[17:25] <joey> FunnyLookinHat: ok I'm up on the new platform. Smaller than I expected. Nice and fast too
[17:35] <FunnyLookinHat> joey, how's it sound?
[18:15] <joey> FunnyLookinHat: it's louder than my laptop but not as loud as my old desktop. 36db and I already put it on the quiet fan setting
[18:15] <FunnyLookinHat> yeah - mid 30s was about what I read w/ my phone app
[18:16] <joey> I don't recall exactly but I think my laptop was 26ish
[18:16] <joey> and my old desktop was, what, 88?
[18:16] <joey> It's a wonderful machine. My only complaint was that a smoker worked on it. It came out smelling like cigarettes
[18:17] <joey> or something used in the building of it smells like that
[18:17] <joey> flux or glue getting warm
[18:17] <joey> but I'm very happy with it
[18:17] <joey> it was a great recommendation, thanks for that
[18:22] <joey> the ssd upgrade was a good idea too
[18:23] <FunnyLookinHat> joey, wait - the new machine smells like cigs ?
[18:25] <joey> FunnyLookinHat: yep.
[18:25] <FunnyLookinHat> And yeah - we recommend the SSD before any other upgrade generally...  huge improvement in performance :)
[18:25] <joey> I've got the door open and the smell is just about gone
[18:25] <FunnyLookinHat> joey, I've already passed it along - that's not ok with us
[18:26] <joey> it came very nicely packaged and presented... better than my last box I got from 76
[18:26] <FunnyLookinHat> Yeah we've been trying to work on that end of things - more end to end branding, etc.
[18:26] <FunnyLookinHat> Consistent experiences are generally better, etc.
[18:27] <joey> the setup was nicer. It didn't get rid of the oem setup account, I had to do that by hand, but even that was better than the last time I did it
[18:27] <joey> I'd definitely recommend it so far to others
[18:27] <FunnyLookinHat> wait - really?
[18:27] <FunnyLookinHat> Ubiquity!!!!
[18:27] <joey> yeah it kept booting into the oem account
[18:27] <joey> I had to logout and into my own and then purge the oem account
[18:27] <FunnyLookinHat> I'm letting our imaging engr know
[18:28] <joey> and yes for the record I restarted twice just to ensure there wasn't some fancy "on your next reboot we'll remove it" script
[18:28] <FunnyLookinHat> heheh
[18:29] <FunnyLookinHat> Jason D. is telling me it's something we've seen randomly but haven't been able to pin down
[18:29] <FunnyLookinHat> I'd likely blame Ubiquity - but that's just a guess
[18:29] <FunnyLookinHat> joey, Glad you're liking it though
[18:29] <joey> I saw it remove ubiquity in the dialogs during firstboot
[18:31] <FunnyLookinHat> Yeah but Ubiquity should have removed the oem account I believe
[18:31] <FunnyLookinHat> w/ oem-mode
[18:33] <FunnyLookinHat> joey, well - glad you like the machine in spite of those issues...  I've passed them both along
[18:35] <joey> FunnyLookinHat: yeah it's all good. Aside from the sound level, my favourite features are the bountiful USB ports in various locations and the fact that the power light is also a drive activity light
[18:36] <FunnyLookinHat> Yeah the chassis is slick :D
[18:37] <joey> I think more people might buy this guy if the marketing images showed the actual size
[18:37] <joey> it's at least 40% smaller than I was expecting
[18:38] <joey> even if the headline said "all this power in something under 12 inches"
[18:45] <FunnyLookinHat> joey, mind running a quick command ?
[18:45] <FunnyLookinHat> cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "model name"
[18:46] <joey> Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz
[18:46] <FunnyLookinHat> joey, free upgrade :)
[18:47] <joey> ?
[18:47] <joey> I believe that's the one I ordered
[18:47] <FunnyLookinHat> Your order was for a 4770
[18:47] <FunnyLookinHat> 3.4 Ghz
[18:47] <joey> oh which is no longer offered!
[18:47] <FunnyLookinHat> So just a whee bit faster
[18:47] <joey> nice!
[18:47] <joey> thanks