop without a floppy drive, and it had some internal HDD controller that Windows XP couldn't handle (and thus, I needed the dreaded F6 floppy). I had a USB floppy, and while it worked for the first part, for some reason it would fail later in the install when XP has to read the disk again to copy the drivers (the laptop could not see the FDD at that point, I don't know why).
Lets just say after a few hours and several coasters later - I now know how to make a slipstreamed Windows XP disk.
For situations like yours, I have been known to install Windows on an old clunker harddrive - while having the RAID array disconnected. After Windows XP is installed and happy, connect the RAID array and have Windows install all the proper drivers so the array works. Then use a program like Partition Magic to transplant the Windows XP install over off the clunker to the array, make it bootable, and it *should* work.
That's a great CD to just burn and have around, in the same way Knoppix is. I can't count the times UBCD and Knoppix have saved my ass.
Why do you say OS's? Linux installs fine on an SATA drive, and USB. Did you mean to say Windows and it's horrible, dependent on 3rd party support driver model?
To be fair, Windows XP dates back to 2001. How is it supposed to know about SATA drives? How could any old operating system know about hardware that is newer than it is?
With that said, I hate the F6 floppies for Windows XP. Why can't it use CD/USB/another HDD/whatever?
Because in 2002 when he built the array you couldn't buy half-terra drives. Actually, you can't even buy them now. The biggest I see on the market are 400GB, or roughly 372GiB for those fluent in newspeak.
I got a free, working overhead projector from the curb on one fine trash day, and later I was given a fairly decent laptop with a screen that had a broken backlight and was not economically feasible to repair. I combined the two to create an LCD projector just as you describe. Pictures can be seen here: Click (please be kind to this server!).
Advantages:
*Cheap (I did it for $0.00)
*Easy
*Totally ghetto-fabulous.
Disadvantages:
*Really, really crappy quality (only really could be used for video, and only if you weren't picky about quality)
*Edges got cut off because the LCD was larger than the projector
*Pretty dim
*Noisy
*In my case, could only work with the laptop who's screen I tore apart
So in summary, if you have the parts laying around and have some time to kill - go for it. Otherwise don't even bother.
Please name one nation, where politicians don't bank on the dreams and ideals of its people to get (re-)elected.
Ummm... Saudi Arabia?
What if we just chip in and buy the Space Command Generals a few star registry names - maybe that will keep them happy.
That would give a whole new meaning to the phrases like "Four Star General".
For example, everytime someone buys a toyota, ford and gm lost a potential customer.
The sad thing is, if you buy a Toyota you'll likely end up with a car that was built in the USA - but if you buy a Ford or GM you'll get a car that was probably built in Mexico.
Get some box fans, and apply the same logic as the guy in the article. You need an intake fan, and an exhaust fan. Since it sounds like you only have a door, things get a little tricky. But you can stack the fans, putting the intake fan on the bottom to blow in cool air, and the exhaust fan on top to blow out the hot air (remember hot air rises). I'm sure your coworkers will love you.
They are almost certainly reading different temperature probes. The motherboard probably has a probe that sits directly under the CPU, which is why it reads so hot. The LCD one probably has a temperature probe attached to a wire that is probably crammed somewhere in the CPU heatsink fins (just a guess), so it reads a bit lower.
If I was you I would be concerned about the CPU running at 70 degrees, though if 70 degrees is the highest you've ever seen then you might be OK.
They had this in my high school. It was called "pass-no credit", and it was basically designed to so someone could take upto one class a trimester like you suggest without worrying about harming their GPA. However, they allowed it to be applied to any course, including core courses. So the end result was that the group of people who obsessed over their GPA would always apply the "pass no-credit" option to their hardest course, rather than a "just for fun" course they were taking.
Not being one of the ones that constantly obsessed over my GPA, I never actually used the option myself.
I was always deeply offended by the SimCity series' bias towards Llamas. There are few animals more evil and mean-spirited than a llama, and Maxis' emphasis on this animal is suggestive of their cold-hearted capitalist aims!
Well then, the obvious solution would be to uninstall SimCity and install Winamp, right?
Not for the last few years, in fact AMDs x64 line runs a lot cooler than any Intel processor I've seen.
Well, I don't care HOW big my CPU cooling fan is. I just don't want it posting to slashdot, that's all.
Windows 95? I guess Windows ME would be considered cruel and unusual punishment.
Naw, make him use MacOS Classic. On a Performa. Now that would be cruel and unusual.
Let's remember that Intel has been courting Apple for well over a decade now. They're also clearly unhappy with the crappy boxes being offered by their existing vendors. Having Apple onboard making cool products with their systems must be a dream come true -- "See, THIS is what an Intel machine can do".
That doesn't make sense at all. If that was the case, why didn't Intel just go ahead and create their own line of PCs?
I don't know about K-12, but at college I observed that the PCs were under constant use by the students, while the Apple computers generally sat around in sleep mode, waiting for someone to get tired of waiting around for a "real computer" to open up. Probably the reason the Dells don't last as long is that they simply see a lot more use/abuse by the students. That and the fact that low end Dells are pretty crappy machines anyway.
Exactly. I have never used IE as my main browser. Netscape sucked, I agree. But I stuck with it because when Netscape crashed, it tended to not take the OS down with it. I had known about Opera since the 3.xx days. Sometime in the Opera 5.xx days, I had to rebuild and reinstall Windows and Netscape never made it onto the system. Never looked back (though I admit Firefox is a nice browser, I have it installed, and I do recommend it to people).
We all like to make jokes about Windows ME, and ME was terrible at its release date. But if you install it now and apply all of the patches, ME really isn't that terrible. Though I consider 98SE to still be superior.
Since this thread is otherwise worthless without pics, here are some I found in the forum from the parent's link:
(By the way, Captain Obvious says, "Not work safe!")
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I have no problems flipping back and forth between the two layouts. It's a lot like 2 languages - I can say one sentence in English and the next sentence in Spanish without any problem, so why not keyboard layouts?
With that said, if you totally switch over to Dvorak, your Qwerty skills will get rusty - just like if I don't speak a foriegn language for a while I'll start to forget parts of it. My solution is to have my main machines Dvorak, and let the lesser used machines, and machines that would be hard to switch (like laptops) stay Qwerty. That way, I get practice in both layouts on a daily basis, while still enjoying the benefits of Dvorak most of the time.
What else will I do at the beach each weekend now?
Perhaps you should of checked the "Post Anonymously" box there, pal.