By: Ken Richmond

Ken Richmond — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:56:55 +0000

I would like a 7 bay Thecus 7700 server along with 7, 2tb wd black internal drives. I am 68 & have never opened the back of any computer. I currently own & use 3, 4tb wd external drives & a 8tb wd sharespace server. I utilize the storage for the hundreds of thousands digital pictures which I have as well as for the digital pictures I continue to take, primarily birds&other animals & family. Raw+jpeg on my Pentax K7 & K20 take up a great deal of space.I have shot over 70gb in a day prior to editing into Tiff. I am telling you this to have you realize that older people do use&buy DSLR cameras & computes. My current computer is a 2.8gh i7 with Vista Ultimate 32bit. I will eventually upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. I already have 8gb of memory. I will have to do research to determine if this Thecus server will connect to my computer. My 8tb wd serves had to be connected via a router as Windows would not recognize the rj45 connection when I plugged it directly into my computer which is a white box model. If I find out I can connect this to my computer, I will probably purchase this server & several internal drives by the summer of 2010 around the time of my 50th high school reunion. I may be checking out your colomn for recomendations for a good quality router. My current one is long in the tooth & its four openings are filled. I have actually been reading your column for several years though not regularly. This time you made the mistake of having a place for me to respond. I normally spend several thound dollars a year on tech/camera products but my 3 primary tvs are still analog though I do have a 20″lcd alongside my 24″ computer monitor. My next large electron purchase will be an epson v700 monitor. I love my Microtek i900 but they are down to a lawyers office in the USA. I might be able to update the drivers but the Epson will simply be more up to date & I was pleasantly suprised to find drivers for my epson 2450 on their site. Why people dread changing computers. Doubt if you will read this far but I like to type. Taught myself via a workbook in the summer of 1956 using a typewriter which was probably older than me. Keep up your good work. Incidentally the best author I have ever read is William Faulkner & my current must read author is Vincent Flynn though he is certainly no literary giant. Politically I tend to agree with his literary creation Mitch Rapp.

By: TC400

TC400 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:22:33 +0000

i want a 13 inch macbook pro for christmas! thats it!

By: kat

kat — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:14:52 +0000

I’m used to being a few years behind technologically, so it would be difficult for me to choose also. And my choices encompass a wide range of useful items from a new Droid phone, a laptop or netbook for school, a decent digital camera and video software, But it’s really easier than that for me, because my young son’s PlayStation was stolen last year, so I’d want a gaming system for him.. XBOX or Wii, with a set of Lego Games (Star Wars is his favorite right now) and Rockband with instruments for everyone.
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!

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