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Thats the great thing of IKEA... a million people have the exact same thing you do 
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In the optional Text Answers, I could find out this one:
"Better spelling: The old beige box never seems to get anu sexier."
But I find that 'anu' is only misspelt by the voter and not in the Survey. 
Any other inference?
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It was misspelled. I fixed it.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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That was one of the write-in responses. Dunno, but it got a chuckle out of me. I can just imagine checking the box for gargoyles. Maybe they help to keep the Microsoft Gremlins away.
Marc
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Gargoyles are the Linux equivalent of the MS gremlins.
Darroll
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Now look what you've done:
Optional Text Answers contain: Gargoyles SP1
People tried out Gargoyles, realized they don't work with Vista, and are not impatiently awaiting SP1 for it.
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How do you check that when you're buying out of a box or online? Unless you go to the store and find the PC you're buying, there is no telling. I am shocked at how many ppl said they considered this as part of their purchase?.... this is something more after the fact when you have it at home, with the kids running around the tv on, the neighbors making noises and your wife nagging you to get of the dam pc...I doubt you will hardly notice the noise level of the PC over all this unless it sounds like a 747 taking off 
Yours Truly, The One and Only!
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Actually, it matters a lot to me. I work from home, and spend hours each day in my (quiet) study, where the noisiest thing is my computer whirring away... I never buy off-the-shelf computers, but get a local shop to build them to my specifications, one of which is: "It must be quiet!"
When all else is quiet, they can be damn noisy if you don't look out for this when buying.
Fred
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Fred_Smith wrote: but get a local shop to build them to my specifications
Custom-Assembled one for which the individual components you purchase and give the shop assistant right? That way, it works out a bit cheap also rather than the full branded one. Of course, you ought to play safe in not running into incompatible pieces.
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I will discuss componetens with them, certainly - but I'm not concerned with fancy graphics or sound cards; all I want is a good, fast work machine for asp.net development - and they are then resposnible for compatibility issues.
You also get better service from your local shop than a big retailer or, god help you, an online store, if anything goes wrong.
The other advantage is that I can guarantee no extraneous crap gets pre-loaded - just the OS and that's it.
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All very well until you move to a new city and need to find a local shop - I had to go back 4 times to get a quieter systems than the crap they sold me.
I REALLY miss my little mate down in Ultimo...
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_NightOwl_ wrote: when you're buying out of a box or online
At least in India, high-value purchases are better to be done in retail stores, in-person rather than online transactions.
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I would never buy a PC off-shelf or online. I always build my own machines, it pays off spending time researching which components to use, including fans and PSU! Especially now I live in a studio flat and often have to leave my machine running overnight 
Justin Goodland
Software Development Engineer
Xyratex Ltd
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_NightOwl_ wrote: How do you check that when you're buying out of a box or online?
If you build it yourself you can check the sound level of the components. Also if you are building a box that gives full specs, you can do the same. You can always ask if you wan to thoroughly embarass the sales staff.
Me, I actually have a measuring tool for sound.
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Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau.
Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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I've only bought one system without finding out how loud it was, it ended up sounding like a leaf blower. Now I always check or build to be silent.
-Matt Newman
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LOL ... I guess we're lucky here even if we purchase online we can walk into the store later and get a full refund.....it all comes down to buyer beware and whether or not you're buying from a reputable retailer!
Yours Truly, The One and Only!
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If you build the thing yourself making it quiet is very easy.
John
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I've researched and purchased the PC components and assembled it myself. Except once i purchased a computer from a retailer and it ended up to really sound like a 747 taking off  I kept that PC for only 7 months then i went for a new quit one. 
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LOL 
I guess I can call myself fortunate and I will be more cautious about the noise level when purchasing my next desk-top PC! And possibly look for the box to have good ventilation openings.
Yours Truly, The One and Only!
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When you choose the components you can research the noise level of your PSU & GPU, and cooling... I think they're the main offenders.
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza CP article: SmartPager - a Flickr-style pager control with go-to-page popup layer.
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For me is the noise level very important. My desktop is in my living room, and I'm working at the night often. So if there is quiet in the room and computer is humming, it's disturbing for me. And also, I'm using it as the DVD player (connected to TV and home theatre). So if there is some quiet scene in the movie, it is important to have quiet power supply (btw not always it depends on power suply only)....
Michal K.
Prague, CZE
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Actually noise level is a big concern for many people (see www.silentpcreview.com). My environment is often pretty quiet and that's when the PC noise can get really annoying. I build my own PC and select quality, quiet parts. They cost more but to me it's well worth it.
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I would have agreed with you except this one time when I had 2 X 25 gig Quantum Fireballs on a raid array...the thing sounded like a jet airplane taking off...was kind of nerve wracking working on that thing for 16 hours a day.
Quiet is something of a factor, but I'd sacrifice it for power if I needed it.
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Then you have a system where the software you develop will work as expected out in the field.
If your app works great on a quad-core, what happens when you try it on a 1.8 GHz laptop?
Price, that ever-moving sweet spot in the market, conincides with what most people have, or are about to get. The next upgrade cycle has just started, and everything will work pretty much as well, or better, performance-wise as it did on your dev system.
And that $300-$400 buck doesn't hurt every few years (less if you buy bare-bones and reuse your parts).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roguelike[^]
"GUI? We Don't Need No Stinkin' GUI !"
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Actually it should be the LOWEST performing users box. If you are developing for the average you are going to annoy a fair % of your users.
Get hold of the lowest spec box you expect to run your apps and test on that. If you are deveoling for the web them the client hardware is irrelevant I beleive (I'm a winforms person myself).
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