Interesting photo of Bill Gates' Computer Setup

[Robin]

[Jace]

What is interesting about it? looks pretty typical to me

[carol.prime]

We had that kind of setup here. Nothing unusual for me.

[Hammer]

Looks pretty much like mine.

[Hell Puppy]

I would hate to be there whenever he gets the blue screen of death...

[Robin]

Fair enough - you guys are ahead of me - I just use the one monitor myself

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Robin

Fair enough - you guys are ahead of me - I just use the one monitor myself

Same here. Im a po boy.

[softball]

WTF a bunch of internet pros. Please. You have no idea of the computing power he has at the touch of a keyboard. All you see is three screens. Hell, I am looking at two. There is one across the desk from me and a laptop behind me. But I would guess whatever Bill has blows whatever we have straight to hell and back. I can't believe the response to this thread. Duh.

[Hammer]

Our response had nothing to do with Bill's enormous wealth and the amazing technology at his finger tips that is not visible in THAT PHOTO. We were responding to the idea that what was depicted in THAT PHOTO was somehow amazing. Doh!

[Jace]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

WTF a bunch of internet pros. Please. You have no idea of the computing power he has at the touch of a keyboard. All you see is three screens. Hell, I am looking at two. There is one across the desk from me and a laptop behind me. But I would guess whatever Bill has blows whatever we have straight to hell and back. I can't believe the response to this thread. Duh.

um...bill gates has made it clear on numerous occasions that he never has the cutting edge shit, or something like that

plus, i doubt what we see there beats my machine, except he has one more monitor than I do

Tyan Thunder Dual Xeon 3.9EGHz, 4gb ram

[Inabon]

Originally Posted by Jace

um...bill gates has made it clear on numerous occasions that he never has the cutting edge shit, or something like that

plus, i doubt what we see there beats my machine, except he has one more monitor than I do

Tyan Thunder Dual Xeon 3.9EGHz, 4gb ram

all that power and only one montior LOL i know you are joking

thats like having a v8 with a 1 barrel carburetor.

are those dual core??

if so maybe you beat me but i bet you only use 1.5 gig of ram and most of it is spyware

yea yea geek fight comeon bring it on LOL

[Jace]

Originally Posted by Inabon

all that power and only one montior LOL i know you are joking

thats like having a v8 with a 1 barrel carburetor.

are those dual core??

if so maybe you beat me but i bet you only use 1.5 gig of ram and most of it is spyware

yea yea geek fight comeon bring it on LOL

I said bill has one more monitor than I do....check the pic I have dual 19" monitors

they are Xeon 2.8EGHz 800MHz bus 2mb cache

the reason I got the machine is because I write a lot of music, plus do shitload of video editing, and I was sick of having to upgrade to a new computer every year...I wanted something that is going to last at least 3 years

I don't even actually physcially touch the machine unless I am editing video or writing music, when I need to use it or do something on it I VNC in and do what I need to do

[gonzo]

VNC sux

[Jace]

Originally Posted by gonzo

VNC sux

I love VNC...it fucking rocks, the program is no bigger than 1mb and I can connect into my desktop upstairs and never have to leave my couch

[Rcourt64]

All I use is:

[Inabon]

Originally Posted by gonzo

VNC sux

yes it does. but it is the only way to play sound with remote pc drivers.

[Inabon]

Originally Posted by Jace

I said bill has one more monitor than I do....check the pic I have dual 19" monitors

they are Xeon 2.8EGHz 800MHz bus 2mb cache

the reason I got the machine is because I write a lot of music, plus do shitload of video editing, and I was sick of having to upgrade to a new computer every year...I wanted something that is going to last at least 3 years

I don't even actually physcially touch the machine unless I am editing video or writing music, when I need to use it or do something on it I VNC in and do what I need to do

ok so it is not your daily pc now we are talking

what sound card do you have? usually heavy procs are good for video but a nice pro soundcard should not mess you up.

edit damn burp beer today is sucking LOL yeah i saw the video editing

nice setup what vid card do you use?

[Jace]

Originally Posted by Inabon

ok so it is not your daily pc now we are talking

what sound card do you have? usually heavy procs are good for video but a nice pro soundcard should not mess you up.

I have a MAudio Delta 1010

it is a "10-In/10-Out PCI/Rack Digital Recording System with MIDI and Digital I/O"

[Jace]

Originally Posted by Inabon

ok so it is not your daily pc now we are talking

well of course not, I don't game and I hate sitting at a desk...I do use it daily though through vnc, why do you all hate vnc so much? it is most handy shit I use on a daily basis, it saves me from running up and down the stairs 100 times a day

oh, and the video card is the only thing I need to upgrade right now, it is a firegl v3100

[Inabon]

Originally Posted by Jace

well of course not, I don't game and I hate sitting at a desk...I do use it daily though through vnc, why do you all hate vnc so much? it is most handy shit I use on a daily basis, it saves me from running up and down the stairs 100 times a day

oh, and the video card is the only thing I need to upgrade right now, it is a firegl v3100

vnc is slow the only advantage is the drivers thing but if you do server admin RDP is way better faster less bandwith consuming.

yeah nice card but yeah you need upgrade try pinnacle expensive but you will love it and probably will extend the life of your pc by 5 to 8 years unless some new proc and video crunching application comes up. but for the rest of us mortals that should be cool

[Jace]

Originally Posted by Inabon

vnc is slow the only advantage is the drivers thing but if you do server admin RDP is way better faster less bandwith consuming.

yeah nice card but yeah you need upgrade try pinnacle expensive but you will love it and probably will extend the life of your pc by 5 to 8 years unless some new proc and video crunching application comes up. but for the rest of us mortals that should be cool

hm..I haven't had any slowness with VNC at all, but then again I ONLY use it to vnc across a local network

in fact, it is quite speedy and suits my needs just fine

Is RDP the windows version of vnc? if so I tried that and hated it, it was super buggy when I tried it

[Inabon]

Originally Posted by Jace

hm..I haven't had any slowness with VNC at all, but then again I ONLY use it to vnc across a local network

in fact, it is quite speedy and suits my needs just fine

Is RDP the windows version of vnc? if so I tried that and hated it, it was super buggy when I tried it

ermmn its the other way around but yeah thats it...

what was buggy about it? i mean it is only remote desktop nothing else new windows xp version you can share harddrives on connection so no need for a different client to upload.

but again i only manage servers no aps like you so there is a difference. and yes its because you are in LAN but it gets slow over a couple of thousands of miles of fiber

[Jace]

Originally Posted by Inabon

ermmn its the other way around but yeah thats it...

what was buggy about it? i mean it is only remote desktop nothing else new windows xp version you can share harddrives on connection so no need for a different client to upload.

but again i only manage servers no aps like you so there is a difference. and yes its because you are in LAN but it gets slow over a couple of thousands of miles of fiber

don't you need xppro anyway? my new lappy only has xphome on it, i dont' think it has RDP

[Inabon]

Originally Posted by Jace

don't you need xppro anyway? my new lappy only has xphome on it, i dont' think it has RDP

well to manage the box you need pro but to log on to a box with RDP you can download the client.

[Hell Puppy]

Careful about telling people you have VNC loaded.

I hear there might be hackers here.

[Jace]

Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

Careful about telling people you have VNC loaded.

I hear there might be hackers here.

if I had any ports open on my hardware firewall I would be worried..that shit is locked down tight

[softball]

Thank God I hire people to do this shit. Way too many acronyms flying around here. I have no idea what you guys are even talking about.

[Jace]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

Thank God I hire people to do this shit. Way too many acronyms flying around here. I have no idea what you guys are even talking about.

you hire people to log into your computer remotely? talk about wasted money

[softball]

Originally Posted by Jace

you hire people to log into your computer remotely? talk about wasted money

You see, I had no idea wtf you were talking about. A computer to me is just a box that makes me money. When it breaks someone fixes it. I don't log on remotely and see no reason to actually. Maybe you could enlighten me how I could use such a process.

[Hammer]

Actually, I use mine remotely all the time when I'm out of town and it's very handy. I don't have to use webmail but can actually check my email on my office computer. I can access files and programs I don't have on my laptop too and I can do it all from a hotel thousands of miles away from my office.

[softball]

Originally Posted by Hammer

Actually, I use mine remotely all the time when I'm out of town and it's very handy. I don't have to use webmail but can actually check my email on my office computer. I can access files and programs I don't have on my laptop too and I can do it all from a hotel thousands of miles away from my office.

Seems like a good idea, but my email is web based and lives on a server and when I travel I make sure my work is done and it just means checking my email and some ftp shit for updates. I am building more sites, so even this might be automated soon.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Hammer

Actually, I use mine remotely all the time when I'm out of town and it's very handy. I don't have to use webmail but can actually check my email on my office computer. I can access files and programs I don't have on my laptop too and I can do it all from a hotel thousands of miles away from my office.

I wouldnt recomend doing that next week at the Westin.

[Hammer]

Originally Posted by gonzo

I wouldnt recomend doing that next week at the Westin.

And why's that?

Here's the service I use and I believe it is quite secure. http://secure.logmein.com/dmcq/095i/home.asp

[spazlabz]

I have two computers at my desk with a KVM switch. one with dual monitors (the one I use for video editing) and the best I got is the brand new 21 inch monitor i just got... very sweet
I use a laptop when my ass gets sore sitting in the office chair for too long but i dont remote back into my other machines. I just have what I need installed on the laptop as well
as for the picture of Billy Boy there... i bet he can check out some very hot porn on that set up


spaz

[Inabon]

Originally Posted by Hammer

And why's that?

Here's the service I use and I believe it is quite secure. http://secure.logmein.com/dmcq/095i/home.asp

cause westin internet sucks ass you will be sent back to 56k modem era if it is online LOL trust me i know

[Inabon]

Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

Careful about telling people you have VNC loaded.

I hear there might be hackers here.

ok can i have ya'lls ip adresses LOL

[Hammer]

Originally Posted by Inabon

cause westin internet sucks ass you will be sent back to 56k modem era if it is online LOL trust me i know

Actually I've always had pretty good luck with the Internet there for the past few years, especially compared to the other hotels I've stayed at lately.

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by Inabon

ok can i have ya'lls ip adresses LOL

...somewhere deep in the People's Republic of China.

[Inabon]

Originally Posted by Hammer

Actually I've always had pretty good luck with the Internet there for the past few years, especially compared to the other hotels I've stayed at lately.

mmm really i have not hotel room internet is as unstable as it can be. on off latency you name it.

it is always better to go downstairs and use one of the pcs at the show floor.