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Fred_Cokebottle · Sep 8, 2005, 10:40 PM

budster101 · Sep 8, 2005, 10:42 PM

Wow, that is a fansy shmansy computer...

"Invest in the future of your business"?
OMFG, invest in support for your business cause this thing is going to tank in 6 months.

greenamp · Sep 8, 2005, 10:43 PM

I dun geet tit.

Rolling Bones · Sep 8, 2005, 10:44 PM

It's all white in a snow storm.

RAzaRazor · Sep 8, 2005, 11:43 PM

"GET MORE OUT OF NOW"

What the F&^K does that mean??? I hate stupid corporate taglines.

Cubeoid · Sep 8, 2005, 11:45 PM

Originally Posted by RAzaRazor

"GET MORE OUT OF NOW"

What the F&^K does that mean??? I hate stupid corporate taglines.

Don't forget that crucial time... NOW.

Cubeoid · Sep 8, 2005, 11:48 PM

That name, OptiPlex.. it's so cutting edge I don't think I can handle it and/or take it any more.

budster101 · Sep 9, 2005, 12:14 AM

What does OptiPlex supposed to mean as well?

It's optimum and it's comPlex... Hey I gotta have that...

Chuckit · Sep 9, 2005, 12:41 AM

OptiPlex even sounds like a ****ing gerbil habitat.

budster101 · Sep 9, 2005, 12:50 AM

Right.

Optimum Complex... as in building for habitating hamsters.

Lancer409 · Sep 9, 2005, 03:26 AM

ugly .. =D

macmad · Sep 9, 2005, 03:44 AM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

OptiPlex even sounds like a ****ing gerbil habitat.

you're right, it does!

ghporter · Sep 9, 2005, 08:28 AM

It looks kind of like Dell's take on the G5 Power Mac case...

IFLY2HIGH · Sep 9, 2005, 08:40 AM

Uh, but wait, where is the Floppy Drive at?!?!?

turtle777 · Sep 9, 2005, 09:58 AM

I demand pics of the hamster wheel inside

-t

greenamp · Sep 9, 2005, 11:12 AM

When are PC makers gonna let the floppy drive die anyway?

Any bonehead who still needs to boot up something from a floppy can just go out and buy a damned usb floppy drive.

sek929 · Sep 9, 2005, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by greenamp

When are PC makers gonna let the floppy drive die anyway?

Any bonehead who still needs to boot up something from a floppy can just go out and get publicly kicked in the nuts.

Fixed™

jasonsRX7 · Sep 9, 2005, 12:09 PM

You guys sound like James

RAzaRazor · Sep 9, 2005, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by greenamp

When are PC makers gonna let the floppy drive die anyway?

When Microsoft stops demanding you have a floppy drive for installation of certain things.
For example, I am setting up a new 1U web server today. It uses a Serial ATA RAID for storage. To install Windows Server, the drivers for that serial ATA chipset have to be on a floppy disk, it can't look on a CD for them.

The means that I had to boot the server off of another CD, run the drivers installation CD, make a floppy disk with the serial ATA driver on it, and then reboot into Server setup CD, and give it a floppy disk at the right time.

(And for more fun, updating the system so it could get the patches off of windows update was a 7 step (and 7 reboot) process! It's finally downloading patches now after 3 hours.

olePigeon · Sep 9, 2005, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by RAzaRazor

When Microsoft stops demanding you have a floppy drive for installation of certain things.
For example, I am setting up a new 1U web server today. It uses a Serial ATA RAID for storage. To install Windows Server, the drivers for that serial ATA chipset have to be on a floppy disk, it can't look on a CD for them.

Don't forget SCSI drivers and some custom chipset drivers.

F*cking hate Windows. (And I hate not having a spellchecker!!!!)

Adam Betts · Sep 9, 2005, 01:02 PM

LOL:

turtle777 · Sep 9, 2005, 01:43 PM

WTF ? Where is the Gerbil wheel ?

-t

ghporter · Sep 9, 2005, 02:00 PM

At the moment it's still necessary to have a floppy for a few things, though being able to boot a PC from a CD is making those less and less important. For example, there are recovery options using disk imaging software that allow you to boot from a floppy-or relatively recently from a CD-so you bypass Windows' controls on which processes can do what global functions. You really don't want Joe User to be able to overwrite the whole hard drive with any random disk image, so you make it scary for him!

Rolling Bones · Sep 9, 2005, 02:15 PM

Why don't I see a picture? Just white space.

turtle777 · Sep 9, 2005, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by Rolling Bones

Why don't I see a picture? Just white space.

It's a transparent cage

-t

Tyler McAdams · Sep 9, 2005, 03:04 PM

We had a customer go with one of their "Highly available Dell Linux Solutions". I was up all night for a month straight rebooting their boxes every hour... fsck Dell... go to Hell Dell!!!

nredman · Sep 9, 2005, 03:24 PM

i got a pretty sweet kitty condo from Dell

RAILhead · Sep 9, 2005, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

WTF ? Where is the Gerbil wheel ?

-t

greenamp · Sep 9, 2005, 03:45 PM

turtle777 · Sep 9, 2005, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by RAILhead

Finally a PC I would buy

-t

Tesseract · Sep 9, 2005, 04:16 PM

Now they need to figure out how to fit the gerbil wheel into a laptop. You'd never have to charge the batteries... just poke in a bit of lettuce several times each day.

ghporter · Sep 9, 2005, 04:54 PM

Originally Posted by Tyler McAdams

We had a customer go with one of their "Highly available Dell Linux Solutions". I was up all night for a month straight rebooting their boxes every hour... fsck Dell... go to Hell Dell!!!

Isn't that like saying "I got a Jaguar that leaked oil on the driveway and had bad electrical problems, so Jaguar can go to hell?" Or "My iMac died because of that stupid capacitor problem so Steve Jobs can bite me."

With the number of computers Dell ships every month, there's bound to be one that has a problem. You got stuck supporting one of them. Sorry. But this is the exception, not the rule.

Fred_Cokebottle · Sep 9, 2005, 05:37 PM

interesting Facts About Gerbils

ORIGINS
The common pet gerbil originated in Mongolia. They became so numerous there that the Mongolian people could no longer sleep at night because the gerbils were constantly running on their squeaky little exercise wheels. Taking heed of P.T. Barnum's advice, the Mongolians shipped all of the gerbils to the United States where gullible consumers bought them as pets. Mongolia is now one of the richest and quietest countries in the world.

GNAWING
Like all rodents, a gerbil's front teeth are constantly growing so it must chew on things to keep them filed down to sharp points. They can chew through metal with ease, sort of like if you or I were to chew on a steel girder. In fact, the word "rodent" is Latin for "Ouch! That must really hurt!"

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT
Gerbils originally lived in the desert, and can cause great harm if released in warm climates. California and New Mexico have laws against importing gerbils. Despite these laws, some gerbils have escaped into the wild where they have bred like rabbits. In the southwestern United States, it is now very common to see roving packs of feral gerbils taking down full-grown cattle.

SUITABLE CAGES
Since gerbils are so good at chewing, care must be taken in selecting an appropriate cage so that your pets will not be able to escape. Wood and plastic cages will not last very long. The best type of cage is a glass aquarium with a tightfitting lid. Many first-time gerbil owners forget to drain the water out of the aquarium and soon discover that gerbils (being desert animals) are not very good swimmers. Luckily, gerbils are very inexpensive to replace.

BEDDING MATERIAL
Many pet stores sell cedar and pine shavings for small animal bedding. While these may be sufficient for a mere hamster or guinea pig, gerbils prefer shredded dollar bills. This bedding should be changed daily.

NESTING MATERIAL
Gerbils build nests to provide shelter and to keep warm while sleeping. Many people give their gerbils bits of burlap or cotton fabric which are quickly shredded into a warm, fluffy nest. However, researchers have found that gerbils prefer angora sweaters and silk dresses for nesting material.

FEEDING HABITS
Pet gerbils are usually fed a mixture of seeds, grains, and rabbit pellets. In the wild, however, gerbils prefer steak, caviar, lobster thermidor, and pâtè de foie gras. Gout is very common among wild gerbils.

COMMUNICATION
Gerbils rarely squeak, usually you can only hear them if they are fighting or frightened. Scientists have discovered that gerbils actually communicate quite frequently, but since it is ultrasonic, we cannot hear it. Using sophisticated recording instruments, these scientists have been able to slow these sounds so that they fall within the normal range of human hearing. They have reported that gerbils spend most of their time saying "Turn me on, dead man" and "I buried Paul."

RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
Many gerbil owners provide their pets with playwheels and mistakenly believe that they have satisfied their gerbils' exercise needs. Nothing could be further from the truth. An adult gerbil requires a bare minimum of a treadmill, stair climber, exercise bike, and free weights. An occasional round of golf is also quite beneficial.

ghporter · Sep 9, 2005, 05:41 PM

Gerbil = Mongolian Desert Rat -- Just try convincing your mom to let you keep a Mongolian desert rat in your room!

Salty · Sep 9, 2005, 06:05 PM

Hasn't Dell had this sorta look for a while... did something change or am I just not on the same band wagon as you guys?

ghporter · Sep 9, 2005, 08:50 PM

It's a somewhat different look, but not a huge change. I still think it looks like a nod to the G5 Power Mac.

Jim Paradise · Sep 9, 2005, 10:15 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

Isn't that like saying "I got a Jaguar that leaked oil on the driveway and had bad electrical problems, so Jaguar can go to hell?" Or "My iMac died because of that stupid capacitor problem so Steve Jobs can bite me."

With the number of computers Dell ships every month, there's bound to be one that has a problem. You got stuck supporting one of them. Sorry. But this is the exception, not the rule.

Exactly. Where I work we were having problems with a first gen Xserve that not even Apple could solve over the course of a year.

(Having said that, we do use a fair amount of Xserves that work quite well.)

Salty · Sep 10, 2005, 12:02 AM

Originally Posted by ghporter

It's a somewhat different look, but not a huge change. I still think it looks like a nod to the G5 Power Mac.

Perhaps a cheap knock off if you want... but I don't think this case is trying to win in the looks dept. The G5 PM does look sexy though, wasn't so impressed till I started seeing em in person, it's a daunting machine to be around.

Chuckit · Sep 10, 2005, 01:13 AM

Originally Posted by ghporter

It looks kind of like Dell's take on the G5 Power Mac case...

Undoubtedly. But whereas the Power Mac G5 looks hardcore and powerful, this looks…suitable for small, furry animals.

budster101 · Sep 10, 2005, 02:51 AM

They should come out with another computer and name it the DELL DIMENSIA...

ghporter · Sep 10, 2005, 06:53 AM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

Undoubtedly. But whereas the Power Mac G5 looks hardcore and powerful, this looks…suitable for small, furry animals.

But it obviously lacks connectors for those cute transparent plastic tunnels so you could connect your Dell Tower Gerbil Home with your Dell Inkjet Gerbil Gym.

Chuckit · Sep 10, 2005, 10:11 AM

That's what the upgrade slots are for.

•syzygy• · Sep 10, 2005, 01:34 PM

OMG LMAO I needed that.

Thanks for the hampster offer dell but I'll stick with my Mighty Mouse.

Kerrigan · Sep 10, 2005, 02:48 PM

The gerbil would look more at home in this:

Tesseract · Sep 10, 2005, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

The gerbil would look more at home in this:

That's not a gerbil cage... it's a future iMacQuarium!

Ratm · Sep 10, 2005, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

OptiPlex even sounds like a ****ing gerbil habitat.

wdlove · Sep 12, 2005, 10:28 AM

Poor gerbil.

aleph1 · Sep 12, 2005, 06:55 PM

we have one of these at school, the keyboard is really...odd.

Tesseract · Sep 13, 2005, 08:12 AM

Originally Posted by aleph1

we have one of these at school, the keyboard is really...odd.

Is it the Dell USB keyboard with a Windows key that looks like Illinois, and a strange ear sticking out of the top for the capslock light?

ghporter · Sep 13, 2005, 11:14 AM

I went to a computer show this past weekend, and there were a fairly large number of (older) Macs for sale there. G3 PowerBooks, gumdrop iMacs, some G3 Power Macs... A wide variety of Apple's products. But I only saw ONE vendor that had Mac keyboards and mice-and most of the vendors selling Macs had Dell mice hooked to them!

At least there was only ONE Linux users' group there-the last one had both of the large local groups there-and placed very near each other. That there was no blood spilled ("DEBIAN???!!! What kind of blasphemy is that!?!?!?") is truly remarkable.