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05-20-2009
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Windows 7 Home Premium x64 7600 [MSDN] |
TIME Magazine - Bill Gates
Putting out a collection of TIME Magazine covers I dug up a while ago. Wow, the memories...
(and in case you're worried that this violates some draconian DMCA rule, just imagine you're looking over a pile of magazines at your dentist's office.)
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OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 7600 [MSDN]
CPU Intel QX9650 Extreme 5.0 GHz
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1x Phillips LightScribe DVD read/write
Internet Speed Fractional T1 - Shared
Other Info OC'd to 5.0GHz @ 50c under full load
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05-20-2009
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That's a bit alarming  - do you have pictures of him on your wall?
Just kidding...
Actually it's smart to save those mags - could be worth a lot in years to come . | | My System Specs | | OS Vista x64 / 7 X64
CPU E8400
Motherboard ASRock 1333 GLAN R2.0
Memory 2x1 gb 800mhz
Graphics Card 9500gt 1gb
Case Coolermaster
Cooling Winpower 500w
Hard Drives Maxtor 160gb-2mb cache
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05-20-2009
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Windows 7 Home Premium x64 7600 [MSDN] |
What's amazing to me is to go back and read some of the predictions and claims that are made. Scientific American is another one like that. Hilarious, really. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build/Mod
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 7600 [MSDN]
CPU Intel QX9650 Extreme 5.0 GHz
Motherboard ASUS Rampage Extreme Rev2
Memory 8GB (4x2) Corsair Dominator DDR3
Graphics Card 2x Sapphire Radeon HD4870X2 (QuadFire)
Sound Card SupremeFX X-Fi
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 2408WFP 24" Panel
Screen Resolution 1920x1200
Keyboard Logitech
Mouse Logitech
PSU Corsair HX1000
Case CoolerMaster - Cosmos S
Cooling Custom Liquid - 320mm rad w/ 3x 80mm fans, CPU/NB/SB Blocks
Hard Drives 4x WD Caviar Black 640GB (2TB+ Total)
MegaRAID SATA 300-8X Controller
2x RiDATA SataII SSD 64GB (Raid10)
1x LG Blu-ray read/write
1x Phillips LightScribe DVD read/write
Internet Speed Fractional T1 - Shared
Other Info OC'd to 5.0GHz @ 50c under full load
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05-21-2009
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Some are cheesy, while others are just awful. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Inspiron 1520 (Laptop)/ Home (Desktop)
OS Windows 7 x64 / Same
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 / Intel Core i7 930
Motherboard Intel 945 / Asus P6X58D-E
Memory 4GB / 6GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS / ASUS 1GB
Sound Card Whatever Dell gave me :-( / Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays 15.4" LCD / Crappy CRT
Mouse Microsoft Presenter (Bluetooth)
PSU N/A / OCZ Fatal1ty 550W Modular
Case N/A / Antec 900
Cooling Air
Hard Drives Seagate 500GB SATA; 7200 RPM / Seagate 1TB SATA; 7200 RPM
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05-21-2009
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W7 X-64 RTM,SUSE 11.1, XP PRO SP3 as a VM, VMware ESXi |
Those certainly will be worth money in the years to come.
I remember the old floppy discs (shown in cover 1) and thought we were in "Storage Heaven" when we could actually get a whole whopping 360 KB on to one of those (yes not a typo 360 KB).
Cheers
jimbo | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built
OS W7 X-64 RTM,SUSE 11.1, XP PRO SP3 as a VM, VMware ESXi
CPU Q9400 QUAD
Motherboard P5QL-CM
Memory 8GB
Graphics Card On Motherborad
Sound Card Realtek HD audio
Monitor(s) Displays Apple Cinema display
Mouse Toshiba wireless laser
Hard Drives 4 X 1TB SATA
Internet Speed > 20MB up
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05-21-2009
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Windows 7 Ult x64(x2), HomePrem x32(x4), Server 08 (+VM), 08 R2 (VM) , SuSe 11.2 (VM), XP 32 (VM) |
Quote: Originally Posted by jimbo45  Those certainly will be worth money in the years to come.
I remember the old floppy discs (shown in cover 1) and thought we were in "Storage Heaven" when we could actually get a whole whopping 360 KB on to one of those (yes not a typo 360 KB).
Cheers
jimbo lol and i know some people that still have those disks... 
and he has a win 95 machine still running... 
even more suprising with a 486 (as i remember it had a turbo button)... 
last time i saw that thing was in 08... 
i believe it took 5-7 minutes just to boot it up to the desktop..
but to give it some slack its one of the only computers that bios has a gui (and you could even use a mouse to click and interact with it (it was a serial mouse)...) | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Tx2500z Tablet Pc/Homemade Server
OS Windows 7 Ult x64(x2), HomePrem x32(x4), Server 08 (+VM), 08 R2 (VM) , SuSe 11.2 (VM), XP 32 (VM)
CPU Turion X2 ultra (oh well came with laptop)/P4 @3.2 (yes P4)
Motherboard IDK HP Motherboard / Intel DG965SS
Memory OCZ Dual Channel 4GB kit/ 1gb Dual Channel
Graphics Card HD 3200 graphics /GMA x3100 (yay for intergrated!!)
Sound Card Realtek HD Audio(mic working, well sort of)/Siig IC-70012
Monitor(s) Displays built-in Hp 12" laptop screen/ Acer 19"
Screen Resolution 1280x800 /1440x900
Mouse Logi MX Rev. /MS Wheel Optical 1.1A /Logitech Optical Mouse
Cooling All Air Cooled
Internet Speed College baby but its still routed through vpn to 1536k...
Other Info love my wacom pen and pressure sensitivity...
wished it worked in 7, SUSE for that matter though
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05-21-2009
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I remember my first machine was a 386sx 33 (yes you read it right, 33MHz) 80MB hard drive & 4MB memory. I remember being so excited when I got Windows 3.11 to replace Windows 3.1 I even overclocked it to 35MHz & WOW did I notice the difference.
Also, when storage went from 5 1/4" 360Kbto 3.5" 1.44MB i couldn't believe how much space there was.
Those were the days  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Compaq Desktop
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU AMD Sempron Dual Core
Memory 3GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Screen Resolution 1024x768
Hard Drives 150GB Sata
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05-21-2009
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XP_Pro, W7_7201, W7RC.vhd, SciLinux5.3, Fedora12, Fedora9_2x, OpenSolaris_09-06 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Orbital Shark Also, when storage went from 5 1/4" 360Kbto 3.5" 1.44MB i couldn't believe how much space there was.
Those were the days Ah, but how many remember the 2" floppy, with 720 KB ???
Lifetime guarantee by Fuji...
Still have a box or two around here somewhere:
Lotus, Wordstar, xmodem,
and some of my stuff for the space shuttle...
Check this out to get a feel for the reality of it all: http://www.videosift.com/video/Pirat...con-Valley1999
Those were indeed the days 
Last edited by chuckr; 05-21-2009 at 06:04 AM..
Reason: Added film link for truthfulness...
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OS XP_Pro, W7_7201, W7RC.vhd, SciLinux5.3, Fedora12, Fedora9_2x, OpenSolaris_09-06
CPU AMD 64x2
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Memory 1 gig
Graphics Card Dunno
Sound Card Realtek something
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 940MW w/TV
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
Hard Drives 250 GB WD, USB Seagate Freedesk 1.5 T
Internet Speed Cable modem
Other Info 1 + 1 = 10b,
7 + 7 = 16o,
a + b = 15h.
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05-21-2009
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I used to use TI-99 in the early 80s and then was one of the first people ever online when AOL was called Q-Link for the C-64 lol. Texas Instruments TI-99/4A - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia CPU = TI TMS9900 @ 3.0 MHz It would load software from standard cassette tapes I tell you! And you'd hear it too, almost like a dial-up modem sound. The first 16 bit pc for home use. http://www.qlinklives.org/
Never had a Windows machine though until Windows 98. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number self built
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Internet Speed 1792/448 kbits/sec
Other Info SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2
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05-21-2009
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I remember having all 22 disks of office 95 now talk about a lifetime install LOL | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Compaq Desktop
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU AMD Sempron Dual Core
Memory 3GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Screen Resolution 1024x768
Hard Drives 150GB Sata
TIME Magazine - Bill Gates problems?
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