MasterDex Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 I ordered this laptop today. It was used stock so I got it at the nice price of €245 The one I ordered isn't quite as powerful as the one listed in that link but it should be perfect for college - it has an i3 and 4gb of ram. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftwaffles Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Didn't particularly want to buy this, but the apartment I'm moving into doesn't have any ethernet hookups. Fingers crossed that it's a good card. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted August 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Nowhere I've ever lived except the dorms has had ethernet hookups. Is that a standard thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftwaffles Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Nowhere I've ever lived except the dorms has had ethernet hookups. Is that a standard thing? This place has internet included in the rent + cable in the room that I can pay for if I want, but I figured I'd try the free wifi and see if it's decent. I can always pay for a cable hookup if I decide I need it, I guess. As far as ethernet hookups, I think it's becoming more common. 2 of the 4 places I looked at last weekend had them, but that was in a city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercurial Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 CD just got here completely different sound from their newest album love it anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Pre-ordered. I'm completely unsure about this one since its with the new singer and I haven't heard of any clear recordings of him singing any of Kamelot songs. I've only heard crappy concert recordings. From what I gathered, he does sound quite a lot like Khan, just different... I'll see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 (edited) On the ethernet subject, the last two complexes I've lived at had outlets. My current residence offers wireless, but you have to go through a "registration" for your devices to be tied to your account. The free wireless only allows three devices, but you can pay $10 a month for a faster speed and an extra device. I have my own wireless router so I don't have to go through this all. Might not allow me the fastest speeds, but I can connect to my router far more easily than going through registration. EDIT: So I would say it's becoming a trend in new apartments. I still have a modem around just in case I have to go out and get my own service like I did when I moved out. Lived at a decent place, but you had to get a lot of your own utilities. Edited August 31, 2012 by Atomsk88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 I needed some new shoes. Just got something cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted September 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2012 Selling my Nook Tablet. If I'd known this was coming back when I bought the Nook Tablet I probably would have held out for it. Basically my only real issue with the Nook is that the fact that I have to have it jailbroken to do a lot of the stuff I want (like install Play Store apps) makes it a little wonky to deal with sometimes, and this can do everything I want out of the box. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 I saw the picture Didn't particularly want to buy this, but the apartment I'm moving into doesn't have any ethernet hookups. Fingers crossed that it's a good card. I haven't seen a card like this before! It looks weird! So the antennas stick out of the pack of your PC? won't that get in the way? It looks weird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftwaffles Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 I saw the picture Didn't particularly want to buy this, but the apartment I'm moving into doesn't have any ethernet hookups. Fingers crossed that it's a good card. I haven't seen a card like this before! It looks weird! So the antennas stick out of the pack of your PC? won't that get in the way? It looks weird! Pretty much. You can fold them up, but they haven't stuck out any further than say a DVI connector. As far as how the card performs... I really do prefer ethernet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterDex Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Pretty much. You can fold them up, but they haven't stuck out any further than say a DVI connector. As far as how the card performs... I really do prefer ethernet... You and me both, Spork. I still have to get a cable long enough to wire up my router. I at least have it in the same room as my PC now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 And to go with it, I pre-ordered.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Took advantage of a few deals yesterday. 3 Blu-Rays: Drive District 9 Night Watch As well as Modern Family S1&2 on DVD. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterDex Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Good choices! I was just thinking less than an hour ago that I should pick up Drive on BluRay. Great movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excel_excel Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 RARGH. Why isn't Adventure Time available over here on DVD! I WANT TO GIVE YOU MY MONEY CARTOON NETWORK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftwaffles Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 A little while back I posted that I picked up a PCI wireless card, and since then I've had a bit of fun discovering the horrors of wifi first hand. First off, that PCI card doesn't play nice with Sandy Bridge audio for some reason and would randomly distort and warp audio at relatively random times, with increasing frequency, until it started doing it all the time. So I went to Best Buy and bought a little USB card instead. It worked well for about 20 minutes, then it started overheating and dropping its connection, which is really no good for even light web browsing, much less gaming. So I returned that one, and bought a Netgear one instead. Luckily it still works, doesn't drop connection, and I still get okay ping, but goddamn, I really really hate wifi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Good choices! I was just thinking less than an hour ago that I should pick up Drive on BluRay. Great movie. HMV had a 3 for £20 or 5 for £30 so I figured it was worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 I bought some Rosewill USB stick ages ago for like $9 or something and it's always worked great whenever I needed to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftwaffles Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 I'm thinking I just have bad luck with this type of thing. The PCI card seemed to be a pretty obscure error, and I have a feeling the Cisco was just a dud. Either way, works now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 This. But not quite. My dad n step-mum were broken into a year or two back. As part of insurance payout they got a jewellery card of sorts with £4000 on it. They've kinda struggled to spend it all and it runs out in November. So yeah I got to pick a watch for myself (and they said it could be a late b'day present). Thing is later gong through the receipts of the day, the shop assistant had only rung through the earrings that got picked up alongside my watch (parents also had a voucher so had made up the difference). So a tripley free watch for me. (Turns out my step-mum had a similar experience with another shop of same chain in Darlington where in ringing through stuff ended up crediting my step-mum for the value of the bracelet instead of charging for it). It's a neat little thing, solar powered with the waveceptor stuff (auto-correcting time), and your usual bells n whistles. Not as blue as the image though. And before someone makes a comment on my taste in watches: I've never been keen on the full metal band stuff, I like the combi-display Casios. At least it's not a G-shock. Or the..I think it was Diesel. Garish orange things. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftwaffles Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 That doesn't look too bad. Honestly, it's probably got a bit more features than I'd like out of a watch, but aesthetically it doesn't look awful, with buttons and gauges all over the place. I still really like my Nixon, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4: Gritty Reboot Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 My Nixon stopped showing the date and month correctly. Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftwaffles Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 My Nixon stopped showing the date and month correctly. Sigh. And that is why I never get watches that do that. On top of having to switch it up for months with 30 days, it's just another thing that can go wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4: Gritty Reboot Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 Yeah I'd honestly prefer it if those dials weren't even on there. Because now it just displays like half of the (incorrect) day of the week in Spanish. --- Also purchased the following on vinyl: Led Zeppelin IV The Song Remains the Same Fleetwood Mac - Rumors UFO - No Place to Run UFO - No Heavy Petting Van Halen - Fair Warning Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon $1/ea 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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