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by mendoza
Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:54 pm
Forum: Bans
Topic: muted on fri night
Replies: 7
Views: 15846

muted on fri night

Hey guys, Sorry for being a bit drunk on the server 2nite, a few people were asking me questions about Windows 7, I was answering them and suddenly got muted by admin. i wasn't warned about this, and had i had been i would have shut up instantly. all i'm asking is that if i'm drunk as fuck then tell...
by mendoza
Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:34 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: OS prices
Replies: 10
Views: 10504

Re: OS prices

dze_vinda wrote:you not thought about the new windows 7?

i believe its out in a week or so
It's out on Oct 22nd, although it has already been RTM'd. I get my copy on August 6th with my MSDN sub :)
by mendoza
Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:55 am
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: WD velociraptor 300Gb 10k rpm
Replies: 7
Views: 8044

Re: WD velociraptor 300Gb 10k rpm

Heh... but £90 for a 30gb is the cheapest I've seen for any SSD, and that's plenty space for Windows and CSS ;)
by mendoza
Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:54 am
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Windows 7: BACKUP BEFORE YOUI INSTALL !...
Replies: 3
Views: 4894

Re: Windows 7: BACKUP BEFORE YOUI INSTALL !...

I'm actually quite glad about this. Every upgraded computer I've ever seen has been fraught with problems, and ultimately had to be reformatted and put a clean version on anyway. There are so many differences from one major version to another that things just seem to go wrong. I like to reformat my ...
by mendoza
Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:48 am
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Windows 7: Home Premium or Pro
Replies: 5
Views: 6157

Re: Windows 7: Home Premium or Pro

Pro versions are always worth it IMO otherwise you are really restricted when it comes to networking. I know phone activation is a pain but to be honest it only takes 5 mins and I've never been questioned (have had to do it a LOT of times due to hardware reconfigurations on my various computers and ...
by mendoza
Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:44 am
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: WD velociraptor 300Gb 10k rpm
Replies: 7
Views: 8044

Re: WD velociraptor 300Gb 10k rpm

Check out the OCZ SSD range: http://www.ebuyer.com/cat/Hard-Drives/s ... ard-Drives

They are very affordable and made by a company well known for performance hardware. Haven't got one yet but am planning on as soon as I can afford ;)
by mendoza
Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:41 am
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Virtulisation
Replies: 5
Views: 7344

Re: Virtulisation

Been using Sun VirtualBox lately for my IE6 test machine, works really well, has a desktop hybrid mode (so virtual apps float over your normal desktop) and supports x64.