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Geekbench

So I went and ran geekbench again after adding the new ram. Some of you are comp geeks and you’ll understand the sex behind this, others won’t give a fuck. Bottom line, this is more computer then I’ll ever use fully to it’s limits, but that won’t stop me from pushing it.

Mac Pro geekbench score – 8287 (my e-penis just got bigger)

Click for big and scroll my minions, scroll

Ram is here

So, today was Christmas day two. I got my ram for my new system. 10 gigs. I took a screen grab for the geeks out there to hate me on… this is fucked up crazy speed.

10 gigs of ram

WTF.

Seriously. I am excited about compressing HD video down the road, shit. Need some Atoms split? 

Geek Christmas comes early

Hey all, just wanted to give you a heads up, I will be a little off over the next 2-3 days. I am am in the midst of setting up a new faster computer system and we all know how that goes. You’ve gotta transfer files, reinstall things, get everything running.. good times for sure.

Before we get into a heated Mac versus PC debate, let me start by saying I have been building boxes for close to fifteen years now. I have always used Windows, and like you, more times then I can count I have encountered the blue screen of death.

My last Windows system was a Pentium 4 2.8 with a gig of ram, nothing spectacular but it got me by, it did what it needed to do. It died about a year ago out of nowhere, not sure if it was the power supply, the mother board, the ram, a combination of everything… I was so screwed. I had to chose, either rebuild the box not knowing what it was, which could get pricey and in the end, I’d end up replacing everything… or I could chose to go to the dark side. Apple.

My girlfriend was on Apple with her Macbook she had, she LOVES it. Apple just works, hate it if you like, most PC fanboys were on an Apple once and they think that somehow gives them reason to hate Apple.  Apple changed everything with the introduction of Leopard, it’s just a fact. If you’ve never used Leopard for a day or two, sorry, your opinion doesn’t count, it is worth nothing.

I couldn’t afford to go crazy, so I bought an entry level mac Mini. Not the most manly of computers…  but I knew it would run OS-X as well as Windows XP Pro so to me, it was a good choice.

Mac Mini 2.0 Core Duo 2 with 4 gigs of ram, OS-X and XP Pro

I could do both, so this would work… but what I didn’t count on was falling in love with Apple. heh. I mean, I knew Apple rocked, I’ve always told people to get an Apple, but seriously.. until you use one over and over… you just don’t know what I am talking about.

The Mini believe it or not was a HUGE speed jump from what I was using before. I expected it to suck balls, but no, it rocked. It comes with a gig of ram, I upgraded that to 4 gigs of ram and booya, bob’s your uncle.

Over time, I found the limitations and I found myself wishing, wanting, needing to upgrade once again. This is what geeks do, if you’re a geek, you get it. It was time for a new system.

Mac Pro 2 X 2.8 Quad Core Xeon with 2 gigs of ram, OS-X + Vista Ultimate with 30” Cinema Display. 320gig Main drive, 2 1 terabyte drives in bays 2 and 3 (system can handle up to 4 terabytes of drive space). New ram will be here Wednesday, bringing me up to 10 gigs of ram. Mac Pro has 8 ram slots as opposed to most PC’s that have 2-4 slots. This thing is a MONSTER.

I decided if you’re going to do it, do it right. This system is like owning a Ferrari to go get groceries. Doesn’t make much sense, but you have the ability to get things done FAST. Productivity will increase, that means more moola. B was snapping pix of me unwrapping things, here’s one she liked… she walked in when I was fucking the 30” Cinema display. I previously had a 24” Samsung 244T (best screen I’d ever owned, before now that is).

Once everything is set up and what not, cleaned up, I have gotten the new system set up with software/etc.. I will post more about it.  I’ve got to get Vista set up, I haven’t heard the greatest things re: Vista but some people I know like it and I do need to be in Windows as well and since XP can only see 2 gigs of ram, I need to go Vista 64 bit. i could go XP 64 bit but it sucks I have heard.

So there ya go… oh yeah… geek stats from Geekbench.ca If you don’t know your system’s Geek bench score and you’re wondering how fast your system is or how large your e-penis is, head over to www.geekbench.ca and download the software for free. Test your system, these numbers will make more sense then. This screen grab shows my original system from four years back that I used up until last year, then the Mac Mini. I also included test scores from my girlfriend’s iMac she had. Her system was faster then my Mini and then some.

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As you can see, my original base score was 1429. Then with the Mini.. with the base 1 gig of ram and upgraded ram. Ram doesn’t change system score, it’s all about your processor. My girlfriend’s iMac was faster, and then, my bitch… the Mac Pro.

I could have got a 3.0 or 3.2 Mac Pro but truth is that’s an extra $800 to go to the 3.0 and another $800 to jump to 3.2! All for 11% speed increase? Nah, I’m good. I won’t be able to use the speed I have now. I am getting into HD Video shortly with some of the girls I work with, as well as a lot larger processing of images etc. I’ll use the speed and my productivity will soar!

I’ll post more later, like I said, when things are messy as hell right now.

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The old screen (24” Samsung 244T) is going to a friend of mine that wanted it. The mini will get formatted and we’ll move it out to the living room to run the plasma.

One thing I can tell you in closing… FUCK ME this machine is fast. Installing software over and over, that part sucks. I’ll be hit and miss over next few days, so my postings might be somewhat scattered.

Best iPod Ad yet

I know this isn’t actually an official Apple ad. I know this because well, it involves nudity and last time I checked, Apple advertisements don’t.

That said… god.damn I think this might just be the best ad for Apple’s iPod Nano yet.

Eltardo’s Computer Set Up

I always wonder what other people’s desk looks like, so I figured.. meh, *maybe* someone is curious what my little geek center looks like. Before I get into things, know that I have always been a Windows user. Even after buying a Mac Mini and adding 4 gigs of ram to it, I was still using bootcamp with Windows XP Pro 95% of the time.

There are advantages to both operating systems, I just got tired of having to deal with drivers and the hassle of XP not seeing more then 2 gigs of ram etc (that’s right kids, if you run Windows XP Pro and it’s not the 64 bit version, your system can’t use more then 2 gigs of ram.  MS claims it can, but many benchmark tests prove otherwise). If you want to run something, you have to click start, go to programs, funnel through a bunch of shit to find it and what if you have more then one version of a piece of software? Then it’s a pain as well.. things conflicting, drivers not working right, the list goes on and on.

With Apple, to be blunt and sound like a commercial… things just work. Don’t get me wrong, Apple has it’s shit moments too, every OS does… but OS-X is based on Unix. It’s rock solid, it’s 99% virus free, it’s fast as fuck as well. I found it weird that if someone loads up XP or Vista and then runs it in bootcamp via Mac OS-X…. the benchmarks scores are faster then if you ran the same benchmark from a PC with the same specs. If you google, you’ll see I’m right. It sucks, I know.. but it’s true. Mac Pros, Macbook Pros etc, run Vista faster then PC’s do. Weird hey?

So I figured fuck it, I see all these people flipping to mac because they got tired of their PC being a piece of shit, filled with bloatware, spyware, viruses, the list goes on. I run a tighter box then that so mine wasn’t that bad.. but still… I wanted something faster, something cool.

I moved from a Pentium 4 2.8 with a gig of ram to a manly Mac Mini 2.0 with 4 gigs of ram. Some people might think.. old system was a 2.8, new system is a 2.0. Old system will be faster. Nope, not even remotely close.

So, I went from Pentium 4 2.8 with 1 gig of ram to Mac Min 2.0 with 4 gigs of ram, then a year later..  Mac Pro 2.8 (x2) with 10 gigs of ram. If you’re curious how fast your system is, head over to geekbench.ca and download the free software.

Here’s a snap of my profile showing all my geekbench scores. Click for larger.

Here’s a picture of things as it sits right this second..

System on left:

Apple Mac Min 2.0 with 4 gigs ram.
120 gig internal hard drive
8X superdrive (dvd/cd R/RW)
Samsung 24” 244T LCD Monitor
Seagate 750 gig external drive
Seagate 500 gig external drive
Maxtor 300 gig external drive.
Apple keyboard, Logitech roller ball mouse.
OS: Windows XP Pro (32 bit) via bootcamp

System on right (main system)

Apple Mac Pro 2.8 Xeon (x2) with 10 gigs of ram
320 gig internal hard drive
16X super drive (dvd/cd R/RW)
Apple 30” Cinema Display
Seagate 7200.11 1 terabyte drive (x2)
Apple keyboard, logitech mouse
Logitech 9000 webcam
OS: Mac OS-X 10.5 (64 bit)

All is sitting on a desk from Ikea… but I am getting a new desk shortly. Ikea is great but their stuff is cheaper. The desk gives me splinters on the edges where my wrists/arms are. I want a biomorph desk, those are fucking insane… but also, fucking pricey.

I think after the desk, next investment in my office is an Arthur Miller Aeron chair.

I am going to streamline soon, moving the Mini to the living room to run the Plasma, my buddy is taking the Samsung off my hands. The 244T was/is easily the best screen I had ever used but the new mac cinema display… wow. Unreal.

So there ya have it. Eltardo’s computer systems.

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