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Cannabischarlie
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what the hell do you do with your personal computer?
#14004274 - 02/21/11 10:02 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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What kind of computer do you have? Custom? do you have a neat laptop? What is your computer used for?
Me personally I like my custom handbuilt pc and i do gaming, among just having it as an all around media device, i am sure when theres no other blue ray player i might get that as an add on, but its pretty complete otherwise as its hooked up to my TV and performs all the things I need except i like a separate DVR
I always wonder what other people use their computers for, i know notebook computers are expensive, but they outsell desktops anymore i think.
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: Cannabischarlie]
#14004295 - 02/21/11 10:05 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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i originally built my computer for gaming, but now it has turned more into a computer for running photoshop along with lots of other music recording software and video editing programs...my main computer, i also have a shitty dell laptop and a shitt dell desktop....not shitty i guess but nothing special...and if i just want to surf the net, or look something up quick, i use my ipod touch lol
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: Cannabischarlie]
#14004299 - 02/21/11 10:06 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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i just built my first PC and its great. i dont use it for much though. 
MS Windows 7 Ultimate/ Ubuntu (dual boot) 64 bit Intel Core i3 CPU 550 @ 302GHz, 4GB ram, NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT and a terabyte of space on the HD
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: Cannabischarlie]
#14004312 - 02/21/11 10:09 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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I have a standard white Macbook that was way too fucking expensive for what I use it for. And I purchased it before the addition of the 13" macbook pro which is only like a hundred bucks more so basically I got fucked in that department.

But I use it with my MIDI to practice DJ'ing so at least the stability is probably better for that, and I plan on pursuing it as a hobby further so it lessens my buyer's remorse a bit.
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: Cannabischarlie]
#14004319 - 02/21/11 10:10 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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u can usualy tell what people do with their computers laptops are for work and school mostly or for people who travel alot
desktop are usauly for games and videos and such some people do work on them but their home computers so its good all around but u usally get a desktop for more power GFX and it doesnt have a battery life
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: demonofchaos]
#14004518 - 02/21/11 10:45 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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I miss the days of having a grounded desktop PC. They're going to keep becoming even more rare as the years go. & if computers continue to move further towards the touchscreen phase I'll kick somebody in the face. Touchscreens are not even that fucking cool!
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: LoveYourLife]
#14004556 - 02/21/11 10:52 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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LoveYourLife said: I have a standard white Macbook that was way too fucking expensive for what I use it for. And I purchased it before the addition of the 13" macbook pro which is only like a hundred bucks more so basically I got fucked in that department.

But I use it with my MIDI to practice DJ'ing so at least the stability is probably better for that, and I plan on pursuing it as a hobby further so it lessens my buyer's remorse a bit.
dude dont underestimate the macbooks, i can run final cut and play/edit all my hd footage with this thing. plus it plays most games with pretty damn decent graphics for a laptop not designed for gaming. these things are beefy. and with the 13'' macbook pro's there's not really much of an improvement, well not enough that its worth paying more than you already have to.
for me the macbook was a perfect buy
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: blazenn]
#14004616 - 02/21/11 11:00 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
blazenn said:
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LoveYourLife said: I have a standard white Macbook that was way too fucking expensive for what I use it for. And I purchased it before the addition of the 13" macbook pro which is only like a hundred bucks more so basically I got fucked in that department.

But I use it with my MIDI to practice DJ'ing so at least the stability is probably better for that, and I plan on pursuing it as a hobby further so it lessens my buyer's remorse a bit.
dude dont underestimate the macbooks, i can run final cut and play/edit all my hd footage with this thing. plus it plays most games with pretty damn decent graphics for a laptop not designed for gaming. these things are beefy. and with the 13'' macbook pro's there's not really much of an improvement, well not enough that its worth paying more than you already have to.
for me the macbook was a perfect buy
Oh don't get me wrong haha I love my Macbook more than just about anything I've ever purchased. I'm sold on Apple products already, they're really nice and their designers are masters of making aesthetically pleasing shit. I just wish they weren't so fucking expensive! But i'll still be buying another Macbook when I upgrade regardless.
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: LoveYourLife]
#14004662 - 02/21/11 11:07 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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haha right on man i feel the exact same way. apple made the sole act of browsing and viewing webpages enjoyable just with how you control everything on the pad.
if i dont build a windows pc for my next comp i'm definitely saving up for an actual iMac instead of just a laptop. the imacs are such strong computers, but they are pretty pricy.
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: blazenn]
#14004676 - 02/21/11 11:09 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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I use mine for internets and music. Lotsa music. Fucking love garageband.
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LoveYourLife
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: blazenn]
#14004684 - 02/21/11 11:10 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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blazenn said: haha right on man i feel the exact same way. apple made the sole act of browsing and viewing webpages enjoyable just with how you control everything on the pad.
if i dont build a windows pc for my next comp i'm definitely saving up for an actual iMac instead of just a laptop. the imacs are such strong computers, but they are pretty pricy.
Pricey but probably the best looking piece of home technology ever made.
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: Cannabischarlie]
#14004703 - 02/21/11 11:13 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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I have a shitty old laptop I use strictly for shroomery purposes.
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: LoveYourLife]
#14004770 - 02/21/11 11:23 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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my server (former desktop): custom build Pentium D 820 2.5gb ram about 8tb of storage headless runs apache, ampache, nfs, ssh, cups, webmin, rtorrent, irssi, newsbeuter
htpc: Zotac MAG-HD Intel Atom 330 Nvidia Ion graphics attached to 23" Apple Cinema Display runs lirc for my remote, mpd, XBMC and (occasionally) Hulu Desktop. stream all content from the server over nfs. admin via ssh connection.
thinkpad: T61 - 15.4" Core 2 Duo 2gb ram primarily my design machine runs Awesome WM, firefox, chromium, conkeror, virtualbox, gimp, inkscape, fontmatrix, mplayer, mpd, evolution. stream all content from server over nfs.
acer: 11.6" general browsing machine used primarily while traveling. the thinkpad is too big to be very mobile. runs Awesome WM, mpd, firefox, conkeror, mplayer, evolution
all machines run Arch Linux. been running Arch pretty much exclusively for almost 5 years now.
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: frith]
#14004786 - 02/21/11 11:26 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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i just try not to break it.. keep it around for entertainment.
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: rackem]
#14004797 - 02/21/11 11:28 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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i love my MAC! it's an OS-X,just over a year old. solid computer!
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: Cannabischarlie]
#14004982 - 02/22/11 12:04 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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I do some personal computing nigga. Gotta problem with that?
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akira_akuma
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: TheHandOfDoom]
#14004997 - 02/22/11 12:06 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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games... internet... and programming and recording music.
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: akira_akuma]
#14005079 - 02/22/11 12:21 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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oh yeah, what do i do with it?
well i'm here a lot where i spend a lot of time in the market trading and i'm in most all of the rooms at some point. store/edit/publish my photography online, make music and movies, keep in contact with people, write letters, poetry, short stories, a screenplay (unfinished) see my daughter via webcam, read and watch the news, watch TV programs/movies and homemade movies and videos, research things i'm interested in. oh and look for girl to fuck. (and maybe more..) oh yeah and i've looked for jobs, bought everything from firewood to kids movies, and found free shit off craiglist. i think that's most of it.
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: broken]
#14005186 - 02/22/11 12:47 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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why don't you play any focking games?
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: Cannabischarlie]
#14005294 - 02/22/11 01:23 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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umm. was just never much of a gamer. come summer i'll rarely be on, only a few late nites a week. i'll be to busy fishing and mushrooms hunting to care about the interwebz.
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: broken]
#14005668 - 02/22/11 02:58 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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I hear muppet is working on a pretty dope screenplay.
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: MisterMuscaria]
#14005937 - 02/22/11 05:15 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Laptop: off-the-shelf HP/Compaq thingy with something core duo. Runs Win7 and Xubuntu, used for work (mostly Word & Powerpoint), electronics simulation (LTSpice), Photoshop/RAW conversion, web browsing, skype, listening music, email/Outlook, etc.
Desktop: homebrew iteratively modified junkbox based on a P4 2.6GHz or so, 3Gb of memory and some storage. Runs Ubuntu 10.10 and is used for LTSpice (Wine), some office work, some photo editing (not much), lots of web browsing, some pr0n storage.
NAS: homebrew Celeron thingy with 2x500GB RAID1 running FreeNAS; keeps RAW files, document backups, some MP3's and some movies.
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: koraks]
#14006048 - 02/22/11 06:22 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Intel Core 2 Quad Core 4 x 2.50GHz 4GB RAM NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 Windows 7 yo.
Custom built by a friend for 500 of my finest English pounds.
I play games, video edit, Photoshop, write. And most of all browse the Internets.
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: Mad_Larkin]
#14006189 - 02/22/11 07:39 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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What don't I do with my computer?
recipes, directions, movies, shows, stumble upon, games, email, work, random question look up (what's that one song... who's the guy in that one movie... how big is a... etc...), board
If I could have one chip'd into my head, then I'd do it. BORG STYLE.
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: Cannabischarlie]
#14006206 - 02/22/11 07:44 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
Cannabischarlie said: What is your computer used for?
a pornograph player?
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: Prisoner#1]
#14006217 - 02/22/11 07:51 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: Cannabischarlie]
#14006219 - 02/22/11 07:54 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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I use mine for occasional work, writing papers, crunching data, graphing etc. However most work related stuff gets done at work, on the work computer.
Nowadays I just use it for basic stuff, email, web surfing, music, video, light photo retouching etc. I still have a strong preference to use a full, desktop keyboard and mouse. I don't particularly care to do major things on a laptop with touchpad.
Most media output is done on the laptop, since it has HDMI out and can interface with a nice receiver. This will move along once the media center is actually complete.
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Re: what the hell do you do with your personal computer? [Re: badchad]
#14007138 - 02/22/11 12:20 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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I have been looking into Android Tablets. I know I can get one for at LEAST less than 300 dollars but i want a 10 inch one and the little usb keyboard add on and that would be a good enough laptop for me, I have no data plan for my phone and i pay 10 bucks a month for phone service with our family plan. I could then use the Android anywhere there is Wifi.
I am still researching all the specs and things I want in it though, its kinda confusing because theres kind of a lot of them.
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we could all use a little more sunshine.
yeah, she's funny and somewhat interesting. not a beauty queen, but not bad lookin. i'd feel quite honored to fuck janine garofalo. -tiny_rabid_birds
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