Just ordered from eBuyer:

MSI P45 Neo-F Motherboard
Core 2 Quad Q9400 CPU
8GB Corsair TwinX DDR2-800 RAM
nVidia GeForce GTX280 1GB Graphics Card
And a CoolerMaster RealPower 700W Modular PSU to power it all!

(and I don't care what anyone says about the cost of the graphics card :razz

Quote from Jakg :

I want to run Office (yes, Microsoft Office. A legal copy. And I want to run 2007) - oh no sorry, it's Linux, I have to use OpenOffice.

I want to use Photoshop - oh no wait, it's Linux, I have to use Gimp.

Let me just open Chrom- oh no wait, it's Linux, I have to use Firefox without most of my favourite extensions.

At least I can settle back and play some games on my 1337 PC- oh no wait.

Linux is a great program, but it doesn't let me run MY apps so I find it pretty useless.

I shall give you one word: WINE.

And "without most of your favourite extensions"? Care to list any Windows-only Firefox extensions that you use?

Chrome is working via cxChromium, also.

Before you start bashing Linux for not working, do some reading up

dd, you mean that *nix low level data copying program? I have a good game for that, it's called "fry your hard drive by writing random data to it", otherwise known as dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda

Considering removing myself from the dirty dropouts and paying a deposit...will get back to you

When you go to the World Series by Renault at Donington each September and comment on how similar the cars are to the FOX and FO8...

I'm on a provisonal licence and want to learn...but it's having the money to that's the problem. Damn minimum wage...

Quote from Jakg :

I didn't know if he would be gaming on the laptop or not - he didn't say, only that he wanted to be able to move the thing around.

And I didn't recommend a budget 12" Dell laptop for gaming, did I?
It'd be for basic stuff like surfing the internets, office work etc, whereas the desktop would be for gaming

Quote from Jakg :

Get an Asus eee or something and spend the rest of the cash on a proper PC.

EDIT - iirc Rock are in administration atm (according to Custom PC) - wouldn't trust it if I were you!

(Also according to Custom PC, get the latest issue) they found a buyer. Great news for all people with Rock machines


IMO an EeePC is only good if you have TINY fingers and can cope with a small screen, if not then get a cheap full sized laptop (like a Dell 12" or something) and then a desktop. Will be a lot better for games in the long run, plus will be able to upgrade the desktop

Quote from james12s :

lol john that looks like youve edited it to be in a different setting

Heh, I'd got home from work a couple of hours previous and was about to go to bes, so still had work stuff on

Me at my (rather tired and spotty) worst.

Where's the "Use Linux + ClamAV" option?

Quote from AstroBoy :

That sir is a groce generalization

And that sir is gross mis-spelling

But you're right, not all geeks sit on their butts all day in front of a 'puter,

Just most of the day...

Quote from Becky Rose :

you know what dinary is.

Denary* And yes, I know what it is, and can convert it to hex... Base 10>Base 2>Base 16

Propellerheads - Spybreak!

Rob Dougan - Clubbed To Death

Pendulum - Another Planet

Rob Dougan - Furious Angels (Instrumental)

If needs must... http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PR63VV19
Note: Will need something that can play back Ogg Theora

EDIT: Oh and rename it to have ".ogg" at the end too

I cheated and used a tool called "xdotool" to do this

Whoever said that was edited? Go on. Look for any sign of it being edited! Straight screenshot

Psst. I win.

Quote from Nathan_French_14 :

1. I love my girlfreind.
2. I have a bad habit of spending redicoulous ammounts of cash on my cars.
3. I dont start something else until i have finished the original thing i was doing.
4. I am a very calm person, but if someone pushes me too far, i lash out .
5. I have written of 3 old shape mini's in the past. The one i have now has lasted me the longest ;d.

6. Your spelling is atrocious

Okay, wonder how many people will be thinking "sad git" after this:

1. I work in the advertising industry
   
2. I don't *want* to. I want to go to University in September.
   
3. I have a distinct lack of creativity. If it's anything to do with music or art, I fail at it.
   
4. I am still addicted to Second Life, although not as much as I was.
   
5. I just lost The Game.

Quote from Krane :

DivX Player
emTube

If you have no dataplan, Opera Mini is cheaper choice for occasional browsing than the Nokia browser.

IfInfo and Device Status if you need to tinker with it :nerd:

Ooh, DivX Player is a good call! Thanks! And between my first post and this I've installed emTube. Rather good app!

I'm on a (so-called) unlimited data plan. The Nokia browser is doing a good job for me, rendering most stuff well...and I get Flash too (Which I don't think Opera Mini has). So I'll stick with the Nokia one. Thanks for the suggestions anyway!

I recently got my hands on a Nokia N95 8GB and was wondering what everyone here thought the best applications for it were. I currently have the following installed: Google Maps, Fring, ShoZu, Screenshot, Nokia Internet Radio, Y-Browser, Y-Tasks and ExtGPS.

Recommendations for other stuff please

Quote from three_jump :

better than having the icons of all ever installed apps on the desk...

How true. I prefer having no icons on my desktop at all. I figure it's gonna be covered by windows 99% of the time, so I don't bother keeping them!

He's nowt special to look at, you'll be glad you haven't seen him
/me runs away from the Jakg backlash

Did a bit of changing around

EDIT: Changed wallpaper, showed different stuff in screenshot. WARNING: Second screenshot is 2720x960 pixels.

Last edited by JohnUK89, Tue 18 Mar 2008, 08:07.