new desktop

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 2:49 pm

I'm not going to judge Gordon on his remodeling speed given that I'm just about done flipping my first house, that I started 12 years ago.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Thu May 01, 2014 11:24 am

Great. Either MS's FTP servers are slow or work throttles my bandwidth.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Thu May 01, 2014 11:17 pm

In other news, should have Windows 7 Ultimate by tomorrow. As a bonus, Corsair managed to get their rebate card to me.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Mon May 05, 2014 12:32 am

Windows 7 Ultimate installed. Drivers, formatting, config, etc. to go.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Mon May 05, 2014 10:42 am

Things I have learned about my mouse:

1) Doesn't work with the mousepad I bought.
2) Comes with 5 4.5g weights. Makes a difference.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Mon May 05, 2014 11:14 am

Anyone got any favourite mouse pads with clever ergonomics?

Post by **TPRJones** » Mon May 05, 2014 11:17 am

What's a mouse pad?

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Mon May 05, 2014 12:03 pm

TPRJones wrote:What's a mouse pad?

This. Found it way cheaper. Was ordering a LED flashlight from Amazon anyway.

Post by **TPRJones** » Mon May 05, 2014 12:04 pm

Oh, right! I remember those. For keeping those old mouse balls clean, yes?

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Mon May 05, 2014 12:31 pm

TPRJones wrote:Oh, right! I remember those. For keeping those old mouse balls clean, yes?

No. Turns out the laser sensor on the new mouse doesn't like the old cloth pad. I really don't want to run it across the desk surface, either.

Post by **GORDON** » Mon May 05, 2014 4:09 pm

I use a mouse pad just for the wrist cushion.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Tue May 06, 2014 11:02 am

My SSD is on sale again. If I pick up one more before Saturday, that'll be half a TB of solid memory. HDD can be the vault. Hell, could pick up another 3 TB of HDD space for barely above $120.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed May 07, 2014 11:16 pm

The beast lives. First post from the new machine.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed May 07, 2014 11:20 pm

Also picked up the 2nd SSD. No new hardware in the future unless the Creative Labs ZxR goes on sale.

Post by **GORDON** » Thu May 08, 2014 12:17 am

Malcolm wrote:The beast lives. First post from the new machine.

Seems slow when I read this post.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Thu May 08, 2014 12:54 am

GORDON wrote:
Malcolm wrote:The beast lives. First post from the new machine.
Seems slow when I read this post.

Your reading speed isn't my machine's fault.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Fri May 09, 2014 12:00 am

Son-of-a-bitch. I managed to fuck up my Windows install as only I can ... wtf. The system partition is on the HDD and the OS files went on the SSD. Means I can't format the HDD properly to get all 3 TBs. Fuck. First reformat & reinstall is coming sooner than I thought.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Fri May 16, 2014 10:24 am

Second SSD should be here today.

Post by **TheCatt** » Fri May 16, 2014 2:07 pm

And then they'll make babies!

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Fri May 16, 2014 2:57 pm

Malcolm wrote:Second SSD should be here today.

Nope. SSD was "out for delivery." Then it appeared right back at the local post office. Fed Ex took the package away from the suburb where it's supposed to be delivered so they could hand it off to the USPS in the city. So they could drive it right back down to the suburbs five days later. To boot, the USPS has no knowledge of the Fed Ex tracking #, so fuck both of them. Now I can't schedule a pickup or change the delivery addy. This marks the absolute last time I buy anything shipped FedEx or USPS. It's UPS or fuck you from now on.

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