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New site? Maybe some day. 
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i don't know shit about them. i don't want to pay more than 5 or 600 bucks. does anyone know of any good deals? |
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go to best buy on black friday. decent HP one for cheap. plus they are giving free upgrades of vista to all vista ready computers when vista is released. |
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is that every friday or something? |
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oh it's the day after thanksgiving gobble gobble |
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that Centrino M is the same computer that I'm using right now and I carina bought this for me nov 2004 for $750. that laptop you linked would be a good deal for $399.
I would suggest paying about $699 and getting a good laptop from dell. this dell I'm using right now is the computer I've been using for EVERYTHING and it's been fine (granted I was a faster one now). go to http://www.dell.com and build a lattitude and then just wait for a deal. |
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I'm thinking about getting a Mac at some point in the near future... any thoughts? |
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there is no reason to get a MAC now. they dummifier their hardware to use any crap. Get a $2300 pc lappy instead of the Mac and you can do anything with linux running elightenment and wine or windows and cigwin or something.
Mac's USED TO kick ass with the whole faster memory channels and stuff like that, but now it doesn't matter. anything that Macs do, PCs are just as good at. |
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thanks for the advice Rev |
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does this mean it's got 2 cd/dvd drives?
8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
that would be a plus so i could copy my cd's or whatever to another disc without having to rip the cd and then burn it. |
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I want a new laptop for my photo-stuff, but I want a duo core 2 with a SATAII drive. that's not going to happen now. I don't think it would make my picture processing better/faster enough to merrit it. |
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no. that means you get one drive that does it all. I have one that does all that, but DL (dual-layer) DVD-R too. I don't have any DL DVDs yet... yet.. they are 8GB per disc. |
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i don't need it for anything special other than the interwebs and music and windows xp office would be nice too like word and excel? a few pics here and there vids too. |
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the_reverend said:
that thing's insane. don't they outdate themselves within months anyway? |
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I typed out a long thing about being on the road and what to post, but it disappeared.. |
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this one's from staples available on "blizack friday"
Compaq Presario V5303NR Notebook PC - $399.98 (After Rebate) |
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That Black Friday site is awesome |
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I made up a lappy to replace my mobile lappy.
$1797 for what I want. ahaha. |
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best buy looks like the place to go on black friday. there are only 10 of these laptops per store. i know i'm going to get into a fight. |
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oh and i forgot. i'll probably still be drunk from the night before so there's no telling what i'll bring? mace? a bat? rope? duct tape? |
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yeah, people usually line up at 4am. |
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the_reverend said: | yeah, people usually line up at 4am. |
fuck!
i hate people  seriously this is going to suck but it will probably be worth it if i can actually get one? if i don't get one and i was standing in line for that long (be prepared to see some asshole "me" on the news). i just won't go to bed. i'm trying to find a best buy out in the sticks somewhere where there is less people but... no such luck.  |
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that's what carina and I did for the passed couple years at staples. but then they moved the staples with everything else. |
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how long would you wait in line? |
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I wouldn't, but that's just me.
sometimes (especially with best buy) they will pass out tickets for what you want to buy. |
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tickets? what do the tickets do? |
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like if they have 10 lappies, they will go down the line and give out 10 tickets to the first 10 people who want a lappy. |
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oh... so that should help control the flood of assholes when they open the doors right? |
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the_reverend said: there is no reason to get a MAC now. they dummifier their hardware to use any crap. Get a $2300 pc lappy instead of the Mac and you can do anything with linux running elightenment and wine or windows and cigwin or something.
Mac's USED TO kick ass with the whole faster memory channels and stuff like that, but now it doesn't matter. anything that Macs do, PCs are just as good at. |
I guess I'm partial to them because we've always had them at my house so it's what I'm used to. My foster dad is some sort of Mac advocate so I've heard a lot of praise.
Also, I've heard (from many different sources) that Dell laptops generally suck. Has something changed or...?
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every lappy sucks if you ask the right (or wrong) person |
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Fair enough!
I think I might just go with a desktop, anyway. Thanks for the help, though. |
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i'm always "on the go" so i need a laptop in order to give the coordinates to blow up the world when the time is right. |
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I'm never trusting you with intel again. |
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I've had a Dell Inspiron for almost 5 years now. I've replaced hard drive, power cord and modem and the battery is totally dead, but the fucker still works pretty well. From what I hear, Dells have improved a lot, however they have the worst customer service ever. Don't count on talking to ANYONE who speaks English.
And get the extended warrenty. |
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thegreatspaldino said:
I stand behind my iMac G5. That thing has worked gloriously for me.
And Dell laptops are atrocious. I watch people at work cause more headaches for themselves because of their cheap Dell laptops than anything else. When I was shopping around for computers 2 years ago everyone was trying to push Dell laptops on me because they were so cheap. If I'm gonna skimp on anything it's gonna be condoms because I'd rather have AIDS than lug my computer down to Best Buy every other month to get it fixed. |
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hahaha, I just clicked on this thread to ask a question, read Mike's response, and forgot what I was gonna ask. |
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oh yeah! Are sony laptops any good? |
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I heard the Vaio's are awesome. |
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if you want to get a black friday deal on a laptop...know that quantities are VERY limited... know of people going to wait in line after eating thanksgiving dinner...it used to be bad when people got in line at midnight....but now it's the day before....give me a break!
what also sucks is that certain store managers hand out the tickets whenever they want...if they have a lot of people the day before, they'll just hand them out and then if you go at midnight you have no idea that everything's spoken for...aaron and i have been lucky so far...the best deal so far being $500 bucks for the TV in our bedroom that i see people still buying it when it goes on sale for $799 now... haha |
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i'm wondering if i should even bother trying |
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what about buying a used one on ebay? i can just uninstall everything and then re-install everything i need? anything i should know before i do something stupid? |
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I hate ebay. everything there sells for more than it's worth unless you fit a misspelling or a good buy now price. |
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buying from ebay with nothing for a warrenty is stupid. I'm not saying my first lappy had questionalbe origins (or if the words "grabbed through window" came up), but you'd be better off buying you laptop froma dark alley in brockton than ebay. |
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the reverend's guide to laptop brands:
macs: amazingly reliable machines built on slightly older hardware than current PCs with an OS that runs faster than windows on the older hardware, but costs 2 to 4x the price. Oh and none of the software you have bought in your life will work on it.
Dells: cheap and take a beating. Stay away from PIII and PIV's. those were terrible.
Sony: 2x-4x the cost, but all the latest and greatest technology. Packed into a super light laptop. Down side is that they are delicate.
IBM (chinese): 2x the cost of dells, but take the most beating besides toughbooks.
panasonic: tough books. 2 year old technology, but a cop can spill coffee on the keyboard and they still work.
Toshiba: do they still make laptops? They were bulky boxes. Now they are HPs that try to pretend they are sonys.
HP/Compaq: bulky crap that breaks easily. But hell, for a $400 laptop meant for college freshmen girls, what do you expect?
Alienwares: 4x-6x the price, but you get the latest and greatest aimed at gamers.
note: I have owned /still own a toshiba, 2 dells, and an ibm. |
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haha awesome. i think i'm going to wait until nigga friday and see if dell drops prices on their website. shit, didn't want to make this another racist thread. hahaha.
i really don't think i have a chance in hell with the best buy sale. |
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got to staples.com and find a staples that is in a plaza with nothing else near ot and go when it opens.. that's what carina and I did fo the past 2 years. |
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I've been using the 12.1" model like that for 2 years now.
carina too.. (she bought them) and we've influenced a bunch of other photo peeps to get them. |
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i'm hoping some asshole from india that doesn't celebrate turkey day and that works at dell is working tomorrow and will push a button to lower the price a little. |
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Lenovo are Avertech are the best, Rev's on drugs, Macs are slow and fail a lot. |
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infoterror said: | Lenovo are Avertech are the best, Rev's on drugs, Macs are slow and fail a lot. |
you're slow, and fail a lot. |
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i have an Acer. they're known for making LCD displays, not laptops but it was cheap. I bought it on Newegg.com
I saw a video on youtube of a guy on a subway with that 20inch dell "laptop" and the thing is just ridiculous. The guy whips it out and the whole train turns and just looks mystified as how huge it really is. |
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i'm still fucking waiting... drinking... and waiting... drinking... and waiting |
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go to compusa @ midnight if there one near you. I need some amphetamine for that. |
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is that thing any good?
i went to best buy at 3:30 this morning and there was a line that looked like the boston welfare line. it was retarded so i just turned around and went home. i got home and puked all over the place and took a nap. i just went out again to best buy, circuit city, staples, and office max. no deals left for what i'm looking for. shit sucks. |
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hmmm...
Acer Aspire 15.4-inch Widescreen Notebook
$449.99 After Rebate
Office Depot has this Acer Aspire 15.4-inch Widescreen Notebook on sale today for $449.99 after rebate. offer valid while supplies last. Features include:
AMD Turion 64 2.0GHz processor
512MB Memory
100GB Hard drive
SuperMulti DVD Burner [ Rebate ]
Expires: 11/25/2006 |
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what the hell is acer? i never heard of it? the 100gb looks good i guess? i don't know my ass from my hand when it comes to this stuff. i don't even know if it's got wireless... and i NEEEEEEED wireless. |
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I don't know either. I sent you and email, reply back to it.. I might have another deal for you |
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way to email me back asshole. |
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still looking... still drinking |
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SUI: shopping under the influence. You goyim crack me up! |
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cybermonday is a crock of shit |
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why can't i find what i'm looking for? |
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carina turned off her laptop all weekend and now the HD won't work.. damn.. |
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damn.. I just pulled out carina's harddrive and it seems like it's dead. |
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it's just making all the clicking noises. |
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yeh, hard drives love it when you do that.++ |
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dell never pulled through |
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screw lenovo... everythine is 20% more expensive and they don't offer SATA drives! screw that. |
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all the anti-jew loving jewish lovers keep saying "get a lenovo" aka ibm. I went and added up a lappy on thier site and it's over 20% more for a slower computer. |
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Acers are actually really good. I love mine. If you get that one then you'll definately want to bump it up to at least 1GB RAM. Oh and rev, did you try sticking the HD in the freezer trick? it seriously works to buy you time to backup some shit. |
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It's that expensive? Sucks dude. Too bad, I love the IBMs. They're probably cheaper if you don't get 'em loaded and then add the RAM and shiznit yourself. (Which obviously you can do)
Why don't you fix your desktop power supply and throw out the Mac? One of those within fifty feet of your dong will make you crave manlove in the depths of the night... or of the ass, sometimes both. |
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when I put what I want in it, it's $1304 |
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wtf? i don't even know what it needs. i just put the bare essentials in. as long as it's wireless and has an ac adapter, i'm good to go i think? |
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can you buy shit from the dell small business option list? or do you need a small business account to do so? |
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anonymousteinberg said: | They're probably cheaper if you don't get 'em loaded and then add the RAM and shiznit yourself. (Which obviously you can do) |
the only thing you can really do that with is RAM and HD, but since you have to order these with RAM and a HD, if you replace them after the fact, you have the original RAM and Hard drive sitting around doing nothing. I loaded up a toshiba 14.1" WXGA+ tablet PC and then looked for RAM online.
$2180 with 2GB RAM
$1880 with 512MB RAM
and then I found 2x1GB for $195
so I would save a little there...
anonymousteinberg said: | Why don't you fix your desktop power supply and throw out the Mac? One of those within fifty feet of your dong will make you crave manlove in the depths of the night... or of the ass, sometimes both. |
because the desktop is downstairs as a file server/media PC and is hooked up to the big TV. Plus, even with a new power supply, it will continue to over heat like it has been for the past year. I had to reboot it all the time cause something wound just go wrong.
The MAC upstairs is connected to the TV upstairs and is used as a freeBSD unix box and a DVD player. I guess you are too stupid to have need of a unix box. oh wait, didn't you once say something about the merrits of freeBSD in a thread some where? hm.. what are MAC's OSX written on... hm.. you obviously must crave cock a lot. I would talk to you face to face, but man.. the smell of cock would probably be too much for me to stomach. |
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MESS: yes, you can order from small business... I have. I think carina ordered my LCD monitor through DELL SB |
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the_reverend said: | MESS: yes, you can order from small business... I have. I think carina ordered my LCD monitor through DELL SB |
that's good to know.
you can hook up a pc to your tv? |
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then why have a god damn monitor in the first place? |
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the_reverend said: | it will continue to over heat like it has been for the past year. |
What kind of case do you have? Is that the aspire one that I have? |
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Inspiron 6400 15.4-inch Widescreen Notebook with 1.60GHz Core Duo Processor & CD Burner
$629 with Free Shipping
Price is $629 after $100 instant discount. Free shipping.
Features Include:
1.60GHz Core Duo Processor
Windows XP Home
15.4-inch Display
512MB Memory
80GB Hard Drive
24x CD Burner
Dell 1390 Wireless Card
1 Year Warranty
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or this...
Sony VAIO 15.4-inch Widescreen Notebook with 1.6GHz Core Duo, 1GB, 80GB & DVD Burner
$999.99 $699.99
Best Buy has this Sony VAIO notebook with Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology on sale for $699.99 with no rebates to hassle.
Expires: 12/9/2006 |
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bump for the Rev
what do you think of the sony? |
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I thought I said ealier...
they are awesome computers and usually have the latest and greatest.. but a lot of sony's stuff breaks easily. |
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watch yo mouth foo
sweet that's all i need to know i guess. i won't be whipping the thing off any walls that i know of so it should be fine. |
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I really want a toshiba M7 tablet now, but it's $2559 |
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yeah... fucking arty computers! |
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i looked at the sony at the store the other day. the thing looks like it belongs on a boat, you know that white waterproof cheapo plastic crap. guess i'll just keep looking. |
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It's made to withstand semen better. |
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carina just ordered a new lappy from dell. the thing will be an awesome monster! |
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I believe it's the dell 1705.
17" screen and all the wizzies that will make it a super faster/nice machine for her photo-editing. |
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17" screen. jeeeeesh. sounds like a tank.
will it be more for home use than anything er what? |
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exactly. I read some things where someone moved from the computers that her/i have now to something like that and processing one picture used to take them 3 1/2 minutes per picture, but once they got a computer spec'd like what she ordered, it dropped to 50 seconds. |
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i'm still looking. my car's in the shop so i suppose being able to drive come's before the fun stuff. |
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if you don't have a car, then you can't go anywhere.
therefore, you don't need a laptop. |
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but if i find one cheap enough, i'll thow it on the plastic and get myself in more debt and go nowhere in life. sounds like a plan to me. |
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Hey Rev, are Acer laptops any good?
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they are ok as far as cheap laptops go |
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Do they have any consistent problems or anything like that? |
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not any more than any other $400 laptop. |
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i should probably go with a dell. i can't stand when shit breaks on me. |
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thank you for the advice. |
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Go with Dell.com There is a trick to it though. Find the laptop that suits you online, but don't order it online. Call the 800 number and tell them the model # that you saw online...phone orders are typically cheaper with Dell than buying online. I think it's because the sales person makes a commission. I saw a moniter online, but when I called in to order is was $100 cheaper! Try it... pick the laptop out online, but call to order it. |
 
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