Intrepidation

What little snow we got yesterday was completely gone by the time I went out this afternoon. :/

Wow!

Playing it safe I see.

And that is why I love winter. As for us, the storm was a bust. We got maybe an inch, and it didn't coat most of the roads.

You can always find a better deal if you are patient and look hard enough. Unless you're in a rush, which I don't see why you are, you have the Aztek, there's no need to jump the gun. You can find clean cars like that for much less.

Only if you feel like getting ripped off. shop around, there are better deals.

I had actually wanted to get a Samsung Spinpoint F3EG...but they were out of stock so I went with the Western Digital Caviar Black. I've done some overclocking via AMD OverDrive The core clock currently at 2831.7 MHz. Haven't gone to crazy with it. It's at 44.6° C with Firefox, Windows Live, Overdrive, and The Sims 3 running. Normally idles around 28° C at level 5 overlock.

I think based on what your computer is and how limited it is, if you'd can afford it he'd be better off building a new computer that can be upgraded more easily in the future. I priced out a build for you on newegg. All of those parts I've personally bought and can attest to with the exception of the video card (the 9800 GT I bought for mom was a different brand that's unavailable right now). The cooling fan, motherboard, processor and Ram are what I use in my own rig, that PSU actually generates 50 more watts than mine. The only noticeable difference is that I have a GTX260 Superclocked Edition. Unless you plan to do hardcore gaming though a 9800 GT will be more than sufficient (it scores 6.9 IIRC just to give you an idea) http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=11430811 Total: $769.89

IMO more like 4k. Then it's a reasonable price.

LOL @ the price.

I am jealous Camino.

They downgraded our snowfall totals. In my area we're only going to get an inch or so.

I love snow still, but we here in the Merrimack valley are getting jipped....only 1-3 expected for us VS 12-14+ south of the Mass Pike.

Thunder snow is very rare and very cool.

On a side note, the Windows Experience thing is fun. Curse you HDD for lowering my score. Next up is an SSD when they come down in price and go up in capacity.

His problem as far as Ram goes it it indicated it's expandable two 2 gigs...2 gigs was a lot...in `06... =/

I think I'd rather go and actually enjoy my meal rather than being rushed in a crowded place after waiting around for food that isn't even anywhere near the best in that range (Friendy's is way better). Or you know. Eat at home.

That computer's got some life left in it it, although only being able to expand to 2 gigs is lame. That's why I hate prebuilt PC's. Building a PC is pretty easy and fun, you may want to look into doing that and pricing out the parts.

The `looks especially clean. In fact the only reservation I have based on the info and pics is the drilled rotors, which look like he did himself...but brake rotors aren't that bad to swap out.

Happy Birthday!

Looks like fun, at least you don't live on a hill! Looks like we're be getting a good dose of the white fluffy stuff Wednesday.

I agree with the lazy people. Service with a smile and all that is important. If the service is bad enough its certainly grounds for no tip. On a side note, my big pet peeve has always been how most delivery driver's get shafted when it comes to tips. Far too many people tend to think $2 for a $40 meal is a good tip. Or a dollar. Or less than a dollar. Or nothing. I especially hate it when they are all friendly, say thank you, and then don't tip. Like "thank you" is somehow enough. It's a slap in the face. They should tip like they do a server, a percentage. Delivery drivers, if anything do more work, and they have the extra costs of fuel (which not all delivery business reimburse), oil changes, wear and tear, etc. If a person is to cheap to tip, fine, go pick you damn food up yourself. Unless the person is rude or something like that (I don't usually count late as grounds for not it, because their are variables beyond their control that can cause the delivery to be late), then yeah little to no tip is understandable. Just one of those things that really oils my blood, since I worked the job (never again), was always friendly and polite (except for two occasions but I won't get into that), but had to deal with this sort of thing, among people who were rude, and other things. But I digress.

Unless the service is really bad, you should tip, because that's a major part of their income. I have never ate somewhere where the service was so bad I didn't tip.

We've been jipped since January. But on the bright side the cars are clean still because of it.