Let's buy Edwin a PC before he explodes. It's for the common good.

Wow, just popping in to say you guys are awesome : )

Good luck, Edwin !

I so wish I had the funds to be part of this! I am often reminded of how awesome this place is. Brings a tear to my eye.

We're getting there, folks =)

I'm going to let this thing run without brow-beating for another 22 hours or so and then if we're not where we need to be, I'm going to start begging people.

You've been warned.

oilypenguin wrote:

We're getting there, folks =)

I'm going to let this thing run without brow-beating for another 22 hours or so and then if we're not where we need to be, I'm going to start begging people.

You've been warned.

I was hoping to wait until the end of next week to throw in money, if possible. Have a paycheck with some overtime on it coming.

I would help out, but being deficit a job and pc myself, I just don't have the ability.

Hmm. Ok. How about this. If you can't contribute this weekend and you were planning on chipping in later, shoot me a PM with how much you were thinking to toss into the pot next week.

Since Edwin is sans PC completely atm, I'd rather not wait another week to order him something if we can avoid that. However, if the future donations are an amount that will mean the difference between something awesome and something merely functional, then perhaps I and maybe some other people can cover that future amount if that means we're getting paid back?

If I had any real power I'd just divert shipments from a few of my factories in Edwin's direction. But alas, I'm just a figurehead. GWJ加油!

PM me please. I'd like to chip in!

Yeah, get a PM out to me please. I don't have much to chip in, but I'll put in what I've got.

Pardon me but I have some money I would like to give to you.

If you end up not getting a PM from Oily, you can always send some moneys into my paypal for the "Save KrazyTaco's Wallet Fund".

oilypenguin wrote:

Hmm. Ok. How about this. If you can't contribute this weekend and you were planning on chipping in later, shoot me a PM with how much you were thinking to toss into the pot next week.

Since Edwin is sans PC completely atm, I'd rather not wait another week to order him something if we can avoid that. However, if the future donations are an amount that will mean the difference between something awesome and something merely functional, then perhaps I and maybe some other people can cover that future amount if that means we're getting paid back?

Count me in as 'one of those other people' if you need to Oily.

Don't have time to review the thread carefully. Can someone make a list of what's still needed? I'll see what I can dig up at home/work tomorrow.

In my closet, I have a spare ATI X1900 XT it is a PCIE X16 card(a really good DX 9 card still and it ran Mass Effect great before I made my new build). My motherboard and processor are too outdated for me to offer(also the mobo was on its last legs).

I have some extra case and chip fans if those are needed too. I have a pretty good Zalman CPU heatsink and Fan that will fit most Intel and AMD boards.

I have 3 spare network adapters. I have a Wireless N Belkin adapter, a Wireless G Linksys Adapter, also a USB network drive that is not opened but Wireless N compatible.

This is a little dicy, but I have some spare windows XP licenses floating around as well(not boxed discs and stickers, but licenses and codes).

LilCodger, KingGorrilla;
We are trying to gather the funds for a cheap but decent laptop. There are space issues we were informed of, and we believe that will be the best course of action. Won't be a gaming laptop per se, but it will help with web access to at least this site (which is the only important one really).

Oily I will be willing for some of that coverage till peeps get paid duty.

We're getting there, folks. A few more people acting ridiculously generous and I think we'll all be patting ourselves on our collective back when we're done here.

(that was a pretty strange sentence)

oilypenguin wrote:

We're getting there, folks. A few more people acting ridiculously generous and I think we'll all be patting ourselves on our collective back when we're done here.

(that was a pretty strange sentence)

Oily - I'd like to pitch in, but I won't be able to contribute much. If you could PM me (and let me know what's a reasonable minimum) I'll do my best.

Someone who has the info, please PM me where to ship something once I buy it =)

oilypenguin wrote:

Someone who has the info, please PM me where to ship something once I buy it =)

So what are we at then? To the ok machine, or the one I linked?

AnimeJ wrote:
oilypenguin wrote:

Someone who has the info, please PM me where to ship something once I buy it =)

So what are we at then? To the ok machine, or the one I linked?

I'm using the one you PMed me as the standard but if we can find a better deal or we blow that price point away, then I'll get something appropriately sweet.

Since we're keeping the specs and the price as a surprise, I won't post it in here. But I will say that we are really darned close to that machine's price. You guys are amazing.

Ideally, I'd like to order something Tuesday morning so get those donations in. And again, if you were going to wait a week or so until payday comes, just PM me your pledge, a number of awesome people have stepped up and will spot you so we can get this ordered ASAP.

Tigerbill wrote:

LilCodger, KingGorrilla;
We are trying to gather the funds for a cheap but decent laptop. There are space issues we were informed of, and we believe that will be the best course of action. Won't be a gaming laptop per se, but it will help with web access to at least this site (which is the only important one really).

Oily I will be willing for some of that coverage till peeps get paid duty.

In other words, "space is limited it must be a laptop."

That's what we're told. We have contacts on the inside.

Due to a paypal snafu, I may wind up being one of those peoples

WizKid wrote:
Tigerbill wrote:

LilCodger, KingGorrilla;
We are trying to gather the funds for a cheap but decent laptop. There are space issues we were informed of, and we believe that will be the best course of action. Won't be a gaming laptop per se, but it will help with web access to at least this site (which is the only important one really).

Oily I will be willing for some of that coverage till peeps get paid duty.

In other words, "space is limited it must be a laptop."

Ah crap, you beat me to it.

Seriously wish I could contribute, but it's going to be months before I, possibly, have any spare money.

Hey oilypenguin, if you need help finding the laptop for Edwin, let me know what the total budget is and I can help over e-mail. Not saying you or anyone else doesn't know how to find a good PC, I've just had to do a lot of product research for clients lately and have been exposed to almost everything that's current right now. Either way's cool, just throwing that out there.

I could kick in a few bucks.

MrDeVil909 wrote:
WizKid wrote:
Tigerbill wrote:

LilCodger, KingGorrilla;
We are trying to gather the funds for a cheap but decent laptop. There are space issues we were informed of, and we believe that will be the best course of action. Won't be a gaming laptop per se, but it will help with web access to at least this site (which is the only important one really).

Oily I will be willing for some of that coverage till peeps get paid duty.

In other words, "space is limited it must be a laptop."

Ah crap, you beat me to it.

but it's going to be months before I, possibly, have any spare money. :(

Hear hear, but we get to offer cheers and praises to those who are able to chip in, You guys Rock wOO!

I'd just like to re-iterate that this kind of thing is why I love this community.

Butt-pats all 'round.

Rob_Anybody wrote:

I'd just like to re-iterate that this kind of thing is why I love this community.

Butt-pats all 'round.

Right back at ya buddy. **wink, wink**

I can't stress enough how badly I need someone to PM me Edwin's actual name and real meat space address. Do I send a PM to clover to get it? I'll try that.

We're very, very close to buying something pretty outstanding (free shipping!). Close enough that I can cover the rest tomorrow morning, safe in the knowledge that people have yet to chip in and I'll get paid back.

I even think there's a very real chance we'll raise more money than we need for the laptop (we found an exceptional deal and spending a limited amount more won't be a significant upgrade to the machine).

So... once Edwin is all computered up, what do we want to do with any money we have left over?