Computer Upgrade
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I have been buying used Thinkpads for quite a while now -- you can freaking drive nails with 'em (you know, if such a need were to arise).
I use a T430 for the course I teach in Boston... because... well, you know, Boston.
One gorgeous early fall afternoon a couple of years back, I was sittin' outside at a table, enjoying the scenery 
and a random "kid" (student) walking by stopped and said, "Is that a T430? Nice!". And we had a little chat about old laptop computers.
I think it was sort of like a young gearhead of today admiring a '65 Corvette.
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I still have a Thinkpad T43 and T400 in-house. I think I maxed-out the RAM they can address with stock CMOS, but the HDD are rather puny. I've considered installing SSD in them, but for casual 'surfing', a Chromebook works a treat. If I need real 'computing power', I use my 'company laptop', or personal desktop...which actually does need updating.
One nice feature on those old Thinkpads is the keyboard. The keys have more substance to them than current laptop 'thin' keys. I can type faster with the older-style keys. Now...having said that...put me on an old IBM Selectric typewriter, and be prepared to cool down the keys as I burn it up!
Ah...high-school memories of typing class: "Ready...Eyes on copy...Type" [stopwatch click] "This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
"Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon -
There're... a couple... of Selectrics... downstairs.
The Rolls-Royce of typewriters.
... but I digress...
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With the IBM Selectric, it's all about the 'golf ball':
But I, too, digress..."This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
"Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon -
Loved those Selectrics
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Funny this thread comes up.
Between Christmas gift cards and this
We did a little more upgrading
Son went full on disco ball
so I could not just sit
not as much of a disco ball but bigger case and 280mm AIO
We each got RTX 3070, his friend works at Best Buy and was able to get them for us.
So his is now an I9-10850k ASUS ROG RTX3070 with 64GB RAM
I took his I9-9900K added in a Gigabite RTX3070.
Not bad
When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
Family Room:LG QNED80 75", Onkyo RZ50 Emotiva XPA3 GEN3 Oppo BDP-93,Sony UBP-X800BM. Main: Polk LsiM 705Center: Polk LSiM 704CFront High/Rear High In-Ceiling Polk 80F/X RT Surrounds: Polk S15 Sub: HSU VTF3-MK5
Bed Room; Marantz SR5010, BDP-S270Main: Polk Signature S20Center: Polk Signature S35Rear: Polk R15 Sub: SVS SB2000
Working Warehouse; Yamaha A-S301, Sony DVP-NS3100ES for disc Plok TSX550T SVS PB2000 Mini tower PC with 400GB of music -
So what does that mean Loren? I'm not savvy to these games.I disabled signatures.
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So what does that mean Loren? I'm not savvy to these games.
$1k
I was thinking of a used Parasound but the RTX3070 came up at pre tax hike price.When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
Family Room:LG QNED80 75", Onkyo RZ50 Emotiva XPA3 GEN3 Oppo BDP-93,Sony UBP-X800BM. Main: Polk LsiM 705Center: Polk LSiM 704CFront High/Rear High In-Ceiling Polk 80F/X RT Surrounds: Polk S15 Sub: HSU VTF3-MK5
Bed Room; Marantz SR5010, BDP-S270Main: Polk Signature S20Center: Polk Signature S35Rear: Polk R15 Sub: SVS SB2000
Working Warehouse; Yamaha A-S301, Sony DVP-NS3100ES for disc Plok TSX550T SVS PB2000 Mini tower PC with 400GB of music -
So are you overclocking the CPU's?Yamaha RX-A2070, Musical Fidelity M6si integrated amp, Benchmark Dac1, Bluesound NODE 2i, Audiolab 6000CDT CD Transport, Parasound Zphono USB Phono Preamp, Fluance RT85, Ortofon 2M Bronze, Polk L600's, L400, L900's, RC80i's, SVS 3000 Micro, Audioquest Interconnects and Digital Cables, Nordost Silver Shadow Digital Cable, Cullen Gold and Crossover Series Power Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha 12AWG OCC Speaker Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha Analog Interconnect Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha 11 OCC Custom Power Cable, Signal Power Cable, Furman PL-8C 15 Power Conditioner, Sony 65" 900F, Sony UBP-X700, Fios, Apple TV 4K, Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables.
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When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
Family Room:LG QNED80 75", Onkyo RZ50 Emotiva XPA3 GEN3 Oppo BDP-93,Sony UBP-X800BM. Main: Polk LsiM 705Center: Polk LSiM 704CFront High/Rear High In-Ceiling Polk 80F/X RT Surrounds: Polk S15 Sub: HSU VTF3-MK5
Bed Room; Marantz SR5010, BDP-S270Main: Polk Signature S20Center: Polk Signature S35Rear: Polk R15 Sub: SVS SB2000
Working Warehouse; Yamaha A-S301, Sony DVP-NS3100ES for disc Plok TSX550T SVS PB2000 Mini tower PC with 400GB of music
