[QUOTE=wingless;36404273]Holy shit guys, Linode has a sale on right now.
If you get the low end $20/month VPS you'll get $100 credit, which will get you 5 extra months.
Only for today.
[url]http://www.linode.com/[/url][/QUOTE]
So I make an account 12:01 tomorrow and I have a chance to win $100 in credit? Sweet
Too bad their boxes don't have shit on my 19$ kimsufi vps; well in space and data usage which is all I need.
[QUOTE=DustySheep;36406143]Those phones look fairly odd to me[/QUOTE]
2008ish, not too old. I hate to replace my E71.
[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;36406170]Probably one thing I can justify my dislike is the VGA recording on my E63 and no front facing camera(even though yes it can do a video call which makes it silly) apart from that the E63 is pretty solid. I'm crushing it now and it feels so damn solid (yes I've dropped it once on concrete floor, not one scratch was done to it just a very small minor dent.[/QUOTE]
I don't mean to say that it's not strong, but it feels so weak. I couldn't stand using it, I'd be worried about breaking it too much.
I cannot find any visible plastic on my phone.
Is this good?
[QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;36405848']This is what happened while i was banned
[t]http://niggaupload.com/images/60sDw.png[/t][/QUOTE]
ban for leaking rc content
I smell a rematch
so one of my friends gave me a mac pro because he doesn't have a power cable or a DVI connector for it. turns out i don't have it either. does anyone know where to get one?
[QUOTE=wlzshroom;36406611]so one of my friends gave me a mac pro because he doesn't have a power cable or a DVI connector for it. turns out i don't have it either. does anyone know where to get one?[/QUOTE][url]http://www.dvwarehouse.com/Replacement-Power-Cord-Heavy-Duty-for-Power-Mac-G5-&-Mac-Pro-922-5950---NEW-p-31394.html[/url]
Also I am quite sure you can use a normal DVI->VGA converter with the Mac Pros
[QUOTE=wlzshroom;36406611]so one of my friends gave me a mac pro because he doesn't have a power cable or a DVI connector for it. turns out i don't have it either. does anyone know where to get one?[/QUOTE]
specs of the mac pro
[QUOTE=Makol;36406684]specs of the mac pro[/QUOTE]
i dont know yet
crack it open then!
[QUOTE=wlzshroom;36406883]i dont know yet[/QUOTE]
Which gen, at least?
[editline]19th June 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Makol;36406914]crack it open then![/QUOTE]
Bad way to do it - Apple has all KINDS of plastic crap covering anything important. Most you'll get from that is video card + hard drive(s). The RAM is unlabelled and under massive heat sinks, the CPUs are nigh impossible to get to.
Edit:
My suggestion: as soon as you get it to boot (the stuff you said can be replaced with standard parts, no Apple proprietary crap needed), just go to "About My Mac" under the Apple menu. That will give you a model number (eg. "Mac Pro 1,1"), a CPU spec (number, cores and clock) and RAM.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;36406920]
Bad way to do it - Apple has all KINDS of plastic crap covering anything important. Most you'll get from that is video card + hard drive(s). The RAM is unlabelled and under massive heat sinks, the CPUs are nigh impossible to get to.[/QUOTE]
uh, what I meant was just open the case
it would be easy the see what gen it is by the video card since Apple had tight control over that stuff
True - they've only ever come stock with ten different cards, should be simple enough to at least guess at the rest from there.
[QUOTE=Political Gamer;36406674][url]http://www.dvwarehouse.com/Replacement-Power-Cord-Heavy-Duty-for-Power-Mac-G5-&-Mac-Pro-922-5950---NEW-p-31394.html[/url]
Also I am quite sure you can use a normal DVI->VGA converter with the Mac Pros[/QUOTE]
Looks like a standard power cable.
[QUOTE=benjgvps;36407002]Looks like a standard power cable.[/QUOTE]
It is. Unless Apple changed it after the first few iterations (my first-gen Pro uses a perfectly standard one).
[QUOTE=gman003-main;36407034]It is. Unless Apple changed it after the first few iterations (my first-gen Pro uses a perfectly standard one).[/QUOTE]
Aye, our newest one is about 3 gens old, still takes standard power cables. Same with the DVI cable, dunno what the problem would be using a normal DVI-I cable unless he (somehow) has one of those ATI cards with the weird dual-dvi in one connector thing that needs an adapter.
[QUOTE=Trekintosh;36407101]Aye, our newest one is about 3 gens old, still takes standard power cables. Same with the DVI cable, dunno what the problem would be using a normal DVI-I cable unless he (somehow) has one of those ATI cards with the weird dual-dvi in one connector thing that needs an adapter.[/QUOTE]
Dual DVI in one? Do you mean those cards with the original crossfire? Because if so that's optional.
[img]http://www.bjorn3d.com/Material/revimages/motherboards/MultiGPU/ati_crossfire.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=wingless;36407155]Dual DVI in one? Do you mean those cards with the original crossfire? Because if so that's optional.
[img]http://www.bjorn3d.com/Material/revimages/motherboards/MultiGPU/ati_crossfire.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
No, let me get a picture
[QUOTE=gman003-main;36406920]
Bad way to do it - Apple has all KINDS of plastic crap covering anything important. Most you'll get from that is video card + hard drive(s). The RAM is unlabelled and under massive heat sinks, the CPUs are nigh impossible to get to.
[/QUOTE]
Doesn't the plastic just come right off? Pretty sure it does...
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMS-59[/url]
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/DMS-59.jpg[/img]
This motherfucker. I had 5 cards using this damn thing and I couldn't figure it out until weeks later I was browsing low end workstation cards on Newegg and lo and behold, ATI uses them. They're basically 2 dual-link DVI connectors in one, uses a special adapter to split them up. It allows them to have dual-dual-link in a low-profile single slot card.
[QUOTE=Trekintosh;36407241][url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMS-59[/url]
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/DMS-59.jpg[/img]
This motherfucker. I had 5 cards using this damn thing and I couldn't figure it out until weeks later I was browsing low end workstation cards on Newegg and lo and behold, ATI uses them. They're basically 2 dual-link DVI connectors in one, uses a special adapter to split them up. It allows them to have dual-dual-link in a low-profile single slot card.[/QUOTE]
Oh, ADC. I remember the old cinema displays used those. As far as I'm aware, no generation of Mac Pro had a GPU with them.
[QUOTE=TonyTheBean;36407214]Doesn't the plastic just come right off? Pretty sure it does...[/QUOTE]
Not when I tried. Even after an hour, couldn't find a way to get the CPU covers off without feeling like something was going to break.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;36407271]Not when I tried. Even after an hour, couldn't find a way to get the CPU covers off without feeling like something was going to break.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, they're like that. They just pull off, though.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;36407034]It is. Unless Apple changed it after the first few iterations (my first-gen Pro uses a perfectly standard one).[/QUOTE]
The iMacs also use a standard power cable, it just has a little disk that sits flush with the casing.
In other news, my dad is getting an upgrade for his work phone, which is currently a BlackBerry Torch with a broken speaker and he's asking me for suggestions. He can get another BlackBerry or he can get something else. He asked for my opinion on the Galaxy S3 and the iPhone, to which I replied saying both will be more powerful than a new BlackBerry with higher-quality apps and better-designed interfaces... Though I'm not sure which one would be better for him.
On one hand, the larger screen on the S3 might be more helpful for him getting used to an on-screen keyboard, the water-resistance is very interesting (I saw a video recorded on the S3 of some guy dunking it in a sink), the screen is nice and the specs are great. On the other hand, the iPhone is simpler, the app store experience would tend to be better and software updates aren't a pain in the ass.
Then, on the ugly, mutant third hand... We have a new BlackBerry. He currently does a lot of emailing and stuff that a BlackBerry does mostly well, though being stuck with a RIM device in this day and age seems like a bad idea considering the alternatives. I'm not sure how he's going to react to a software keyboard, so I'm not completely throwing the option out the window.
[QUOTE=wingless;36407266]Oh, ADC. I remember the old cinema displays used those. As far as I'm aware, no generation of Mac Pro had a GPU with them.[/QUOTE]
No, ADC is something different. It's single DVI plus power plus USB, and maybe plus Firewire too.
ADC still has that little DVI plus-shaped bit in it.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;36407320]No, ADC is something different. It's single DVI plus power plus USB, and maybe plus Firewire too.
ADC still has that little DVI plus-shaped bit in it.[/QUOTE]
Oh, nevermind then.
[editline]20th June 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=benjgvps;36407309]The iMacs also use a standard power cable, it just has a little disk that sits flush with the casing.
In other news, my dad is getting an upgrade for his work phone, which is currently a BlackBerry Torch with a broken speaker and he's asking me for suggestions. He can get another BlackBerry or he can get something else. He asked for my opinion on the Galaxy S3 and the iPhone, to which I replied saying both will be more powerful than a new BlackBerry with higher-quality apps and better-designed interfaces... Though I'm not sure which one would be better for him.
On one hand, the larger screen on the S3 might be more helpful for him getting used to an on-screen keyboard, the water-resistance is very interesting (I saw a video recorded on the S3 of some guy dunking it in a sink), the screen is nice and the specs are great. On the other hand, the iPhone is simpler, the app store experience would tend to be better and software updates aren't a pain in the ass.
Then, on the ugly, mutant third hand... We have a new BlackBerry. He currently does a lot of emailing and stuff that a BlackBerry does mostly well, though being stuck with a RIM device in this day and age seems like a bad idea considering the alternatives. I'm not sure how he's going to react to a software keyboard, so I'm not completely throwing the option out the window.[/QUOTE]
If it's for work, I'd go with the blackberry, due to the physical keyboard. The S3 and iPhone are both good but if this is for work you don't want to compromise something like that. I mean, you're not going to be needing most of the apps and shit on the S3 and iPhone, you shouldn't be using a work phone for games. I mean, better specs don't always make it the best phone, in this case.
I'd quiz him on a few things, like what he thinks of soft keyboards, what he already uses the phone for, and what he would like to see in the next phone.
What's the best cheap (<70$) router? (If that exists)
[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;36408505]Just don't buy a Thomson in any case :v:[/QUOTE]
I've got an SMC8014WN from my provider (Shaw) and it's horrible
The wireless radius is tiny, the PC from the other room (which is just behind a thin wall from the router) can barely get any signal and it completely kills my upload speed for some reason
I just want to change that pile of garbage for something even semi-working