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Name: Tom 'A_Pickle' Spettigue
Location:  United States
Member Since: Mar 22, 2005, 04:39pm EST
Last Login: May 16, 2008, 04:01pm EDT
Member Ranking: Expert
Number of Posts: 2949
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Hello.
I'm a computer enthusiast. I'm really interested in the interplay of hardware and software across a great many computing platforms. I would really like to see a lot more thought put into the design of computer systems and software interoperability between the server, desktop and laptop, and mobile. I really feel that the PC, and PC-like devices are capable of doing the majority of tasks best.
I'm hoping that I can make my dream of interoperable hardware and software a reality someday. Imagine, computing that actually worked? 
It's popular to list system specs here, and mine don't suck. I grew ever tired of lugging desktops to LAN parties, so I began to consider laptops. That said, I didn't want to spend money on a new computer that was even with my two year old desktop, so I decided I'd be willing to pay a s**tload of cash. So I did, and bought a Dell Inspiron E1705... which turned out to be a pretty gruesome mistake. It wasn't bad, but Nvdia's Vista drivers blew chunks, and the single hard drive made video editing an arduous task.
So I bought an Alienware m5790, one of the best expenditures that an Airman fresh out of Air Force Basic Military Training could make. $4,000 well spent, they don't install bloatware, and their systems are intelligently designed. Not only do I have a fast-ass graphics card with working drivers, I have two hard drives and a numeric keypad. That's right, a numeric keypad.
-Intel Core 2 Duo T7400, 2.16 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 4 MB L2
-2 GB DDR2-667 SDRAM
-300 GB (160 GB x 2) 5400 RPM HDD's in RAID 0
-ATI Mobility Radeon X1900
-1920x1200 LCD Display
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