E-Bay binge.....

[BallAquatics]

Purchased a laptop and four 15,000 rpm SCSI Raptor drives on E-Bay for right at a C note this morning.

I've been wanting a new laptop to use for on-site network diagnosis and what-not, and found a very nice IBM ThinkPad for $63.00 shipped.

The Raptor drives are to play with other OS.  Cheap drives are great to swap in and out while trying out different distros and at $10 each I just couldn't pass them up.....

Dennis

[Mugwump]

Purchased a laptop and four 15,000 rpm SCSI Raptor drives on E-Bay for right at a C note this morning.

I've been wanting a new laptop to use for on-site network diagnosis and what-not, and found a very nice IBM ThinkPad for $63.00 shipped.

The Raptor drives are to play with other OS.  Cheap drives are great to swap in and out while trying out different distros and at $10 each I just couldn't pass them up.....

Dennis

...nice, more toys.... ...good prices too..

[LizStreithorst]

Your talking over my head, Dennis but you sound like you think you done good

I splurged today, too.  I've been wanting a decent radio since my Bose wave got killed due to a lightning strike.  All I wanted was a radio.  I'm simple minded   I looked at the Bose Wave like I had before but then decided to look for alternatives.  I did some research and ended up ordering this  http://www.tivoliaudio.com/products/table-radios/model-one-reg-radio-in-classic-walnut-beige.html

[Mugwump]

Your talking over my head, Dennis but you sound like you think you done good

I splurged today, too.  I've been wanting a decent radio since my Bose wave got killed due to a lightning strike.  All I wanted was a radio.  I'm simple minded   I looked at the Bose Wave like I had before but then decided to look for alternatives.  I did some research and ended up ordering this  http://www.tivoliaudio.com/products/table-radios/model-one-reg-radio-in-classic-walnut-beige.html

looks pretty sweet, Liz....

[BallAquatics]

That big tuning knob reminds me of the Advent 300..... another Henry Kloss creation.  It is surely a wonderful radio!!!



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kloss

Dennis

[LizStreithorst]

I heard way back that the Kloss radios were better than BOSE.  Hard to believe great sound can come from that one speaker, but they say that it does.  In my research I found out that it's the thing to do these days to bash BOSE but I had the Wave radio and a pair of their speakers and I thought they both were great.  I compared speakers at the store and the BOSE were better and less expensive than the alternatives I listened to, so I'm not a BOSE basher by any means.  If this radio is better than the Wave as smart people say I will be overjoyed.  It cost half as much as the wave.

Sorry I can't wax rhapsodic about your purchase.  I would if I weren't so simple minded

[BallAquatics]

.....Sorry I can't wax rhapsodic about your purchase.....

LOL  That's Okay Liz.  My purchases were just for work.  While the geek in me will likely find some pleasure in working with them, they are not at all comparable to a fine piece of audio equipment.   

You will have to let us know your thoughts on the radio after you have had some time to try it out.

Dennis