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RobD   08-06-2003 at 10:15:52 AM

A new PC turned up for me at work yesterday. I'm due a new machine and I was supposed to get a P4 on an Intel 865 board with the ram in dual channel, partly so we can evaluate and automate our standard build before we ship, but mainly 'cos I nagged my boss and I sacrificed an offer of a new machine last year as I said I didn't need it.

Anyway, it turned up yesterday afternoon. P4 3GHz, 80GB SATA hard drive, 1GB ram in dual channel, CDRW, DVD ROM, GF4 ti4200 128mb card, Microsoft wireless mouse and keyboard. I was drooling. Couldn't believe my luck. I stared lovingly at it for the rest of the day, proud of my new acquisition.

And now, my bubble has burst. Just had a phone call. Our supplier sent the wrong machine. I received someone elses from around the country and they got mine. I've just had to box it up and I'll have to wait another week or so before my real machine turns up.

Oh well, it was nice while it lasted.

<font color=blue>"When you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get." - Homer Simpson.</font color=blue>

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dhlucke   08-06-2003 at 10:20:40 AM
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and yours is....?

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RobD   08-06-2003 at 10:26:42 AM
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P4 2.4GHz, 512Mb RAM, 40GB hard drive CD-ROM, onboard graphics, nothing special really.

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jmecor   08-06-2003 at 10:31:28 AM
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that's not bad

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dhlucke   08-06-2003 at 10:33:16 AM
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It's still faster than my home PC.

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jmecor   08-06-2003 at 10:33:20 AM
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mine is:
P4 2.0A GHz (very first northwood)
Generic 256MB PC2100 RAM
Seagate 40GB 7200 HDD
ASUS 48X CD-Writer
Nvidia RivaTNT2 32MB AGP
Windows XP Pro SP1

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RobD   08-06-2003 at 10:33:46 AM
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Our entry level P4. Beats the shite out of a 667MHz celeron that I've currently got.

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Loqutis   08-06-2003 at 10:48:32 AM
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Thats too bad dude, but at least you got a new one, had a guy I used to know, he had a mail run, and in his van he had a 318 hemi engine, anyway the engine was getting a little tired so he rang up a place in ChCh and ordered another, When it arrived he thought it looked a little different, anyway he fitted it and took it out for a spin, He piked out at 125mph and it was just warming up, 2 days later he got a call from the shop in ChCh, they had sent him a full house 440 out of a jet sprint boat and could they have it back please?

Me and Seven of Nine, Ohhh Yeah

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RobD   08-06-2003 at 10:56:33 AM
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Yeah, it is a bit of a kick in the testicles. I was suspicious, but checked the shipping details and everything tallied. Oh well.

<font color=blue>"When you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get." - Homer Simpson.</font color=blue>

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papasmurf   08-06-2003 at 12:49:00 PM
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[whining rant] well I'm running off a p2 300 on a 66mhz fsb with 96mb of sdram at cas 3 on an lx chipset with a gf2 mx lol I NEEEEEED to fix my machine! Yesterday I found another part of it broken, my 60gb deskstar had one of the ide pins break off it's soder point so now I'm screwed. I hate being broke! [begging] I'm now accepting donations to my paypal account or in the form of unused computer parts, for the love of God PLEASE HELP! [/begging] [/whining rant]

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