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remember the days when computers used to look tough?
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These days, you open up a computer like the G5 and you're hard pressed to see any silicone... two PPC970 buried under 5lbs of heat sinks and a tiny chip or two... the the GPU on the graphics board...
Now this is a computer! 
http://www.total.net/~hrothgar/museum/WangPC002/
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Originally posted by UnixMac:
These days, you open up a computer like the G5 and you're hard pressed to see any silicone... two PPC970 buried under 5lbs of heat sinks and a tiny chip or two... the the GPU on the graphics board...
Now this is a computer!
http://www.total.net/~hrothgar/museum/WangPC002/
I know what you mean! New computers are basicly one chip wonders, not like the good ol' days! Reminds me of my old 286 computer. Those old machines were also indestructable. My iBook is going in for its 4th repair this week, while my old 286 is nearly 20 years old and hasn't skiped a beat. Nice $1000 20 MB full height 5.25" Hard Drive, Hercules graphics. Thats another thing, why are modern hard drives so crappy?!? 
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I think you are confusing tough with ugly and complicated.
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I could hardly wait to see the back of crap tape drives and 160K floppy drives. My G4's case is pretty damn tough, and good looking to boot.
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My...
...what a huge wang.
(I can't believe no one has said that yet)
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Now, that's what I call a laptop  ! The old computers didn't just look tough, they were. My 286's case is 1/4" thick steel. ReggieX: (hypothetically) take a baseball bat and see what breaks first: my 286 or your G4?
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Originally posted by swichd:
ReggieX: (hypothetically) take a baseball bat and see what breaks first: my 286 or your G4?
Now why on Earth would I do that?  Anyway, I have toast to eat.
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Don't try to outweird me, I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal.
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I remember back in the day when my middle school was overrun with tough computers beating people up for their lunch money. At least until someone figured out who to unplug them.
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I think that the Power Mac G5 has a real tough look.
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ain't nothing tougher than beads.
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Ah reminds me of the days I use to spend alone many a night with me and my giant Wang.
I use to ask the girls in school if they would like to come to my house after class and play
Tapper™ on my Wang!
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Originally posted by Link:
(WANG)
Funny.
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This thread really went south fast! Anyway... my point was you open the inside of a G5 dual 2.5 and you basically see one or two chips... what happened to all of the chips??
And I ain't talking nacho chips..
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Originally posted by UnixMac:
This thread really went south fast! Anyway... my point was you open the inside of a G5 dual 2.5 and you basically see one or two chips... what happened to all of the chips??
I ate them all.
And I ain't talking nacho chips..
*COUGH* *GAG* *hick* WATER!!!!! PLEEEASE!
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Originally posted by Link:
I ate them all.
*COUGH* *GAG* *hick* WATER!!!!! PLEEEASE! [/B]
quite witty..
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Originally posted by UnixMac:
quite witty..
quite
Originally posted by Link:
(WANG)
touche
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I have a PowerBook Duo and an old Toshiba Tecra that I worry about alot less than I do about my iBook.
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