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Windows 7: The Screensavers
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29 Jan 2010
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Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1 Houston, Texas |
The Screensavers
Did any of you watch "The Screensavers" show on TechTV in the early 2000's? TechTV was bought out about 2005 and that ended the show. I used to come home every night and watch the show. They would have the best PC information anywhere. I was just curious how many of you watched it.
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1
CPU Intel Core i3-2120 3.30Ghz
Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 Socket H2 ATX
Memory Kingston 4 GB DDR3 1333 mhz
Graphics Card Zotac GeForce 9400 GT 512MB
Sound Card Sound Blaster Audigy SE 24-Bit
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Sync Master 940 = 19 inch
Screen Resolution 1440 X 900
Keyboard Microsoft Natural 4000
Mouse Microsoft Custom Optical 3000
PSU 500 watt
Case NZXT Apollo - Silver with Clear Side Panel
Cooling Three 120 mm Fans
Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB Sata 3 SSD ==
Western Digital 160 GB Caviar Blue 7200 RPM ==
Western Digital 500 GB Caviar Green 7200 RPM ==
Internet Speed AT&T Fiber Optic Wireless Network
Other Info 120 mm Blue LED Fan -- Three Blue LED Lazer Light Sticks
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29 Jan 2010
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#2 | |
Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |
Great TV show  I bought all of Leo Laporte's books  | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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30 Jan 2010
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#3 | |
Win 7 Pro x64, VM Win XP, Win7 Pro Sandbox, Kubuntu 11 Fruitland, Idaho |
Was sorry to see it go.  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion a4302f
OS Win 7 Pro x64, VM Win XP, Win7 Pro Sandbox, Kubuntu 11
CPU AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 640 @ 3.0 Gbz
Memory 12GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB, 2x2GB
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4350 HD Graphics/Audio with 512MB
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 1. Dell 23" SP2307, 2. Mitsublishi 40" HDTV, Hannspree 25"
Screen Resolution 1. 2048x1152, 2. 1920-1080, 3. 1920x1200
Keyboard Microsoft Wireless 2000
Mouse Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000
Case Mid Tower
Cooling Standard Fans - 5 fans (very quiet)
Hard Drives Int: 1 120 Gig SSD i
1 - 2.5" 500 USB External HDD
1 -1 Tb USB External HDD
Internet Speed 10 Mbit (realistically 500 Kbit - 1.2 Mbit)
Other Info Speakers - Bose Desktop (Excellent Sound)
1 external CD|DVD\Blue-ray Recorders/Players (Sony)
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30 Jan 2010
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#4 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 32 bit/Windows 8 64bit Pembrokeshire, South Wales, UK |
Obviously an American show as it's not something I remember over here. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Zoostorm Desktop/ Asus K55A Notebook PC
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 32 bit/Windows 8 64bit
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 @ 2400 MHz/Intel B820,1.7GHz
Motherboard Foxconn 45CMX/45GMX/45CMX-K/Asus
Memory 2048 MB (2 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM)/8GB 2 x 4GB DDR3
Graphics Card Intel Corp 82945G Integrated Graphics Controller/Intel
Sound Card Onboard Realtek/Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays Hanns.G HH221 22" inches Widescreen/Asus 15.6
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080/1366 x 768
Keyboard Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 (UK)/Inbuilt
Mouse Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse/Touchpad
Hard Drives ExcelStor (250GB)/Asus
Internet Speed Just under 4MB download it's ADSL.
Antivirus MSE/MSE
Browser IE10/IE10
Other Info Epson Stylus SX415 All-in-one Printer,
Seagate Expansion 500GB External Desktop Drive
USB2 HDD Enclosure
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30 Jan 2010
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium - 32-bit Version Gallman, MS |
Quote: Originally Posted by Joan Archer  Obviously an American show as it's not something I remember over here. If you wish, you can read about it here. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Dimension E521
OS Windows 7 Home Premium - 32-bit Version
CPU AMD Sempron 3400+ running at 1.8GHz
Motherboard Dell Inc 0HK980 A01
Memory 4GB Total Physical DDR2 SDRAM; 3.44GB recognized by Windows
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 6150
Sound Card SigmaTEL
Monitor(s) Displays Dell E176 Flat Panel
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
Keyboard Dell Standard 104-key
Mouse Kingston One-button USB
PSU I don't know...Dell, maybe?
Case MiniTower
Cooling Umm...a fan.
Hard Drives Western Digital 74.5GB (main system drive)
Seagate FreeAgent 1TB USB
Internet Speed 1.5Mbits (maximum)
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30 Jan 2010
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#6 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium - 32-bit Version Gallman, MS |
IMO, it was the best show on TechTV. Honestly, I don't see why Comcast couldn't just create a new channel for G4. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Dimension E521
OS Windows 7 Home Premium - 32-bit Version
CPU AMD Sempron 3400+ running at 1.8GHz
Motherboard Dell Inc 0HK980 A01
Memory 4GB Total Physical DDR2 SDRAM; 3.44GB recognized by Windows
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 6150
Sound Card SigmaTEL
Monitor(s) Displays Dell E176 Flat Panel
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
Keyboard Dell Standard 104-key
Mouse Kingston One-button USB
PSU I don't know...Dell, maybe?
Case MiniTower
Cooling Umm...a fan.
Hard Drives Western Digital 74.5GB (main system drive)
Seagate FreeAgent 1TB USB
Internet Speed 1.5Mbits (maximum)
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30 Jan 2010
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#7 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition FL |
i watched it religiously, i know that attack of the show on G4 is supposed to be the successor of the screensavers i just dont think it's as good. kevin and olivia are great but it's just not the same. and actually i liked it better when morgan webb was on it. but no one tops Leo | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
OS Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition
CPU Intel Core i7 Extreme 3.33GHz
Motherboard EVGA X-58 SLI Classified
Memory 12GB DDR3
Graphics Card 2x EVGA 285 2GB in SLI
Sound Card Creative Labs X-Fi ExtremeGamer
Monitor(s) Displays 30" Viewsonic
PSU Thermaltake 1000w supporting quad SLI
Case Thermaltake Armor Full Tower
Cooling Thermaltake V1 CPU+DIY Liquid cooling
Hard Drives 2x1TB Western Digital 7200RPM in RAID 0/1TB WD My Book External HDD
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01 Feb 2010
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit In a pub somewhere. |
I watched it too, even went to the trouble to find
Cat Schwartz's topless pics. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer M5641
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU Q6600
Motherboard Nvidia MCP73PV
Memory 4GB.
Graphics Card Sapphire Vapor-X 5750
Sound Card XFI Extreem music
Monitor(s) Displays Acer X223W
Screen Resolution 1680x1050
Keyboard Microsoft Digital Media Pro.
Mouse Logitech MX620
PSU stock 450w
Case acer
Cooling stock
Hard Drives WD10 02FAEX
WD64 00AAKS
Internet Speed 48.85Mbs down 2.49Mbs up 18ms ping
Other Info D-Link DIR-655
CiscoWUSB600N
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02 Feb 2010
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#10 | |
windows 7 professional & ultimate 64bit laptops the worst state in america |
Quote: Originally Posted by bigmck Did any of you watch "The Screensavers" show on TechTV in the early 2000's? TechTV was bought out about 2005 and that ended the show. I used to come home every night and watch the show. They would have the best PC information anywhere. I was just curious how many of you watched it.
Quote: Originally Posted by DocBrown Great TV show I bought all of Leo Laporte's books
Quote: Originally Posted by valtonray i watched it religiously, i know that attack of the show on G4 is supposed to be the successor of the screensavers i just dont think it's as good. kevin and olivia are great but it's just not the same. and actually i liked it better when morgan webb was on it. but no one tops Leo I miss the show too.
I would set the recorder and went to work and watched it when I got home http://video.google.com/videosearch?...N&tab=iv&tbo=0#
remember this nut ( real serious here) Chris Pirillo, Founder, Lockergnome, Chris Pirillo, Founder, Lockergnome on community leweb on USTREAM. Conference | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway/NV7923u & NV79C52u Laptops
OS windows 7 professional & ultimate 64bit laptops
CPU 2.27 boost to 2.53 & 2.53 boost to 2.80
Motherboard Mobile Intel® HM55 Express Chipset ???
Memory 4GB
Graphics Card Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator HD
Sound Card realtek High-definition audio support
Monitor(s) Displays 17.3 " HD 1600 x 900
Hard Drives hatachi Travelstar 5400 500GB & west digital 500GB
Internet Speed 35MB fios
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