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AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Windsor 2.0GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADO3800IAA5CZ - OEM GIGABYTE GA-MA74GM-S2 AM2+/AM2 AMD 740G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail HITACHI Deskstar 7K160 HDS721616PLA380 (0Y30006) 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM 2x Kingston 2GB 240-Pin...

Five servers with almost no load, you don't need VT.

Here is the low-end three-core Phenom.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor 4x Kingston 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory BOXDG35EC Micro ATX Intel Motherboard Western Digital VelociRaptor 150GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (bare drive) Antec NSK4480B Black Computer Case For <$700, that...

I'm actually spec'ing a new VM server right now ;) I assume that you will be testing multiple VMs on the same physical machine? In my experience, you run out of RAM way before anything else. A basic system with a Q6600 and 8-16GB of RAM should be able to manage a mess of machines. If there is...

When I plug my Razer Copperhead mouse into my Belkin 4-port USB KVM, it inverts the vertical. This didn't happen to a bunch of other mice, just this one. Very random.

What do you mean banding? Is this like the rainbows in 1x DLP projectors? 'cause I never saw that, either.

I'm still running a Q6600 at home @3Ghz and it is a great chip. Though the Q9550 @ 3.6Ghz at the office is appreciably better in CS4, XviD encoding, and games.

Nice restaurants have nice bathrooms. The frozen food stuff is for the office, and I have a freezer and a microwave at the office. The vending machine is capable of taking just about anything, but single serving is still a goal.

I have control over what goes in the vending machine, and I have a freezer. I only have a microwave, so oven stuff is out. And why go to the car when the restaurant has a ladies room ;)

Oh, googled it. Heh.

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If it's expensive enough, it moves from "junk" to "equipment". I have lots of that ;)

I just took it to work (also XP-64) and it installed without any issues. I'll try compatibility mode when I get home, thanks for the tip.

If they let you strip out all the crap, I wouldn't be complaining. Even if it was all there by default (to be user-friendly), the option to remove it all would be awesome.

I'm still recommending Dell Latitudes, and I got to play with a precision workstation...very sweet. They may not be the best, but they aren't bad, and everyone knows Dell. I'm happy with my ASUS, but that is a tougher sell.

I'll be moving in the next week or so, and I am very glad I haven't been accumulating crap.

Xeon 1Ghz 2 GB RAM (8x256MB) 5x 18.2GB SCSI HDD (12 hot-swap bays) Redundant power supply Big-ass SCSI card Tape Drive All in a 7-U chassis that weighs 62kg (137lbs).

Storms don't really happen here. We are a client of this company at other locations, and have had a fairly good experience. The thought is that if this is their backbone, they will have better reliability.

It is the first. How much are we going to charge them for installing a tower at one of our facilities. Part of the payment they are offering is an internet connection.

+1 to JTR, Tannin, and LiamC's sig...

Lately I've been doing frozen stuff from the vending machine. Yesterday was an 18-hour day, and today has been 13 so far, with only 5 hours in between (most of it sleep). Does anyone have any frozen favorites?

Absolutely. My Sharp Aquos is nearly as good as my Viewsonic VP2130b in terms of general usability, though the color rendition leaves something to be desired; same issues as other LCDs, but worse. The bigger it is, the more uneven the backlighting, and the greater the viewing angle difference...

There are many assumption here that are wrong. 1. I hadn't spoken to anyone before posting here. 2. I'm currently paying for a T-1 (1.5/1.5), so a 2/2 would be comparable 3. What is a MW? Microwave? This is 5.6Ghz stuff. 4. We aren't doing it for the internet connection, the question was about...

Sorry, I've been talking about houses too much. Disregard the "k".

I did some research, and talked to the installer. It looks like $250k/mo, plus electricity usage, 2mb/s symmetrical internet, and removal of the equipment is what I'll be able to get. Considering I'm currently running a T-1 out there, it should save another $500/mo.

Yup. I'm not looking forward to 7, I just know that support for XP will go away eventually (drivers, apps, etc). When it does, I would love to be OS independent. Web apps, VMs, even terminal servers are all preferable to being pinned down.

I'm investigating what I should charge for someone to install a broadcast tower at one of our sites. Does anyone here have knowledge on this?

I've already told these guys that Vista won't be happening ever, and that I'm going to try and go linux before we are forced to Windows 7.

It is neat; the web UI is cool, and it seems to play nicer with the hosts resources. But it isn't nearly as fast or slim as ESXi. That is just awesome.

I bought Sins of a Solar Empire yesterday, and it won't even install on my PC. Comes up with some error about being out of memory (unlikely with 8GB in the system). Somewhere on a forum I read that this can be fixed by installing the Demo first, then uninstalling it, then installing the game...

Yup, it behaves a lot like ESXi, but it isn't. And isn't compatible with Virtual Center, which is awesome. Looks like I'll be spending some money with them soon; their policy of giving away the low-end stuff is paying off.

We could have just started there, but I thought it would have been mean.

My 42" is a Sharp Aquos, and I love it, but they are not the cheapest. I wouldn't go for anything less than a 1080P screen, there is just no point in locking yourself out of better quality. Westinghouse makes a nice 1080P 37" for $700.

Perhaps not ill-conceived, but targeted at a niche market. Many things targeted at a niche end up being wanted by everyone. Trucks and SUVs come to mind; a few need them, most want them.

This was a really neat place. The Panoche Inn. Truly middle-of-nowhere, and beautiful because of it.

I can understand that. When I traveled a lot on business (alone in lots of unfamiliar cities), I would look for the nearest Cheesecake Factory. The one in Palo Alto is better than SF, but Denver is excellent.

I know of good steakhouses in most of the cities I go to, there is no reason to use a chain.

Lots of Dells, but none with that bracket, sorry.

Over here, keeping our mouth shut until we have a decent counter-argument. ;)

That's a big ten-four.

Indeed ;)

I have a pair of 3Com Baseline 2948-SFP Plus layer2 switches here, I'll poke at them and post the results.

...unless you have FIOS ;)

To test power supplies or to test the amount of power used?

A stereo for the office. Looking for a 2-speaker system with Amp. No need for multiple audio sources, no size restrictions. Specifically looking for something that doesn't need a subwoofer to fill in the low/mid range and sounds good at very low volume. If nothing will work better than a $400...

I wouldn't know, Gmail all the way! ;) I do archive to mbox, but I just save that off to something.

...unless you are squeezing it into a 1U enclosure. I'm looking at one of these for a smoothwall.

It is an executive position, though the company isn't formal about titles. I report directly to the boss and have my own department. He's never fired anyone without ridiculous cause; drug or alcohol issues aren't even enough (unless you fail the company-sponsored rehab). I've worked with him for...

On a more pleasant note, the custom furniture for my office arrived (finally) today. And it took me 30 minutes to move from my temp cube in accounting, I almost didn't wait for the cleaning guy to finish before I was in. Now that I'm here, the place certainly needs something. I plan to be here...