Hey Dtoid'ers - I wanted to introduce myself...
I've been gaming for oh... geez, about 30 years (!) and I found out about this site through work. I work at Intel, and I've been here for 14 years this summer ('09) - it's been a wild ride!
Initially I started my foray into the computer realm back in the early 80's - I took a few programming classes (using BASIC) and loved it so much that my folks ended up getting us an Apple ][+ I remember back then, upgrades werent' all that easy - had to add a 16k RAM module which was about 12" long and you had to pull an EEPROM off the baseboard to plug in a joystick... just crazy! But I LOVED IT!
I have a Comp Sci Degree from the University of PIttsburgh (go PITT!) and have had some type of 'computer job' since the early '90s. I used to sell computers, software, accessories - did upgrades, installed ISP softare - etc... anyone remember Prodigy or Compuserve? ;)
anyhoo... I've been working at Intel, mostly in the Enterprise sector for the past 3 years, everything from handheld PCs to full blown multi-core servers - but I have a huge passion for the consumer (gaming) side at home as well... I have built dozens of PC's in my life, but my latest build is a Core i7 Extreme setup - and it blows me away... it's easily 10x (or more) faster than some of the servers I used to manage when I first started at Intel. Back in the mid '90s we still had 486 servers running!
For the past year or so - my game of choice has been TF2 - honestly, it's one of those games that just keeps growing and changing - it keeps people tied into the mods, updates, achievements... it's a great way to blow off some Steam (LOL - no pun intended!) You can check my steam profile
here and add me if you'd like to game a bit...
The Friday Night Fights brought me here - and it seems like the Destructoid community is HUGE! I love the blogs and there are so many a/v enhanced blog posts - it's really cool!
Alrighty then - I hope this is a good "intro" blog for everyone - see ya online!
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Also, welcome to Destructoid. :)
(and don't trust y0j1mb0 helping you across the street, he'll roll and dive, leaving you in front of a semi - then he yells "2 points!" when you get hit!)
Nice intro blog! :)
So is Corei7 really worth it? I'd have to upgrade my motherboard as well then, and I'm not sure that much really utilizes the jump between it and quad.
Haha sorry, I got a bit carried away there, anyways nice to meet you and I hope you have a great time here.
Oh, one more thing, any chance you know Allan Rudwick?
Sweet, love to see more people I can detonate in TF2
LOL - I used to be exclusively Engy, but I'm wielding the Backburner until I get my Million points of damage!!
The Corei7 IMHO is definitely worth it - you can do SO MUCH with the new architecture. If you're a multitasker (like me) the machine will take everything you throw at it (and more!) check my blogs @ scoop.intel.com - and you can see a few systems I've built up... sorry, I don't know Allan.
QRAZE - I love Valve's business model, I'd really like to talk with them and see their infrastructure - seriously, it has to be prety awesome! and yes, I enjoy Microsoft - typing on a Windows 7 based laptop right now (pre-release of course) - and it's rockin!
PALIDI - don't worry, I've got your personal PM address - the check is in the mail, right?
MAGNALON - who doesn't <3 Monkeys? especially nerd monkeys!
:)
Just a random thought since he's an engineer I know at Intel and he's out west somewhere although that doesn't exactly narrow it down. I'll definitely put some time into looking at core i7 although right now I've got more pressing concerns since I build I put together for a brother today isn't getting any power.
Also, by "out west" do you mean Central California by chance? There's a big Intel campus near where I grew up, so I'm curious to see if you might be close by.
and, well - it's a huge attraction because I live here too ;)
thanks everyone for the welcome!