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You know something amazing has to be going on if it was enough to bring me out of my antiposting coma. Well it just so happens that I do have something THAT good. Even though there are only three people who read this blog, I firgured I would enlighten you all with the power of Windows 7.

I have been officially running it for about 10 minutes now and let's just say that I have more love for it than XP and maybe, just maybe, more love for it than my Mac. Now that's deep.

First off: the specs.
Processor: AMD Athlon LIVE! 2.5 GHz dual-core 64-bit (I love AMD's)
Memory: 2 GB DDR2
Storage: (for the OS only) 80 GB IDE with two partitions. The second partition is for the real release of 7
Graphics: PNY GeForce 7300 GT (nvidia) 256MB

I am running the 64-bit edition and let me tell you - I'm sure you won't ever be disappointed. The GUI just feels so clean. It is seriously like working on a pane of glass. The video effects no longer hurt operations and opening up a window is snappy quick. Behaviors are way less annoying and are actually enjoyable. Even the User Account Control has only prompted me twice (during two program installations). I was even digging around in system properties and control panel and no annoying warning (unlike Vista).

I can't say enough good about it. This literally has me hooked. I'm sure before the day is up, I'll have all the "necessities" installed on it. It's also very stable even though it is only an RC. I'm very much surprised. Perhaps Microsoft is actually getting good at this?

Labels: A Geek's Dream, FYI, OS

Is that sexy or what? This is Sony's latest concept. I features a clear, glass screen and pure black surface when powered off. When you turn it on, the glass is filled with the image and the keyboard keys and track pad "light up". Man that would friggin awesome to have. I wouldn't care how much money I had to pay to get my hands on one of those. Unfortunately, it is just a concept and won't be developed until holograms become a reality.

Citation: http://www.geekologie.com/2007/09/holographic_vaio_zoom_notebook.php

Labels: A Geek's Dream, Articles

You're not going to believe this...

TigerDirect.com and their sister site, CompUSA.com are currently giving away 100 PC's in 100 days. So I enter in my name. Well there is kind of this catchy part: you have to see if you've won; they won't tell you. So I go on there yesterday and at the bottom of the list is my name. I couldn't believe it. Here's a list of what I get:

HP desktop computer - $700
AMD Athlon X2 2.3 GHz
3 GB RAM
250 GB SATA II hard drive
DVD+/-RW DL -RAM with lightscribe

22" Widescreen monitor - $320
With built in speakers and a freaking subwoofer
USB ports
Webcam
Media card reader

Some fraking awesome DeskJet printer from HP - $150-$200
Scanner, Copier, Fax (?), etc.

All this for typing in my name.

So what are you waiting for? Go over to TigerDirect and enter now. Here's the catch: You gotta be 18 years old. (No comments about this please)

Labels: A Geek's Dream, Stories

Not to copy off of Mr. Mssuxandotherstuff here but I really wanted to show you all some cool things that I just discovered with theming. So here's my current desktop's screencap.



Now we've all seen themes before and just having Mac wallpaper isn't that impressive, but look closely at the title bar. Yes, that's it... lean in and look!






Wait... what's that?



YES! The buttons are really on the left side. IN WINDOWS!!! I found this awesome stand alone, non-install program called leftsider that is completely free. It only works in windows vista though. I've heard that it can work in xp but will only affect explorer windows. In vista, though, everything is switched. Combine it with a theme, some wallpaper, and RKLauncher and you have a suitable mac on pc.

Labels: A Geek's Dream, Modifications, OS, secrets, Software

I about had a heart attack when I read what IBM is now pouring out $290 million to build.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/11/ibm_power7_ncsa/

Labels: A Geek's Dream, Articles