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The geek in the house
My housemate sighed over her inadequate video system in her computer. I helped her with the research and discovered she was using the Intel chip on her motherboard. I bought her a shiny Nvidia PCI Express video board. The installation was a little tricky since the board has extra power connectors and I had to untangle the connectors leading to the power supply. Now she's happily puttering around in Second Life.
She was grateful for my help. Since I've built most of my own systems I had the knowledge to assist with the hardware.
Looking over her shoulder I have to admit that Second Life looks pretty good. To me it looks like a low grade "Myst" without the puzzles or storyline. Since you can get an account for free I might download the Linux client just to see how it runs. My system is scrapping the minimums so I might not get a very good experience... but what the heck. I'm going to do some more research first - Second Life looks complicated and I'd rather not waste time stumbling through the basics when I can read up on it first.
-m
She was grateful for my help. Since I've built most of my own systems I had the knowledge to assist with the hardware.
Looking over her shoulder I have to admit that Second Life looks pretty good. To me it looks like a low grade "Myst" without the puzzles or storyline. Since you can get an account for free I might download the Linux client just to see how it runs. My system is scrapping the minimums so I might not get a very good experience... but what the heck. I'm going to do some more research first - Second Life looks complicated and I'd rather not waste time stumbling through the basics when I can read up on it first.
-m