Ended Smoktech giveaway! 250 Cloud Machines to win...

[b.m.]

I have been reading lately that some of the Satellites running 8 were never configured correctly and I am of the mindset that I have one of those. Did you get yours right after 8.1 came out? I tried VERY hard to find one that was running 7 at the time I had to buy this one but I got it during that brief period of time when you could not find a Windows 7 computer anywhere. I absolutely hate this freaking thing.

Mine is an older one,it came with Vista.My son had one with 7 on it,and it was worse than mine,if you looked at it the wrong way it would freeze up haha.

 

[v1ks_]

I know my way around 8/8.1 but I definitely don't like it. 7 is so user friendly and I had zero problems storing and editing pictures. I have yet to find an easy way to manipulate my photos in 8/8.1. It should not be this hard!

Check out GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program). Multiplatform graphics editor, that is almost on par with Photoshop and it's free (without bloatware, malware, or other nastiness included).

 

[AndriaD]

Nope. Still have an antique Mac Performa 550 (33Mhz - talk about S L O W) and it is still functional and there is NEVER a blue screen of death.
Of course, what I am typing on right now is an eMachine with Windoze 7 and it crashes routinely.

eMachines are bad for that. I had one circa 2001, a 733 mHz celeron, running windows ME... so yeah, I do know what an unstable OS is like. It's called WinME.

Andria

 

[MoonLit_Water]

Check out GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program). Multiplatform graphics editor, that is almost on par with Photoshop and it's free (without bloatware, malware, or other nastiness included).

Yes GIMP is very good,,,,,, use it often

 

[Sir2fyablyNutz]

I have the best pc in this thread... here's a pic of it...

 

[Croak]

Showoff...
Lovely piece of kit you have there!
Worth about, let's see... 15 or 20 smok X CUBE II TFV4 kits (at MSRP)?

Probably more than that, I bought all the parts in GBP or Euro when I was working in Malta. I paid more for that dang computer than I did for my car in Malta (a clean 2002 Alfa 147 2.0ts imported from the UK).

 

[cooladdict]

Some of you guys talking about your first computers really make me feel old. I didn't own my first computer til I was an adult, but in school the first one I used didn't even have floppy drives, it took a tape to save anything.

When I say save I do mean after you wrote it as there were no pre bought programs for it.

The next ones I use where the old apple computers that you had to have the boot disk for.

My very first computer class ever (computer science) was in 1993. We used those Apple McIntosh computers, so that was my first introduction to computers. I was more than a little overwhelmed, lol.

 

[crxess]

No.. it seems we are never done..

At this point in our life, my husband is considering the purchase of a one room cabin (so we wont have company capability) to fulfill his life-long dream of chasing me around the house (fill in appropriate mode of dress here)

lol... you might want to try that route too!

Time that Dream comes around I''ll be

SLOW DOWN DANG IT!!

 

[TikPandora]

After my PS subscription went out, I switched to GIMP. It is just as awesome!

 

[Shawn Hoefer]

After my PS subscription went out, I switched to GIMP. It is just as awesome!

Dollar for dollar, gimp is far better!

 

[v1ks_]

Probably more than that, I bought all the parts in GBP or Euro when I was working in Malta. I paid more for that dang computer than I did for my car in Malta (a clean 2002 Alfa 147 2.0ts imported from the UK).

Yeah, it's somewhat hard to tell from the picture if that's a K series i5, or an i7 Extreme Edition, which alone would be... a lot. Same applies for other parts, especially that custom water loop. No idea who makes those parts and what they go for...
I've been having thoughts about Malta lately, unsure though...

 

[Oliver]

Hi y'all!

 

[mudmanc4]

Check out GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program). Multiplatform graphics editor, that is almost on par with Photoshop and it's free (without bloatware, malware, or other nastiness included).

Don't forget about Blender for anything 3D ect.......

 

[pbanj]

Hi y'all!

Hey

 

[Jbb8415]

Hi y'all!

Heyyyyy smokey!

 

[AndriaD]

I don't know enough about them to know if one will help me with this piece of crap. My CPU runs at 100% all the time. It never goes down. I have tried everything I can think of to help slow it down (aside from uninstalling the apps-they pay me money!!!). If I added a SSD would that help speed things up for me?

Question: do you run Firefox? I had to start using Chrome when I was using my old WinXP Pro with 4gb, because FF made it run at 100% at all times. Now I can run BOTH at once, with 16gb, but FF is nasty on resource-limited machines.

Andria

 

[MoonLit_Water]

Hi y'all!

What Do Ya Know Joe?

 

[The Eciginator]

Smokey!

 

[Jeffmoore78]

NEWSFLASH!
Random in-thread winner #1 of the Cloud Machine Kit is:
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@v1ks_ !

Congratulations - please PM @SmokeyJoe with your full name and address.

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Oliver]

Hey panj!