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SRQ: Nov 9, 2009

Voodoo Rampage.
WinPro (Old 486 OEM PCs)
Voodoo Banshee
Rambus
Intel 7th Generation X-Series i9
Imac Pro
Windows 10
Xbox One S
Samsung Note 7 Fan Edition

# ? Jul 4, 2017 01:45

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# ? May 3, 2024 08:10

atomicthumbs: Dec 26, 2010; We're in the business of extending man's senses.

Threadripper

# ? Jul 4, 2017 01:51

yellow borders: Jan 7, 2010

pram posted:

who was the yospos guy who was incredibly smug as gently caress to work at zynga (as a 'security' janitor lol) just as the stock tanked into oblivion

LIGATT SECURITY

# ? Jul 4, 2017 01:53

atomicthumbs: Dec 26, 2010; We're in the business of extending man's senses.

HP Pavilion

quote:

Notebooks

HP Pavilion dv2500se
HP produces eight notebook models: HP Pavilion, 2 under HDX, 4 under HP Mini, 1 under TouchSmart, 3 under G series, and 1 under Compaq Presario. These are customizable in the US only. A variety of different models with different setups are available in other countries.

Current notebook models

17.3 inch: ENVY 17 3D / ENVY 17 / dv7t / G72t / g7

15.6 inch: Compaq CQ62z, / HDX16t / dv6t / dv6z / G62t / G62m / g6 / m6 / 15-p077tx / 15-p001tx / 15-p005x / 15-p073tx / 15-p045tx / 15-p085tx / 15-r022tx / 15-r014tx / 15-r022tx / 15-d103tx / 15-p210tx/ 15-p209tx/15-p029tx/ 15-p028tx / 15-p207tx / 15-f233wm/15-n096sa

14.5 inch: ENVY 14

14.1 inch: dv4tse / dv4t

14.0 inch: dm4t / dm4x / G4t

13.3 inch: dm3t /[not(working)(special)features] Voodoo Envy 133

12.1 inch: tm2t

11.6 inch: dm1z

10.1 inch: HP Mini 210 / HP Mini 110 Mi / HP Mini 110 XP / / Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam

Previous notebook models

20.1 inch: HDX9000

18.4 inch: HDX18t / dv8t

17.0 inch: dv7 / g70t / dv9000 / dv8000 / zd8000 / zd7000 / dv9700

15.6 inch: Compaq CQ60 / dv6zae (Artist Edition 2) / G60t

15.4 inch: dv5 / dv6500tse (Special Edition) / dv6000 / dv5000 / dv4000 / zv6000 / zv5000 / zx5000 / ze5000 / ze4000 / zt3000

15.0 inch: ze2000 / ze1000 / zt1000

14.3 inch: HP Pavilion dv 1658

14.1 inch: dv4z / dv2800tae (Artist Edition) / dv2500tse (Special Edition) / dv2000 / dv1000

13.3 inch: dv3t / dv3z / dv3500t

12.1 inch: / TouchSmart tx2z / dv2z / tx1000z tablet PC / tx2000z Tablet PC / tx2500z Tablet PC

10.1 inch: Mini 1000 Mi / Mini 1000 XP / Mini 1000 Mobile Broadband Wireless / HP Pavilion x2 Detachable

8.9 inch: Mini 1000 Mi / Mini 1000 XP / Mini 1000 Mobile Broadband Wireless

The HP Pavilion x2 is a long-running family of devices, there are dozens of variants, across many generations of Intel processors.

Model number suffixes

The two or three letter suffix on the model number indicates special information like country or language (dv----xx). The following chart describes each suffix.

t: Intel processor

z: AMD processor

ae: Artist Edition (Artist Edition Imprint)

bw: Broadband Wireless Series

sb: Small Business Series

se: Special Edition ("Intensity" dv4tse, "Renewal" dv5tse, Special Edition Imprint)

qe: Quad Edition (special quad core processor, as dv7tqe-6100 CTO w/ Intel i7 Quad Core)

The following suffixes corresponds to the region where the notebook is sold.

us: United States

ca: Canada

la: Latin America

br: Brazil

ea / ee / (e + a letter): Europe / Middle East

eo / so: Scandinavia

ec / sc: Czech Republic and Slovakia

au / ax: Asia / Australia - AMD processor (AU = AMD + UMA, AX = AMD + Discrete *UMA and Discrete refers to graphics *)

tu / tx: Asia / Australia - Intel processor (TU = Intel + UMA, TX = Intel + Discrete)

ap: Asia Pacific

Other suffixes include nr, cl, and wm.

nr: No Rebate

cl: Club Model (These models are available only through some clubs like Costco and Sam's Club)

wm: Walmart Model

dx: Best Buy Model

The HP Pavilion HDX is only sold with Intel processors, but it doesn't end with the suffix "t". It has no suffix.

The HP Pavilion tx tablet PC series are currently sold with AMD processors only, but they still end with the suffix "z".

# ? Jul 4, 2017 01:56

The Management: Jan 2, 2010; sup, bitch?

every time I fly into San Jose and see HP Pavilion I laugh

# ? Jul 4, 2017 02:05

Valeyard: Mar 30, 2012; Grimey Drawer

# ? Jul 4, 2017 02:09

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

awfully similar to papillamavirus

# ? Jul 4, 2017 02:10

graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

Padfone

# ? Jul 4, 2017 02:30

RISCy Business: Jun 17, 2015; bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork bork; Fun Shoe

n-gage

# ? Jul 4, 2017 02:34

carry on then: Jul 10, 2010; by VideoGames
(and can't post for 10 years!)

People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms

# ? Jul 4, 2017 03:56

hot dog event: Apr 17, 2002

X-Fi Experience

# ? Jul 4, 2017 04:11

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

The Management posted:

every time I fly into San Jose and see HP Pavilion I laugh

i like the weather windchime installation thing

# ? Jul 4, 2017 04:30

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

sky harbor is a really good airport name

# ? Jul 4, 2017 04:31

carry on then: Jul 10, 2010; by VideoGames
(and can't post for 10 years!)

system/360
system/370
system/390
z

# ? Jul 4, 2017 05:11

Salt Fish: Sep 11, 2003; Cybernetic Crumb

Raluek posted:

those are pci-e x16 slots, and apparently some people thrash at problems until the problem is gone rather than looking at & thinking about the thing they're doing

e: beaten

That pic was someone who claimed that customs ripped the cards out because they thought that the heatsink was a real gun and were trying to figure out how to detach it.

# ? Jul 4, 2017 05:32

Bored Online: May 25, 2009; We don't need Rome telling us what to do.

SRQ posted:

Xbox One

i cant imagine how this made the cut

# ? Jul 4, 2017 09:32

Sweevo: Nov 8, 2007; i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

carry on then posted:

system/360
system/370
system/390
z

the next logical step would have been system/420 and i don't think thats the market they were aiming for

# ? Jul 4, 2017 12:20

Devonaut: Jul 10, 2001; Devoted Astronaut

The macintosh LC, which of course stood for Low Cost Color

# ? Jul 4, 2017 12:29

Cybernetic Vermin: Apr 18, 2005

SRQ posted:

Voodoo Rampage.
Voodoo Banshee

the rest sure but these are great for the segment

# ? Jul 4, 2017 12:53

A Pinball Wizard: Mar 23, 2005; I know every trick, no freak's gonna beat my hands; College Slice

Salt Fish posted:

That pic was someone who claimed that customs ripped the cards out because they thought that the heatsink was a real gun and were trying to figure out how to detach it.

# ? Jul 4, 2017 12:57

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

REPUBLIC OF GAMERS

# ? Jul 4, 2017 13:47

Instant Grat: Jul 31, 2009; Just add
NERD RAAAAAAGE

Themage posted:

GeForce

actually no one was paid to come up wtih geforce, they held a contest and that was the winning entry :smug:

# ? Jul 4, 2017 14:01

mrmcd: Feb 22, 2003; Pictured: The only good cop (a fictional one).

SmokaDustbowl posted:

I'm what appears to be a handgun shaped north bridge heat sink.

# ? Jul 4, 2017 14:30

Pile Of Garbage: May 28, 2007

ibm storwize
ibm SONAS
cisco firepower
hp procurve
riverbed steelhead
everything made by fortinet which is just "prefix something with forti-" (fortianalyser, fortimail, fortiswitch, etc.)

a lot of networking hardware has stupid names

# ? Jul 4, 2017 14:48

PyPy: Sep 13, 2004; by vyelkin

Cuecat

# ? Jul 4, 2017 15:34

Workaday Wizard: Oct 23, 2009; by Pragmatica

cheese-cube posted:

hp procurve

call me 😘

# ? Jul 4, 2017 15:40

ComradeCosmobot: Dec 4, 2004; USPOL July

Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Champion (powered by Sound Core3D)

# ? Jul 4, 2017 15:50

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

wii
wii u

# ? Jul 4, 2017 16:14

Workaday Wizard: Oct 23, 2009; by Pragmatica

lotus 1 2 3

# ? Jul 4, 2017 16:26

heated game moment: Oct 30, 2003; Lipstick Apathy

Dongslayer. posted:

i cant imagine how this made the cut

little known fact, the xbox one wasnt even the first xbox

# ? Jul 4, 2017 17:15

Themage: Jul 21, 2010; by Nyc_Tattoo

Instant Grat posted:

actually no one was paid to come up wtih geforce, they held a contest and that was the winning entry

riva TNT, GeForce 2 GTS, GeForce 2 Pro, GeForce 2 Ti

# ? Jul 4, 2017 20:10

Migishu: Oct 22, 2005; I'll eat your fucking eyeballs if you're not careful; Grimey Drawer

idk all apple products have pretty poo poo names nowardays and have done so since 2000

# ? Jul 4, 2017 20:55

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

MacBook

# ? Jul 4, 2017 22:38

heated game moment: Oct 30, 2003; Lipstick Apathy

Thanks Ants posted:

MacBook

iPad

# ? Jul 4, 2017 22:59

Satellit3: Oct 21, 2008

ComradeCosmobot posted:

Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Champion (powered by Sound Core3D)

lol

# ? Jul 5, 2017 00:37

pram: Jun 10, 2001

e-sports grade

# ? Jul 5, 2017 01:11

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

fat

alone

thank you

# ? Jul 5, 2017 02:28

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

Pcjr

# ? Jul 5, 2017 02:59

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Jizzr

# ? Jul 5, 2017 06:33

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# ? May 3, 2024 08:10

Deep Dish Fuckfest: Sep 6, 2006; Advanced
Computer Touching; Toilet Rascal

echinopsis posted:

Jizzr

doubtful at best

# ? Jul 5, 2017 06:35

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