[click image]Because I've been bragging on my hotrod Mac, and hero worshiping Steve Jobs, and using the tubes to avoid my life, my computer died this morning. Pft.
No kidding about that wealthy socialist gentleman!
Not sure how long I will be gone, but can't drive to town to butt my friend off his office computer every time I want to come here and tell you something. So. I hope it will only be a few days, but it could be a week, maybe even longer....
If you urgently need to get me, click the image and comment or something on Old Uncle Dave's blog and maybe he can let me know.
I love you, and I'll be back as soon as I can.
That's why you need THREE computers...like I have!
ReplyDeleteI got 4!
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ReplyDeleteI hope it's just a power supply, no idea what that consists of in a Mac, or if it is even a separate part, but it's $40 for a PC.
I picked up a used Compaq Presario laptop for $50. I thought I could upgrade it to XP and give it to my daughter for college until we can get a new one.
ReplyDeleteThe more I read the more I realized it isn't that easy to upgrade the O.S. on a laptop and Compaq (HP) are the worst.
So I gave up on it for her, figuring I could use it for my music recording setup and get rid of the 17" CRT monitor and big tower that are on my cart now. I have a small, mobile, computer desk with the computer and monitor, a pre-amp computer interface and my Fender 8" amp mounted and wired on it. I just roll it out of the corner, plug in the power cord and guitar or mic.
It turns out it is running win98 - the original edition. It has no network card and the USB doesn't support my flash drive, so if I record something on it I have no way to get it off. It has a DVD player, but not a burner. I found a network card for $15 but it requires win98se.
So until I figure out how to install win98se without losing all of the HP utilities which make the thing work, it is just a really nice big portable DVD player!.
I have a full version of 98se, but not an upgrade version - I need the upgrade version to install over win98. I'm going to the swap meet Sunday to see if someone has the upgrade.
I had to replace the power supply on an old computer of mine a few years ago, and it didn't fit right, and I had to drill and cut some things, then I got it working.
ReplyDeleteIs that a picture of you as a little girl?
ReplyDelete99, no fun. No fun at all.
ReplyDeleteOn July 4th 2009, I was the owner of a completely infected box. Thousands of virus's for real, maliciously exploiting and destroying my precious data. The balance between trying to recover anything of value safely and in an isolated manner, and starting from scratch with a new system is a razor which cuts deeply into your sleep and physical health at such times.
Try instead to focus on the upside..That is..
If you have to Scream and get drunk, keep in mind when your finished you will ultimately end up with some type of a better box than before with more capability than before.
Find the killer deal to put you back in business. Be relentless, it's your money.
This is also an opertunity to clean out dust, and plan security strategies. Maybe you should buy two cheaper workstations as opposed to one giant box.
MY current stategy is
IPCop Firewall v1.4.21 (Red Green Orange)
Kee-Pass (For all Cross Platform Password Management)
100 Cloning of OS/Program Drive
Kaspersky on Win workstations
Iptables on Linux workstations
Three Hypervisor/VM guests for each box which do online banking, online shopping, and a snapshot VM for blogging and rolling the dice.
While such a system is still vulnerable to exploits, it's all I can afford.
The latest workstation I built was a Q6600 which runs the formentioned VM/Hypervisors just fine on this.
-=[Phil]=-
^ ^ ^
ReplyDelete100 PERCENT CLONING (I put the disk on the shielf afterwards.)
And
Kee-Pass
http://sourceforge.net/projects/keepassx/files/
WoW (Look at them. Windows, Linux, MAC) the best password manager on earth. Do your part for security, use one.
On ebay I see this:
Apple MacBook Pro 2.4Ghz, 250GB, 3 Yr AppleCare + More
Snow Leopard, Office 2008, iLife '09, Bing.com CashBack
Item condition: --
Time left: 2m 23s (Sep 17, 200902:08:15 PDT)
Price: US $1,549.00
Apple Macbook Pro 13.3" 2.26GHz 160GB HD, 2 GB Ram
Item condition: Used
Time left: 35m 6s (Sep 17, 200902:40:25 PDT)
Bid history: 8 bids
Current bid: US $980.00
85W Power Cord Charger APPLE MacBook Pro MagSafe A1172
Item condition: New
Quantity: More than 10 available
Price: US $25.30
85W Power Adapter For APPLE MacBook Pro MagSafe A1172
Item condition: New
Quantity: More than 10 available
Price: US $32.79
4GB Kit Memory Apple iMac Macbook Pro Laptop DDR2 RAM
Item condition: New
Time left: 1h 29m 16s (Sep 17, 200903:38:05 PDT)
Bid history: 0 bids
Starting bid: US $66.93
NEW For Apple 17 inch MacBook Pro Battery A1189 MA897 US $73.99
MacBook Pro 17" 2.6 GHz -NEW IN BOX 15 Bids $1,725.00
External Battery Charger For Apple MacBook Pro 17 A1189 $49.95
Original A1175 battery Apple MacBook pro 15 5500mah NEW $66.83
GENUINE APPLE 15-inch MacBook Pro BATTERY A1175 NEW $63.83
Did you say MAC?
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No I said LOU.
Craigslist San Francisco?
ReplyDeleteMissing you....
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wtf????????????????????????
ReplyDeletewhere are you?????????????????????????????
Maybe your wealthy socialist gentleman can get you a new laptop!
ReplyDeleteLOL!
Don't worry Big Dan, I talked to her yesterday and she has ordered a new IMAC. She should be back blogging next week!
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