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=ChrisB=
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A favrot passtime of mine is designing computer systems via a companie's websight. here are just a few:

Alienware:
Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-57 with HyperTransport Technology
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 with Service Pack 2
Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service
Power Supply: Alienware® Approved 650 Watt ATX 2.0 Power Supply with Active PFC
Chassis: Alienware® Full-Tower Case - Conspiracy Blue
Chassis Upgrades: Alienware® Liquid Cooling with AlienIce™ 2.0 Video Cooling
Motherboard: Alienware® nForce™4 SLI™ Chipset Motherboard PCI Express
Graphics Processor: Dual 256MB PCI-Express x16 NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7800 GTX - SLI Enabled - Includes Free Copy of BattleField 2 !
Memory: 2GB Ultra Low Latency DDR PC-3200 SDRAM at 333MHz - 4 x 512MB
System Drive: High Performance - 1TB (500GB x 2) Serial ATA-II 3Gb 7,200 RPM w/32MB Cache
Storage Drive: Additional Storage Drive - 1TB (500GB x 2) Serial ATA-II 3Gb 7,200 RPM w/32MB Cache
Primary CD ROM/DVD ROM: 16x Dual Layer DVD±R/W Drive w/LightScribe Technology
Secondary CD ROM/DVD ROM: 16x Dual Layer DVD±R/W Drive
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS High Definition 7.1 Surround Firewire (IEEE® 1394)
Floppy Drive: 3.5" 1.44 MB Floppy Disk Drive - Black
Network Connection: Integrated High Performance Gigabit Ethernet
Portable Storage : Alienware® 10-in-1 Digital Media Reader / Writer
Security Software: Norton™ Internet Security ™ 2005
AlienRespawn: Alienware® Respawn Recovery Kit
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 320P, 32", 8ms, widescreen, HDCP ready LCD monitor
Keyboard: Microsoft® Multimedia Keyboard - Plasma Purple
Mouse: Microsoft® Basic Optical Mouse Black
Printers : Lexmark™ X7170 All-In-One Office Center
Speakers: Creative GigaWorks™ THX® S750 - 7.1 700-Watt Speakers
Power Protection: Opti-UPS ES1500C 1400VA (980W Capacity)
LCD Display Stands: Moview® LCD Swivel Wall Mount
DLP Projectors: Mitsubishi XD60U DLP™ Projector
External Storage: Western Digital® Dual-Option 250GB External Drive
Game Controllers: Saitek X52 Flight Control System
Game Controllers: Logitech® MOMO® Racing Wheel
Game Controllers: Logitech® Freedom 2.4GHz Cordless Joystick
Headphones: Sennheiser RS85 Stereo Wireless Headphones with HiDyn Plus
Web Cameras: Logitech® QuickCam Orbit
USB Lighted Cables: 15' USB 2.0 Cable with Blue LEDs
Thumb Drives: Alienware® USB 2.0 4GB Flash Drive
Digital Cameras: Sony Cyber-Shot® DSC-M1 5.1 Megapixel Camera
Camcorders: Sony Handycam® HDR-FX1
Flash Memory: 1GB 40x Lexar Compact Flash Card
Flash Memory: Corsair™ Secure Digital 1GB Memory Card
Alienware Exclusive Offers: Gamespot Complete - Free 90-day Trial (a $20.85 value)
Alienware Exclusive Offers: 10% off your next EB Games online purchase
Hot Titles: Call of Duty® 2
Hot Titles: Star Wars Battle Front 2
Hot Titles: The Sims 2
Games: Battlefield 2
Games: Battlefield 1942: World War II Anthology
Games: Battlefield Vietnam
Games: Call of Duty® 2
Games: City of Villains™
Games: Command and Conquer: Generals - Deluxe Edition
Games: Halo: Combat Evolved
Games: Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Deluxe Edition
Games: Pacific Fighters
Games: Star Wars Battle Front 2
Games: Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed
Games: The Sims 2
Games: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
Games: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword
Games: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Retro Gaming: Intellivision Lives! 50 Retro-Style Gaming Classics
Benchmark Software: 3DMark®05 Professional
Productivity Software: Microsoft® Office 2003 Professional Edition
Creativity Solutions: Adobe® Audition™ 1.5
Creativity Solutions: Adobe® Premiere® Elements
Home Video Editing: Dazzle Digital Video Creator 90
ALX Heavy Duty Power Cable: Alienware® ALX System Power Cable
Alienware Gear: Alienware® Limited Edition Watch
Alienware Gear: Alienware® Hat Black
Alienware T-Shirt: Alienware® T-Shirt - Black - Price Includes $5 Instant Rebate
Free Alienware Mousepad: Free Alienware® Mousepad
Desktop Enhancements: Exclusive AlienGUIse Theme Manager
AlienInspection: AlienInspection - Exclusive Integration and Inspection - $99.99 Value - FREE!
AlienWiring: AlienWiring - Exclusive Internal Wire Management - $99.99 Value - FREE!
PRICE: $17,259.00


More soon!

I may not be good in school, may not hae had a girl for a while, ma not had a social life in years, BUT I"M STILL THE ONLY ONE IN SCHOOL WHO KNOWS HOW TO MAKE GAMES!!!

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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Posted: 4th Nov 2005 10:09 Edited at: 4th Nov 2005 10:09
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Only 2GB of RAM ? Bit low, isn't it ?
You want at least 4GB to remove the need for the swap file.

Come to the third DarkBasic Pro Sci Fi Con - 9 days to go! Whoohoo!
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Oraculaca
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Posted: 4th Nov 2005 10:09
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Quote: "Alienware Gear: Alienware® Limited Edition Watch
Alienware Gear: Alienware® Hat Black
Alienware T-Shirt: Alienware® T-Shirt - Black - Price Includes $5 Instant Rebate "


I often look for those in a computer system.


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=ChrisB=
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Posted: 4th Nov 2005 17:10
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LoL. and 2GB was the most they offered.

I may not be good in school, may not hae had a girl for a while, ma not had a social life in years, BUT I"M STILL THE ONLY ONE IN SCHOOL WHO KNOWS HOW TO MAKE GAMES!!!

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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Posted: 4th Nov 2005 17:14
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Only got two memory slots ? Bit poor!

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re faze
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Posted: 4th Nov 2005 17:56
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there are 2gb ram sticks now arent there

I need someone intelligent to talk to me about my problems too...
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robo cat
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Posted: 4th Nov 2005 18:06 Edited at: 4th Nov 2005 18:09
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Quote: "A favrot passtime of mine is designing computer systems via a companie's websight"


... lol, just lol

EDIT: sorry, it was just a shock to see the huge effort you had gone through making the detailed list. Actually quite an impressive feat.

Simple... yet fun!
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Benjamin
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Posted: 4th Nov 2005 18:28
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Yes robo cat, I too thought his spelling was very funny.

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Jimmy
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Posted: 4th Nov 2005 18:32
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It'd be cool if he actually put a system together, rather than a system and a bunch of other crap just to hike up the price.


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robo cat
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Posted: 4th Nov 2005 18:39
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Some components do seem rather unnecessary:

Quote: "Alienware T-Shirt: Alienware® T-Shirt - Black - Price Includes $5 Instant Rebate"


Although, nothing can detract from the thouroughness of the list.

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Jimmy
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Posted: 4th Nov 2005 18:43
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He just added everything he could.

I could go to walmart.com and make a system and my system would come with the house and all the furnishings. It would be the best computer ever. I could sit in it and make hot cocoa in it and sleep in it. Wow, I think I will put it together right now!


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Hawkeye
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Posted: 4th Nov 2005 18:45
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Add a hot manga babe and it'd be the perfect wife...

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robo cat
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Posted: 4th Nov 2005 18:49
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Quote: "Add a hot manga babe and it'd be the perfect wife..."


and with

Quote: "DLP Projectors: Mitsubishi XD60U DLP™ Projector"


she could be standing against the wall right next to you, or so it appears.

Then again, if you wear this

Quote: "Alienware T-Shirt: Alienware® T-Shirt - Black - Price Includes $5 Instant Rebate"


he should have no problems getting a real wife.

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soapyfish
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Posted: 4th Nov 2005 19:01 Edited at: 4th Nov 2005 19:03
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Where's darkbasic is that list of yours? I'm sure if someone was paying $17,259 on a hyped up typewriter Alienware wouldn't mind adding it to the site just for them. Other than that, I know bugger all about what makes up a computer so I'll just say. Sheep.


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=ChrisB=
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Thats Better! LoL, mi zpeling sucks, I know. But I wasnt doing that just for fun. I may buy that mother... someday.

And 2 giggys was the most thet offered, wierd...

I may not be good in school, may not hae had a girl for a while, ma not had a social life in years, BUT I"M STILL THE ONLY ONE IN SCHOOL WHO KNOWS HOW TO MAKE GAMES!!!

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dre
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Quote: "PRICE: $17,259.00"

Ok, for that kind of price, I'd rather get a car...

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Nicholas Thompson
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Posted: 5th Nov 2005 20:07
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or 10 good computers and use them in a cluster network

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Undercover Steve
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Posted: 5th Nov 2005 22:49
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haha. Nicholas's Idea owns. If you already own a car that costs more than 25g that is

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=ChrisB=
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Yea I like Nicholas's idea. I'll look into that.

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Darkbasic MADPSP
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yeah i might just add the 4 i have in my house together (Well persuade my dad) lol

Desert conflict fps wip board

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=63878&b=8
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indi
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you could do a lot better investing in a mac or an SGI product for that price.

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Quote: " mac "












































AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

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well i make $200-$400 an hour for Post Production Video using a mac with final cut pro HD, since the average finishing studio is around $1000 an hour im cutting a lot of studios since my prices are low, due to less overheads.

you could have the latest G5 with 8 gigs of ram inclduing a HDTV ready camera for what your waisting your money on. including twin 20+ inch monitors.

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Nicholas Thompson
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Chris - you scream at the word Mac yet I wonder if you have EVER used one?! They're ridiculously great and lovely machines. The only reason I use my PC so much still is the lack of software/games. Although I have office and dreamweaver for it, I haven't found a decent text editor I like (like UltraEdit for Windows), games like Live For Speed, Steam, etc, etc.... Mac has the potential and just needs the backup I think.

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Pft, now Dual dual core cpus no care. Also, it should have crossfire x1800XT and 4Gig DDR2 ram.(2gig for each cpu), RAID 0 4x400Gig hd is also good.


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Posted: 6th Nov 2005 06:54 Edited at: 6th Nov 2005 06:55
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DuDe, I use Macs ALL the time, and the only thing theyre good at is graphical shizzle. And Avid Xpres Pro HD runs fine on windows, AND I'm going to get that fat HD TV. Although, I might just get a Dell XPS 600 with the top equipment, and a REALY good HD camera.

I may not be good in school, may not hae had a girl for a while, ma not had a social life in years, BUT I"M STILL THE ONLY ONE IN SCHOOL WHO KNOWS HOW TO MAKE GAMES!!!

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your website oozes of professional quality as well chris
sorry but i dont care for younger members opinions not based on factual evidence.
your argument they are only good for graphics only shows your ignorance through and through

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2GB of ram? I had 1.5GB in my system over 2 years ago. Today, you should have like 8GB!

Quote: "DuDe, I use Macs ALL the time, and the only thing theyre good at is graphical shizzle"


And video editing (which my friend does) and programming (which i do)
It's so nice knowing that your project wont be lost due to OS glitches.


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christ I could make a doom3 box for about $400 Australian, the heck would I spend near $20k for a pc unless I was in some world class hacker syndicate??


I'm not in a world class hacker syndicate



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regardless, you dont buy a system like that, its a dead end waist of money, if you were to spend that amount of cash you rent it.

Its more of a tax deduction and if you get the right rentsmart package you can upgrade for free as newer systems come out.

Unless your guaranteed to pay half of it back with the first couple of jobs your a fool to spend into the technology as it will be obselete in 18 months.

$1000 a month for something thats half the speed in about 2 years is foolish to invest in.

you could buy an SGI or MAC for the same price and get double the mount you paid for it renting the machine alone to a studio, sure you wont be able to use it but you will double your money in return.

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ooo, and SGI. My friend has one of those. It's old but still 64-bit running Irix. (i think i spelled it right)


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