Well hi

pHaestus · 03-10-2011, 04:54 AM

Just thought I'd take the Herculean step of posting a new thread on this site and see if anybody replied.

How's it going everyone? I'm currently living in New Zealand, and my only computer is a late 2010 MacBook Pro. Not what you'd expect (though I do have a scientific Linux and Windows 7 64bit VM on it).

Anyone still around/alive here?

HammerSandwich · 03-11-2011, 01:27 PM

New Zealand? Macbook Pro? Some changes going on!

jaydee · 03-12-2011, 10:55 PM

New Zealand? Wife kick ya out or something?

I stop in here now and then to clean up spam. That seems about 99.5% of the activity around here. The other .5% is the Snap stuff.
Moved on to other hobbies. Can't remember the last time I used after market cooling. I run a 6 core AMD 1055T with a Ati HD 4850 on my main system and have no noise issues with the stock cooling.

Getting old... Mid 30's already.

I think I joined in here 10 years ago... Almost miss the flame wars.

pHaestus · 03-13-2011, 01:43 AM

mac isn's as ominous as it sounds; I HAD to have a new notebook before going on a sabbatical and at the campus store the 15" Macbook Pro had similar/better specs to all the PCs available. I have been wanting to try out OS X anyway so I gave it a go. I still bootcamp into Windows to game (even with steam mac gaming is LOL) and I have a virtual machine running Win7 for work all the time. I do really like expose' and spaces and the operating system though and this is one of the nicer notebooks I've owned.

I moved our whole family down here Jan1-April 29 for a break from Canada. It was a pretty great move as the beaches here are spectacular.

I'm actually thinking about building one of those "ludicrous gamer" rigs in May when I get back to Canada, and I may well watercool then just to impress the ladies.

jaydee · 03-13-2011, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by pHaestus

I moved our whole family down here Jan1-April 29 for a break from Canada. It was a pretty great move as the beaches here are spectacular.

They had a nasty earth quake over there not to long ago right?

I always wanted to go to the Whirinaki Rainforest.

ben333 · 03-13-2011, 03:31 PM

Sounds like a nice break, on vacation the whole time? Glad to hear from ya Derek... long time kinda.

Bet you love that macbook. I had a 13" 2010 pro till a couple weeks ago. Sold it because the next gen came out and I didn't want to loose money on it (bought it lightly used).

Using a 12" PowerBook G4 and a quad core xeon with HT & 4 gigs of ddr3 inside a PowerMac G5 case... both of course running OS X. Air cooled too...

When I have the time and space to tinker again I want to make a nice OC'd WC'd older box...

pHaestus · 03-13-2011, 04:45 PM

Yea I'm about 4-5 hours drive south of Christchurch; not directly affected by the quake but I feel terrible for the people there.

The only real annoyance of the Mac is the 5400 rpm hdd in it. The rainbow spinning pinwheel pisses me off so much. I was using a Lenovo x300 with SSD in it before this, so it's extra apparent now. The 15" is also pretty heavy, but i knew that going into it.

BillA · 03-25-2011, 05:08 PM

Hi Derek
moved to post by seeing yours, I'm on a laptop too - but not a Mac
Best, Bill

zoson · 03-25-2011, 05:10 PM

Derek keeps telling me stories about grand plans to make another awesome rig.
Vaporware?
Only time will tell.
Maybe not, though. Since Duke Forever is actually being released.

HammerSandwich · 03-26-2011, 01:46 AM

And now Duke's delayed.

I must admit that I've never played any form of Duke Nukem.

j813 · 04-16-2011, 03:28 PM

You might want to get more sun and heat

, come visit the scene here too, in case you do just inform

Itś been a while for me to get back work on cooling again, got interested since the Intel CPU got cooked
Looking for new Heat Pipe info

talcum · 07-31-2011, 08:45 AM

Hi Derek,
I wondered why we hadn't seen your turkey poo at SRC for a while. Sounds like you're doing well.
Best regards,
Bob

03-10-2011, 04:54 AM	#1
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	Well hi Just thought I'd take the Herculean step of posting a new thread on this site and see if anybody replied. How's it going everyone? I'm currently living in New Zealand, and my only computer is a late 2010 MacBook Pro. Not what you'd expect (though I do have a scientific Linux and Windows 7 64bit VM on it). Anyone still around/alive here? __________________ Getting paid like a biker with the best crank... -MF DOOM

03-11-2011, 01:27 PM	#2
HammerSandwich Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: 15143 Posts: 358	Re: Well hi New Zealand? Macbook Pro? Some changes going on! __________________ www.procooling.com: It's true we are often a bunch of assholes

03-12-2011, 10:55 PM	#3
jaydee Put up or Shut Up Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 6,506	Re: Well hi New Zealand? Wife kick ya out or something? I stop in here now and then to clean up spam. That seems about 99.5% of the activity around here. The other .5% is the Snap stuff. Moved on to other hobbies. Can't remember the last time I used after market cooling. I run a 6 core AMD 1055T with a Ati HD 4850 on my main system and have no noise issues with the stock cooling. Getting old... Mid 30's already. I think I joined in here 10 years ago... Almost miss the flame wars.

03-13-2011, 01:43 AM	#4
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	Re: Well hi mac isn's as ominous as it sounds; I HAD to have a new notebook before going on a sabbatical and at the campus store the 15" Macbook Pro had similar/better specs to all the PCs available. I have been wanting to try out OS X anyway so I gave it a go. I still bootcamp into Windows to game (even with steam mac gaming is LOL) and I have a virtual machine running Win7 for work all the time. I do really like expose' and spaces and the operating system though and this is one of the nicer notebooks I've owned. I moved our whole family down here Jan1-April 29 for a break from Canada. It was a pretty great move as the beaches here are spectacular. I'm actually thinking about building one of those "ludicrous gamer" rigs in May when I get back to Canada, and I may well watercool then just to impress the ladies. __________________ Getting paid like a biker with the best crank... -MF DOOM

03-13-2011, 03:31 PM	#6
ben333 Uber Pro/Mods Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: New Hampshire (USA) Posts: Two hundred somethin Posts: 432	Re: Well hi Sounds like a nice break, on vacation the whole time? Glad to hear from ya Derek... long time kinda. Bet you love that macbook. I had a 13" 2010 pro till a couple weeks ago. Sold it because the next gen came out and I didn't want to loose money on it (bought it lightly used). Using a 12" PowerBook G4 and a quad core xeon with HT & 4 gigs of ddr3 inside a PowerMac G5 case... both of course running OS X. Air cooled too... When I have the time and space to tinker again I want to make a nice OC'd WC'd older box... __________________ Pro Slacker

03-13-2011, 04:45 PM	#7
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	Re: Well hi Yea I'm about 4-5 hours drive south of Christchurch; not directly affected by the quake but I feel terrible for the people there. The only real annoyance of the Mac is the 5400 rpm hdd in it. The rainbow spinning pinwheel pisses me off so much. I was using a Lenovo x300 with SSD in it before this, so it's extra apparent now. The 15" is also pretty heavy, but i knew that going into it. __________________ Getting paid like a biker with the best crank... -MF DOOM

03-25-2011, 05:08 PM	#8
BillA CoolingWorks Tech Guy Formerly "Unregistered" Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Posts: 2,371.493,106 Posts: 4,440	Re: Well hi Hi Derek moved to post by seeing yours, I'm on a laptop too - but not a Mac Best, Bill

03-25-2011, 05:10 PM	#9
zoson Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: X Posts: 204	Re: Well hi Derek keeps telling me stories about grand plans to make another awesome rig. Vaporware? Only time will tell. Maybe not, though. Since Duke Forever is actually being released. __________________ Core i7 930 @ 4254Hz 22x193 \| ASUS R3E 901 BIOS \| 12GB Mushkin Blackline 3x4GB @ 1547MHz 7-8-7-24-1N \| Lian Li PC-A10B 2x EVGA GTX275 SLI @ 720/1266/1566 \| 2x 80GB Intel X25-M G2 SSD Raid 0 \| 3x 1TB Samsung Spinpoint 7.2K Raid 5 \| Corsair 950TX H2O \| Enzotech Sapphire Rev.A \| EK-FB RE3 \| Swiftech - 2x MCW60/GTX275 Unisink, MCP655b, MCRes Micro.v2 \| 3x HWLabs SR1-120 あなたの神への弓 Time isn't wasted, when you're gettin' wasted.

03-26-2011, 01:46 AM	#10
HammerSandwich Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: 15143 Posts: 358	Re: Well hi And now Duke's delayed. I must admit that I've never played any form of Duke Nukem. __________________ www.procooling.com: It's true we are often a bunch of assholes

04-16-2011, 03:28 PM	#11
j813 Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: southeast asia Posts: 164	Re: Well hi You might want to get more sun and heat , come visit the scene here too, in case you do just inform Itś been a while for me to get back work on cooling again, got interested since the Intel CPU got cooked Looking for new Heat Pipe info Last edited by j813; 04-16-2011 at 03:37 PM.

07-31-2011, 08:45 AM	#12
talcum Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Madison Posts: 99	Re: Well hi Hi Derek, I wondered why we hadn't seen your turkey poo at SRC for a while. Sounds like you're doing well. Best regards, Bob __________________ "Diamond is cool stuff....."

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