My new laptop ...

[speedbird591]

... has been dispatched Whoah! I'm not ready yet! I only ordered it from PC Specialist on Sunday afternoon. I hope they've been careful

Obviously it's not as powerful as a desktop in gaming terms but it should cope with my flight simming requirements for a couple of months before becoming obsolete. The plan is to load FSX as a stable storage place for add-ons but use P3D as the main flight sim. As P3D will be continually under development and with v1.4 and v2.0 already on the horizon, I'll probably only have a couple of aircraft and REX on board and link to FTX scenery within FSX to keep it all simple. Ready for regular re-installs.

The laptop has a 17.3" full HD LED screen. Processor is an i7-3720QM 2.60Ghz with 8Gb RAM and a 2Gb GTX675M DDR5 DX11 wossname. The OS will be on a 120Gb SSD and the flight sims will be on a 750Gb Hybrid drive.

I dunno what it all means but Ben does and he says it should work OK

Wait! Is that a courier van ...?

Ian

[Tomliner]

Can it do the washing up Ian? All this hi tech talk reminds me that I'll shortly have to shovel more coal into my pc's boiler! EricT

[speedbird591]

Can it do the washing up Ian?

What's washing up? (Must be a Scottish thing - like messages )

I'm pretty sure it can dispense single shot espressos.

Ian

[Tomliner]

How about wee drams? Bloody hell I'm speaking like a Scot and only been living here for 5 years! EricT

[airboatr]

Hey Ian

If by some chance it doesn't suit your needs ... I have one here that I just put a slighty used HHD in.

Only been used on Sundays.

[AllanL]

How about wee drams? Bloody hell I'm speaking like a Scot and only been living here for 5 years! EricT

You can tell when someone has been living on that side of the country for too long...........

[Effoh]

How about wee drams? Bloody hell I'm speaking like a Scot and only been living here for 5 years! EricT

Wee drams are not served north of Gretna....it's the law...since time immemorial.....

[speedbird591]

Hey Ian

If by some chance it doesn't suit your needs ... I have one here that I just put a slighty used HHD in.

Only been used on Sundays.

Hmmmm I've been following your adventures on this subject, Joe, and it's wearing me out

Can't you see the poor thing wants to die? If it was a dog you'd shoot it How many irreplaceable, precious hours of your life have you spent giving it the kiss of life? Couldn't you just bury it and spend a quiet moment of reflection on its past glories over a glass of ale and a pizza pie?

I should have been a lifestyle consultant. I know I can help so many people

Ian

[speedbird591]

Just had a text from the courier to say that 'my parcel' will arrive today between 1317 and 1417. I'm a bit pissed off, actually, as I was planning lunch between 1349 and 1357. Now I'm going to have to replan my whole day

It's amazingly quick service to order a custom-built laptop on Sunday and receive it on Friday. Unfortunately I'm working late today and again tomorrow and then MotoGP from Indianapolis on Sunday. I wasn't planning for this until next week

I won't complain, though

Ian

[DaveB]

Lunching between 1349 and 1357 is a bit vague mate. Couldn't you be a bit more precise?

ATB
DaveB