I was unhappy when Byte died. I was left with only PC World and PC Magazine both of which suck. I have a new love in CPU magazine though.

Whatever happened to John Katz?

I was doing this (actually with the window defroster repair kit trick) and that was when I realized my eyesight was beginning to go farsighted. I couldn't see the traces when I held them closer to my eyes! Weird!

Hah, I get it - RENDERING

I can fetch it, but I will NOT make one for you.

Agreed, the SL series are different. The "traditional" models - R,T and X are still tanks though.

This is true. I would much rather order something from Newegg than from Ebay or somethingfishy.ch even at vast savings.

Are you a wizard?

"You get less choice when you buy stuff online" Whaaaaat?

I'm using a T61 that's I've been using daily for 3 solid years now. I had to replace the keyboard because I spilled coffee on it. Lenovo thinkpads are friggin tanks.

As a teenager I paid $75 for The Ancient Art of War at Service Merchandise. I think MS Flight Simulator 1.0 was around that price too.

Huh? Is there some special cachet around a 5 digit UID?

I no longer enjoy playing against 1's and 0's once I've played against humans. It's much more challenging and satisfying as well. Nothing beats making a headshot across the map and just KNOWING that someone is pissed off. When hit by said shot, I'm both pissed and admiring the shot as well.

One of the first things I got my dad to buy for me was the corded, regular keyboard. the infrared was neat but on the kitchen table - at certain times of the day - the sun would keep me from using the computer.

Ouch dude! Leave the PCjr alone! That computer was my geek larval stage. While my buddies played games on their C64's, I was messing around in DOS on my PCjr. Trying to get drivers to load and still have enough RAM to play a "game".