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Post by janggut on Jul 16, 2009 8:42:50 GMT
what the college tells me: no budget for new computers for your department yet. maybe next year. that old computer they gave me was too old for Windows XP. had they installed Windows 98SE or Me, it would've worked well enough. but nooooo...... it has to be XP. so? i got Out Of Memory message right after logging into XP.
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Post by Hildor on Jul 16, 2009 8:43:19 GMT
Don't forget to start complaining again next year or they might forget you ^^
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Post by Alrik on Jul 16, 2009 11:08:47 GMT
We might send him parts for assembling ... OpenOffice is imho sufficient. I also work with it. But most of all I write all of my texts with the small program called "Textmaker" by a GFerman company called "Softmaker". It's this one : www.softmaker.com/english/ofwtm_en.htmTo me, it's really cheap, and a nice program for not-so-complicated things (although a test in a magazine claimed that more complex tasks could be done with it, too. But I never did it so far, so I can't tell).
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Post by Elliot Kane on Jul 16, 2009 11:26:24 GMT
CELERON?!? **shudder**
Aren't those things banned yet? ;D
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Post by Ubereil on Jul 16, 2009 12:01:17 GMT
If you want to work with linux there's plenty of free tutorials you can read by the way. Übereil
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Post by Dark Phoenix Rising on Jul 16, 2009 12:35:34 GMT
CELERON?!? **shudder** Aren't those things banned yet? ;D erm, celeron is a tag that Intel uses to signify their budget line of processors, so i doubt that they're ever going to be banned.
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Post by Alrik on Jul 16, 2009 15:24:47 GMT
DPR is right, Intell has used it so many times now ... I think they're rather using as a label nowadays.
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Post by Elliot Kane on Jul 16, 2009 16:04:13 GMT
CELERON?!? **shudder** Aren't those things banned yet? ;D erm, celeron is a tag that Intel uses to signify their budget line of processors, so i doubt that they're ever going to be banned. I know. Difference in the onboard caching makes them slower, IIRC. Horrible things, regardless.
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Jul 16, 2009 16:26:22 GMT
Janggut: you might wanna try Koffice too on Ubuntu.
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Post by Alrik on Jul 16, 2009 17:29:01 GMT
"Drinking some Koffee while working with Koffice" ? ;D
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Post by Hildor on Jul 16, 2009 17:34:32 GMT
Spare him the jokes, they surely will come from his collegues ;D
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Post by LaFille on Jul 17, 2009 3:01:36 GMT
Congrats jang! Ubuntu, eh? Next thing, this beard will be wearing black rectangle glasses with a white tape in the middle... ;D Does this mean you're 'computerless' when not at work now?
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Post by twoheadedragon on Jul 17, 2009 10:39:18 GMT
Don't worry Jang, you'll survive somehow! ;D I was very busy for a few days everyone, so I might have missed some of the action...
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Post by fughawzi on Jul 17, 2009 12:44:45 GMT
I'll be going into surgery in a couple hours, then you lot will have to deal with me all the time. Bwahaha.
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Post by Hildor on Jul 17, 2009 12:45:49 GMT
Wherefore? (if I may ask ofcourse!) I wish you all the best luck.
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Post by Elliot Kane on Jul 17, 2009 15:23:07 GMT
Hope the surgery goes well, Zee.
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Jul 17, 2009 15:35:32 GMT
Be well, Zee.
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Post by Galadriel on Jul 17, 2009 17:09:54 GMT
@ Jang Good luck in the next school year and hopefully you get a new computer soon.
@ Fughzie See you again soon, take care and don't tell jokes while the doctor is operating ;D
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Post by janggut on Jul 18, 2009 6:32:03 GMT
@ fughawzi -> hope it's a minor one & that u'll be up on your feet & be your usual self soon. @ Sonar Chix & Al -> i'm quite used to OpenOffice as i use it in Windows 8 home. @ Hildor -> on the contrary, a colleague who has seen how slick Ubuntu looks & how fast Firefox surf (well it's still 3.0.11) was impressed. @ Fille -> u should consider the possibility that the cat might turn into a penguin. ;D no worries, the beard has his main system at home. @ 2-headed dragon -> without a doubt! ;D been training once in a while to abstain from myself from the computer. quite successful so far. .................. 10 minutes! ;D @ Gal -> i'm thinking of talking with my boss & see if it's possible for the college to subsidise if/when i buy a laptop. one third or a quarter of the total cost would be great.
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Post by LaFille on Jul 18, 2009 20:54:00 GMT
Hope it went well and that you have a speedy recovery, fughawzi. Jang, that's good then.... A penguin might find Malaysia a little hot for its taste though. Good luck with the subsidiary; what a great excuse to get a bigger toy. ;D
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