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[QUOTE=Computermaster;23164096]The biggest bottleneck in nearly any computer is the hard drive.[/QUOTE] What. If the HDD was a bottleneck, then upgrading to a faster GPU wouldn't do anything at all

Slow ass hard drives are the reason we have RAM.

And why SSDs would be fucking awesome if they were affordable.

[QUOTE=Unreliable;23165170]What. If the HDD was a bottleneck, then upgrading to a faster GPU wouldn't do anything at all[/QUOTE] You know that applications are loaded form the HDD to RAM and then executed. Graphics processing is offloaded to the GPU. The HDD influences read/write time and the time applications and the OS take to load.

[QUOTE=Computermaster;23165507]And why SSDs would be fucking awesome if they were affordable.[/QUOTE] agreed EDIT: that windows user experience index thing rates everything on my computer at a 7 or above, except my HD transfer speed which is at 5 :(

[QUOTE=Bomimo;23162478]ilitterate[/QUOTE] :ironicat:

The whole iPhone craze has really shown what you can do to computer illiterate people. I think this video sums it perfectly. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg[/media]

[QUOTE=Mattk50;23166370]agreed EDIT: that windows user experience index thing rates everything on my computer at a 7 or above, except my HD transfer speed which is at 5 :([/QUOTE] WEI doesn't mean shit. It's MS's way of letting computer illiterate people brag about their e-peen.

[QUOTE=FlubberNugget;23163479]One day my friend had bought hl2 and wanted me to check if it would work on his computer and i did, so I went home for a while.About an hour later i walked into his room, And the first thing i saw was a smashed HDD, i asked what happened and he said "It was making my computer slow!". I nearly facepalmed myself downstairs.[/QUOTE] That sounds incredibly fake.

[QUOTE=LinuX;23161110][URL]http://www.pcworld.com/article/200512/10_reasons_why_the_pc_is_here_to_stay.html?tk=nl_dnx_h_crawl[/URL] RAGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE[/QUOTE] Actually, that article is right in my opinion, at least in some ways. Jobs is an idiot to think his ipad will be the future. The reason the pc is still popular over cellphones today is becuase we like computing power more than portability for the most part. When i can fit my desktop in an ipad form factor, guess which one i'll take though? The only reasons we're still tired to desks and laptops are because nobody has made something everyone wants. Apple came close, but aside from the specs being a blowout, a high price, and it not running a full OS, it's almost there. Through a real computer components, a low price, and a nice design ([I]fucking required btw[/I]), and you'll have the next fad. Everyone remember the hype before the joojoo and ipad had their specs released? People were acting like they saw jesus walking on water. Once computer companies realize (and can do) that we don't want watered down devices, maybe we'll have a real tablet computer :\.

today's xkcd comic relates to the thread [IMG]http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/workaround.png[/IMG] "I once worked on a friend's dad's computer. He had the hard drive divided into eight partitions, C: through H:, with a 'Documents' directory tree on each one. Each new file appeared to be saved to a partition at random. I knew enough not to ask."

I'm in France right now (Auray, google it) surviving off free McDonalds wifi (which uploads faster than my home connection, FML). As a result, there's about 5 people in here with laptops running Windows XP, and all of them had so many popups / nagware / other adware installed that if I had the chance, I would nuke them. Thankfully, my netbook running Ubuntu + Chrome plows onwards beautifully.

[QUOTE=leach139;23174816]I'm in France right now (Auray, google it) surviving off free McDonalds wifi (which uploads faster than my home connection, FML). As a result, there's about 5 people in here with laptops running Windows XP, and all of them had so many popups / nagware / other adware installed that if I had the chance, I would nuke them. Thankfully, my netbook running Ubuntu + Chrome plows onwards beautifully.[/QUOTE] You just know they're looking at your screen thinking "Haha, it's so different and stupid! He must not know ANYTHING about computers!"

[QUOTE=Hostel;23166616]The whole iPhone craze has really shown what you can do to computer illiterate people. I think this video sums it perfectly. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg[/media][/QUOTE] That was some pretty funny stuff, man. Although I'm not big on iPhone/HTC/etc. kind of stuff. Is the HTC really that much superior?

In $/performance I say a clear yes.

[QUOTE=Sumtoxx;23168985] Everyone remember the hype before the joojoo and ipad had their specs released? People were acting like they saw jesus walking on water. Once computer companies realize (and can do) that we don't want watered down devices, maybe we'll have a real tablet computer :\.[/QUOTE] some times, i start to think that Steve Jobs is what Peter Moneyless wants to be. at least most of the userbase have some religious belief that Steve is totally right. [editline]02:04PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Run&Gun12;23175660]That was some pretty funny stuff, man. Although I'm not big on iPhone/HTC/etc. kind of stuff. Is the HTC really that much superior?[/QUOTE] depends on what you use it for. as far as i heard, it's more open that the Iphone... that's all i heard though.

[QUOTE=Zeke129;23175237]You just know they're looking at your screen thinking "Haha, it's so different and stupid! He must not know ANYTHING about computers!"[/QUOTE] If that was the case i'd draw a pistol and blat them in the face and go "Haha, It's so bloody and stupid! He must not know ANYTHING about dodging!"

[QUOTE=Zeke129;23175237]You just know they're looking at your screen thinking "Haha, it's so different and stupid! He must not know ANYTHING about computers!"[/QUOTE] yes, well... the Irony of the moment is so powerful that any attempt at a facedesk would destroy the whole room. At least it's not about what people THINK but what's really happening.

The HTC Evo 4G is amazing even though the 4G part is bullshit.

I love how 1984 all of your schools are. At my school, we have a lan BT tracker for Linux distros and whatever games are being developed atm.

[QUOTE=flyboy95;23177628]I love how 1984 all of your schools are. At my school, we have a lan BT tracker for Linux distros and whatever games are being developed atm.[/QUOTE] my school had a bunch of apple IIs. last I heard they still have them.

My high school library has a 42" plasma TV (probably a nice gov grant to get it since our budget is being cut left and right) that they use it to show Powerpoints about books, that's the only thing they can use it for... :downs: Even better, they recieved about 50 computers from a local business that was replacing them. These computers can probably run TF2 on medium, they're Core 2's running at at least 2.23 Ghz and have Radeon 4xxx series video cards in them (even if they're probably 4550's) and 2 Gigs of ram. And what wonderful task are they putting these well equipped machines to? Using Internet Explorer 6 on our out of date Windows xp pro image to search the library for books...:saddowns:

My school has a bunch of pentium 4 & celeron D computers. They get the job done so no big deal, at least the networking room has dual core & a few quad core pcs.

[url]http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.php?p=23180436&postcount=935[/url] Please tell me people aren't this dumb

[QUOTE=DOG-GY;23180770][URL]http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.php?p=23180436&postcount=935[/URL] Please tell me people aren't this dumb[/QUOTE] It is an unusual way to express it and no one would ever use it. but he's right. it IS 64p On the other side of the coin. all that 720p and 1080p mumbo jumbo is actually what's bullshit. It's 1280x720... 720 doesn't say anything alone...

[QUOTE=DOG-GY;23180770][url]http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.php?p=23180436&postcount=935[/url] Please tell me people aren't this dumb[/QUOTE] That's not really that bad, knowing that isn't definite. just you being an asshole

[QUOTE=Bomimo;23180870]It is an unusual way to express it and no one would ever use it. but he's right. it IS 64p On the other side of the coin. all that 720p and 1080p mumbo jumbo is actually what's bullshit. It's 1280x720... 720 doesn't say anything alone...[/QUOTE] Wasn't involved on that part. The point was that it's an image file and unless you've got a progressive/interlaced png then saying 64p isn't correct because p and i normally refer to what's being drawn onscreen. [QUOTE=Drunken_Chair;23180884]That's not really that bad, knowing that isn't definite. just you being an asshole[/QUOTE] I love you too you're a nice fellow.

One of the computers was stuck booting up, F1 to continue boot or F2 to go to setup utility, so of course I hit F2. Only to find out that our PC's have 256mb of 333Mhz ram and a Pentium 4 at 1.8Ghz. Sexy.

My dad refuses to reformat his 4 year old iMac, the system has never been updated once and is still running on the first installation.

[QUOTE=Fatfatfatty;23186017]My dad refuses to reformat his 4 year old iMac, the system has never been updated once and is still running on the first installation.[/QUOTE] :gonk: