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Postby Wasgood » Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:06 pm

I'm looking to buy a laptop, can someone analyse the specs on this one please?
ACER T8100
# Intel Core 2 Duo processor T8100 2.1GHz ( 3M cache, 667MHz)
# Genuine Microsoft® Windows® Vista Home Premium (add $99 for XP Pro)
# 4GB DDR2-667 RAM
# 250GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive with enhanced Acer DASP (Disk Anti-Shock Protection)
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ATI Mobility Radeon™ X2400 with up to 1024 MB of HyperMemory™ (256 MB of dedicated DDR2

VRAM, up to 768 MB of shared system memory) supporting Microsoft® DirectX® 9 and PCI Express®
# 15.4" WXGA CrystalBrite(GLOSSY) widescreen with WXGA Resolution 1280x800
# 6 cell Long life Lithium Ion battery Up to 3.5-hour battery life
# DVD-Super Multi Dual Layer Burner.
# Built-In Webcam & Microphone
# 10/100/1000 LAN & Built-in 56Kbps international fax/modem
# 802.11a/b/g Wireless with SignalUp wireless technology
# 5-in-1 Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS Pro/xD)
# Built-in Bluetooth® 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
# 4 x USB 2.0, 1x DVI Port, 1 x 1394 Firewire port, 1x S-Video, 1 x Microphone-in/Line-in port
1 x Ethernet (RJ-45) port, 1 x Modem (RJ-11) port


Its just under $1000
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Postby Montyphy » Fri Dec 19, 2008 3:39 pm

Mas Tnega wrote:So... anyone else find Game Damage depressingly bad?


My god, that's shit
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Postby Mas Tnega » Fri Dec 19, 2008 5:54 pm

My opinion has been pretty much summarised for me here. Throughout the video I found myself doing something else, waiting for it to get... I don't know, interesting?


That news section at the beginning was... bad. When the other two started laughing, I couldn't help but feel like I was watching three guys borrowing their parents' camcorder. I don't know there was a sort of brain-dead "Hur hur, you just got owned" vibe, and the jokes being of about the same piss-poor quality, being - everyone will tell you - completely overdone.

All the scenes on the couch seemed to be trying to establish the following line up:
  • Ever-suffering Alan Rickman
  • That Guy in the Middle
  • The Gushing Nerd


The skits were all obvious jokes, though I think they at least managed to deliver the Duke Nukem ones well enough.

The episode needed more planning. "So... now we're going to do this bit, where we... do this" combined with "<Controversial statement!>" "<Improvised counter!>", way to look forced and ill-considered.

The Gushing Nerd's rant was especially bad, but that may have been my mind going "Oh, a rant on a theme of gameplay elements, claiming gameplay is being sacrificed for these gameplay elements. ...What?"


I'd rather not hear the "It's just a pilot" defence. It's a weak defence. Sure pilots will never be as good as the main thing, but pilots are meant to create interest, which this never did. Frankly, I think most of the support is "It's Yahtzee! I love Yahtzee!" and "It's those guys from that podcast going up in the world. Hope it goes well for them" while my opinions are "Noah Antwiler's funnier" and "I could barely get 4 minutes into any of their podcasts".
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Postby ynbniar » Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:52 pm

So 2 weeks of festive holiday starts here...what shall I do? Finish decorating the spare room? Wash the mud and salt encrusted car? Play 2v2 Defcon for the first time? Read that "Accelerated C++" book in case I need a new skill in 2009 :?
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Postby Montyphy » Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:47 pm

ynbniar wrote:So 2 weeks of festive holiday starts here...what shall I do? Finish decorating the spare room? Wash the mud and salt encrusted car? Play 2v2 Defcon for the first time? Read that "Accelerated C++" book in case I need a new skill in 2009 :?


...or, get plastered. :P
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Postby Lowell » Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:08 pm

Wow...was that Game Damage show lame. ABC would never pickup a looser show like that...it would be dead before the first showing. :roll:
I give Game Damage two thumbs down.
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Postby Ace Rimmer » Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:38 pm

Montyphy wrote:
ynbniar wrote:So 2 weeks of festive holiday starts here...what shall I do? Finish decorating the spare room? Wash the mud and salt encrusted car? Play 2v2 Defcon for the first time? Read that "Accelerated C++" book in case I need a new skill in 2009 :?


...or, get plastered. :P

Or, do them all, especially the 2v2 Defcon. :P
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Postby ynbniar » Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:07 pm

Ace Rimmer wrote:
Montyphy wrote:...or, get plastered. :P

Or, ... the 2v2 Defcon. :P


Yes I need to do those things...

Seriously thinking about a console...old PC isn't up to the latest wizzo games and isn't really upgradable any more but is fine for everything else...XBOX is cheaper but I've always had a bit of a thing for Sony... :?
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Postby Xocrates » Sat Dec 20, 2008 12:36 am

Mas Tnega wrote:So... anyone else find Game Damage depressingly bad?


That's depressingly bad?

Mind you, around here we're lucky if there is a videogame TV show, much less a good one :P
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Postby Mas Tnega » Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:38 am

I'm too used to the idea of informative content and opinions that, having gone in one ear, don't immediately go out the other by the power of boring. I zoned out a lot when watching it.
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Postby KingAl » Sat Dec 20, 2008 2:49 pm

For Facebooking types, you can get a free copy of Lugaru for joining some groups/pages/whatever. In short, ninja rabbits, great hand-to-hand combat system. I payed $20 for it a while ago and haven't regretted it.
They also plugged Multiwinia in a top 10 indie-games-for-Christmas list. Nice guys. I can vouch for the first 8.
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Postby RabidZombie » Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:02 pm

http://www.friendface.co.uk/ is my social networking site of choice.

Man, this Cuke is good. It's like heaven in a can. You should try some.
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Postby RabidZombie » Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:44 pm

KingAl wrote:For Facebooking types, you can get a free copy of Lugaru for joining some groups/pages/whatever. In short, ninja rabbits, great hand-to-hand combat system. I payed $20 for it a while ago and haven't regretted it.
They also plugged Multiwinia in a top 10 indie-games-for-Christmas list. Nice guys. I can vouch for the first 8.


Wow, thanks. I saw Lugaru a while ago and get excited... then forgot.

Overgrown looks pretty awesome too.
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Postby Rkiver » Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:41 pm

Meh.
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Postby desktopsimmer » Sun Dec 21, 2008 8:55 pm

RabidZombie wrote:http://www.friendface.co.uk/ is my social networking site of choice.

Man, this Cuke is good. It's like heaven in a can. You should try some.


Not seen that episode, yet, it's on my HDD recorder back at home. no spoilers please

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