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Iknonomi, you look like you're about kick someone's a** in that there picture. Maybe you need to find someone to take your picture for you, so you don't have to concentrate so hard. Cool hairstyle though.

Here's mine. I keep it simple cuz I like to have super fast performance. Hint: all those icons, shortcuts and desktop backgrounds slow your computer down like mad. Win XP 3.2 gH pentium 4 ATI Radeon 9800XT 1 gB DDR RAM 400 <<Picture deleted--too large>>

Everyone is raising excellent points. But I want to point out that we should thank Screwballl for having the guts and initiative to even put out a list like he did, particularly among a crowd as smart and talented as the Simtropolis crowd, which we all know is not your usual internet rabble. He probably did it knowing he would be sparking a debate. Thanks all.

Hey question for y'all (and Screwballl of course). Is it a big deal if the case is kind of flimsy? In Korea, all the cases look like they're made of aluminum foil. But the salesguys told me, that's because people like cases that aren't too heavy. They also said: Just don't drop it. Then you won't have problems. What do you think? Screwballl suggests the stronger and thicker the better, same with power supplies, the heavier the better.

I think a lot of the new computers nowadays use Serial drives. I definitely plan to get one. Lots of serial drives come in the 60, 80, 120 gig configurations, last I looked. I think that WD SATA drive goes at 10,000 RPM, as opposed to your normal 7,200 RPM or 5,400 RPM. That's blazing fast. That may be why it's only 36 gig. I'm not sure though. But I don't think it has to do with the fact that it's a serial drive. ---------------- On 10/19/2003 10:13:13 PM elerium wrote: You're looking at the 36GB Serial ATA drive he lists, which most people won't get because they don't have hardware that supports it. (It will replace parallel ATA one day, it's much faster.) The parallel ATA drive he lists is 250GB, which I think should get most people by nicely . All these 'best' specs though only make me feel like I need to upgrade soon... maybe it's time for a Radeon 9600.----------------

Nice idea, Screwballl ! You should also tell people to check out www.sharkyextreme.com which also posts latest best-in-class part selections. By the way, isn't there supposed to be a "ZS" in Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum? The salesguy told me the ZS makes a big difference (I don't know what). Also, isn't 36 gig a little small for the hard drive? Should you get 2 and put in RAID array? Thanks again ! ---------------- On 10/19/2003 9:27:09 PM Screwballl wrote: this will be updated Monthly to show what the current best of each area is accordring to several sources. OCT 2003 video card: ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 256 Budget video card: Radeon 9600 Pro soundcard: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum SerialATA hard drive: WD 360GD Raptor (36GB) ParallelATA: Western digital WD2500JB (250GB) CD-RW: Plextor PlexWriter Premiun DVD burner: Pioneer DVR-A06 (A zero six) LCD monitor: Sharp LL-1820 high end CRT (standard) monitor: Sony F520 P4 motherboard: Intel D875PBZ AthlonXP mobo: Asus A7N8X Deluxe Revision 2 Photo Printer: Epson Stylus Photo 1280 5.1 Speakers: Logitech Z-680 4.1 Speakers: Logitech Z-560 2.1 Speakers: Klipsch Promedia 2.1----------------

One last pic from last Christmas. I'm the guy (duh). My wife is to my left, my mom next to her, and my aunts all around. Love Christmas! ... That's it, i'm back to work. Cheers.

My wife posing in front of my car in front of my office building in Seoul, Korea. Love the car, love my wife even more.

I been swamped with work (sleeping 3-4 hours a night only), but I visit simtropolis every now and then for a few seconds. This is a good thread, so I'm gonna put off work a bit to post. This is a picture of my wife and me at our wedding in Seoul, Korea ...we got married in February. She's 8 years younger than me, but she still manages to be more mature than me. So that makes her VERY mature (or, yeah, yeah, makes me REAL immature).

AssCrack Blvd is still the funniest pic I've seen in this game. I just can't stop laughing every time I see that street! The falling deer was hilarious too

I think he meant to say "hydrogen" plant.

I think Buttcrack Boulevard is great too. I'd hate to live on a street named that, though...

I'm a corporate lawyer working at a law firm in Seoul, Korea. Go Red Devils!! I play SC4 at night once or twice a week. My wife plays too! We fight often over who gets to use the computer.