What computer stuff did you get for Christmas?

[o0zi]

I got an ADSL modem/router with 802.11g, Linux-compatible of course, so I can finally have net access all over the house :D

[vader89]

Got a VIK (Virtually Indestructable Keyboard), with a gel wrist rest. And "The Practical Guide to using linux". And of course a stuffed penguin to put on my computer.:D

[GigaShadow]

Warcraft III and Neverwinter Nights Gold Edition...ready to Party!!!!!!!

G :D

[bandwidth_pig]

I bought my present early.

Pentium 4 3 Ghz
1 GB DDR RAM
250 GB HD
NVIDIA Geforce 128 MB

So, thats the computer Christmas for me.

[Ninerunes]

That's a serious machine, there, pig.

I got Understanding the Linux Kernel; Linux Device Drivers; both NWN expansion paks, and the ultimate computer resource: $$. (from good ol' grandma, who knows she hasn't got a clue as to computers and just finances my addiction :D )

[bandwidth_pig]

Thanks! :D

[chucksaysword2]

Not to brag or anything but...
Athlon XP 2500+
Abit NFS-7 Mobo
512MB PC3200 DDR

[alan79]

256mb of RAM
128mb USB 2.0 Pen drive
USB light thing

[MorphiusFaydal]

'enough cash to buy the outer hebrides'
(thats from 'Blackadder The Third, Episode 6: "Duel and Duality"')

it also accuratly describes wht i got... lots of cash..

so im gonna get up bright and early, and head to the nearest bargain electronics store, for a new setup. Athlon XP 1800+ just aint cutting it anymore.

and i also have a severe case of envy.. one of my friends got a 2.8 P4 laptop, another a 2.4 P4 desktop.. so i have to get a good enough Athlon system to show them..

but im wondering what the electric razor is for.. :D:D

Chris

[Icarus]

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/5eec/
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5ea1/
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/coder/5d6a/

[nugget15]

I got "Sam's Teach yourself Linux-Mandrake in 24 hours", "Linux Bible", "Leo's 2004 Alamanac", "Mod Mania with Yoshi DeHerrea" and some clothes, cash, dvd player with Lord of the Rings 2, The Matrix. Also I got a Michigan Wolverines Shelf with my name on it. Thats it I think.

[Lemming]

A Hercules Prophetview 920 Pro 17" TFT monitor
A copy of XIII (v.good game, playing it in windows atm)
A Linksys Broadband wireless router for when I get adsl next month

[DSwain]

Audigy LS
Logitech 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers
GeForce FX 5600 Ultra (128mb)
Blue Neon
Verge 256mb Mp3 Player
DVD's

good stuff, good stuff. Hopefully i can get the Audigy LS working in Linux soon enough. I'll try more later. OH YEAH! Here's an unexpected gift-

Doubled Cable Speed-
1.5mbps-3mbps
And yes, you do notice a difference. I found this out by checking the main Comcast email account, and discovering this. A quick run upstairs, disconnected the modem for 60 seconds, reconnected, and BAM busting out 3mbps. OHHH YEAH!

[garskoci]

I thought that I had a game, it was the same type of box. Nothin' but fricken socks! :(

[Gertrude]

I got 2 DVDs. Not really computer related though.

Gwar - Ultimate Video Gwarchive

David Allan Coe - Live at Billy Bob's Texas

[canon006]

Pioneer DVR-106(OEM version of the A06), a couple DVDs, and a Griffin Powermate (http://griffintechnology.com/products/powermate/index.html) (haven't tried it in linux yet, but it works great on my Mac.)

[rbrimhall]

I got a 256 MB kingston usb flash drive (no more carting disks between home and school!)

[u3mike]

Bunch of geeks! :D

Actually I'm just jealous no one bought me a new computer for christmas :p I would have settled for a new case and psu though, then I could have thrown all my old parts I have around into the case and cooked up a old duron 1.2GHz system.

[freakmn]

DVD+/-RW drive and Doom 3 Preorder ;)

[nextbillgates]

No one bought me any computer-related stuff for Christmas :(

But I did get money, so I'll buy myself a new mouse :D

[hard candy]

Bon Bon got this computer (http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/vs-commodore-pet.jpg) for Christmas, we're going to upgrade it with a new motherboard, power supply, cpu, video card, sound card, RAM, hard disk, cdrw, floppy drive, keyboard, mouse, monitor, case, power cord, network card, and maybe a dvd +/- R.
I got a ice scraper to clean off my monitor in the morning, usually I have to warm up the monitor to melt the frost but the scraper will cut the time I have to wait to start cruising the net. Also, Bon Bon made me a anti-electrostatic wrist band using a leather belt and barb wire. And he found a field mouse that had been run over by a logging truck on State Hwy 78 last week, we let it dry real good and are using it for a mouse pad.
We hope everyone had a good Christmas or whatever you celebrate, and we are looking forward to the new year on this here LinuxQuestions.org site!

[o0zi]

(gasps) LinuxQuestions.org? Never utter that name again...:p

[nothingbutlinux]

I got a TIVO sysytem for Christmas. Since I'm going to be expanding the storage space with a new hard drive, I think it qualifies as computer related. These things run Linux too!

I also bought my son the network adapter for Playstation. He's already been busy challenging people on the 'net to Madden 2004 games. Sheesh, what a geek!

[hard candy]

(gasps) LinuxQuestions.org? Never utter that name again...
My mistake, I thought I was somewhere else. Funny thing happened, we was using the dried mouse pad and all of a sudden the mouse locked up! Cursor wouldn't move or nothing, I took the the mouse apart and found out the mouse ball was jammed on a mouse ball- must have been a male field mouse the truck ran over. Bon Bon went next door and got an optical mouse since the neighbors were off shopping. Works good, glides right over the rib bones sticking up.

[nickptar]

A subscription to 2600 and a scanner.

[raz0rblade]

ipod 20gb
iskin exo2
new mouse
lian-li pc65
korn - take a look in the mirror
debian coffee mug
stickers debian swirl. #!/usr/bin/perl, hacker in japanesse
drum set
red hoody
tribal swirl thingys belt

I'm happy :)

[Parcival]

I didn't get anything computer related for Christmas - my folks think it's better I buy the stuff as they have no clue about it. However, my girlfriend gave me an electric toothbrush - maybe I should try to mount this instead. :)

[raz0rblade]

Originally posted by Parcival
I didn't get anything computer related for Christmas - my folks think it's better I buy the stuff as they have no clue about it. However, my girlfriend gave me an electric toothbrush - maybe I should try to mount this instead. :)

mount /dev/toothbrush ?

:D

[Parcival]

Yes, because

mount /dev/girlfriend

is said to be reserved for the truly advanced geeks. ;)

[bsm2001]

I got mine late
Maxtor 120gb
geforce fx 5600 ultra 128mb

soon new flatpanel 17" mon.

[DSwain]

nice video card, i got the same one also. Pretty good card i'd say, and works swell with linux. As for the flat panel, well i'm not a big fan of them yet, but at least you're getting a nice big one.

[bsh152s]

19 inch Sony Trinitron

Now, I don't have to go blind looking at the 15 inch. And, I can actually increase the resolution above 800x600.

[Wolface]

one AMD XP 3200+ 400FSB (unlocked)
one ram cooler to overclock those 512mb I have to 400FSB :D

and neverwinter nights with the 2 expansions

im only thinking about a videocard but the Geforce 4 4200 I have should be enough for a while... what do you think?

[bsm2001]

they got 17" flats at fry's for under $300

[joesbox]

not really computer but geeky in a way.
got a 5 disc dvd/cd/mp3/stereo/surround-sound system with sub-woofer.
Grand-father-in-law is expected to send money so i am going to upgrade my epson color 740 printer to a new hp photosmart 7960 printer.

[DSwain]

im only thinking about a videocard but the Geoforce 4 4200 I have should be enough for a while... what do you think?

Well, what GeForce 4, the TI or the MX? And how much gaming do you do?

and, whats an unlocked cpu?

[liquidfx13]

of course i had to buy it myself but hey i make sure i get what i want that way right?.....anyway...here's the specs:



Gateway M505XL
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional

Application Software: Microsoft® Works Suite 7.0

AntiVirus Software: Norton AntiVirus 90 day Introductory Offer

Processor: Mobile Intel® Pentium® M Processor 1.5GHz

Memory: 512MB DDR SDRAM

Hard Drive: 60GB ultra ATA hard drive

Floppy Drive: Integrated Secure Digital (SD) memory card reader

Optical Drive: Integrated DVD-RW Slot Load drive

Extended Service Plan: Value Service Plan-3Yr Parts/Labor/No Onsite/3 Yr Technical Support

Expansion Slots: (1) Type II PC card slot

External Ports: (3) USB 2.0, VGA, Parallel, (2) IEEE 1394 (FireWire), S-Video TV-out

Screen: 15.4" WXGA TFT Active Matrix

Video: ATI Radeon 9600 Graphics with 64MB DDR video memory

Keyboard and Mouse: Full-sized keyboard w/ dedicated one-touch control panel and EZ pad pointing device

Multimedia Package: Integrated 20-bit sound and stereo speakers w/ Subwoofer, headphone/speaker jack, and mic jacks

Speakers: External speakers not selected

Battery: Lithium ion battery with AC pack and 1 yr. limited battery warranty

Modem: Integrated V.92 56K modem

Network Adapter: Integrated 10/100 Ethernet Adapter

Internet Service Provider: Six months America Online® Internet access

Wireless Networking Adapter: Integrated 802.11b wireless networking card w/ Intel® Centrino Mobile Technology

Carrying Case: Deluxe Carrying Case



now ya it has winxp pro on it but that be lonely for long.....and from what i hear getting linux to run on a centrino technology is a real ***** but it can be done.....i'll let ya all know how it goes

[mmills]

I got Linux Power Tools
and Sybex Net+

[soda_popstar]

and from what i hear getting linux to run on a centrino technology is a real ***** but it can be done.....i'll let ya all know how it goes [/B]

As far as I know, there's not way to get wireless Internet on Linux with a Centrino. I have a very similar laptop to the one you're planning to get, so I've looked into it already. I'd suggest that you keep Windows if you want to use wireless. Everything else works flawlessly under Linux though. :D

[hard candy]

Linuxant (http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/index.php?PHPSESSID=119d5f45c0509630f6ce0a45329496 02#about) supports the Centrino.

[Alex Cavnar, aka alc6379]

I got pieces for a whole new system:

Soyo KT333 Dragon Plus! mainboard
Athlon 2600+
256MB PC2700
500W PSU
10 bay case.

In a couple of weeks, I'm going to be getting a 60GB hard drive for the box. Then, my monster will be complete! Mwuahahahaha!

[Seph64]

I got a new Western Digital 120GB Hard Drive, I love it, lots of space. :)

[Hmse]

20 gb iPod.
128 meg pen drive
PHP book.
learning unix with os X
Revis cd
Finger Eleven cd
then my family got Adobie creative suites :D

[freakmn]

Originally posted by DSwain
Well, what GeForce 4, the TI or the MX? And how much gaming do you do?

and, whats an unlocked cpu?

The 4200 is the ti series, the 420 is the MX. He said 4200, so I assume that it is the ti series, however he did put an extra "o" in GeForce, so an extra "0" in 420 isn't too har to imagine...

[DSwain]

oh alright, well i was just checking. if you're not a huge gamer or anything, that's probably a fine card to have. if you are, i'd reccomend going for a GeForce FX 5700 Ultra. My friend got one, and he said its phenominal.

[maje87c]

I got lots of money. But I put it all in the bank because I'm a packrat. and because I upgraded my graphics card around my birthday(less than a month ago)

I love my 9600 AIW

[bandwidth_pig]

Originally posted by maje87c
I got lots of money. But I put it all in the bank because I'm a packrat. and because I upgraded my graphics card around my birthday(less than a month ago)

I love my 9600 AIW

Smart way to go. Keep thinking that way and you'll be very thankful you did.

[soda_popstar]

Originally posted by hard candy

Linuxant (http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/index.php?PHPSESSID=119d5f45c0509630f6ce0a45329496 02#about) supports the Centrino.

:eek:

Oh my goodness. You totally made my day! :D

(still :eek: )

[o0zi]

I'm starting to think we need a Wireless Networking forum, with a big post up the top about Linuxant's driverloader and ndiswrapper...

[Sepero]

This is basically what I got for $200 on ebay:

750Mhz AMD Athlon Cpu
40Gb ATA 7200rpm HardDrive
DVD-ROM 16X
348Mb Kingston Memory
Nvidia Riva Tnt2 64 APG GfxCard
Microsoft XP Pro CD

Now I can resell the MS XP Pro CD on ebay and get my $200 back...

[hard candy]

Now I can resell the MS XP Pro CD on ebay and get my $200 back...
Remind me not to buy from people from Tampa- they're too sharp. :D

[deathadder]

Got a nice 120gb SATA driver, but had to install winxp on it :'( and c++ primer plus by stephen prata, good read

[Wolface]

Originally posted by DSwain
Well, what GeForce 4, the TI or the MX? And how much gaming do you do?

and, whats an unlocked cpu?

it's a Geforce 4 TI 4200 128VRAM.
the cpu I have is one of the last 3200 that can be overclocked; all amd after dec 9 are locked and until now there is no way to OCing them.
ohhhhhhhhhhhh yes I do gaming A LOT

and the Geforce FX 5700 on best buy is at $200... ouch !

[DSwain]

Well, thats news to me, but for some reason i doubt that it will be like that forever, plus you probably still could on a firmware level (the BIOS and things like that)

and the Geforce FX 5700 on best buy is at $200... ouch !
Yeah, good point but i heard its a great card. if you're looking economical, grab the 5600 Ultra, i think around 130-150 which is good. Card works pretty darn good for me too.

[EnigmaOne]

I gave more than I got this year--which is more fun for me--mostly full systems and the odd-DVD-burner or two.

I did get 3 more SyncMaster 192Ns (+ VESA mounts) to plug into my video cards. I can finally work in comfort...but I now need a bigger desk.

The kids got so many games this year, that I'm spending the weekend building them a dedicated windoze gaming system (makes 3 windoze systems in my house...the outrage of it all!); which, if it crashes and burns, I hope it actually catches fire.

[edit}
silly me....of course I really mean:
"which, when it crashes and burns, I hope it actually catches fire."

It'll only be a matter of hours....

[edit]
I counted wrong on the original writing, where I incorrectly said '2 windoze systems', and they've been just as crashy as one could expect. No fires tho'......bummer.

[Legithrandil]

I got a 256 mb keychain usb drive thingy
some money
permission to build a new computer (good thing)

I'm looking into building one with about these specs:
AMD AthlonXP 2800
512 MB PC2700 ram
80 gb hdd
geforce fx 5700
biostar m7ncd mobo

That should kick proper *** for gaming.

[Artimus]

-A new computer chair
-A Piece of crap MP3 Player that isn't even compatible with its own software
-Ethernet cable and permission to drill a few holes so I can run an internet connection up to my room (upstairs, on the other side of the house...)

Now, as soon as I take the MP3 Player back to best buy and get something else, we'll be good.

[wh|tewolf]

a lovely lady bought me a dvdr/rw drive and a 120gb maxtor drive. i am a very sarcastic guy...i gave her a box and she knew it was jewelry. when she opened it, it was one of those friendship bands you get for a quarter out of the vending machines. she was like "give me your gifts back." so i had to give her her real gift. i got no complaints and got to keep my gifts :p.

[leonpmu]

Started in November actually:

I bought for myself a CRT 17inch Samsung monitor (not big on those flatscreens yet and also not big on the price about 4 x I think!! )

Got a 256Mb Pen drive from a friend
Got an external laptop drive device (UCB 2.0 and firewire!!)
a USB cahrger for my Cell phone!!!

And a little knife with a cute penguin on the end all dressed up for the cold!! (from my wife!!) ( - and yes geeks can get married!!)

Unfortunately, nothing else geeky :(

[liquidfx13]

Originally posted by soda_popstar
As far as I know, there's not way to get wireless Internet on Linux with a Centrino. I have a very similar laptop to the one you're planning to get, so I've looked into it already. I'd suggest that you keep Windows if you want to use wireless. Everything else works flawlessly under Linux though. :D

well the more research i do the more i realize i shouldn't have a problem. One thing i forgot to mention in my above post was that i bought a 802.11g pc card with the system for use while at home (the 802.11b will be for while i am not). as long as i can get the G card to work under linux which i don't think should be a problem i should be ok for wireless.


and thanks for the linuxant sugestion.....looking into that now....

[hyp_spec]

w00

Dell Dimension 4600

Pentium4 2.8Ghz 533 FSB
16x DVD-ROM
48x CD-RW
80gb 7200rpm HD
GeForce4 MX 440-8x
17" Monitor....

eh... and to think i used to run a 533 celeron with a 13" monitor!

oh yea... I also got

Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
P.O.D. - Payable On Death
Korn - Take a Look in the Mirror

oh and some sexy cologne... o.O

[GigaShadow]

Hardcandy....is this the mouse that you got? :D





G

[The Linux Kid]

I got a 120gb LaCie Firewire hdd

and

A 20gb iPod (made by apple)

[hard candy]

Hardcandy....is this the mouse that you got?

More like this (http://www.rumela.com/jokes/jokes_dead_rat.htm)
'cept mine wasn't in that good of a condition.

[hyp_spec]

lmao thats great!