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Turns out, Chrysanthemum's AC adapter won't work with Pablo, as the AC plug size is different.
Tomorrow, I will see if the PC store has any spare AC adapters I can look at and hopefully I can find a spare one without issue. I memorized the polarity and voltage Pablo requires.
Until then, Pablo sleeps because Greta hasn't been used for the past two days. :/
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What's wrong with Newegg?
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RAMChYLD Wrote:What's wrong with Newegg?
I doubt Wade thinks there is anything wrong with Newegg, it's probably just a supporting local sort of thing. Hey, it can be worth it to check out local places if simply for convenience. Plus some local places can price things a bit cheaper by comparison. Like, I have a local bookstore that just always sells books at half the cover price. So I can find cheap comic book trades there when they would be a lot more expensive on Amazon and the like.
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i'd love to support local stores, but what they have, they usually jack the price up by 200%.
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RAMChYLD Wrote:i'd love to support local stores, but what they have, they usually jack the price up by 200%.
I do agree with that sometimes. I definitely won't pay more then I could get other places and just a little bit of patience. Although if it's just like a dollar or two more and the quality is good. It's situational, but I twice the cost is definitely pushing it.
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Well, turns out Pablo didn't like PCLinuxOS. 3D games had serious graphical errors and artifacting, and I know his integrated GPU isn't on the fritz as Windows Aero runs perfectly fine. Shame too, since 2D rendering was good and KDE was quick and snappy.
So, I tried Ubuntu, and Ubuntu runs swell. 3D games run, and Extreme TuxRacer has a very good framerate. The function buttons work fine, and speed is better than that of Windows despite running from an old IDE hard disk in a USB 2.0 enclosure.
Looks like Ubuntu will be my main Linux OS, but I might go ahead and replace it with Kubuntu since I like KDE more. Seems far more customizable than Unity.
Last thing... Greta will have to rest for a while, at least until Monday hopefully. I should be able to see if the PC store has a spare laptop adapter as I'm sure he has many from unrepairable laptops and whatnot. If not, I shall search online, though I heard some after-market laptop adapters are cheaply built.
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