SPANKING NEW DEALS! HAPPY NEW YEAR w/ PREMIUM GIVEAWAYS! FREEBIES GALORE by RackNerd.

noob404 · December 2024

@SillyGoose said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

Cece is like, Dad why did you buy such an expensive laptop?

Babe its to gift our beloved xpress.

You get the Nitro, you ain't touching my Strix.

Next year maybe, we will have a Strix in the pool.

If business is good, maybe I'll upgrade and offer up my used one next year in some kinda of raffle. Would be easier to get a used model through customs I imagine!

What if I shipped it all torn apart, and the winner had to assemble it?

Our customs still charge on it may be. They do unexpected things.

Yup, they might even charge it as a new product.

They do?

Have heard of stories of that happening as well. Don't have personal experience of this specific thing though.

I hope we don't have to see anything like that. > @noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@SillyGoose said:

@xpress7 said:

@SillyGoose said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:
TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Let's go go for it don't give up

Anybody who gave up- too soon. Take xpress' example. Learn from him.

He's on the lappy again?

Have one month to catch up..

Indeed, people might not give in.

You'll see more people join after holidays.

Yah, that's what I am hoping for.

More competition .. let them come..

Yup. Let's hope more people will join soon.

I don't want more competition to my lappy

Hahaha, you'll face resistance

Competition is the right term.

noob404 · December 2024

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:
TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Let's go go for it don't give up

Anybody who gave up- too soon. Take xpress' example. Learn from him.

Am i that much behind?

No, pardon me if I gave that impression. I was just talking about your spirit. Nothing can stop you from reaching that laptop, despite your busy schedule.

I was kidding. 🤣🤣

Got plans for the laptop BTW?

Don't have any plans.. will try to be active daily. Need to do lots of coding though. WIll try to manage.

Ok good luck again dude.

Thank you, Send some comments to my acount

LOL! You'd really want me to comment for you, huh?

xpress7 · December 2024

@noob404 said:

Unfortunately though, for you, you will have more competition. Remember, harder the battle, sweeter the victory.

Ha ha true that.

noob404 · December 2024

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@BlazinDimes said:
A computer store near me has this wall of motherboards, so cool.

And just look at all these Linksys WRT series routers!

Probably acquired them when someone ran outta business.

They've been around for a while and love to collect like me, so we get along quite well.

Ahh, are these on sale BTW, the routers, esp?

They're mostly for display in the shop, but maybe if I asked really nice.

Here's my setup for the big RackNerd thread of 2021

Woah, that's impressive, man. That green lit keybaord an HP Pavillion gaming?

Yeah that's my 2019 HP 15Z, Ryzen 5 1050ti. Not a bad little rig for $450!

"Not a bad" is an understatement. That laptop had great thermal management (both hardware and software) for the price it retailed for.

Oddly enough the reviews from Best Buy said the exact opposite, but I snagged it anyway and mine is excellent still to this day. Probably fixed the cooling issue with a BIOS update by the time I purchased it, I guess the fans weren't kicking in when they should have been?

I was able to play Cyberpunk 2077 on it with no problems when it released, when people with much higher end hardware were complaining of constant problems, so I was happy with my choice.

I see, maybe you got one of the very first generations. Pavillion series you own was later famous among gamers for badass thermal management.

My first laptop was compaq. 2GB ram, pentium. 5kg weight.

Whatever happened to Compaq?!

Absorbed by HP.

Yup. That was solid laptop though. Service was also good at that time.

I have an old Compaq sitting in my mom's garage somewhere, probably only a handful of years newer than that IBM Thinkpad. I should go get it and see if she will still boot.

I think it will. Mine still turns on. Screen damaged but can see some gibberish on it.

Still own the old Compaq? Remember how much you got it for?

Not working. Just have it in a box. I think I got it for 32K at that time.

Didn't know laptops were that cheap in those days.

Cheap? Noooo. 30k was big amount at that time. Dont forget the inflation.

Oh yah, completely forgot about that. I was talking about the amount I was quoted for a low end laptop when we got our first desktop PC in 2004. They quotes us 60K for a low end laptop.

xpress7 · December 2024

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:
It's Christmas today, what are your plans!

Nothing special. Got a few friends and neighbours who already sent me cakes. Gonna enjoy them first.

Enjoyy..

Funny thing is I am on a diet right now.

You also dieting? I am doing IF since last 2 months.

Nah, nothing serious. I mean I have removed certain items from my diet completely.

Carbs? but you had cake today.

noob404 · December 2024

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:
TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Let's go go for it don't give up

Anybody who gave up- too soon. Take xpress' example. Learn from him.

Am i that much behind?

No, pardon me if I gave that impression. I was just talking about your spirit. Nothing can stop you from reaching that laptop, despite your busy schedule.

He's a professional at this, so he knows slow and steady wins the race.

I am like retired professional competing with young guys.. 🤣

Retiree making a re-entry. Cue music.

🤣🤣

Feeling like Dhoni?

Definitely not. 🤣

Maybe some CSK music will get you there.

xpress7 · December 2024

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:
TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Let's go go for it don't give up

Anybody who gave up- too soon. Take xpress' example. Learn from him.

Am i that much behind?

No, pardon me if I gave that impression. I was just talking about your spirit. Nothing can stop you from reaching that laptop, despite your busy schedule.

I was kidding. 🤣🤣

Got plans for the laptop BTW?

Don't have any plans.. will try to be active daily. Need to do lots of coding though. WIll try to manage.

Ok good luck again dude.

Thank you, Send some comments to my acount

LOL! You'd really want me to comment for you, huh?

Nope. Just kidding. 🤣🤣

noob404 · December 2024

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:
TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Let's go go for it don't give up

Anybody who gave up- too soon. Take xpress' example. Learn from him.

Am i that much behind?

No, pardon me if I gave that impression. I was just talking about your spirit. Nothing can stop you from reaching that laptop, despite your busy schedule.

I was kidding. 🤣🤣

Got plans for the laptop BTW?

Don't have any plans.. will try to be active daily. Need to do lots of coding though. WIll try to manage.

Within a few days, you will be able to juggle both perfectly.

I know you'll be back.

Will be back, but not like this frequent.

noob404 · December 2024

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@SillyGoose said:
TrK got his sleep? Or going to sleep

He slept?

Most prolly. He is known to be a night owl.

He didn't sleep the entire night.

Yup, pulling an all-nighter is tough. Did that last year.

Not good for health though. Did it couple of days last year on some project. Got sick after few days.

Yah, at times you get so damn used to it, that you become delusional about it being perfectly healthy. Most of the times, it's not.

I slept like 2 hours a day for an entire week.

I have done that during exams.

I think most of us do that before exams. Atleast backbenchers.

Yup, studying at the 11th hour is a special skill we had.

And forget everything before exam, because lack of sleep.

Never faced that. I performed best at the 11th hour.

noob404 · December 2024

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:
TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Let's go go for it don't give up

Anybody who gave up- too soon. Take xpress' example. Learn from him.

Am i that much behind?

No, pardon me if I gave that impression. I was just talking about your spirit. Nothing can stop you from reaching that laptop, despite your busy schedule.

He's a professional at this, so he knows slow and steady wins the race.

Absolutely. Consistency is key if you want the first prize.

Master. 🙇‍♂️

No consistency in real life though.

You'll get there.. we mature and tend to settle as we age.. or just get married.

Not ready to take that magic potion as an experiment yet.

You seeing anybody?

Nah, figuring out life for myself first.

noob404 · December 2024

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:
Anyways, gotta get back to work and also have my breakfast. Will see you guys very soon. Keep it alive.

You also have work today?

Yup, need to finalise my personal project today.

The mystery project?

Yah, should be online for public consumption in the next 2 days, if all goes well.

noob404 · December 2024

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:
You guys are going fast

We are fast.

Let's get this to 200

I am ready as always.

Once the gang enters, we'll be there before we know it.

Hells yeah!

xpress7 · December 2024

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@BlazinDimes said:
A computer store near me has this wall of motherboards, so cool.

And just look at all these Linksys WRT series routers!

Probably acquired them when someone ran outta business.

They've been around for a while and love to collect like me, so we get along quite well.

Ahh, are these on sale BTW, the routers, esp?

They're mostly for display in the shop, but maybe if I asked really nice.

Here's my setup for the big RackNerd thread of 2021

Woah, that's impressive, man. That green lit keybaord an HP Pavillion gaming?

Yeah that's my 2019 HP 15Z, Ryzen 5 1050ti. Not a bad little rig for $450!

"Not a bad" is an understatement. That laptop had great thermal management (both hardware and software) for the price it retailed for.

Oddly enough the reviews from Best Buy said the exact opposite, but I snagged it anyway and mine is excellent still to this day. Probably fixed the cooling issue with a BIOS update by the time I purchased it, I guess the fans weren't kicking in when they should have been?

I was able to play Cyberpunk 2077 on it with no problems when it released, when people with much higher end hardware were complaining of constant problems, so I was happy with my choice.

I see, maybe you got one of the very first generations. Pavillion series you own was later famous among gamers for badass thermal management.

My first laptop was compaq. 2GB ram, pentium. 5kg weight.

Whatever happened to Compaq?!

Absorbed by HP.

Yup. That was solid laptop though. Service was also good at that time.

I have an old Compaq sitting in my mom's garage somewhere, probably only a handful of years newer than that IBM Thinkpad. I should go get it and see if she will still boot.

I think it will. Mine still turns on. Screen damaged but can see some gibberish on it.

Still own the old Compaq? Remember how much you got it for?

Not working. Just have it in a box. I think I got it for 32K at that time.

Didn't know laptops were that cheap in those days.

Cheap? Noooo. 30k was big amount at that time. Dont forget the inflation.

Oh yah, completely forgot about that. I was talking about the amount I was quoted for a low end laptop when we got our first desktop PC in 2004. They quotes us 60K for a low end laptop.

60k at that time is like 3L now may be. I mean the purchasing power.

noob404 · December 2024

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

Cece is like, Dad why did you buy such an expensive laptop?

Babe its to gift our beloved xpress.

You get the Nitro, you ain't touching my Strix.

Next year maybe, we will have a Strix in the pool.

I wish first 5 gifts are laptops with different configs this year.. everybody wins a laptop.

Interesting. That would mean, the configs have to be lowered a bit. But, it'd guarantee more laptop winners.

Exactly.. lower specs..

Maybe Framework laptops?

Means?

Easily customisable laptops - https://frame.work/ Even GPU can be upgraded without soldering.

Oh this. Is it still in making. Seen something like this for mobiles as well few years back.

No no. This has been around for a few years now. They started doing plug and play GPUs only recently I guess.

noob404 · December 2024

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:
TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Already working towards it.. one post at a time..

Keep the pace up though. The beast might wake up anytime

Have to strat work. Trying my best

Good luck !

Thanks dude.. Need to concentrate today.

May your concentration be equally divided between work and the thread

But what about time?

Time as well, equally divided.

That we can't adjust. Only 24 hours a day sadly.

Move planets?

xpress7 · December 2024

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:
TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Let's go go for it don't give up

Anybody who gave up- too soon. Take xpress' example. Learn from him.

Am i that much behind?

No, pardon me if I gave that impression. I was just talking about your spirit. Nothing can stop you from reaching that laptop, despite your busy schedule.

He's a professional at this, so he knows slow and steady wins the race.

I am like retired professional competing with young guys.. 🤣

Retiree making a re-entry. Cue music.

🤣🤣

Feeling like Dhoni?

Definitely not. 🤣

Maybe some CSK music will get you there.

Not a fan of IPL though. Basically stopped watching cricket after retirement of Dada. Fan of him since school.

noob404 · December 2024

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

Cece is like, Dad why did you buy such an expensive laptop?

Babe its to gift our beloved xpress.

You get the Nitro, you ain't touching my Strix.

Next year maybe, we will have a Strix in the pool.

If business is good, maybe I'll upgrade and offer up my used one next year in some kinda of raffle. Would be easier to get a used model through customs I imagine!

What if I shipped it all torn apart, and the winner had to assemble it?

Tearing apart laptop? worst nightmare.

It's actually fairly easy to reassemble in most cases, unless you don't desolder anything.

I am bad at hardware soldered hardware.

Me as well. I try to stay away as much as possible, but recently I have taken an interest to it

You soldered anything recently?

Yup, a router and my Android box.

Router? what did you solder in that?

UART. It helps you get shell access to any device that supports it.

xpress7 · December 2024

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:
TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Let's go go for it don't give up

Anybody who gave up- too soon. Take xpress' example. Learn from him.

Am i that much behind?

No, pardon me if I gave that impression. I was just talking about your spirit. Nothing can stop you from reaching that laptop, despite your busy schedule.

I was kidding. 🤣🤣

Got plans for the laptop BTW?

Don't have any plans.. will try to be active daily. Need to do lots of coding though. WIll try to manage.

Within a few days, you will be able to juggle both perfectly.

I know you'll be back.

Will be back, but not like this frequent.

Me too.. ocassional visits.

xpress7 · December 2024

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@SillyGoose said:
TrK got his sleep? Or going to sleep

He slept?

Most prolly. He is known to be a night owl.

He didn't sleep the entire night.

Yup, pulling an all-nighter is tough. Did that last year.

Not good for health though. Did it couple of days last year on some project. Got sick after few days.

Yah, at times you get so damn used to it, that you become delusional about it being perfectly healthy. Most of the times, it's not.

I slept like 2 hours a day for an entire week.

I have done that during exams.

I think most of us do that before exams. Atleast backbenchers.

Yup, studying at the 11th hour is a special skill we had.

And forget everything before exam, because lack of sleep.

Never faced that. I performed best at the 11th hour.

If we can perform that much in one night, Imagine if we read the entire year.. 🤣

noob404 · December 2024

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

Unfortunately though, for you, you will have more competition. Remember, harder the battle, sweeter the victory.

Ha ha true that.

Anyways, you got the caliber to get the gaming laptop.

noob404 · December 2024

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:
It's Christmas today, what are your plans!

Nothing special. Got a few friends and neighbours who already sent me cakes. Gonna enjoy them first.

Enjoyy..

Funny thing is I am on a diet right now.

You also dieting? I am doing IF since last 2 months.

Nah, nothing serious. I mean I have removed certain items from my diet completely.

Carbs? but you had cake today.

Yah, cheat days 7 days a week has become the norm now

noob404 · December 2024

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:
TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Let's go go for it don't give up

Anybody who gave up- too soon. Take xpress' example. Learn from him.

Am i that much behind?

No, pardon me if I gave that impression. I was just talking about your spirit. Nothing can stop you from reaching that laptop, despite your busy schedule.

I was kidding. 🤣🤣

Got plans for the laptop BTW?

Don't have any plans.. will try to be active daily. Need to do lots of coding though. WIll try to manage.

Ok good luck again dude.

Thank you, Send some comments to my acount

LOL! You'd really want me to comment for you, huh?

Nope. Just kidding. 🤣🤣

I know, dude.

xpress7 · December 2024

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:
TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Let's go go for it don't give up

Anybody who gave up- too soon. Take xpress' example. Learn from him.

Am i that much behind?

No, pardon me if I gave that impression. I was just talking about your spirit. Nothing can stop you from reaching that laptop, despite your busy schedule.

He's a professional at this, so he knows slow and steady wins the race.

Absolutely. Consistency is key if you want the first prize.

Master. 🙇‍♂️

No consistency in real life though.

You'll get there.. we mature and tend to settle as we age.. or just get married.

Not ready to take that magic potion as an experiment yet.

You seeing anybody?

Nah, figuring out life for myself first.

All the best.. just go slowly. Listen to your brain, not heart.

noob404 · December 2024

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@BlazinDimes said:
A computer store near me has this wall of motherboards, so cool.

And just look at all these Linksys WRT series routers!

Probably acquired them when someone ran outta business.

They've been around for a while and love to collect like me, so we get along quite well.

Ahh, are these on sale BTW, the routers, esp?

They're mostly for display in the shop, but maybe if I asked really nice.

Here's my setup for the big RackNerd thread of 2021

Woah, that's impressive, man. That green lit keybaord an HP Pavillion gaming?

Yeah that's my 2019 HP 15Z, Ryzen 5 1050ti. Not a bad little rig for $450!

"Not a bad" is an understatement. That laptop had great thermal management (both hardware and software) for the price it retailed for.

Oddly enough the reviews from Best Buy said the exact opposite, but I snagged it anyway and mine is excellent still to this day. Probably fixed the cooling issue with a BIOS update by the time I purchased it, I guess the fans weren't kicking in when they should have been?

I was able to play Cyberpunk 2077 on it with no problems when it released, when people with much higher end hardware were complaining of constant problems, so I was happy with my choice.

I see, maybe you got one of the very first generations. Pavillion series you own was later famous among gamers for badass thermal management.

My first laptop was compaq. 2GB ram, pentium. 5kg weight.

Whatever happened to Compaq?!

Absorbed by HP.

Yup. That was solid laptop though. Service was also good at that time.

I have an old Compaq sitting in my mom's garage somewhere, probably only a handful of years newer than that IBM Thinkpad. I should go get it and see if she will still boot.

I think it will. Mine still turns on. Screen damaged but can see some gibberish on it.

Still own the old Compaq? Remember how much you got it for?

Not working. Just have it in a box. I think I got it for 32K at that time.

Didn't know laptops were that cheap in those days.

Cheap? Noooo. 30k was big amount at that time. Dont forget the inflation.

Oh yah, completely forgot about that. I was talking about the amount I was quoted for a low end laptop when we got our first desktop PC in 2004. They quotes us 60K for a low end laptop.

60k at that time is like 3L now may be. I mean the purchasing power.

Yah, that was a very huge amount back then. Got my desktop at the time for around 35-40k.

xpress7 · December 2024

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

Cece is like, Dad why did you buy such an expensive laptop?

Babe its to gift our beloved xpress.

You get the Nitro, you ain't touching my Strix.

Next year maybe, we will have a Strix in the pool.

If business is good, maybe I'll upgrade and offer up my used one next year in some kinda of raffle. Would be easier to get a used model through customs I imagine!

What if I shipped it all torn apart, and the winner had to assemble it?

Tearing apart laptop? worst nightmare.

It's actually fairly easy to reassemble in most cases, unless you don't desolder anything.

I am bad at hardware soldered hardware.

Me as well. I try to stay away as much as possible, but recently I have taken an interest to it

You soldered anything recently?

Yup, a router and my Android box.

Router? what did you solder in that?

UART. It helps you get shell access to any device that supports it.

which router it is?

BlazinDimes · December 2024

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

Cece is like, Dad why did you buy such an expensive laptop?

Babe its to gift our beloved xpress.

You get the Nitro, you ain't touching my Strix.

Next year maybe, we will have a Strix in the pool.

If business is good, maybe I'll upgrade and offer up my used one next year in some kinda of raffle. Would be easier to get a used model through customs I imagine!

What if I shipped it all torn apart, and the winner had to assemble it?

Tearing apart laptop? worst nightmare.

It's actually fairly easy to reassemble in most cases, unless you don't desolder anything.

I am bad at hardware soldered hardware.

Me as well. I try to stay away as much as possible, but recently I have taken an interest to it

You soldered anything recently?

Yup, a router and my Android box.

Router? what did you solder in that?

UART. It helps you get shell access to any device that supports it.

xpress7 · December 2024

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

Unfortunately though, for you, you will have more competition. Remember, harder the battle, sweeter the victory.

Ha ha true that.

Anyways, you got the caliber to get the gaming laptop.

Ha ha I will try though.

Btw you received the credits? how much it was? I just received mine , seems dustin is active.

noob404 · December 2024

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:
TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Let's go go for it don't give up

Anybody who gave up- too soon. Take xpress' example. Learn from him.

Am i that much behind?

No, pardon me if I gave that impression. I was just talking about your spirit. Nothing can stop you from reaching that laptop, despite your busy schedule.

He's a professional at this, so he knows slow and steady wins the race.

I am like retired professional competing with young guys.. 🤣

Retiree making a re-entry. Cue music.

🤣🤣

Feeling like Dhoni?

Definitely not. 🤣

Maybe some CSK music will get you there.

Not a fan of IPL though. Basically stopped watching cricket after retirement of Dada. Fan of him since school.

Me too. Never been a fan of cricket my whole life (Yes, I was an anomaly among friends). But, still watched it for Sachin, Ganguly (Dada), Sehwag, Dravid, etc. and the gang. Since their retirement, I believe it has degraded.

noob404 · December 2024

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@SillyGoose said:
TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Let's go go for it don't give up

Anybody who gave up- too soon. Take xpress' example. Learn from him.

Am i that much behind?

No, pardon me if I gave that impression. I was just talking about your spirit. Nothing can stop you from reaching that laptop, despite your busy schedule.

I was kidding. 🤣🤣

Got plans for the laptop BTW?

Don't have any plans.. will try to be active daily. Need to do lots of coding though. WIll try to manage.

Within a few days, you will be able to juggle both perfectly.

I know you'll be back.

Will be back, but not like this frequent.

Me too.. ocassional visits.

All in all we gotta make sure that the thread stays active.

xpress7 · December 2024

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@BlazinDimes said:
A computer store near me has this wall of motherboards, so cool.

And just look at all these Linksys WRT series routers!

Probably acquired them when someone ran outta business.

They've been around for a while and love to collect like me, so we get along quite well.

Ahh, are these on sale BTW, the routers, esp?

They're mostly for display in the shop, but maybe if I asked really nice.

Here's my setup for the big RackNerd thread of 2021

Woah, that's impressive, man. That green lit keybaord an HP Pavillion gaming?

Yeah that's my 2019 HP 15Z, Ryzen 5 1050ti. Not a bad little rig for $450!

"Not a bad" is an understatement. That laptop had great thermal management (both hardware and software) for the price it retailed for.

Oddly enough the reviews from Best Buy said the exact opposite, but I snagged it anyway and mine is excellent still to this day. Probably fixed the cooling issue with a BIOS update by the time I purchased it, I guess the fans weren't kicking in when they should have been?

I was able to play Cyberpunk 2077 on it with no problems when it released, when people with much higher end hardware were complaining of constant problems, so I was happy with my choice.

I see, maybe you got one of the very first generations. Pavillion series you own was later famous among gamers for badass thermal management.

My first laptop was compaq. 2GB ram, pentium. 5kg weight.

Whatever happened to Compaq?!

Absorbed by HP.

Yup. That was solid laptop though. Service was also good at that time.

I have an old Compaq sitting in my mom's garage somewhere, probably only a handful of years newer than that IBM Thinkpad. I should go get it and see if she will still boot.

I think it will. Mine still turns on. Screen damaged but can see some gibberish on it.

Still own the old Compaq? Remember how much you got it for?

Not working. Just have it in a box. I think I got it for 32K at that time.

Didn't know laptops were that cheap in those days.

Cheap? Noooo. 30k was big amount at that time. Dont forget the inflation.

Oh yah, completely forgot about that. I was talking about the amount I was quoted for a low end laptop when we got our first desktop PC in 2004. They quotes us 60K for a low end laptop.

60k at that time is like 3L now may be. I mean the purchasing power.

Yah, that was a very huge amount back then. Got my desktop at the time for around 35-40k.

Almost same. 35k includes a 4.1 sound system. 256MB ram, 40gb hdd.

Howdy, Stranger!

Categories

In this Discussion

SPANKING NEW DEALS! HAPPY NEW YEAR w/ PREMIUM GIVEAWAYS! FREEBIES GALORE by RackNerd.

Comments

Howdy, Stranger!

Quick Links

Categories

In this Discussion

SPANKING NEW DEALS! HAPPY NEW YEAR w/ PREMIUM GIVEAWAYS! FREEBIES GALORE by RackNerd.

Comments