Jeff Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 double post lol New toy: Lenovo IdeaPad Y510. My father works for IBM so I got a nice deal on it. Pretty good specs too, better than my desktop at least. Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 1.83GHz 2 GB RAM nVidia GeForce 8600M GT Came with Vista Home Premium installed. I haven't used Vista before extensively so hopefully it will work out with everything I want it to do. I don't think the IdeaPad is known very well the way the ThinkPad is but it seems like a good machine so far and most reviews I read were very good.
Astrotoy7 Posted July 10, 2008 Author Posted July 10, 2008 New toy: Lenovo IdeaPad Y510. My father works for IBM so I got it for free... fixed. As for me, my tax return just got in, and I got crazy paid....mmm what to get! Likely candidates: *UMPC or Tablet PC *PDA Phone: Either a HTC Diamond, Samsung i900 Omnia, or maybe a touch dual *New GPU, a 4870 or 4870X2 if it fits in my case *Another Lawrence Alma Tadema reproduction(points at avvie) mtfbwya
El Sitherino Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 I suggest this highly to everyone. I had to good fortune of getting to see it last week and it was amazing.
Jeff Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 I watched it the other night and it was pretty sweet, a couple of the shorts weren't as good as the others and some of the costumes weren't as good but I enjoyed it. Makes me even more pumped for The Dark Knight. Astro stfu no one likes you.
El Sitherino Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 What are those ideapad's like? I know they're the same as the thinkpad series, but damnit these are new and I wanna know if they're just as pretty on the inside as usual.
Jeff Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 I haven't gotten to test it out with any games yet (installing WoW as I type) but it seems built well. I know the ThinkPad keyboards are supposed to be famed and my dad says that mine seems just as good as his ThinkPad. It also has very cool features like a touchpad for media stuff like watching movies above the keyboard and a built in dolby sound system. Another thing that I thought I wouldn't like at first but turns out is pretty nice is the glossy screen. The screen is also "frameless" so thats pretty cool.
Negative Sun Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Saw this in a museum gift shop actually , had to get it since I am a huge fan of the TotJ series and it was all in one book. If you are a fan of Star Wars comics, I highly recommend you read these. IMO, they are the BEST Star Wars comics out there. Got this a while back, most awesome collection indeed! Still need to get Volume 2 though... HTC Diamond I wanna get this at some point, so I suggest you be my Guinae Pig and test it out for me to find out all it's quirks n stuff
Astrotoy7 Posted July 11, 2008 Author Posted July 11, 2008 Astro stfu no one likes you. awww...cannot get your ship out. wanker. @sithy. Ideapads have many of the engineering pluses of the thinkpads. Theyre not exactly sleek and stylish like many modern lappies, but theyre built solid I know several field engineers who swear by em, and their panasonic toughbooks of course @negsun....re- the diamond....there was meant to be a lag type issue on the diamond, which is apparently fixed....but the thing that is making me balk is its size... I'm over big brick phones in my pocket. I like the size and shape of original HTC touch(like we gots!), but would prefer 3G, thus the touch dual being a consideration. ...plenty of vids reviews of YT for you to peruse to check out the diamond mtfbwya
El Sitherino Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 I waited in line for 7 hours, but I gotta tell you I feel sexy looking at my reflection in this thing.
JCarter426 Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Got this a while back, most awesome collection indeed! Still need to get Volume 2 though... Yeah, same here. Damn, I'd forgotten about that. I should go get it...now.
Davinq Posted July 12, 2008 Posted July 12, 2008 Went on a bit of a poster shopping spree to decorate my new and improved bedroom (yes, 4 items is the equivalent of a shopping spree) And my favourite: <3
Samuel Dravis Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 T-shirts, how I love thee: And my absolute favorite! <3 George is so freakin' awesome. Words cannot describe.
Rogue Nine Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 Should tide me over until FFIV comes out in a matter of weeks. Oh and Penelo is <3 <3 <3
Astrotoy7 Posted July 13, 2008 Author Posted July 13, 2008 @sithy> you waited in line.....wow didnt know you were that much of an Apple-phile I have to admit Ive waited that long for anything....Irs not that Im inpatient, I just hate being idle ! @Niner> thank you for reminder.... *pulls out flashpass* *** Some breakthroughs and decisions made on my front: *Mrs Astro has *finally* allowed me to convert our front room into a full time dedicated home theater projection room. I need to now: > build a new htpc(shuttle barebone based of course) >fit some speakers into the ceiling >ceiling mount the projector >put component and vga input wallplates. and feed to ceiling mounted projector. Vga will be used for the htpc, component for the ps3(when I get one) >get some home theatre recliner chairs, with cup holders n stuff I recently came across the oldie but a goodie... HP TC1000. A notebook, a tablet and a ''umpc'' all in one. The keyboard totally detaches, and you have a slate pc. Funny thing is these were made when umpcs didnt even exist(as they do know) better yet, theyre about $300-500 on ebay. I'll be running a pared(via v-lite) down version of vista. GPU is a mere Intel 915, but is only going to be used for work/browsing/reading. I'll need the spare cash for the above project... better get started.... mtfbwya
jawathehutt Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 http://us.kensington.com/html/11186.html I just got that mouse to replace my old 8 year old now broken basic microsoft mouse, I love having more than just 2 buttons and the wheel. I also got a gig of ram to replace my 512, and now Im finally playing half life 2 for the first time in my life, and I love it.
Ctrl Alt Del Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 Should tide me over until FFIV comes out in a matter of weeks. Oh and Penelo is <3 <3 <3 What's this? Another Tactics re-release? Oh well, at least you don't count with cel-shaded CG cutscenes. (I hope)
Rogue Nine Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 Uh, no? It's a completely new Tactics game, a sequel to FFTA. No re-release here.
Astrotoy7 Posted July 14, 2008 Author Posted July 14, 2008 lolz.... jmac, nice to see your moms again......say hello from me * * * OT: I wish I could rip the GPS out of my prius and put this in The Knight Rider GPS! uses the voice of the actor who did KITTs voice(William Daniels), and has a selection of 250+ more names it calls you, not just "Michael" click HERE for vid.. mtfbwya
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 lolz.... jmac, nice to see your moms again......say hello from me DAD?!
Astrotoy7 Posted July 14, 2008 Author Posted July 14, 2008 DAD?! Im sorry to break it to you here and now jmac, but knowledge is power I guess.... "you're father wanted to have know this when you were old enough, but your uncle mother wouldnt allow it...." but lets start to veer back on topic eh * * * I think Im starting to want one of these AMD Radeon 4870X2... can be used as a tennis racquet when not in pc for those interested, head to the tech forum for full details about this monster of a card mtfbwya
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