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 Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 8:33 pm
OK, Here's the idea so far: Once each day I post a target demographic for people to build a computer for. For example, a home theater PC, or a budget gamer, or your grandmother. Anyone is free to submit a configuration, and at the end of the day, the three judges (myself, xeon, and kit) will each award 1, 2, or 3 points to our opinions of the top three configurations. After we've gone thorugh all the target machines, we'll add up all the points for each person and declare a winner. One prerequisite item for every configuration is not just picking parts, but telling us why those parts were picked. Hopefully that will encourage something resembling coherent thought in the contestants.
Any thoughts? Feel free to suggest target configurations too.
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 8:56 pm
Items should include photos and be as specific as possible. Don't just say "a 104 key keyboard," give us an actual keyboard at an online store and include a link.
Remember that budget is not an issue(unless we say so specifically) so go wild. Items should not be judged on how much value that particular purchase is, we ought to grade on merit only.
Don't forget details like monitor, keyboard, mouse, any external devices, speakers, and the OS on the computer. If you neglect these, we might assume, so beware! 3nodding
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 9:01 pm
An adequate cop-out for things like KB/Mouse in certain situations would be "Generic, no name, 5$ thing." If the target machine is a web server, anything more is probably a bit much. But it still needs to be specified! Anyone that just says "keyboard" will automagically get an assumption from me that it's a Model M. I love the Model M, but I wouldn't want to see an HTPC with one. Anyone that forgets to mention one at all gets an assumption of none. >=D
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Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 10:23 am
Why would you need a keyboard, mouse and monitor on a server anyways?
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Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 1:55 pm
Xeon Sempai Why would you need a keyboard, mouse and monitor on a server anyways? Exactly. Once you have the thing set up, you could ssh, or VNC into it if you needed to.
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:09 am
Celia says:
Post for me saying the reason I haven't said anything more about it is because all three of my computers are disassembled atm
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 6:40 pm
OK, I have some idea for machines people could try to build for. Some of this list is probably redundant. Feel free to suggest other ideas. I figure I'll maybe get it all figured and done and released to C&T for it to start by this weekend. If anyone has prize ideas, or wants to donate, you can do that too.
• Budget Gamer
• Typical Gamer
• High End Gamer
• Linux Gamer
• Lan Party Gamer
• Case Modder/Showoff
• Lan Party Network/File Server
• Budget Animator
• Pro Animator
• Budget Graphic Designer
• Pro Graphic Designer
• Enthusiast Audio Rig
• Pro Audio Rig
• Home Theater PC
• Home File Server
• Grandkid's First Computer
• Grandma's First Computer
• Web Server
• In Car Telematics System
• Internet Terminal
• Corporate Desktop
• Directory Server
• Thin Client
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