Any one know Arsenal?

[Darrell Lawrence]

BTW, I added a poll because this thread is the one I am viewing while working on the newer vB templates

Your Win2K may have been actually set up for networking, since that is what is was for, you may have had it set up for SCSI drives? I have twin 500 gb Drives in my XP and my XP Home has a 250 gb HD as it's external drive.

I had to go out and come back in to get the Poll to show up, but, I voted!

[evil_genius_180]

Originally Posted by the3dgm

A trick about what Office Depot is telling you there is, one; for the most part if the computer has only 512 of ram, you'll probably not get Vista Home Premium, it will be basic.

Actually, I was looking at the system requirements on the OS itself, the crap Microsoft stamped on the side of the box, and that was what it said. But Microsoft does stupid crap like that to get people to buy their stuff. They probably figured if they stamped 1 gig minimum RAM on the side of the box they'd not get anybody to buy the thing that has1 gig or less. By putting 512 on the box they can sucker more people in.

Anywho, I read through some of the other posts and know more about Vista than I did yesterday. Thanks for the info guys. The reason I'm asking so many questions is because I've had no experience with Vista and I am saving up money for a new PC (finally replacing my dinosaur. ) It will probably be a while and I won't be able to afford anything state-of-the-art but I know now to get at least 1 gig (though I was thinking of doing that anyway) of RAM.

Incidentally, this is what I got twice when I tried to vote on the poll. Is this maybe an issue because of my admin status or are others getting this? (see attached)

It worked fine for me, did you say anything to make it mad? LOL!

[evil_genius_180]

Not until after it didn't work. :evil:

evil_genius_180, here is a couple of options to consider:

Get a factory refurbished machine, usually for less than half the price of the original at places like e-bay or u-bid. I picked up a Gateway Machine that came with 1 gig of ram, WinXP Pro, a 500 gig hd and all the usual stuff, 15 in 1 card reader, etc, added a graphics card and loaded it with ram, etc and I'm still under $325 including all shipping and taxes.

Or try a New machine from places like that or even the manufactures that are bare boned and simply add what you need. You'll save money either way in the long run.

[Darrell Lawrence]

eg, go to the bottom of the forums and switch to the 3.7 style.

OH, I see how you guys are, you get 3.7, I get stuck with 3.6. . .Elders!!! lol

[Darrell Lawrence]

Admins can see all

3.7 will be the default after I get the thread view worked out.

I've really got to start hanging out here more, even If I don't have lw or 3ds or maya or tS. sigh!

You guys are fun!

[evil_genius_180]

Thanks, Warrior. That works a lot better.

@the3dgm: Thanks for the tip on refurbished. I was thinking of going that route. I bought a nice refurbished 80 GB replacement HD for my computer from Buy.com last year and it works quite nicely. (was really cheap, too. ) I was looking at a nice factory refurbished Acer system at Buy.com earlier and drooling. It has a nice dual core Intel processor, at least a gig of RAM, a nice big HD and a bunch of other stuff I'm looking for. If I'd had the money to spare right now, it would be on its way to my house right now.

Oh ya, when I don't have the money to build my own from scratch that's the way to go! I forgot to mention I got mine at U-bid, actually got lucky, I really didn't believe my bid would make it. It's also a 2.2 gig AMD Dual Core.

Well, past this old man's bed time talk to you guys tomorrow.

[Darrell Lawrence]

Have a good night, old man

Originally Posted by evil_genius_180

at least a gig of RAM

If you're going to be running a graphics package off of it (which we can pretty much assume you are)then I'd find a way to manage at least 2 gigs of RAM, that extra gig really makes a difference on a Vista machine (unless you're planning on reformatting and installing XP over it, then the extra gig has almost no effect as XP is perfectly happy with 1 gig)

[evil_genius_180]

Well, if I get a good deal on a refurbished machine with only 1 gig of RAM, I can always spend some of the money I saved on another gig card. They're not that expensive. (usually around $20 at newegg.com)

Yep, I got 4 gigs of ram for my machine from Newegg for about 70 dollars with shipping, it's hard to beat Newegg for the price, service and speed! Buying, 2 matched sticks at a time, they actually cost less than $15 each with $4 shipping for each pair. Of course, I waited until Corsair had them on sale!!! I'm a cheap s.o.b.!

[Darrell Lawrence]

So is the design working ok for ya?

Yep, if you mean 3.7, the only problem is my typing keeps being sucked into that ring!?! LOL

Also, on the odd post, I get a message that says . . . 'This message is a duplicate to one you've posted in the past'. Or words to that effect, but, then it posts correctly.

[Darrell Lawrence]

That may come up when you reply to a thread that you happen to be the last one that replied already. Lemme know if that's the case. And if possible, snag a screen grab of the message/error.

As for the sucking into the ring... not sure what you mean by that?

It was a joke Warrior, ha ha, notice the Star Gate in the Quick Reply background.

You posted before I did, perhaps it has something to do with your status as boss?

I didn't get it that time and the only difference was I had not left the site, I was checking out some other forums, I'll see if it comes up now.

Nope, not even while posting two in a row.

[Darrell Lawrence]

Was it happening with the 3.7, or yesterday/lastnight before I switched it over?

Only since 3.7 and only a couple of times, I haven't been able to do it since post #49

[Darrell Lawrence]

...hmm Weird. If it does happen again though, please do snag a screen grab.

Will do! By the way, the gallery ever going to go back up, I'd rather not tell my friends how to back door it to see the images here.

[Darrell Lawrence]

It will eventually... after I figure out how to get it to work right.

I don't care if people check it out. It's the meshes/models that I have restrictions on.

[evil_genius_180]

I like the new look. And everything seems to be working fine for me. I really like those new buttons you have for the forum lists. The old ones were cool but it's nice to see small changes like that from time to time.