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Old 05-12-2009, 05:47 PM   #46
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I have a love hate relation with computers. I just purchased a new computer system for my office and I have no clue how to use all the stuff installed on them. I just took the spec sheet from our home office and gave it to a customer who does business computers systems and told him to get me what was needed. His first price was almost $11,000 then I sat him down and got him to about half that price. He said its a basic office system but I still get lost.
Are you kidding?
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Old 05-12-2009, 05:51 PM   #47
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Are you kidding?
About what?
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Old 05-12-2009, 06:33 PM   #48
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Are you kidding?
lol sales people in his area must be knocking down his door
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Old 05-12-2009, 09:08 PM   #49
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lol sales people in his area must be knocking down his door
No they are just lined up out side my door every morning.
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Old 05-13-2009, 12:51 PM   #50
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I heard the unit needs to be well-ventilated, almost to the point of impracticality. You sure it's well ventilated?
the original units had horrible cooling as well too, which they attempted to fix I think by a newer heatsink, they're suffering the same problems as a lot of laptops, trying to make things too sleek, slim, and powerful at the same time, without new technology
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Old 05-13-2009, 12:55 PM   #51
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It means you send it back to MS if it's still under their warranty, or you better hope you bought a replacement plan at the store. If not, then it's time to sell it broken on ebay for parts.
Or attempt a fix of it yourself by replacing the x-clamps with screws and washers + new thermal paste
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Old 05-13-2009, 12:56 PM   #52
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I have a love hate relation with computers. I just purchased a new computer system for my office and I have no clue how to use all the stuff installed on them. I just took the spec sheet from our home office and gave it to a customer who does business computers systems and told him to get me what was needed. His first price was almost $11,000 then I sat him down and got him to about half that price. He said its a basic office system but I still get lost.
holy shit

half of that could build you one hell of a machine capable of doing anything you wanted

5500 would get you a computer that could do some serious crunching, decoding, etc and a 50 inch TV to use as a monitor
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holy shit

half of that could build you one hell of a machine capable of doing anything you wanted

5500 would get you a computer that could do some serious crunching, decoding, etc and a 50 inch TV to use as a monitor
I had FOUR computers installed with some other stuff I needed.
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Or attempt a fix of it yourself by replacing the x-clamps with screws and washers + new thermal paste
I say let them fix their own piece of crap.
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Old 05-13-2009, 02:29 PM   #55
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Bill Gates is the Devil! :FIREdevil
Your Mama invented the Computer.
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Your mama drinks so much beer she is Milwalkies. Best
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Yo mama's so fat, she wore a Malcom X tee shirt and a helicopter tried to land on her.

Yo mama's so dumb, she thought a cheerio was a donut seed.
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Old 05-13-2009, 06:09 PM   #58
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Your mama is so fat when she dances the band skippppps.
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11k? 5.5K? WTF? Is he selling you a server or a workstation? You can buy the most amazing machine and 30" monitor form Dell for 3K.
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11k? 5.5K? WTF? Is he selling you a server or a workstation? You can buy the most amazing machine and 30" monitor form Dell for 3K.
I needed 4 work stations for an office. I told the guy to give me the works thinking it would be like a home computer and run around 1,000 each station but he figured the mack daddy office system. After I saw his price and coughed up a few things he realized I needed just a basic off system with a few extras. I did get 3 other bids and his was cheaper on one and was about $600 more then the other two bids. That was close enough for me because he is a customer and spends $ with our office each year. What I actually purchased I can tell you they meet the specs I needed and they work after that I have no clue. The guy who did come in from our home office to convert me from our old company owned system over to my new system said I have a nice system for my needs.
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