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From: SM on 18 Jan 2010 11:41 James Dore <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:16:36 -0000, SM <info(a)that.sundog.co.uk> wrote: > > > James Dore <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > > > >> > I've had my eye on them - it really :-) > >> > >> Tempting, aren't they? > > > > Just bought an 8-core 2.8 - cue the new faster cheaper 12-core... > > Heh, yes. I'd lay money on it. > > Not my own, but still. Hurray - the 8-core's here! No wait, they've sent a 4-core by mistake and I've got to swap it with a courier on Wednesday. Stuart -- cut that out to reply
From: James Dore on 19 Jan 2010 03:52 On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:41:01 -0000, SM <info(a)that.sundog.co.uk> wrote: > James Dore <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > >> On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:16:36 -0000, SM <info(a)that.sundog.co.uk> wrote: >> >> > James Dore <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote: >> > >> >> > I've had my eye on them - it really :-) >> >> >> >> Tempting, aren't they? >> > >> > Just bought an 8-core 2.8 - cue the new faster cheaper 12-core... >> >> Heh, yes. I'd lay money on it. >> >> Not my own, but still. > > Hurray - the 8-core's here! > > No wait, they've sent a 4-core by mistake and I've got to swap it with a > courier on Wednesday. > > Stuart Arg! -- James Dore New College IT Officer james.dore(a)new / it-support(a)new
From: SM on 19 Jan 2010 05:12 James Dore <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > > Hurray - the 8-core's here! > > > > No wait, they've sent a 4-core by mistake and I've got to swap it with a > > courier on Wednesday. > > > > Stuart > > Arg! Because life can never be too simple the 8-core's coming today and the 4-core's going back tomorrow. It not like I'm busy or anything so waiting around for couriers for two days... I've got to swap out the 2TB drive from the 4-core to the 8-core. Do you just pull on the drive bay? Stuart -- cut that out to reply
From: Jim on 19 Jan 2010 05:18 On 2010-01-19, SM <info(a)that.sundog.co.uk> wrote: > > I've got to swap out the 2TB drive from the 4-core to the 8-core. Do you > just pull on the drive bay? Pretty much, yes. The carriers screw into the drives but you could (probably) just swap them from the new machine. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: SM on 19 Jan 2010 06:11
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-01-19, SM <info(a)that.sundog.co.uk> wrote: > > > > I've got to swap out the 2TB drive from the 4-core to the 8-core. Do you > > just pull on the drive bay? > > Pretty much, yes. The carriers screw into the drives but you could > (probably) just swap them from the new machine. Thanks - they're both 2008 2.8GHz Pros so the tray should slot into the one arriving today. I tried pulling the drive out but wanted to double-check there's nothing except the main unlatching lever for the side door. Stuart -- cut that out to reply |