[Bob-san]

Who's to say that the American isn't the one who is filthy? I'm sure you can get PC parts anywhere in the world if you just buy online and ship it. I always buy my parts online these days. I saved $200 on my Athlon 6000+ processor by buying online vs going to the store in person. Sometimes you may have to wait longer but the important thing is if the person can get the parts. One rule of thumb and common sense is to never buy used parts or used CDs.

There are probably many countries that are now higher tech than here in USA. Depends on the branch of tech. Probably the UK along with other European countries have better tech. Also Japan with its electronics and France with its vehicles and fuel economy. We have an aging and out of date infrastructure here.

Try reading the end of my post... I was making a joke; using some friendly banter.

[High Max]

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[Stealth]

I'm referring to other threads I debated on around 2 months ago on those other subjects that you must have missed, like the one titled "are humans special" etc, and other people saying that the afterlife is not logical and other funny things, but I won't continue on about it since it is off topic.

The only thing I was thinking wasn't possible was making machines or transistors smaller than a molecule, but maybe I'm wrong.

HighMax - a rule of thumb here, is you have to have at least 1,000 posts before you can start making statements like you did

[High Max]

 

[Scotty]

Sweet!  Only 250 posts to go .

[Bob-san]

I'm referring to other threads I debated on around 2 months ago on those other subjects that you must have missed, like the one titled "are humans special" etc, and other people saying that the afterlife is not logical and other funny things, but I won't continue on about it since it is off topic.

The only thing I was thinking wasn't possible was making machines or transistors smaller than a molecule, but maybe I'm wrong.

HighMax - a rule of thumb here, is you have to have at least 1,000 posts before you can start making statements like you did

I'd say more 1000 posts or well over a year here. I'm actually not that frequent a poster...
Date Registered:     August 09, 2006, 02:45:17 PM
Posts:     1,106 (1.039 per day) (plus 1,111 in this section)
It's been a while. Anyways, for those that missed it...

Nothing against Aussies; just poking some fun at you.

[High Max]

 

[ssmit132]

Nothing against Aussies; just poking some fun at you.

No offense taken.

[colecampbell666]

I was kidding and am not racist.

[General Battuta]

I remember I was also active in Inferno and BWO forums long before people like General Battuta were even members.

Sorry for the off topic.

Bahahahah, no. I've been around since the VBB days pre-2000. I wasn't necessarily registered to post, though.

[Stealth]

Well, it is more about the poster, his knowledge, and his contributions than the number of posts or length of time of being a member here. I have been here since about Nov. 04 though.

i know - i was totally giving you a hard time

[ssmit132]

 
This is why I like Aldi:

This seems really good value to me. Sure, it's not going to be the most powerful computer (i.e. video card, the GT220*), but it looks like it has very good specs for its price.  What do you think? (Note that this is only the tower, keyboard and mouse - no monitor is included.)

Quad-core power and lots of hard-disk space

Medion’s desktop computers tend not to be the best-looking of devices, and the E7330D, an Aldi special on sale from Sunday 27 September, is no exception.

Its shiny plastic front isn’t bad but overall the squat design doesn’t do the computer any favours.

Then again, with a desktop computer looks are perhaps the least important of its characteristics. Far more interesting is what goes on inside the case: it has an Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 processor with 4GB of memory, an Nvidia Geforce GT220 graphics card which has 1GB of its own memory, and a 640GB hard disk. In addition to that storage, there’s a CD/DVD writer that reads and writes all current formats except Blu-ray.

Those are impressive credentials, and this computer is certainly capable of coping with most tasks up to and including video editing, likely to be the most demanding thing a home user will do, aside from playing games. Despite its 1GB of memory, the Geforce GT220 is not the fastest graphics card around*, so while modern games will play properly, you may have to turn down the detail levels a little to get them to run at a decent speed.

As with other Medions the E7330D has plenty of connection ports and sockets. There are two USB ports, headphone and microphone sockets and an eSata port hidden under a flap on the front panel, which also covers a memory card reader. On the back are four more USB ports, surround-sound outputs and Firewire and network sockets. The computer can also connect to wireless networks. The graphics card has DVI, VGA and HDMI outputs so that it can connect to any kind of monitor or flat-panel television set. There’s also a connector on the top for a special Medion hard disk.

The supplied wired keyboard and mouse were not particularly impressive and the computer doesn’t come with a monitor. It does include a three-year warranty, though, along with an impressive software package including Microsoft Works 9, Corel Painter Essentials, Corel Draw Essentials and Corel Home Office. The supplied Windows Vista Home Premium comes with a voucher for a free upgrade to Windows 7 when it’s released in October.

As an upgrade PC the Akoya E7330D is an impressive deal with lots of power and storage space.

[Topgun]

One thing I noticed that no one seems to mention is that you are buying the "home" or "basic" versions of windows.

don't get that, that's crap.
ALWAYS pro

[colecampbell666]

No, Vista Premium is about the best Vista, Ultimate is like 300$. Don't get it unless it has Windows 7.

[ssmit132]

No, Vista Premium is about the best Vista, Ultimate is like 300$. Don't get it unless it has Windows 7.

Licence cost free upgrade from Windows Vista® to Windows® 7†

(The cross refers to a footnote that shipping costs have to be paid)

[Mongoose]

One thing I noticed that no one seems to mention is that you are buying the "home" or "basic" versions of windows.

don't get that, that's crap.
ALWAYS pro

I don't know what the deal is with Vista or 7, but my family had an XP Home machine for several years, and I never noticed a single functional difference between it and my own XP Professional box.  In fact, from what I remember reading, unless you're getting into some fairly advanced networking stuff, there really isn't much of a difference at all from an end-user standpoint.

[colecampbell666]

Yeah, there isn't much that I can see. Home just hides more stuff from PC-illiterate people, IIRC.

[Topgun]

It screws up your freedom, bad.

[ssmit132]

So I went to a few Aldi stores today, and they all were sold out of these computers. Dang! I honestly didn't anticipate computers going out like hot cakes.

[übermetroid]

I just got tired of building computers and decided on a cheep, easy fix with little to no work for me.

I love the HP flat screen / touch screen PCs...  Check them out.  (wait for w7 on them of course).