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Okay, I think this has probably been done before, but its always interesting.

Sophistry, irony and (when all else fails) pathos.



eta: oops... the poll wasn't there when I replied... soz.

spot;770199 wrote: Sophistry, irony and (when all else fails) pathos.


Yes, yes most amusing. Now lets get some answers about hardware. :wah:

My device is getting old and slow. My beloved has one that runs on a rechargeable battery, so I sometimes borrow hers. She seems to use it alot nowadays, though.



Mine's a Compaq Presario. I forget the speed.

Oh by the way, you can put in multiple choices if you use more than one computer, at home or at work (though you should be working at work, not gardening!).

Accountable;770201 wrote: My device is getting old and slow. My beloved has one that runs on a rechargeable battery, so I sometimes borrow hers. She seems to use it alot nowadays, though.



Mine's a Compaq Presario. I forget the speed.


Compacs and HPs are more or less the same machines, but I only have 10 options for questions as you know.

I use my iMac mostly, but I sometimes use the HP Laptop, and at work I have a Dell Desktop.

Mine's a seven year old homebrew Athlon Thunderbird 800MHz, 1GB PC-1600 DDR SDRAM running at the moment off a knoppix live dvd. Classic piece of kit.

I have a Dell desktop that is 5 yrs. old and dying. I plan to buy a Dell laptop and hope I purchase the correct one.

HP Pavillion

I think Ive junked it up with frivolity. (might be my fg postings)

Id like to start fresh.

Can I wipe it clean w/ Window Washer then reinstall everything ?

Or are there operating systems that came with it that I would lose ?

Seeing as Spot gave some system specifics, I will as well as its all interesting I suppose if you are into computers.

Well the iMac I love, its my first Mac, I got it last summer, I don't know what the rating things are on it, but I think its probably a 2 GHz chip with 1 GB of ram, I am using Tiger OS X, which is a brill operating system, the ratings don't mean the same thing on Macs that they do on PCs, its way faster than any PC I use and much more fun to use, but I am biased.

The laptop I have is a HP Pavilion and its fine, its about 2 years old and I think its 1.8 GHz. I installed more RAM to bring it up to 1.25 GBs of RAM with Windows XP, which it needed as it was underpowered for XP, ( I'm not interested in Vista, as that would mean more power, and its more complicated and fiddley), so it works fine and I wouldn't have anything bad to say about it.

The computer at work is a Dell desktop which again works fine, though maybe not the most hi spec machine, but no problems with that one either.

Nomad;770221 wrote: HP Pavillion

I think Ive junked it up with frivolity. (might be my fg postings)

Id like to start fresh.

Can I wipe it clean w/ Window Washer then reinstall everything ?

Or are there operating systems that came with it that I would lose ?


I dunno about Window washer, I mean you can always reinstall windows from the OS disks that came with it, but you would lose the applications that don't come with the original disks, but you might also lose all your saved files, unless you have them on an external hard drive. I have had to reinstall my Pavillion's OS once or twice because of viruses or because I was just messing about with the machine and did something silly.

Galbally;770226 wrote: I dunno about Window washer, I mean you can always reinstall windows from the OS disks that came with it, but you would lose the applications that don't come with the original disks, but you might also lose all your saved files, unless you have them on an external hard drive. I have had to reinstall my Pavillion's OS once or twice because of viruses or because I was just messing about with the machine and did something silly.




Thats what Im interested in, what applications would I lose ?

These are items that cannot be put on a disc for reinstallation ?

Main pc is an AMD Athlon xp 2700 + 2.16 ghz and 1gb of ram...plus have a seagate 320gb external hard drive:sneaky:

Laptop for when im in lapbed (using laptop in bed and watching tv) mode..Its a dell inspiron 1501. AMD® Turionâ„¢ 64 X2 Mobile Technology

Vista Business

2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM

120GB Harddrive and its the bogs dollocks:wah::wah::wah:

Chezzie;770230 wrote: Main pc is an AMD Athlon xp 2700 + 2.16 ghz and 1gb of ram...plus have a seagate 320gb external hard drive:sneaky:



Laptop for when im in lapbed (using laptop in bed and watching tv) mode..Its a dell inspiron 1501. AMD® Turionâ„¢ 64 X2 Mobile Technology

Vista Business

2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM

120GB Harddrive and its the bogs dollocks:wah::wah::wah:




Oh yea ! Well when Im in the bathroom I use my micro alabaster 101-7000G with 10,000 MB of GHZ & 2300 HBPZ of 1900 Giga modulated sunburst gamma ray laser guided by 40,000 quarks of cubed nF=2E polygonated reductio absurdum crystal argon wave set up.

Nomad;770236 wrote: Oh yea ! Well when Im in the bathroom I use my micro alabaster 101-7000G with 10,000 MB of GHZ & 2300 HBPZ of 1900 Giga modulated sunburst gamma ray laser guided by 40,000 quarks of cubed nF=2E polygonated reductio absurdum crystal argon wave set up.


Corrrrrrrrrrrr now yer got me all hot n bothered :D:D

Come and show me yer power tool babey:D:-4

Chezzie;770238 wrote: Corrrrrrrrrrrr now yer got me all hot n bothered :D:D



Come and show me yer power tool babey:D:-4


I knew that would get ya revved up.

I've got an HP Pavilion, so far haven't screwed it up to bad. But they don't like you deleting the "sample" Microsoft works programs, totally screws with your dll files.

Nomad;770242 wrote: I knew that would get ya revved up.


God your good...Can some of U and ship it over :-4:D

DELL at home, at work, and at play.. Oh forgot on the road as well.

DELL has been the most durable PC on the market in my opinion for a long time. They seem to with stand the users desire to totally destory them without any effort in the work place. I have tried HP, COMPAC, and other generic brands and they just fall apart faster under to pressure of constant everyday use and abuse by staff that are for the most part idiots when it comes to PC use and care.

I have an ACER laptop.

I am hopefully getting an older Dell laptop from work

littlemissgiggle;770284 wrote: I have an ACER laptop.



I am hopefully getting an older Dell laptop from work




Thats not the only kind of device you use now is it ? :sneaky:

Nomad;770285 wrote: Thats not the only kind of device you use now is it ? :sneaky:
All those giggles gotta come from sumthin'. :sneaky:

giggle needs a generator for her gigglemachine:sneaky:

I put something different, since I use different computers. Gateway laptop is miy personal one, Dell laptop the school one.

Dell Laptop, wireless:)

HP Desktop for me

minks;770321 wrote: HP Desktop for me




Not the Booster Rocket from Spicy Gear ?

Nomad;770326 wrote: Not the Booster Rocket from Spicy Gear ?


yeah my jessica rabbit spicy gear

I wish I hadn't used the word "device" in the title. :wah:

Galbally;770368 wrote: I wish I hadn't used the word "device" in the title. :wah:


Oh its a fun word Galbally!!:wah:

I didn't realize I could put more than 1 choice in the poll, so you might have to disqualify me for not following the rules

1. I have a HP desktop Pavilion -home

2. I have a Dell laptop - home

3. I have NO clue what the work computer is, I think they made it...

Indeed.

Yes, I need to make it plain, that you can put in multiple choices!

I've got a Compac Presario and a Medion at home. At work I use a variety, depending on which class is suffering me............

A home-brew tower based around an AMD 64-3800+ with 2GB ram and running Ubuntu 7.10.

fuzzy butt;770478 wrote: I looked up the definition and got this .....I feel I was slapped down undeservedly when I posted as I did (before the poll was declared), taking as justification the OED entry on "device". Thomas Wilson in his "The art of rhetoric" of 1553 describes just such rhetorical devices as I laid claim to, as "witty devices in behove of the public weal" [spelling paraphrased]. "We are not ignorant of his devices" as St Paul declared in 2 Corinthians, or (in Shakespeare's words), "I smell a device!".

Though... on account of me being (I rarely mention this but bear with me) a moderator with all the powers and appurtenances, might I not therefore qualify as (pauses for anticipatory groans) a banner with a strange device?

Excelsior!

spot;770497 wrote: I feel I was slapped down undeservedly when I posted as I did (before the poll was declared), taking as justification the OED entry on "device". Thomas Wilson in his "The art of rhetoric" of 1553 describes just such rhetorical devices as I laid claim to, as "witty devices in behove of the public weal" [spelling paraphrased]. "We are not ignorant of his devices" as St Paul declared in 2 Corinthians, or (in Shakespeare's words), "I smell a device!".

Though... on account of me being (I rarely mention this but bear with me) a moderator with all the powers and appurtenances, might I not therefore qualify as (pauses for anticipatory groans) a banner with a strange device?

Excelsior!


No, I believe you were slapped down in a completely deserved manner in accordance with all custom and precendent. :wah:

Oh! well - if you're going to pull custom and precedent on me I can scarcely win, can I.

spot;770647 wrote: Oh! well - if you're going to pull custom and precedent on me I can scarcely win, can I.


Damn straight.

HP desktop