Chemical Irony » windows 7 http://www.chemicalirony.com Our lives. One comic and post at a time. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:09:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Windows 7 http://www.chemicalirony.com/2009/10/25/windows-7/ http://www.chemicalirony.com/2009/10/25/windows-7/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:19:46 +0000 jdrames http://www.chemicalirony.com/?p=553 Some of the crew here has started using Windows 7. So far I still feel as though it is an service pack for Vista. But time shall see if I develop a different feel for it. My hopes are that I will. It took me a long while to warm up to Windows Vista and even after a long period of time I still wasn’t as happy with Vista as I had been with XP. Though all things considered I believe Microsoft tends to release good OS’s on an every-other basis. Win 2000 – great. Win ME – horrible. Win XP – great. Win Vista – not so good. Win 7 – ???

With a fresh install I have decided to use this time to test out Google Chrome. I have been using Firefox for a good while and have decided to test the Chrome to see how it fairs. So far it has been pretty nice. I like the built-in task manager within the Chrome browser itself. Also the fact that each tab is it’s own sandbox program makes dealing with problematic sites pretty easy.

Though in the process of updating to a new OS I have found out that my DVD-RW drive seems to be biteing the dust. It has served me well, but this last batch of back ups and prep for the new OS left me with 4 coasters out of 6. Not a good count. Thank goodness for the external drives.

Now to go through the install process. 7zip, Filezilla, VLC, Steam, Impulse, Sins. Time to start downloading the latest versions.

]]> http://www.chemicalirony.com/2009/10/25/windows-7/feed/ 0 Year of the New PC http://www.chemicalirony.com/2009/10/24/year-of-the-new-pc/ http://www.chemicalirony.com/2009/10/24/year-of-the-new-pc/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:06:31 +0000 jdrames http://www.chemicalirony.com/?p=550 Well I believe it may be the year for a new pc. I have started to price out some parts and it’s looking as though it might run a little pricey. However I think I will simply buy a part at a time and store it away for a final build. Generally I have found that buying a part or two each month allows me to build a nice pc without feeling the big hurt of the price tag. I think with the parts that I want to get I should be ready to tear open and build everything come February.

Parts List

  • Windows 7 Pro 64-bit OEM-newegg item#N82E16832116758
  • Intel Core i7-860-newegg item#N82E16819115214
  • EVGA GTX 260 Superclocked Edition-newegg item#N82E16814130433
  • EVGA X58 Intel Motherboard-newegg item#N82E16813188046
  • Kingwin 600W Modular Power Supply-newegg item#N82E16817121012
  • G.Skill 6GB DDR2 1600 Ram-newegg item#N82E16820231225

Total cost of parts at the time of this post was $1,127.94. However generally with buying parts of the span of time you usually end up paying less as prices drop on hardware. The OS cost doesn’t look like it’ll be dropping much in the next few months to a year so you can get that off the list to start. Same is mostly true about the power supply. After that just work the way up from least expensive to most expensive.

Well there is my update for today. I’ll get on the rest of the crew to throw on a few posts as they have all been pretty neglectful as of late.

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