I have a 9 year old Dell 4400 with a single core 1.9 Ghz Processor running Windows XP! Occasionally get the bug to build a better upgrade. but too busy with other things.
hi no.... there's only one zippyd and he's a one off you should be so lucky... mine still runs on gas
Its incredibly good to hear from all of you and I'm elated you are all doing well. The interesting thing about the XCube/Celeron PC is that it runs W7 just fine. Figuring it'd be a dog with W7 I originally installed several flavors of Linux but I had neither the or more importantly the patience to get it networked with my other two W7 machines and NAS. I'm sure its a rather simple affair but I wanted the shop PC networked and running with as little fuss as possible so I figured what the hell, I'll try W7 on it. It's peppy enough to stream my music and look up parts diagrams so a happy Neph I am. zippyd, That's awesome you cruise pirate4x4. I lurk there quite often. I'd have loved to have picked something up with 44's but it just didn't work out that way. Jeeps hold their value like crazy and I was happy just to get a 2000 in great shape with low miles within my budget. The 2000 was the sweet spot for me having the NP231 transfer case and NV 3550 tranny - both are strong and reliable. Mine's my daily driver so I can't go too crazy with some of the mods. With the 4.0l only getting 16mpg I'll be keeping the 31x10.50's and 3.73 gears for the foreseeable future and with that size tires the Super 35 should do me well. When the day comes you get your dream Jeep you'll always have a place to stay and some of the best trails to be had here in Arizona. Me and the little lady are planning to visit the infamous OK Corral on the way to Bisbee where we're going to stay a few nights at arguably the coolest motel on Earth - Shady Dell. There are some great trails in the area we plan to run while we're down there. Bisbee is an old mining town famous for its ghosts and various hauntings so we're going to make reservations for an outfit that gives ghost tours at night in a badass converted hearse. How sweet!
Bisbee is a neat little place. Didn't spend a whole lot of time there, as we were more interested in what was across the border(which didn't amount to much). We had fun wheelin the power line maintenance roads when I was stationed at Huachucca(Sierra Vista). You need to get a little rice burner for a daily driver and just go ahead and get the jeep the way you really want it. It'll save you some cash in the long run. Or just go ahead and get a tow rig for the jeep. If you follow along on some of the build threads on pirate it starts off as a mild build which never ends up good enough and finishes up as an extreme overhaul. And I cringe every time because of all the dough dumped into the initial build and then into each additional rebuild as it approaches "ultimate".
