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Reply #15 –
I tip my hat to you then. You know quite a bit more then me about these things. I basically like pc's for the same reason I like our cars. Their cheap. When you know what will go wrong, their easy to fix. I have never even really known anyone that has run a mac. I would like to learn more about them, but I don't think I will ever convert over.

I like my older computers, much better then newer ones. I have a 300mhz computer sitting here that I am going to hook up one of these days. They just seem to have a quality that newer computers do not.
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
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Reply #16 –
I only use 1 PC in my house...A 2.4 ghz with an intel server board I run Sage tv with 3 video grabber boards for TV recording, and playback through stand alone set-top boxes on my network... still run Win2000 on it too, and it never gets used as a computer and never goes onto the internet...It's been running for 4 years straight with a handfull of reboots in that time. it was my last PC, and was one of my best PCs ever. I used a virus program that didn't slow down a computer back then...They got bought by the government for their computers, and stopped distributing to pc users. I stopped using any protection for a couple years , and never had any problems back then...But if I ever have to do anything on my grabber pc now...I want to toss it out the window.... can't believe how backwards designed Windows always was..
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Reply #17 –
Yeah. I miss 2000. Its too outdated to use any good programs, and xp and later use way too many resources. My computer at idle uses 850mb of ram. My little 300mhz computer is faster as long as there are no graphics intensive programs running, and it only has 128mb total running 98.
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com

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Reply #18 –
I still wish I could run 98SE for my grabbers...I miss the DOS 6 days myself... everything ran stand alone, much like a mac does. Computers were so cool in the 80s. Now they're a giant pain in the ass, that we can't live without...lol
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***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Reply #19 –
I have three 8088's. One only has one giant 5 1/4" floppy so that you can fit the 2 meg hard drive. I have monopoly for dos 3.1 or something like that.
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com

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Reply #20 –
Quote from: Haystack;348513
I have three 8088's. One only has one giant 5 1/4" floppy so that you can fit the 2 meg hard drive. I have monopoly for dos 3.1 or something like that.

I had one too with, dos 3.1.....and the best questing games money could buy... Police quest... space quest... leisure suit larry... quest for glory...still have all those games, And now a dos emulator for mac
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Reply #21 –
Quote from: daminc;348438
the other great thing about mac os is that it doesn't share a registry, or common system files with other programs... you get a virus on a mac and it only affects the program that has the virus.  pretty useless to write a virus that won't go anywhere but where you put it. I also never had to buy any software for my mac. it's either on it already, or free for download..... I also use the powerpc macs, not the intels. compared to my wife's new intel mac, mine is almost as fast as hers for being built it 2004, and still more stable then hers running the same OS.... I owned and ran a computer/ electronics shop for years in the 90s.....after building and repairing tons of PCs... I'll never own one again. not worth the aggravation to do what you can do with a simple click on a mac... I ran Linux for years before I went mac....It was always missing something and lacking compatibility with networking, and many PC programs, but mac delivered what was missing in 2002, and I never looked back......;)

 
+1 I totally agree.......








1983 FORD THUNDERBIRD HERITAGE 5.0
2008 SAAB 9-7X AERO 6.0 (LS2) 1 0f 554 Made
2011 FORD FLEX SEL Family Hauler

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Reply #22 –
I was just thinking that we should start a small group of nerdy outcasts.....but then realized we're already in one....lol
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***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Reply #23 –
Quote from: daminc;348525
I was just thinking that we should start a small group of nerdy outcasts.....but then realized we're already in one....lol

Tell me where to sign up! LOL  Me and Jerry taking the oath.....








1983 FORD THUNDERBIRD HERITAGE 5.0
2008 SAAB 9-7X AERO 6.0 (LS2) 1 0f 554 Made
2011 FORD FLEX SEL Family Hauler

Hard to believe things haven't changed much...

Reply #24 –
That's the he-man woman haters society episode.......lol
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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