OK, since I just got my laptop, I'm still setting things up. But here are the first two contenders:

[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v361/Acefighter/Untitled2.jpg
[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v361/Acefighter/Untitled.jpg
(Who can tell me what that formation is?)

It's not a formation? Lol i have no idea about that kinda stuff...

Yucky Vista...you should upgrade to XP

Missing man formation, or something other like that.

I'm running XP on the desktop, Vista on the laptop.

Yes, that's the Missing Man formation.

2nd element leader pulls up to represent the lost soldier as the rest fly on.

However, around here, I've always seen them fly in formation and then one of them rolls and pulls away, instead of pulling straight up.

Also, the last time I saw it IIRC, every one of them rolled and pulled away from the lead plane in turn.

I ordered 2 92mm Vantec Tornado's. They move 119 CFM's and are crazy fans. One will go on my CPU cooler and one will go on my side of case. I'm pretty sure its going to lower temps by 10c-20c. I should be stable to go to 3.5ghz or 3.6 on air cooling.

Get a fan bus controller so you can slow them down when you're idling. I have a Tornado 80mm that I used to use on my old Athlon system. The high pitched scream that comes from them gets old quick.

Hahaha acefighter... we have the same background tastes... I've had those same backgrounds (slightly different formation on the 2nd pic) within the year.

I watched a video of the 92mm Tornado and I thougth they were kidding about the sound but I realise its LOUD. I did get a fan controller and reduced my order to 1 fan heh. I heard just the 1 fan can drop temps 10c.

Nice.

Yes, it's the Missing Man formation, although I don't know why they would have just rolled away, lonezergling. Pulling up symbolizes his trip to the heavens...I hope it's not some more political correctness BS.

And so far, I don't have any problems with Vista. When I get time to get in there and start tweaking settings, we'll see, but for just a regular every day user, I don't see why people don't like it.

I enjoyed vista for a solid 3-4 Months before it started to crap on me giving me errors and blue screens of death (could be fixed now with some of there service packs and updates?) but I just couldn't stand it so now im on Windows XP SP3. I may upgrade once they get things way stable.

I have hit 3.6ghz on Air cooling with my Q6600. It's quite amazing seeing all 4 cores at this speed...but theres nothing that really utilizes all the power unless im heaviley multitasking, gaming, or modelling in 3ds max.

I know this is an old topic, but I was wondering what some of you guys had for wallpaper now.

Here's what I've got, click for larger size (duh):

Lately its been pics of the Sebring (new toy syndrome)

This is the current shot...Detroit skyline with GM HQ in the backdrop...pics was shot at Belle Isle Park.

One of the pics I took down at the beach one day with my D60.

My last few ive had...