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General Discussion Area / Re: How many miles has your meega done?
« on: 31 October 2006, 13:59:44 »
97k here.
85k on my dads, last one did 130k in 3 years!
85k on my dads, last one did 130k in 3 years!
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37502
General Discussion Area / Re: Omega surprises
« on: 07 November 2006, 22:48:29 »
its a small effect but did't notice it on my dads, when you unlock it at night using the remote, the lights inside the car gradually fade up. and down after you lock it.
Not the harsh off / on by some cars, by a nice "soft" change if you get what i mean.
Nice simple effect, which looks nice.
Not the harsh off / on by some cars, by a nice "soft" change if you get what i mean.
Nice simple effect, which looks nice.
37503
General Discussion Area / Re: I know its late but lets talk tyres
« on: 10 November 2006, 09:05:44 »
not sure which brand was on my dads megga when he got it brand new... but i kid you not nearly 50k!!
I have Goodyear Eagle Venture's on mine, not the most grippy tyre as TB will confirm, however for every day use fine, grips enough for me when i push it hard.
The tyres have done just under 20k miles, 11k under my use.
According to the MOT i have 8mm at the back and 7mm at the front.. since buying it over a year ago not noticed any changed in the tyre ware!!
Its also going very even, right across the tyre. Best rubber i have ever had, and when they get replaced it will be with more Eagle Ventures.
I can see myself get 40k easy from this set under my use, however must point out most of the miles me and my dad do are motorway! I'd say 75/80% of all miles done so far have been pounding the motorway @ 80 usually....
My dads current commute is a weekly run to Birminham Airport, so his tyre ware is practically nothing!
I have Goodyear Eagle Venture's on mine, not the most grippy tyre as TB will confirm, however for every day use fine, grips enough for me when i push it hard.
The tyres have done just under 20k miles, 11k under my use.
According to the MOT i have 8mm at the back and 7mm at the front.. since buying it over a year ago not noticed any changed in the tyre ware!!
Its also going very even, right across the tyre. Best rubber i have ever had, and when they get replaced it will be with more Eagle Ventures.
I can see myself get 40k easy from this set under my use, however must point out most of the miles me and my dad do are motorway! I'd say 75/80% of all miles done so far have been pounding the motorway @ 80 usually....
My dads current commute is a weekly run to Birminham Airport, so his tyre ware is practically nothing!
37504
General Discussion Area / Re: X Box 360 Yes or No ?
« on: 06 November 2006, 11:20:47 »Quote
Yes the 360 is excellent... but!
I would hold fire for 2 reasons.
1. The PS3. It will redefine gaming, simple as that. While I am no fan of Sony generally, they sure know how to make consoles!
2. Since the PS3 is coming, how long before Microsoft drop the price of the 360, to get as many people buying it before the release of the PS3.
Oh and there is the little matter of Nintendos offering....
They do make great consoles now, but did't before.
The original playstation one was designed by Nintendo! They didn't like for some insane reason, and sold the design rights to Sony...
They thought their N64 with its "cartridges" was the way forward! :-?
37505
General Discussion Area / Re: Any linux experts?
« on: 06 November 2006, 23:25:22 »
i nearly bought one instead of the MacMini, but just heard to many bad things about them shutting down, and problems when setting them up.
MacMini is quite old now and just been updated so was a bit more proven, thats why i went for that.
Humm odd that it did't work and u just get a blinking cursor....
I also have a Sony Vaio, i have a re-build cd with that which contains an image of all the hardware and drivers, literally takes 20 mins or less to re-build it, any such luck with yours?
What brand is it?
I think if installing XP on the HD in one laptop, then transferring it to your laptop and it still didn't work, i dunno what to suggest... its not looking good tbh...
MacMini is quite old now and just been updated so was a bit more proven, thats why i went for that.
Humm odd that it did't work and u just get a blinking cursor....
I also have a Sony Vaio, i have a re-build cd with that which contains an image of all the hardware and drivers, literally takes 20 mins or less to re-build it, any such luck with yours?
What brand is it?
I think if installing XP on the HD in one laptop, then transferring it to your laptop and it still didn't work, i dunno what to suggest... its not looking good tbh...
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General Discussion Area / Re: Any linux experts?
« on: 06 November 2006, 23:16:30 »
hummm, well don't get a Macbook just yet hearing loads of problems with build quality and reliability!
I have an idea though... seams like you laptop is on its last legs, but.... i have my Dell Latitude, takes 2 mins to take out the HD on that... If you sent me your HD, I could put it in my Dell and then install Windows on it. Then take it out and send it back to you?
Would solve the issue of the external caddy and USB issue, i assume the external HD you have is a 2.5"?
I have an idea though... seams like you laptop is on its last legs, but.... i have my Dell Latitude, takes 2 mins to take out the HD on that... If you sent me your HD, I could put it in my Dell and then install Windows on it. Then take it out and send it back to you?
Would solve the issue of the external caddy and USB issue, i assume the external HD you have is a 2.5"?
37507
General Discussion Area / Re: Any linux experts?
« on: 06 November 2006, 22:47:54 »
I take it the laptop is like your avatar then?
So why can't you boot the laptop from an external HD, the BIOS is too old? - Guess you have tried updating the BIOS and so on?..
I assume you have no CD drive on the laptop? Hummm whats on there at the moment? Guessing sod all...
I use my Lacie External drive for applications, never tried it for an operating system before...
So why can't you boot the laptop from an external HD, the BIOS is too old? - Guess you have tried updating the BIOS and so on?..
I assume you have no CD drive on the laptop? Hummm whats on there at the moment? Guessing sod all...
I use my Lacie External drive for applications, never tried it for an operating system before...
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General Discussion Area / Re: Any linux experts?
« on: 06 November 2006, 22:31:34 »
I have Linux Ubuntu running on an old Dell Latitude laptop i had kicking around, its running Duel boot with XP.
Its not to bad, its something different. Picks up my wireless PCIMA Card ok, and can surf the net, interesting comes with loads off apps you can download, and loads of Torrent programs! - Nifty wireless scanning tools as well!
It also picks up USB drives really quickly much quicker than XP.
Theo, i can't remember if you said you MacMini was Intel? - Try Parallels Desktop for Mac, its a fast Virtual Machine for Macs, very good, runs XP and Linux very fast.
As for installing it to an external drive, there should be no problem. Any machine should do... you can order a free install of Linux Ubuntu from their website, make sure the external drive is on, and bootable. When you come to install it, just select that as the install drive.
You might want to partition the external drive, as you may not want the whole drive for Linux. Linux uses its own file system, so you might want to partition part of the external drive to NTFS or FAT32 so you can still use it under windows or mac.w
Linux however is not as stable as people think, so be prepared for it to crash!
Its not to bad, its something different. Picks up my wireless PCIMA Card ok, and can surf the net, interesting comes with loads off apps you can download, and loads of Torrent programs!
- Nifty wireless scanning tools as well!It also picks up USB drives really quickly much quicker than XP.
Theo, i can't remember if you said you MacMini was Intel? - Try Parallels Desktop for Mac, its a fast Virtual Machine for Macs, very good, runs XP and Linux very fast.
As for installing it to an external drive, there should be no problem. Any machine should do... you can order a free install of Linux Ubuntu from their website, make sure the external drive is on, and bootable. When you come to install it, just select that as the install drive.
You might want to partition the external drive, as you may not want the whole drive for Linux. Linux uses its own file system, so you might want to partition part of the external drive to NTFS or FAT32 so you can still use it under windows or mac.w
Linux however is not as stable as people think, so be prepared for it to crash!
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General Discussion Area / Re: Cruise upgrade - hidden cost.
« on: 28 October 2006, 12:22:49 »
take it your is a manual? I'll have to check but i think i have a spare clutch switch... i ordered it when i bought some other bits, but turned out my car already had one.
Its yours for a £5 posted if u want it?
Its yours for a £5 posted if u want it?
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General Discussion Area / Re: Staples2Naples video.
« on: 04 November 2006, 21:24:17 »
Fantastic video... given me great inspiration for my trip next year.
I WILL be going around Europe with mates next summer, can't wait to get out there.
Be interest to know Rod, how you got power to the laptop!
I WILL be going around Europe with mates next summer, can't wait to get out there.
Be interest to know Rod, how you got power to the laptop!
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General Discussion Area / Re: GADGETS
« on: 04 November 2006, 10:47:56 »
not as expensive as i would have thought, although having that big thing at the bottom of the dash won't look nice
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General Discussion Area / Re: Thinking of this TFT
« on: 01 November 2006, 22:18:41 »Quote
QuoteSamsung? no chance. Crap crap crap. they are the crapiest crap in crapville. They are so crap that the crap factory is doing overtime. Crap. Actually, they are a tad better than Sony i suppose, so slightl;y better crap than the crap of craps. Then I suppose there is Ebuyer's own brand, so 2 notches up from the anus of monitor world. Oh, and I had fogotten about Hitachi and Phirrips so not as bad as I first thought then. And at 19" a pretty good size. Inb fact i would say that is a good monitor on reflection, even the best of the bunch. yep go for it, you can't buy better. They are still crap though.Ronnie as ever bringing some sanity back into the discussion
HTH
Hummmm!
Name me another manufacture of TFT screens that gives you a 3 year warrently with a ZERO dead pixel policy?
In 3 years if you get one HOT or DEAD pixel, just ONE!! They will replace it, no other supplier offers that. And for me thats top notch as a dead pixel would sooo pi$$ me off
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General Discussion Area / Re: Thinking of this TFT
« on: 01 November 2006, 22:07:38 »
actually, i don't think that's over priced... for several reasons:
Its height adjustable... yes i know that's a small thing but how many of your TFT's at home go up and down vertically?? - Usefull feature which costs more.
Also, look at its reaction time its 4ms... that's very low, nearly ALL other TFTs around have a 8ms response time (eg that Argos one)
Personally I would never buy anything computer related from Argos, far, far to expensive and never have the good stuff.
Good monitor choice Theo, i paid £190 for my Samsung (same spec just without the height adjustment)
I highly recommend Samsung, excellent screens, excellent warranty. I am running 3 TFT monitors here, 1x 16" Oxy Gel Sony Vaio on my laptop & another 15" Taxan TFT, they are both blown away with the Samsung......
You can't go wrong with their warranty either, remember 1 dead pixel and they will swap it out no probs!
I have just noticed on the ebuyer site they put my monitor up in price!
I paid £190 including VAT & delivery for this one:
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/100479
Its height adjustable... yes i know that's a small thing but how many of your TFT's at home go up and down vertically?? - Usefull feature which costs more.
Also, look at its reaction time its 4ms... that's very low, nearly ALL other TFTs around have a 8ms response time (eg that Argos one)
Personally I would never buy anything computer related from Argos, far, far to expensive and never have the good stuff.
Good monitor choice Theo, i paid £190 for my Samsung (same spec just without the height adjustment)
I highly recommend Samsung, excellent screens, excellent warranty. I am running 3 TFT monitors here, 1x 16" Oxy Gel Sony Vaio on my laptop & another 15" Taxan TFT, they are both blown away with the Samsung......
You can't go wrong with their warranty either, remember 1 dead pixel and they will swap it out no probs!
I have just noticed on the ebuyer site they put my monitor up in price!
I paid £190 including VAT & delivery for this one:
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/100479
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General Discussion Area / Re: I just saw how rude sum1 has been on anothe si
« on: 30 October 2006, 21:40:55 »Quote
& where is Europe?
I'll tell ya where it is when i get there June next year....