Let's see the desktops! (2010)
 

In the tradition of the previous thread of the same name, time to show what you got again.

I have an new computer, but I need something to make it cooler ... :pimp:

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8933/dtopii.jpg

Can't go WIndows 7 yet, I still need to replace some of my legacy software, which has been expensive. But I should be rolling W7 64-bit after the holidays.

^ Cool!

Is that Photoshop 5.0 I see there?

Dude, that desktop would be 10 times cooler if the amp went to 11.

Very nice indeed. The blue veneer is a new one on me, must be after market ... a VERY slick customization.

Riddle: What do you get when you add the following: 6L6 quared + 12AX7 squared ?

Photoshop 6.0 actually ... one of the titles I'm having to upgrade before I can go to Windows 7.

* Actually instead of PS, I settled for the less expensive Photoshop Elements v.9, the powder blue rectangle icon. That was $80.

* Wordperfect X5 there, a $145 upgrade up from my v.11.

* Dragon Nat Speaking 7 up to (the lesser-featured Premium Edition of) 11, about $90.

* From MS Office 2000 (old but I liked it), to 2003 (a used upgrade disk off Craigslist no less), $40 more.

* Lest we forget Windows itself ... $120 for a W7 64-bit OEM disk.

And still a couple more to go. Plus this stupid Microsoft W7 Compatibility site seems vaguely more sales oriented than informational. So after dropping about $750 building a new desktop last winter, they're really bleeding me dry with all this crap. They could have at least bought me dinner and drinks beforehand.

Windows f'ing 7 better be f'ing worth it.

F'ers.

Windows 7 is great.

Win7 has its own compatibility wizard that allows you to keep your older software by specifying which version of Windows the software worked with.

That amp was a limited edition - Fender only made a few hundred of them.

The nicest thing about it is the speaker: a 12" Celestion Blue w/ alnico magnet. Sounds gorgeous!

As for that riddle, I have no idea, but it must be loud! ;D

Yeah I looked at that, I nearly kept my WordPerfect, but honestly the whole virtual PC thing kinda sucks. It's a bit clunky, the one's I've used anyway, and after all, why bu a new OS if you're running your programs in Virtual-Old-OS mode?


No answer really, just a tube thing to see who might get it.

Crap, you're right. It's not a 64-bit distinction like I thought, it's that W7 Home Edition doesn't have that feature. I was testing on a friend's W7 - Home Edition - so I was led astray.

I did return Dragon, so the damage is not so bad really. Thanks for the wake up on that.

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/6506/85181208.jpg

This one's nice..........
http://corner-desk.org/wp-content/up...orner-desk.jpg

This was my wallpaper
http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/...rWallpaper.jpg

EDIT: Deleted, didn't want that hanging out on the internet for to long