Polix, I'll build you a new computer if you want

[rootbear75]

I don't have much computer time, and my pc is fried as is...

ill build you a new one if you want...

vista/XP/server and everything you want... just lemme know and ill build it and ship it out to you

Edited April 10, 2007 by rootbear75

[Gravitron]

ill build you a new one if you want...

vista/XP/server and everything you want... just lemme know and ill build it and ship it out to you

If you're serious I'll take you on that offer.

[rootbear75]

i am serious..

i am both A+ certified and also have my MCP.

im going to go for my desktop cert in may

[Cancer+]

!@#$%^&*, I'll take one for free too!

[★ Maverick]

haha I doubt rootbear75 is going to give everyone a free computer apart from Polix ;p

(but if you have one left... .. )

[rootbear75]

i didnt say free Edited April 10, 2007 by rootbear75

[★ Admiral Kirk]

lol, no offense but a+ and mcp are a joke. i took the adaptive a+ test and finished both parts in less than 5 mins... They told me to show up 30 mins early to fill in paper work, i had my cert and walked out the door before the test was schedule to start ^^. nothing beats experience, nothing ever will.

[rootbear75]

adaptive?

what is that?

mine took about an hour or so..

[★ Blocks]

<-- Where did the "OFF TOPIC" one of these go?

Wait so you can just walk in and take these tests, with no requirement of any courses in computer-technicianry?

Edited April 10, 2007 by Blocks

[rootbear75]

yup

but it costs you around 120 bucks i think

[Gravitron]

Well, in general it can save costs if he hand picks parts sperately and put ti all together but I think I'll "eat it" in the shipment costs, so I guess I'll have to p!@#$%^&* on it.

 

Also, agreed Kirk.

[rootbear75]

Well, in general it can save costs if he hand picks parts sperately and put ti all together but I think I'll "eat it" in the shipment costs, so I guess I'll have to p!@#$%^&* on it.

shipping would not cost that much actually.

only if you wanted it next day....

some of the labor cost would go into shipping

 

thinking something like the total cost would be parts + about 15% (+/- a little) of the parts

Edited April 10, 2007 by rootbear75

[Gravitron]

I live in Israel, so you were saying?

If shipment costs weren't an issue I would've bought SS box back in 97.

Then again, I had it hacked for free anyway...

[★ Admiral Kirk]

lol... 15% markup!?! box pushers like dell take about 3-4% markup, custom built systems from local places will usualy get you at about 10% markup, a little less for higher end boxes. 15% markup where some of said markup goes to pay for shipping isnt too bad, but if its 15% markup PLUS shipping, thats henous ^^. And ya, for all of comptia's tests you have the choice of standard or adaptive. Standard tests has a set number of questions and the questions are static (ie: predetermined). An adaptive test has a very large database of questions and it will try to stump you buy preying on your weeknesses by asking more and more questions from any catagory you get a question wrong in. Basicly, if you dont know your !@#$%^&* backwards forwards sideways and in 12 differnt dimentions, the adaptive can take over 4 hours to finish. But if you dont get a single question wrong, it only asks you about 15-20 questions before passing you

[rootbear75]

lol... 15% markup!?!

like i said, +/-...

i dont think i would stick with that amount it would probably go down.

it was an estimate.

i havent really thought too much of it thru

 

and kirk when did you get ur A+?

 

@grav

thinking of maybe going to israel in the next year or 2.

its on my list of things to do after high school

(parents probably would have a fit)

meet me at the airport?

Edited April 10, 2007 by rootbear75

[★ Maverick]

(yes, emotican added)

 

[★ Admiral Kirk]

lol, I was waiting for someone to split this. And I got mine back in 03. I was lined up to get my CS degree (was in college for about a year), but ended up getting a coding job and said to !@#$%^&* with the degree. turns out to many recruiters, experience counts for more on your resume than certificates or degrees. But of course thiers the paradox of not having any experience, how do you get it if they wont hire you without it? Certs and Degrees can be good to get your foot in the door in these cir!@#$%^&*stances no doubt. But the realy good hi paying jobs realy only come with luck or experience.

[Gravitron]

Well, when you're going to come, we'll talk about the possibility of you dragging a box with you on the way in.

[rootbear75]

whats the box for?

[★ Blocks]

b0x = c0mput0r

 

Edit: Wait, maybe I interpreted your post wrong.

 

Anyway, I agree with Admiral Kirk. From what I have seen, in technical fields, experience counts most. You just have to get lucky with the first one. Or do some fancy-pants projects on your own.

Edited April 11, 2007 by Blocks

[11___________]

my comp was bought used 3 years ago. So i need a new comp!!!

[★ Admiral Kirk]

boxen = herd of computers Youll often hear an IT guy refer to a group of computers as boxen

[Aileron]

Well, my competer is a Dell Inspiron 1100.

 

Seriously, when I buy a PC game and ask for technical support, they tell me to buy a new computer.

[rootbear75]

b0x = c0mput0r

wasnt thinking lol

[🜲 PoLiX]

Building it is no issue. Money is the issue.

 

My project car is more important than my computer. But it just hinders what I can do here, and pisses me off when people make me waste time doing !@#$%^&* when I need to be doing something else that already is going to take longer than normal by itself without their crap.