theArmy Posted December 10, 2003 Posted December 10, 2003 Im sure most of us have at least worked inside a proprietary computer (although I hope know one owns one). SO the question is, what is the worst in your opinion? I have a real hate on for HP. I tried to canabalize an HP for parts for a shyte computer for my parents, but the motherboard required the power supply that the HP came with to run (it had a lead to the power supply to "make sure it was still running"), and of course the power supply was an abnormal size, so I could fit it very well in a new case, and its only 220 watts. I had to build a plexi frame just to mount it. I hate HP! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
O(V)eGA_l2el) Posted December 10, 2003 Posted December 10, 2003 Compaq Presario for sure, it was my first computer (christmas gift long ago) In order to add any type of drive I had to take the PSU and HD(s) rack out of the system. err The only games I could play at the time were DOS, Warcraft I-II, Starcraft and sometimes UT. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinal Posted December 10, 2003 Posted December 10, 2003 ya i just gave away an hp because it was impossible to work on if anything went wrong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly_C Posted December 10, 2003 Posted December 10, 2003 mac;s i hate them with a passion. i am sure we've all dealt with them in school. i did and the ones we had were always freezing and losing the connection and everything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
theArmy Posted December 10, 2003 Posted December 10, 2003 I dunno, I kinda liked the mac classics. They have a certain reminicant charm when I think back to my elementary school. That and apple IIe's. You can't beat playing Karataka on those things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
General912 Posted December 10, 2003 Posted December 10, 2003 Remember Packard Bell? My very first computer was on. It was actully pretty nice @ the time. I actully have most of the parts hooked up to my ghetto super computer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted December 10, 2003 Posted December 10, 2003 Compaq Presario for sure, it was my first computer (christmas gift long ago)In order to add any type of drive I had to take the PSU and HD(s) rack out of the system. err The only games I could play at the time were DOS, Warcraft I-II, Starcraft and sometimes UT. Compaq was my first computer that was solely mine (and not a family comp)...got it 4+ years ago when i went away for college. Had onboard sound and video which both sucked . (at least onboard audio nowadays is good), so i wound up buying an SB live card and a video card. But then after a year, i had enough and built my own....and ever since my family never buys prebuilt crap. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted December 10, 2003 Posted December 10, 2003 the new imac. to upgrade ram you can go 2 routes. 1: pull off the bottom cover, install a sodimm. 2: Pull off bottom cover, remove lower memory tray, remove optical drive, remove motherboard, remove hdd, THEN you can get to the upper memory bays. of course you have to some how cram all that crap back into something half the size of a basketball. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
O(V)eGA_l2el) Posted December 10, 2003 Posted December 10, 2003 Man that has to be tough; does anyone think of designing those alittle better. <_< I had to install ram into a laptop, which was a pain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYoKoNA Posted December 10, 2003 Posted December 10, 2003 packard hell....... the name says it all Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted December 10, 2003 Posted December 10, 2003 Man that has to be tough; does anyone think of designing those alittle better. <_> prebuilt systems like that aren't meant to be modded or upgraded. People (aka. naive people) like the compact design. I just opened up a friend's dell...one of those slim ones that can be used as either a tower or desktop, and i couldn't believe how crammed it was....the harddrive was even a special slim design...and had some makeshift plastic bracket holding it next to the cdrom...the wires were every where....i could only imagine how hot that thing got. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special_K Posted December 10, 2003 Posted December 10, 2003 I think the compaqs are the worst, remember the bigfoot HDD's? those things were so crap huge! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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