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6 minutes ago, themctipers said:

Verizon tech support is worse than rogers tech support

and thats saying alot

are u "the mc tipers" or the "them ctiper"   it is FUCKING confusing. Been wondering for EVER 

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1 hour ago, DeezNoNos said:

are u "the mc tipers" or the "them ctiper"   it is FUCKING confusing. Been wondering for EVER 

i believe its " the mc tiperynoes"

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8 minutes ago, themaniac said:

i believe its " the mc tiperynoes"

Ahhh I see

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2 hours ago, DeezNoNos said:

are u "the mc tipers" or the "them ctiper"   it is FUCKING confusing. Been wondering for EVER 

The 

mc

tipers

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1 hour ago, themctipers said:

The 

mc

tipers

What does tipers mean?  Or what is it?  Sorry idk..

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23 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

What does tipers mean?  Or what is it?  Sorry idk..

7 year old me 

 

idk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

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5 hours ago, Zoshino said:

My brother told me You don't need a new PC ur own PC already has 8GB of ram u can play any game and I was like WTF? are u my brother?!

I hope you corrected his major error.

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Friend: I think I cracked my screen...

 

 

 

 

The the only cracked thing is the screen protector..

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2 hours ago, themctipers said:

Friend: I think I cracked my screen...

 

The the only cracked thing is the screen protector..

 

-snipe-

How do people not know they have a screen protector?

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1 hour ago, themctipers said:

Found this on reddit:

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Of course nvidia control panel allows you to switch from integrated to discrete graphics.

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My father, who is somewhat tech savvy (mechanical engineer) likes to smash on his laptop in frustration. (low powered HP that is very, very slow). after the HDD's inevitable failure he asked if I could fix it. I took it out and did the freezer technique to try an pull the files off, when that failed i took it apart to take it to a friend who has a device for reading the disk. the disk had taken so much of a beating, the reader had punctured it in multiple locations and it was split. I don't think the FBI could get anything off it.

 

My cousin bought $70 worth of RAM because he thought it would improve his gaming performance (4GB of DDR2 like wtf)

 

Grandmother wont let my clean the viruses off her computer because she think ill break it                                              

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Had a mother of a friend call and speak with me for several hours about a new PC as a birthday gift. After I got off the phone with her, letting her know what I think she should do, she goes and calls Best Buy asking for their thoughts... She ends up with the same thing I suggested to her, but at a "premium" of about $500.

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19 minutes ago, vandenbergmp said:

My father, who is somewhat tech savvy (mechanical engineer) likes to smash on his laptop in frustration. (low powered HP that is very, very slow). after the HDD's inevitable failure he asked if I could fix it. I took it out and did the freezer technique to try an pull the files off, when that failed i took it apart to take it to a friend who has a device for reading the disk. the disk had taken so much of a beating, the reader had punctured it in multiple locations and it was split. I don't think the FBI could get anything off it.

 

My cousin bought $70 worth of RAM because he thought it would improve his gaming performance (4GB of DDR2 like wtf)

 

Grandmother wont let my clean the viruses off her computer because she think ill break it                                              

My grandma doesn't even have a virus on her computer :P 

 

her Windows 10 installation on a acer pc with a hard drive boots up faster tha my fresh installation with an SSD xD 

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6 hours ago, themctipers said:

Friend: I think I cracked my screen...

 

 

 

 

The the only cracked thing is the screen protector..

 

 

I see a stupid apple user

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Just now, DeezNoNos said:

I see a stupid apple user

who, me or the idiot

oh.

have a unrelated picture*

apple_iwater-full.jpg

 

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1 hour ago, vandenbergmp said:

Grandmother wont let my clean the viruses off her computer because she think ill break it                                             

 

Install ubuntu and paste a Windows 10 theme over the default look for the tech-unsavvy person that does nothing else but derp around on the internet. Replace the Firefox icon with the IE6 icon and you'll have them completely fooled.

 

Having an OS that pretty much no one makes viruses for will prevent many headaches. It's not like they'll know the difference between W10 vs ubuntu+W10 theme anyways.

Adults are just kids with bigger wallets.

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5 minutes ago, themctipers said:

who, me or the idiot

oh.

have a unrelated picture*

apple_iwater-full.jpg

 

the friend

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1 hour ago, J. Hammond said:

 

Install ubuntu and paste a Windows 10 theme over the default look for the tech-unsavvy person that does nothing else but derp around on the internet. Replace the Firefox icon with the IE6 icon and you'll have them completely fooled.

 

Having an OS that pretty much no one makes viruses for will prevent many headaches. It's not like they'll know the difference between W10 vs ubuntu+W10 theme anyways.

unsavvy? does my grandma count,

she needs windows she runs programs that depend on windows.

and she uses chrome c: and no viruses C:

1 hour ago, DeezNoNos said:

the friend

is stupid. oui oui

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My school offers a drafting class, not sure what program they use but they run it on Lenovo SL510's... C2D T6570 (2c, 2t @ 2.1ghz), 2gb ram (upgradeable to 3gb if you can give the "IT Guy" a good enough reason), integrated graphics... It took one kid the entire class period (55min) to open the program... They also offer "Computer Art Graphics and "Graphic Design". For those classes they use Photoshop, but they run it on the previously mentioned laptops and HP DC5800 desktops,, Pentium E2180 (2c, 2t @ 2ghz), 2gb ram, integrated graphics... Meanwhile here i am flying through Autodesk on my Dell Precision M6500:D:D. (Laptop specs in sig) They are upgrading to i3 laptops with 4gb ram and they recycled all the desktops at my city's electronics recycling event so I took a couple and they work great for a NAS... The laptops are getting recycled in September so I'll take a few of those too.

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SECONDARY RIG: -CPU: 2x Intel Xeon x5450 (4c, 4t ea., 8c, 8t @3ghz total) -MOTHERBOARD: Corvalent BDPEX -RAM: 14GB ECC DDR2 (Mix Match of Brands) -GPU: Nvidia Quadro NVS 285 -CASE: No Case (Everything is mounted on the wall in my closet) -STORAGE: 160GB WD Caviar SE WD1600AAJS (OS, Programs, Files) -PSU: 450w BFG -DISPLAY: Samsung UN22D5000 (1920X1080) -COOLING: Dell Precision T5400 Heatsinks and some random fans -KEYBOARD: Logitech G105 -MOUSE: Logitech M215 Wireless Mouse -OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 7 Professional x64

 

NAS: -CPU: Intel Pentium e2180 (2c, 2t@2ghz) -MOTHERBOARD: HP Compaq DC5800 OEM -RAM: 2GB DDR2 (Unsure of Brand) -CASE: No Case (Everything is mounted on the wall in my closet) -STORAGE: 500GB HGST (Backup) -PSU: HP Compaq DC5800 OEM (300w) -DISPLAY: Samsung UN22D5000 (1920X1080) -COOLING: Cooler Master Hyper 101a (Zip Tied) and some random fans -OPERATING SYSTEM: FreeNAS 9.10 (Running From USB Flash Drive)

 

FOLDING RIG: Dell Precision T5400 -CPU: 2x Intel Xeon X5450 (4c, 4t ea., 8c, 8t @3ghz total) -MOTHERBOARD: Dell Precision T5400 OEM -RAM: 32gb ECC DDR2 (Hynix) -GPU: Nvidia Quadro NVS 290 -CASE: Dell Precision T5400 OEM -STORAGE: 250gb WD 250ABYS (OS, Programs, Files) -PSU: Dell Precision T5400 OEM -DISPLAY: Dell 1707FP (1280x1024) -COOLING: Dell Precision T5400 OEM -OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 10 Pro x64


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1 minute ago, Samsonsuperco said:

My school offers a drafting class, not sure what program they use but they run it on Lenovo SL510's... C2D T6570 (2c, 2t @ 2.1ghz), 2gb ram (upgradeable to 3gb if you can give the "IT Guy" a good enough reason), integrated graphics... It took one kid the entire class period (55min) to open the program... They also offer "Computer Art Graphics and "Graphic Design". For those classes they use Photoshop, but they run it on the previously mentioned laptops and HP DC5800 desktops,, Pentium E2180 (2c, 2t @ 2ghz), 2gb ram, integrated graphics... Meanwhile here i am flying through Autodesk on my Dell Precision M6500:D:D. (Laptop specs in sig) They are upgrading to i3 laptops with 4gb ram and they recycled all the desktops at my city's electronics recycling event so I took a couple and they work great for a NAS... The laptops are getting recycled in September so I'll take a few of those too.

my school forces you to do some artwork in photoshop.

 

with core 2 duo macs. 512mb ram..

it takes ~10m or so to log in.

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9 minutes ago, themctipers said:

my school forces you to do some artwork in photoshop.

 

with core 2 duo macs. 512mb ram..

it takes ~10m or so to log in.

At my school had to use photoshop on a Dell Latitude 2120 (2GB Ram, Atom N550 dualcore @1.5Ghz w/ Hyperthreading, 250GB HDD), those netbooks went out of commission 3 years ago.  We are now expected to use Flash, Photoshop and Premiere Pro and remoting into an overloaded Citrix or VMWare server on an overloaded internet connection.

 

I am now installing windows 10 on one of those netbooks. It is the 1st time I have turned it on in a while.

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Just now, Comic_Sans_MS said:

At my school had to use photoshop on a Dell Latitude 2120 (2GB Ram, Atom N550 dualcore @1.5Ghz w/ Hyperthreading, 250GB HDD), those netbooks went out of commission 3 years ago.  We are now expected to use Flash, Photoshop and Premiere Pro and remoting into an overloaded Citrix or VMWare server on an overloaded internet connection.

 

I am now installing windows 10 on one of those netbooks. It is the 1st time I have turned it on in a while.

our laptops

 

single

core

amd 

laptops

 

running windows vista

 

 

2gb of ram..

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Just now, themctipers said:

our laptops

 

single

core

amd 

laptops

 

running windows vista

 

 

2gb of ram..

My School doesn't have desktops. The loan laptops are 2GB of Ram and core2 duos, the "school owned" netbook's leases ran out 3 years ago so they don't have them anymore.

The Citrix servers are Dual Xeon E5-2699 v3's and 128GB of RAM, what a shame that they are divided up into 40+ virtual machines. The Old VMWare servers used dual 16 Core Bulldozer based opterons, the rumour is the airconn in the server room died and killed those server so that is why they changed the platform to citrix, I am guessing their lease ran out.

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On 2/1/2016 at 7:31 PM, wkdpaul said:

nope

I believe it was the Xerox Star? I could be wrong, feel free to quote and correct me 

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