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Faerygdds

Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 02:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Who... as someone who used to work for Dell.. the only potential problem with your system is the sound card... the Soundblaster Live gets a little finicky with some games... just fair warning if you ar a gamer. Other than that... great system!

If you go to the customization, you can ask for help to chose premium or integrated sound. I love what it says by the SB Live -

Choose...
Sound Blaster® AudigyTM 2 with DVD Audio
If you...
Want leading-edge audio
Are an MP3 enthusiast or enjoy high performance gaming
Are connecting your computer to a speaker system with DVD surround sound capabilities

Choose...
Sound Blaster® Live!TM Digital
If you...
Occasionally enjoy music or gaming on your computer
Are connecting your computer to speaker systems with 4 or fewer satellite speakers
Want good quality audio from your computer

I don't know how much you listen to music or game, but I can remember getting a LOT of calls on the SB live... so pick according to what you will need. :)

Whoami

Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 03:11 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks FG for the heads up.

Although we do play a lot of games, they aren't the high tech "star wars" type stuff. Probably the highest graphic thing we have right now is Croc2, or Bookworm. And I don't really get into MP3's. So, that's why I figured the SoundBlaster Live would be sufficient. We'll see how my choice pans out.

I've gone ahead and put in the order. So, it is scheduled to ship Monday the 21st. With 3-5 day ground shipping, I'm hoping to have it by the end of next week! Now let's hope there's no snaffu in parts availability, or shipping. Cause we are leaving Thurs the week after that for my sis's wedding!

Weinermr

Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 08:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeaaaa!!!!!! Congratulations Whoami!!

Faerygdds

Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 09:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Cool WHo.. I jut wanted to make sure there were no quake addicts or other hgih tech gamers in the house :)

If not... SB Live should be fine:)

Ladytex

Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 09:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Good for you, Who! Congrats!

Draheid

Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 11:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Good luck, Whoami.

Fluff

Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 01:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You are so lucky, Whoami, I wish I could trade shoes! Darn college and those financial aid ••••••••.

Grannyg

Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 01:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Who, I have been offline since Sunday. I AM SO GLAD YOU ARE GETTING A NEW PUTER!! Yea!!!! Hubby's is a Dell and we have never had one minutes problem with it and mine is a HP and really no problems with the computer. Now the stuff I have put on it has sometimes caused conficts but it's been my ignorance and not the computer. But Dra has always managed to get me out of any jam I happen to be in at the moment. I am so glad your sis came to stay while you were gone and realized you needed a new puter!! I know you will be so happy with it. Now on with the games!!!!!!!!!

Juju2bigdog

Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 02:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yay, Whoami!!

Whoami

Thursday, July 17, 2003 - 01:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Woo Hoo!

I just checked Dell's "order status" link, and my computer is ON ITS WAY! I expected it to still be in testing, and that it would be shipped Monday. Now it will be here between Tuesday and Thursay!!

Happy Dance! Too bad I wiped out all my gifs on this machine while reformatting. I'd do all kinds of cute critters jumping up and down in excitement. Well, I have them all saved to disk, so I'll install them on my NEW 'puter!

I should get the tracking number soon. Then I can track that bugger on FedEx's site!

Juju2bigdog

Thursday, July 17, 2003 - 03:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hahahahaha!!! We can feel the glow, Whoami.

Whoami

Monday, July 21, 2003 - 03:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
IT'S HERE!!!

Of course, I had to do a "give 'em hell" routine,but....I got on the FedEx site this morning, and saw that it was "on FedEx Vehicle for delivery" as of 7:15am this morning. I thought, "cool!" Especially since the estimated delivery date was tomorrow. So, I keep checking back, and when I logged in at 3:30, I saw, "1:39pm, delivery attempt. Customer not available, or business closed."

I don't THINK so! I called FedEx and gave them hell. I told them I was home all day, and besides, there wasn't even a notice on my door/mailbox/etc that a delivery attempt had been made. I let them know I was NOT happy that someone had obviously lied.

The customer service guy at FedEx said he showed it wasn't scheduled for delivery till tomorrow. I pointed out to him that just because the estimated delivery date was tomorrow, didn't mean they were not allowed to deliver it till tomorrow. He pointed out that it was the driver's perogitive, but that he agreed the driver didn't have to lie about a delivery attempt. He then said he'd try to get the driver back out to my house today yet. He showed up at 4:15.

In the meantime, I e-mailed Dell and let them know the kind of business practice their carrier had, and that if they would lie about an attempt, how many times will they "attempt" before they just ship it back?

Get my dander up, and you don't wanna mess with me!

Well, now to break this puppy down...and get the new one up and running.....lots of work ahead. Fun work, yes....but still lots of work! Might even wait till tomorrow for the official switch over, and just break out the paperwork for tonight.

Scootersmom

Monday, July 21, 2003 - 04:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
YAY! I'm sooo happy for you Who/Mama! :)

Scorpiomoon

Monday, July 21, 2003 - 06:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoami: I have the EXACT same problem every freakin' time I have something being delivered by UPS! It really does get your blood boiling, doesn't it?

Congratulations on your new computer! Good luck setting it up. Here's to hoping everything goes smoothly and the next time we see you post you'll be on your new machine. :)

Juju2bigdog

Monday, July 21, 2003 - 11:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yay Whoami!!!

<does a triple back flip>

Whoami

Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 09:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK!!

This is the first official post from my new computer! Yay!

Fluff

Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 06:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
You go gurl!

How are you liking it? Tell me, tell me!

Juju2bigdog

Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 10:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yay Whoami!!!

Lurknomore

Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 12:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi...sorry I'm coming late to the party! Congrats on the new system it sounds GREAT. I'm REALLY glad you went with the Dell (I wouldn't be posting this if you hadn't since it's done LoL). You system sounds GREAT!

Just for the record I'd like to add my 2 cents on Gateway tech support. I chose my Gateway for 2 main reasons--I liked the brand of parts they were using and felt I could easily customize the system i wanted and 2) I kept hearing how awesome their tech suppot was. Well let me tell you it STINKS! I know significantly more than most of the techs I have spoken to. They built my system wrong not once but TWICE. The only good thing I will say is that by making large stinks they repeatedly sent me free things (extra drives and such). However if I had to depend on them to fix problems I'd be up you know which creek.

My next puter is gonna be a Dell, unless things drastically change. But I hope to get a good few years more out of this one if I toss in some more Ram. It could be a tad faster, but truthfully the memory and disc size really are what is important not the speed, cause once you reach a certain level you are going as fast as you need to go. It's like having a car that can drive 200 and saying OH but the new ones can hit 275. Do you really need to go 275?! lolol

So you did good! You having fun with the new toy?!

Whoami

Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 12:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yup! I'm liking it and having lots of fun already. Of course I have a lot of stuff yet to load onto this one. But I'll just take it a little at a time. Have to clear out a spot to put my software too, since I decided not to clutter up the table with all my software, plus the system.

First observation....My e-mail downloads so fast now, I can't see who the e-mail is from until I start scanning the downloaded list! And it connects to DSL a lot faster now too. And of coure the web pages are loading faster too. And it booted up faster....

Still getting used to Windows XP. LOL, when I went to shut down last night, it took me a few seconds to figure out how. I was looking for the words "shut down." Finally saw the "turn off your computer" icon!

Ginger1218

Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 02:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoami, I just got a Dell too, still in the box. Did you get the 4 year in home service deal?

Whoami

Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 03:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I got a 4 year warranty thing. Can't remember if it's in-home, but I believe so. Not sure if I want someone coming into this messy house though!

Fanny

Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 10:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Who, now that you have this big fancy honkin' machine, is your email address the same? Holler if it isn't...I just sent you something.

Whoami

Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 10:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Don't need to holler, it's the same. And I just responded too.

BTW, I looked at the invoice, and yes the warranty is for in-home. Hmmm, that means if my 'puter crashes, I need to spend time cleaning up the house, rather than the futile attempts at fixing the 'puter, right?

Ginger1218

Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 05:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL, hey, maybe the repairman is cute. Hopefully you won't need them for a long while.

Ginger1218

Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 05:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey Fanny, I got me a new computer too, send me something LOL.

Fanny

Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 07:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Ginger. Consider it done.

Calgaryperson

Friday, August 08, 2003 - 04:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Calgaryperson could use a new hard drive. His hard drive short circuited. This year I am using a public computer to post for Big Brother.

Admin

Friday, August 15, 2003 - 09:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I could use a cd burner. Anyone got one for poor old admin? :)

Juju2bigdog

Friday, August 15, 2003 - 10:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Admin, do y'all have stores like Office Max and Office Depot up there? I think you do. Lately they have been running loss leader rebate promotions on CD burners, where they are essentially free after rebates.

Admin

Saturday, August 16, 2003 - 06:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes, we have those stores but with the heat wave, their Igloo locations have been melting, causing lots of problems. :)

(just a little Canada/US joke there.)

Thanks, I'll check those types of places out...I need to do something soon.

Squaredsc

Saturday, August 16, 2003 - 06:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
i need another burner myself. i think i burned mine out.