This is my our new media box! Woohoo! I’ve noticed that HP machines have been on sale everywhere lately and after seeing the quality of Mom’s HP laptop, I figured what the hell. The price was more than right at $650…
[geek] It’s a 64bit, Dual core, AMD 4800+ (!!), 320GB drive and 2 GB’s of RAM. Damn, it’s a nice machine! Sadly, it came with Vista on it and surprisingly, it still has Vista on it. It’s to be a media appliance so I’m trying not to think about it.
I carried it home on Saturday, tweaking my neck in the process and losing a package of cigarettes along the way. Not one to let pain and nicotine deprivation get in my way, I got to work setting it up. No less than 7 times I found myself cursing Bill Gates and wondering aloud where my Ubuntu disk was. In any event, I got it set up and Media Center is super slick. *Click, click, click* Done. It doesn’t have all the features of MythTV but it’s close. Set up was a lot less work if nothing else.
Sunday, I got down to connecting it to the TV. Again, more cursing and searching for my Ubuntu disk. In the end I gave up on Composite and ran out to get an s-video cable. Ah, much better 
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So, I we now have a P4 2.6GHz for sale along with one computer desk Any takers?
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I like the “my/our” correction! And I do love my laptop and I don’t mind Vista but what do I know? Glad you got it.
how loud is it?
Biff, it’s black. Didn’t you see the picture?
is “black” nerd speak for noisy? Oh, it’s Paulie’s b’day on Sat and maybe you would like to give him your black box? We will even pick it up, so you do not have to take it on the bus!
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