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

I ended up sending Edwin an email asking for his address. Not sure of what else to do at this point.

oilypenguin wrote:

I ended up sending Edwin an email asking for his address. Not sure of what else to do at this point.

But if he doesn't have a computer... wait a minute... how can he...

He has Tweetdeck running on something. His most recent Tweet was 10 hours ago.

He has email at work, doesn't he?

How does one put a message out on a PS2?

I know. I was joking around a bit. I thought it was kind of like the time my internet went down and the router manual suggested going to the help page on their website.

oilypenguin wrote:

I ended up sending Edwin an email asking for his address. Not sure of what else to do at this point.

Jonman to the rescue! Well, technically, nerdtastic to the rescue, but I was the messenger.

oilypenguin wrote:

Well, I'd like to order Edwin a computer but I still don't know where and to whom to send it to =(

His real name is Edwin. If I told you more, well...

... ...

Jonman wrote:
oilypenguin wrote:

I ended up sending Edwin an email asking for his address. Not sure of what else to do at this point.

Jonman to the rescue! Well, technically, nerdtastic to the rescue, but I was the messenger.

Excellent! Now we need to get Clover or another Seattle area goodjer to be there the day it arrives for an unboxing vid! Just remember to keep that camera above the waist.

trueheart78 wrote:
oilypenguin wrote:

Well, I'd like to order Edwin a computer but I still don't know where and to whom to send it to =(

His real name is Edwin. If I told you more, well...

... ...

You'd be an airplane?

ClockworkHouse wrote:
trueheart78 wrote:
oilypenguin wrote:

Well, I'd like to order Edwin a computer but I still don't know where and to whom to send it to =(

His real name is Edwin. If I told you more, well...

... ...

You'd be an airplane?

And a 6 engine'd one at that.

Jonman wrote:
ClockworkHouse wrote:
trueheart78 wrote:
oilypenguin wrote:

Well, I'd like to order Edwin a computer but I still don't know where and to whom to send it to =(

His real name is Edwin. If I told you more, well...

... ...

You'd be an airplane?

And a 6 engine'd one at that.

Looks more like a jet. Here's an airplane.

xx xx

It's ordered.

Unfortunately, we have very little left over because Dell was sold out of the laptop I was looking at yesterday. I did, however, find an excellent laptop and he should be very pleased.

I spoke with him a little over email and I think we overwhelmed him. It might take him a while to talk to us about it.

Can you PM me the laptop link, I'm curious what we got him.

EDWIN YOU CANNOT LOOK AT THIS. IT IS NOT FOR YOU TO SEE. NEVER, EVER LOOK AT THIS OR SO HELP ME...

Here it is (I took out names and addresses, obviously):

Spoiler:

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DELL USA
Dell Outlet
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Order Acknowledged
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This e-mail is an acknowledgement of receipt of your Dell Order.

Within 24 hours, you should receive an Order Confirmation e-mail that will contain your
Estimated Delivery Date, your customer number and your order number(s).

Please check your e-mail regularly for updates.
================================================================================
Order Information
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Order Date:1/25/2011

Dell Purchase ID: 2003009403165
================================================================================
Payment Information
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Contact: ME!

Phone Number:
Address:
Payment Method: Pay with PayPal

Total Amount: $907.76

================================================================================
Delivery Information
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Contact: Edwin Garcia

Phone Number:

Address:

Delivery Method: 3-5 Day Delivery - Standard Delivery.
Your order will be delivered up to 3-5 business days after it ships.

================================================================================
Order Detail
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Item Description:

-- XPS 15 Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
Unit Price: $829.00
Quantity: 1
-- XPS 15

-- 640 GB SATA II Hard Drive (7200 RPM)

-- Label

-- 9 Cell Primary Battery

-- Certified Refurbished

-- Processor: Intel Core i5-460M Processor (3M cache, 2.53 GHz)

-- Documentation

-- Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000

-- Dell Support Center 64 Bit 2.0

-- Operating System DVD

-- Operating System DVD

-- Shipping Material

-- NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M 1GB graphics with Optimus

-- Wave Systems Software

-- Software CD

-- 8X DVD +/- RW Drive

-- 6 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz (2 DIMMs)

-- Software

-- Software

-- Dell Support 2.0 Software

-- 64BIT Operating System

-- Internal English Single Pointing Keyboard

-- Software

-- 125V Power Cord

-- Metalloid Aluminum (WLAN)

-- No Media Selected

-- Service Software

-- 15.6 inch HD (720p) WLED Display with 2.0 MP webcam

-- No Wireless Option

-- 90W AC Adapter

-- Label

-- Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium

-- Bracket

-- Label

-- Software

-- Roxio Software CD

-- Dell WebCam Central

-- Software WhitePages.Com WebSlice

-- Label

-- Image Restore Software

-- XPS 15-L510X: 1 Yr Limited Hardware Warranty, Mail-in Service (Included In Price)
Unit Price: $0.00
Quantity: 1
Total Price: $0.00
Subtotal: $829.00
Shipping and Handling: $19.99
Shipping Discount: -$19.99
Sales Tax: $78.76
Total Amount: $907.76

KrazyTacoFO wrote:

Can you PM me the laptop link, I'm curious what we got him.

Yeah, figured I should just toss it in here with a spoiler tag on it so I don't need to send it to 30 people.

Sweet, I love it. I'm still gonna throw the amount in question at the paypal, so we can buy him games too.

Super! Hurray!

AnimeJ wrote:

Sweet, I love it. I'm still gonna throw the amount in question at the paypal, so we can buy him games too.

That would be great, AnimeJ as this ended up being more expensive than the one from yesterday.

Oh how I long for the deal from yesterday... Still, this is a amazingly well put-together machine and he should get a lot of use out of it.

That is one damn fine laptop. How much more money are you looking at getting? I can throw some more your way if needed.

Nice machine.

Three cheers for Oily! You are a hell of a guy for throwing this together.

That's an excellent question. I propose we toss whatever else people want to toss in to buying an amazon gift card. I would assume he has a steam account so he already has some stuff...

It's on you guys. Whatever anyone wants to throw in, absolutely throw in. I'm sure he'll be pleased no matter what.

That said, the laptop is set to deliver on the first so... the deadline for donating to the gift card is February 1st at 12 AM EST. Anyone donates after and I'll just keep it =)

ELewis17 wrote:

Three cheers for Oily! You are a hell of a guy for throwing this together.

Bah. I made the thread and browbeat people into doing detective work for me. I didn't do much. The rest of you did the real work, donating far more than I did and getting other people are involved.

The real hero here is the community. This was a ridiculous thing we did together.

Yeah, nice rig! Great job Oily, and butt pats to us all!

Holy Hell, that's an awesome laptop! Well done oilypenguin! Indeed, well done all of us! Edwin, if you're reading this you deserve it my friend.

EDWIN LAPTOP MORE POWERFUL THAN MINE I WANTS MI MON3YZ B4CK!!!

By which I mean:

KrazyTacoFO wrote:

That is one damn fine laptop. How much more money are you looking at getting? I can throw some more your way if needed.

Nice Job Goodjers!

I tossed a few in to help

Goodjers, you rock!

Hrmm wonder if we'll get an honorable mention on the podcast? This thread is awesome enough to warrant it.

Payroll got done a day early this week, so I'll be putting in my donation tomorrow