I thought I was a nice brother

[Bateluer]

Bumped her up from a Duron 700 w/ 256 SDR RAM and GF2 MX200 to a P4 1.5Ghz w/ 256 DDR-RAM and a Radeon 9600 Pro. Pretty big jump, considering I already had the proc and vidcard. Took 5 hours getting Win2k reinstalled, mobo divers, 2k Updates, etc. Technically, its still not finished, need an Office suite installed, and her backuped files copied over again. Only thing I got was "Are you finished yet? Are you finished yet? I want to go to bed now, are you finished yet?"

And I'm such a nice guy, already thinking of getting her another 256MB stick of RAM for her birthday next month.

 

[her209]

A stick of RAM. :Q

 

[neonerd]

 

[Aves]

When it comes to computers you should never try to be a good brother, son, friend, anything! It's always more hassle than it's worth.

Anything that goes wrong in the first 18 months will obviously be something that you did.

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: aves2k
When it comes to computers you should never try to be a good brother, son, friend, anything! It's always more hassle than it's worth.

Anything that goes wrong in the first 18 months will obviously be something that you did.

so sad, yet so true...

 

[moshquerade]

yep, it's just like selling your car to a relative.

but you still are a nice brother. she sounds like an ingrate.

 

[tfinch2]

I upgraded my sister's computer from a Celeron 366 64 MB RAM w/Win98 to a P3 600 mhz 256 MB RAM w/Windows 2000 and all I hear is bitch bitch bitch. Never again!

 

[olds]

:camera:s?

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: aves2k
When it comes to computers you should never try to be a good brother, son, friend, anything! It's always more hassle than it's worth.

Anything that goes wrong WHENEVER will obviously be something that you did.

FIXED

 

[gabemcg]

Originally posted by: aves2k
When it comes to computers you should never try to be a good brother, son, friend, anything! It's always more hassle than it's worth.

Anything that goes wrong in the first 18 months will obviously be something that you did.

^^^ words of wisdom...

I bet thats the answere for question #8 on the test to become a "lifer"

I try to limit my goodnatured assistance to telling which Dell to buy

 

[beyonddc]

I upgraded my sister's computer from a Pentium II @ 350mhz to an Athlon Thunderbird 1.4ghz, 512ram, GF4 Ti4200. It's my previous computer, I now have an Athlon64 3200+.

Well, everyday, all I hear from her room is shooting noise coming from Counter-Strike. I should never install that game for her!!

 

[Bateluer]

Her system still feels kinda sluggish due to its 5400rpm hdd. I'm not getting her another hdd for her birthday though, since I won't be around to install it. A stick of RAM is an easy upgrade that several people around the home can do.

 

[Wallydraigle]

Nothing says, "I love you," like RAM :heart:

 

[dman]

Does she game? Otherwise doesn't seem like it was worth the effort...

Is p4 s478?

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: dman
Does she game? Otherwise doesn't seem like it was worth the effort...

Is p4 s478?

1) A little

2) Yes, its s478. The Epox Via chipset based mobo is single channel DDR though. Don't expect a whole lot of performance from a 30 dollars mobo, but it will take a 3.2Ghz P4.

 

[notfred]

Let me guess - she didn't ASK you to upgrade it, but you figured there was another PC in the house, so you might as well spend all night screwing around with it.

 

[PoPPeR]

Originally posted by: beyonddc
I upgraded my sister's computer from a Pentium II @ 350mhz to an Athlon Thunderbird 1.4ghz, 512ram, GF4 Ti4200. It's my previous computer, I now have an Athlon64 3200+.

Well, everyday, all I hear from her room is shooting noise coming from Counter-Strike. I should never install that game for her!!

a girl that plays CS?

pics?