goldiemcg wrote:Why are there flashing lights on the woot page?

buttwisker wrote:yes but not on this....

woot! just isn't the same anymore...

ircmaxell wrote:You know for most people who are not gamers, integrated graphics are usually more than sufficient...

I second that...


...but then what would they do with the $70 gaming mouse that they bought on woot the other day?

roczx wrote:

i don't see flashing lights.

try pressing alt + F4
that will take care of your problem.

I was actually watching for this. I missed it the otherday and my in-laws need a computer. Another Christmas gift done!

GBrunner321 wrote:
still waiting for woot to recognize at least one of my posts as "quality"!

You've only been a member for one year. It took them five years to ever mark any of my comments as quality so I revoke your complaining rights.

GBrunner321 wrote:new from office depot for $399.99 (with instant coupon) http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/413133/HP-Pavilion-Slimline-s5610f-Desktop-Computer/
- still a decent savings on this refurb one.
still waiting for woot to recognize at least one of my posts as "quality"!

Begging for recognition just makes you look sad...

kirkhilles wrote:Frankly after doing research before winding up buying a used DualCore cheap on eBay, I found a whole lot of complaints about HP and Dell (and I'm sure the others as well) and their "warranty support". I'm not convinced having it covered under factory warranty is worth much anymore. Maybe better to go with a 3rd party warranty company like SquareTrade that's pretty good.

Hmm, I have never dealt with SquareTrade, I wonder how pleasant they are?

remisser wrote:You've only been a member for one year. It took them five years to ever mark any of my comments as quality so I revoke your complaining rights.

well, i don't feel so bad now! maybe i'll get lucky and land a quality post in just 4 years!

I own this for a family pc in the kitchen. It is a smaller case which was good for our space, but it does not have wireless. You can get a usb adapter to connect to your network.

Wow...this is a long woot off

ARBDEF wrote:Up next used woot server Commodore 64 with tape drive

I had a Commodor 128 with TWO floppy drives. ahhh... (I can't beleve I just admitted that)

SuperTully wrote:Hmm, I have never dealt with SquareTrade, I wonder how pleasant they are?

I've had several warranties with them, but I've never had to call in any of them. Reviews I found online while researching them seem to be quite good, though. And their prices are pretty dang good, imho.

Do Woot employees undergo psychiatric testing on a regular basis? What sort of hard drugs must they be on to come up with a link between a mediocre priced desktop and my colon?

therealjrn wrote:Begging for recognition just makes you look sad...

what's that newbie? i can't hear you.

bbkf wrote:i don't see flashing lights.

try pressing alt + F4
that will take care of your problem.

LOL!

Quality post? Think what you are saying here. You are on Woot, where Carp is King. Do you REALLY want to be found to be somehow "quality" by Woot personnel? I suggest you rethink that idea.

WhirlwindMonk wrote:If you pop in a decent PCI-E graphics card, it probably could handle it on minimum settings, or maybe even better.

That is of course if the PSU could handle an upgraded graphics card.

ton80 wrote:i only wish.. keep the tape drive, i will buy the 1581 drive from sellout

I still have my working C64.. with both it's 1541 drives. I don't recall a 1581 though.

GBrunner321 wrote:what's that newbie? i can't hear you.

Ha! Keep lashing out little sad man...

laziboie wrote:I second that...


...but then what would they do with the $70 gaming mouse that they bought on woot the other day?

Or the gaming headset...

The integrated graphics on this syetm is average. I mean for a motherboard that has this integrated BS.

the really crappy thing is- They KNOW this things runs like dookie with the memory they provide with the system.


You have to ditch the memory installed to upgrade. the thing takes 4 2 gig sticks.

ok so you think - Hmm well i will just get a vid card and free up a load of memory...

NOPE!!! The Bios is so rediculously simple that you cannot turn the Onboard OFF.
can you believe that? what a load of crud.
yeah you can put a pci express card in, but there is only a few that will work with this set up with 64bit and windows 7.
but since you cant shut the onboard off - the resources are still being used.

funny hu? also teh mother board is Tiny - featurless and all that.

hugeace007 wrote:That is of course if the PSU could handle an upgraded graphics card.

Hm, good call. I would think that as long as you go low-mid end of the current or past gen, you'd be alright, but there could also be an issue with a lack of connectors.

But hey, this is woot. The risk of ending up with worthless junk is part of the fun!

Edit: The post above me points out you can't turn off the onboard video card, so the rest of this doesn't really matter. Do not pick up this system for gaming. Put the extra time and money in and build a decent low-end gaming computer for $700 or so.

any one know where night ghost has been this woot off? I don't think i've seen any posts by him....night ghost, come back! i miss you!

PWND!?

This damn thing is still going on!?!??!!!?

W00000000000T OOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!

GBrunner321 wrote:what's that newbie? i can't hear you.

You are not allowed to call someone NEWBIE till saturday the 4th..................

GBrunner321 wrote:any one know where night ghost has been this woot off? I don't think i've seen any posts by him....night ghost, come back! i miss you!

He retired.

Don't trust HP

hjiam wrote:Wow...this is a long woot off

Not really. 3 days is nothing...now if it continues on until tomorrow "I" will be impressed.

thomasj42 wrote:As a non computer guy, the question I have is: Will it run Starcraft 2?

No not on its best day,not the way in comes.

SuperTully wrote:Hmm, I have never dealt with SquareTrade, I wonder how pleasant they are?

SquareTrade overall is quite good (you can find tons of reviews online). You actually talk to someone in the US who is generally very helpful. On most of their warranties they pay you your cash back if the product fails: the problem is that for cheap PCs like this they will fix it but will only provide coverage up to the amount you paid so if you have lots of problems and have to replace expensive parts they might not continue to fix it. Pretty good overall, just make sure you use a promo code to get 20%-30% off.

bbkf wrote:i don't see flashing lights.

try pressing alt + F4
that will take care of your problem.

Bad, bad Wooter...

GBrunner321 wrote:any one know where night ghost has been this woot off? I don't think i've seen any posts by him....night ghost, come back! i miss you!

I think I spotted him around 2 or 3 AM or so...when the 1 item, 7 item, etc woots started raining down, I didn't see him after that. Talk about a quality poster, there's yer quality poster!

HERE IS A REVIEW

HERE IS A REVIEW

GBrunner321 wrote:any one know where night ghost has been this woot off? I don't think i've seen any posts by him....night ghost, come back! i miss you!

voted off for having too many quality posts.

;)

THis is the exact piece of SCHEISSE that we use in my call center. These computers suck HARD. I frequently watch my programs at work draw in screen line-by-line, as if I were looking at a GIF picture on an 80806.....

rocknrollohio wrote:No it’s not a gaming PC

Sure it is!!!

http://blastr.com/assets_c/2009/07/asteroids_game-thumb-550x296-20225.jpeg

gslander wrote:You are not allowed to call someone NEWBIE till saturday the 4th..................

Hey... don't tell anyone what you perceive as the duration allowed to call someone a newbie, you newbie. ;)

No Deal Woot!
No Firewire port, won't work with the flexible skewers.