Bought a new latop today. [Archive] - Kansas City Chiefs Forums

honda522

07-12-2009, 12:02 AM

Been having problems with the old one, so I finally got around to a new one. Went to Best Buy and was looking for one that I saw on the internet. I find one that was alittle more pricey but probably worth.

I filled out an app for credit and they approved me for 1100 bucks. Way to much for me. Anyways 0% interest for 6 months, going to pay it off in 4.

Cost me 700 bucks after tax.

hermhater

07-12-2009, 01:08 AM

Woot!!!

AussieChiefsFan

07-12-2009, 09:22 AM

Here down under from now on we get free school laptops in year 9 at school! I don't know if you can go on any site though. If you can, I'll be on the crowd A LOT!:D:yahoo:

honda522

07-12-2009, 09:47 AM

what did you do with your old PC?
Going to give it back to my cousin.

AussieChiefsFan

07-12-2009, 09:49 AM

Going to give it back to my cousin.
I wonder what he's gonna say. :D

hermhater

07-12-2009, 09:58 AM

Thanks?

AussieChiefsFan

07-12-2009, 09:59 AM

Thanks?
Thanks to what? :confused:

hermhater

07-12-2009, 10:05 AM

For giving him a computer?

AussieChiefsFan

07-12-2009, 10:06 AM

For giving him a computer?
I'm confused, are you asking about giving him a Computer?

honda522

07-12-2009, 05:50 PM

I wonder what he's gonna say. :D
It was Her's to begin with.

hermhater

07-12-2009, 06:47 PM

He gave it back to her.

AussieChiefsFan

07-12-2009, 09:27 PM

It was Her's to begin with.Oh, right, sorry. :bananen_smilies046:

AussieChiefsFan

07-12-2009, 09:48 PM

I have been trying to get back online all day today/ Someone hacked into my router and changed the info that connects me to my ISP. Took me about 7 hours to figure out what happened. Either it was a joke or somebody was trying to hyjack my signal for some reason. I have a password on it now that I maty not even remember without looking at the friggin thing.D@mn

Bike

07-13-2009, 06:45 PM

Bike

07-13-2009, 06:58 PM

The ISP company I do part time work for just got done upgrading all of their servers, I now have all new equipment and service with 8 mbps internet.Life is fun when it is coming at ya fast :D
We live out in the boonies. No cable. No DSL. The only way we can get decent internet is through Verizon. It works, but it ain't cheap...

Bike

07-13-2009, 07:31 PM

I also live in the Boonies and the only reason I have this ISP available is they are a small company that does Internet for basically the rual area for 4 counties and I have one of their towers which is a T3 tower 50 yards from my house. Part of my job is to make sure nobidy vandalizes the tower and also to keep it up and running for this quadrant of the service area.If that tower was not here I would be like you with Verison or Direct TV . I am super lucky as my ISP gives us unlimited bandwidth usage. It is called Coon Valley Coop. They do Internet thru the Iowa Networking System and also do Cell Phone service too. I count my blessings for sure.
That is awesome. I think Verizons tower is 3 miles away and I have to run 2 usb repeater cables to the modem outside in a coffee can to get broadband reception. Oh well. The price I paid for livin' in the country!!

Chiefster

07-13-2009, 07:37 PM

What kind of laptop did you get?

Bike

07-13-2009, 07:39 PM

What kind of laptop did you get?
I didn't get one.

Chiefster

07-13-2009, 07:41 PM

I didn't get one.

I was talking to honda.

Bike

07-13-2009, 07:43 PM

I was talking to honda.
Story of my life...

Chiefster

07-13-2009, 07:45 PM

Story of my life...

Why yes; yes it is. :p

Bike

07-13-2009, 08:50 PM

You might wanna check into Direct TV as they use a Sattilite and they also set their custpmers up with AOL Premium. Last time I checked it is like $60 a month but you need to have the dish put on your house by a Pro and lease the equipment. Set up is around $200 which includes the lease but it has a 2 year contract. Only time you lose the signal is during really bad weather or your turned off LOL..
OK I'll look into that. Hey you know how to post a pic from computer in a post?

AussieChiefsFan

07-13-2009, 08:52 PM

OK I'll look into that. Hey you know how to post a pic from computer in a post?
When you are posting scroll down and you will see a manage attachments button. Click it and you can choose to upload a pic from your PC.

Anyone know how to post a video from your PC?

:bananen_smilies046:

Bike

07-13-2009, 08:53 PM

When you are posting scroll down and you will see a manage attachments button. Click it and you can choose to upload a pic from your PC.

Anyone know how to post a video from your PC?

:bananen_smilies046:
I don't see no manage attachments button...

AussieChiefsFan

07-13-2009, 08:54 PM

I don't see no manage attachments button...
Scroll down the page. Under the sub-heading 'Additional Options'.

Bike

07-13-2009, 08:56 PM

Scroll down the page. Under the sub-heading 'Additional Options'.
Don't see that either. All I see is Go advanced...

AussieChiefsFan

07-13-2009, 08:58 PM

You can upload to you tube or Photobucket as they allow videos , I usually use my online File Manager in my hosting .Youtube always blocks my videos due to copyright. SO annoying!
And joining photobucket I'll look into. But can you upload any videos on Myspace?

:bananen_smilies046:

Bike

07-13-2009, 08:58 PM

Anyone else watching Super Bowl 13 on NFL Network?
Good game even though the Chiefs aren't in it.
No I'm still tryin to figure out how to post a pic. I'm a stupidhead...

Bike

07-13-2009, 09:21 PM

If you click on reply or quote in this thread you scroll down and will see a button that says
Manage Attachments
Click on that and follow their directions. I never have used it but it looks easy you can do it!
Ok finally got that far but it says pic is 2.4 mb and only allows 195 kb or something. Man - what a pain just to post a pic. I don't think I'll ever figure it out.

AussieChiefsFan

07-13-2009, 09:25 PM

Don't see that either. All I see is Go advanced...
Here is a picture showing you exactly where it is!

Bike

07-13-2009, 09:33 PM

Here is a picture showing you exactly where it is!
That was awesome! But it don't work for me....

AussieChiefsFan

07-13-2009, 09:35 PM

That was awesome! But it don't work for me....
Hmm, maybe you can go into your control panel and look for options the "additional Options" in posts.

:bananen_smilies046:

Bike

07-13-2009, 09:36 PM

Hmm, maybe you can go into your control panel and look for options the "additional Options" in posts.

:bananen_smilies046:
Well I fugured out how to upload pic but it says pic too big so it don't work...

AussieChiefsFan

07-13-2009, 09:38 PM

Well I fugured out how to upload pic but it says pic too big so it don't work...
Yeah, that's why it took me so long to upload that picture for you. I had to edit the settings for a while.

:bananen_smilies046:

Bike

07-13-2009, 09:39 PM

Yeah, that's why it took me so long to upload that picture for you. I had to edit the settings for a while.

:bananen_smilies046:
Hmmmm. Wish I knew how to do that stuff. And did you see the pics of Canadas' tatoo? those pics were huge but I can't upload even a small pic...

AussieChiefsFan

07-13-2009, 09:42 PM

Hmmmm. Wish I knew how to do that stuff.
Eventually, I just used photoshop.

Bike

07-13-2009, 09:43 PM

Eventually, I just used photoshop.
Well - that leaves me out.

AussieChiefsFan

07-13-2009, 09:43 PM

Well - that leaves me out.
You don't have photo shop?

Bike

07-13-2009, 10:05 PM

You don't have photo shop?
Not that I know of...

AussieChiefsFan

07-13-2009, 10:06 PM

Not that I know of...
Alrighy then.

hermhater

07-14-2009, 01:26 AM

What's the issue in here?

Chiefster

07-14-2009, 01:30 AM

I thought we were talking about a laptop.

hermhater

07-14-2009, 01:37 AM

It sounds like it's moved on to Photoshop.

Chiefster

07-14-2009, 01:44 AM

It sounds like it's moved on to Photoshop.

It appears that you are correct.

AussieChiefsFan

07-14-2009, 01:50 AM

I thought we were talking about a laptop.Why yes, we were.

It sounds like it's moved on to Photoshop.Why yes, we have.

It appears that you are correct.
Why yes, it is.

hermhater

07-14-2009, 01:53 AM

And now Yahoo Messenger is all messed up.

Let's move onto that.

I connect through Pidgin, and Yahoo keeps changing the servers.

It's annoying.

AussieChiefsFan

07-14-2009, 01:54 AM

And now Yahoo Messenger is all messed up.

Let's move onto that.

I connect through Pidgin, and Yahoo keeps changing the servers.

It's annoying.
MHO is that MSN is a lot better.

hermhater

07-14-2009, 01:55 AM

With Pidgin you have MSN, Google chat, Yahoo Messenger, and Skype all in one program.

AussieChiefsFan

07-14-2009, 02:03 AM

With Pidgin you have MSN, Google chat, Yahoo Messenger, and Skype all in one program.
Wow.

Chiefster

07-14-2009, 05:48 PM

And now Yahoo Messenger is all messed up.

Let's move onto that.

I connect through Pidgin, and Yahoo keeps changing the servers.

It's annoying.

Stupid Yahoo! :11:

AussieChiefsFan

07-14-2009, 07:54 PM

Stupid Yahoo! :11:
:bananen_smilies046:

hermhater

07-14-2009, 10:35 PM

I got it fixed.

It was a bug in the older version if Pidgin.

Updated to the newest version and it works.

AussieChiefsFan

07-14-2009, 10:50 PM

I got it fixed.

It was a bug in the older version if Pidgin.

Updated to the newest version and it works.
Okay...

hermhater

07-14-2009, 11:48 PM

It's better than OK.

It's cool.

Chiefster

07-14-2009, 11:58 PM

I'll be the judge of that. :p

hermhater

07-14-2009, 11:59 PM

Are you using it now?

Chiefster

07-15-2009, 12:03 AM

Are you using it now?

Yuppers. :)

Well, it's meebo.

AussieChiefsFan

07-15-2009, 12:05 AM

Yuppers. :)

Well, it's meebo.
Oh, I remember Meebo. It's pretty simple.

hermhater

07-15-2009, 12:14 AM

Is that browser based?

AussieChiefsFan

07-15-2009, 12:16 AM

Is that browser based?
Meebo - Connecting AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Facebook, MySpace messengers (http://www.meebo.com/)

hermhater

07-15-2009, 12:18 AM

Looks that way.

AussieChiefsFan

07-15-2009, 12:21 AM

Looks that way.
Yep.

hermhater

07-15-2009, 01:04 AM

Huh?

AussieChiefsFan

07-15-2009, 01:06 AM

Huh?
Don't worry.

hermhater

07-15-2009, 01:21 AM

If you say so.

hermhater

07-15-2009, 05:52 PM

Norton 360 is crap.

Took me a few weeks to realize just how crappy it was, but Symantec is living up to their terrible reputation.

hermhater

07-15-2009, 07:30 PM

No one has to take my advice, but if they are smart they take it.

Chiefster

07-15-2009, 10:14 PM

Norton 360 is crap.

Took me a few weeks to realize just how crappy it was, but Symantec is living up to their terrible reputation.

Yup, McAfee is no better IMO.

Adaware, Malwarebytes and Spyware Doctor is what I use to protect my PC.

Bike

07-17-2009, 10:59 AM

Yup, McAfee is no better IMO.

Adaware, Malwarebytes and Spyware Doctor is what I use to protect my PC.
All good choices. And easy on the wallet.

Chiefster

07-17-2009, 11:58 AM

All good choices. And easy on the wallet.

Eggsactly! :)

hermhater

07-18-2009, 01:47 AM

Good judgment and script blockers are the safest way to be on the internet.

Chiefster

07-19-2009, 01:10 AM

Good judgment and script blockers are the safest way to be on the internet.

Yup!

Chiefster

07-19-2009, 01:13 AM

I just use Norton 360 and as long as I keep it updated which it does automatically , I have no problems at all. Even though we never know when a threat will hit our PC the best way to keep your PC safe is to always know the source you download from and don't go to places that are known virus havens. Basically, porn hubs , Yahoo chat rooms those are 2 definate places your PC gets attacked instantly. If you are gonna do a video chatroom it is wise to turn up your firewall defenses, the connection is an instant avenue for threats.

Lime Wire and other file sharing programs are absolutely infamous for this sort of thing.

hermhater

07-21-2009, 02:45 AM

Any updates on the new laptop?

hermhater

07-21-2009, 02:48 AM

Hmmmm. Wish I knew how to do that stuff. And did you see the pics of Canadas' tatoo? those pics were huge but I can't upload even a small pic...

Did you get skoolin yet?

Chiefster

07-21-2009, 12:55 PM

Did you get skoolin yet?

Skoolin is good.

hermhater

07-21-2009, 01:01 PM

Yes it is, but did he figure it out yet?

Bike

07-21-2009, 01:18 PM

Did you get skoolin yet?
Yeah, but I lost interest.

hermhater

07-21-2009, 01:53 PM

I mean can you post a picture yet?

Bike

07-21-2009, 03:45 PM

I mean can you post a picture yet?
Yeah I guess you have to use a photo editing program to get them down to size - I think...

hermhater

07-21-2009, 04:18 PM

I think that's only if you add it as an attachment.

If you have the link to the picture on the web you can just click that little icon above where you type that is a yellow square with a mountain and a sun in it.

The paste the location of the picture in there and hit OK.

Bike

07-21-2009, 05:04 PM