View Poll Results: If using a PC, do your mouse, keyboard and monitor have to match?
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Originally Posted by elmmx5,Dec 10 2007, 09:36 AM
. I solved this by removing all the plastics from my CD burner and the floppy drive and spray painting them silver... this worked pretty well.
I build my boxes with components.....I think it is cheaper. In a few years I'll recycle the Power Supply, drives, case etc. Most technology is backward compatible....so even HD drives can be pressed into redundant back up.
When I need to upgrade, it is usually MOBO/Memory/Processor....
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Originally Posted by Lainey8484,Dec 10 2007, 02:28 PM
Weren't you the guy looking for the matching washer and dryer? 
Do they work better if they are the same color?
Do they work better if they are the same color? 
But washers/driers are like furniture!!!
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Originally Posted by neoarroyo,Dec 11 2007, 03:50 PM
Another vote in for match. In fact, can I take this further and say, "most" things in life, with few exceptions should match.
Guess my OCD is not as bad as I thought, as I've yet to order the adapter that will restore my computer to the "everything matches" mode. Who said I needed meds? 
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Originally Posted by kenta,Dec 10 2007, 10:08 AM
This poll needs a new option: Sell everything and buy a Mac
I voted for Who Uses a PC? That seemed the closest option!My Mac PowerBook laptop rocks
And it's a lovely Silverstone color too
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AHA!! So you are the one!!! I was wondering who that one vote was. I grew up using Macs. I was actually at the time looking for a IBM PS/2 or Apple IIgs, but happened to see the Mac Plus with Dark Castle on at the Computer Town in NH and was sold. After the Plus, I owned a IIsi, then a SE and then from there, I jumped over to the PC world, because Windows 98 really made Mac OS 9 look bad. Well, Apple has come a long way since then, but all the little idiosyncracies prevent me from going back to Apple, like one button mice, lack of a scroll wheel, format incompatibilities etc. I admit, the overall design is superior. Hence, I skinned my XP to look and function like the Mac, but still have all the PC functionality, the best of both worlds!!!
I grew up using Macs. I was actually at the time looking for a IBM PS/2 or Apple IIgs, but happened to see the Mac Plus with Dark Castle on at the Computer Town in NH and was sold. After the Plus, I owned a IIsi, then a SE and then from there, I jumped over to the PC world, because Windows 98 really made Mac OS 9 look bad. Well, Apple has come a long way since then, but all the little idiosyncracies prevent me from going back to Apple, like one button mice, lack of a scroll wheel, format incompatibilities etc. I admit, the overall design is superior. Hence, I skinned my XP to look and function like the Mac, but still have all the PC functionality, the best of both worlds!!!
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There is peace in the land and I will sleep tonight. My computer components match again.. well except for the tower and you can't see that.
I bought the little $4.99 adapter Erick recommended for my keyboard and it works just fine.
I did like the "feel" of the keys on the new Dell keyboard, but it didn't have much of an "edge" to it or something, as I was constantly hitting the "windows start" key or keys I didn't want to hit.
Thanks again, Erick.
well except for the tower and you can't see that. I bought the little $4.99 adapter Erick recommended for my keyboard and it works just fine.
I did like the "feel" of the keys on the new Dell keyboard, but it didn't have much of an "edge" to it or something, as I was constantly hitting the "windows start" key or keys I didn't want to hit.
Thanks again, Erick.
