Hiya, been a long time since I logged in here. I just have a quick question brought on by a friend's query into me joining him at the next Maryland Lan Gamers event.

Is there going to be another 150 man lan in the York area anytime soon? It's been almost a year, right? My trigger finger is itching again. My sister has just gotten a VERY capable Imac and would be willing to join in the festivities as well. (A girl? Over the age of 18? Playing video games? On a mac?  )

Sorry to say, not this summer, but... but... soon.

Yup, my sentiments exactly. Hang in there though!

Nah, I'm taken.

Too bad there isn't a multiplayer function in Photoshop....

That is still one of my favorite PA comics.

Quote from: Grammar Nazi on May 28, 2008, 09:52:34 PM

Nah, I'm taken.

Is her name Rosey Palmer??

No, HIS name is Jacque Koff.

Ha ha. Funny, guys.

But seriously, as much of a downer as it'll be once you see her and find out what and who she's affiliated with, she's taken. That wouldn't stop her from allowing you to shower her with so many tech gifts that only her big brother could use them, though. :-P

Her Imac is pretty beefy, actually. 24" widescreen at 1900x1200, Intel core2 duo at 2.8gig, 2gig ddr2-800 (upgradeable to 4gig), 320gig sata at 7200rpm, slot-loading 8x superdrive capable of writing dvd+-r DL at 4x and regular dvd at 8x, ati radeon HD 2600 pro with 256mb (optional geforce 8800gs at 512), mini-dvi output, built-in camera, 1 firewire 400 and 1 fw800, 3 usb2.0 ports on the back and 2 on the keyboard, wireless-N, bluetooth 2.1, onboard 10/100/1000, simple stereo onboard sound (gonna use some usb 5.1's so she can get some form of surround) The only downside of all this is that only the ram is easily upgradeable by any end-user. Now.... I'd personally LOVE to crack open the case and tinker with it, but I doubt I would live to see the next sunrise if I did that. Oh yeah, did I mention what this is all contained in? The 24" model is just the screen and it's casing. That's it. Height, 20.5 inches. Width, 22.4 inches, Depth, 8.1 inches. Weight, 25.4 pounds. The entire system is contained in the monitor housing. I mean, jesus.... it's slick, I have to admit. http://www.apple.com/imac/specs

So, she has plenty of gaming potential. What's that about Starcraft, Warcraft 3 and WoW? Nah, she's going to bootcamp right into xp and game with the rest of us :-D I'm personally going to train her in... *cough* explosive ordnance in CoD and BF. You THINK the pretty little girl with tattoo's and piercings and the hippie IMAC is going to be harmless, but then BAM! Grenade in the FACE!!!!