Vic Wasteland Thread

[Leroy Peterson]

My oldish OCZ SSD kept causing my OS to start misbehaving 8-12 months in. Did a reimage every year or so and it was ok. Now its just a slave to another newer SSD and its ok so far

[kaitoukid]

Most learned VWL, what's the go with allowing car registration to expire and then re-registering? Specifically wondering if there's any costs / need for RWC? I vaguely recall something about 3 months you can "re-reg" as opposed to "new-reg"... but assuming there is no way around the RWC etc. And if there's any additional re-reg costs... :S

[xALmoN]

your 1 year of rego starts on the day the rego expires, should you wish to rereg.

if you wait 2 months to re-reg, you'll have 10months of valid rego left, and still pay that 700ish.

[emts]

when rego expires then you cannot drive car anymore.

if you pay it within 3 months then car rego again and all good.

after 3 months removed from system and you have to get full RWC and re-register the car

[Miguelone]

What EMTS said.

[UNR33L]

All hard drive brands have their failures. I've got a faulty Seagate in mine, just cbf taking it out.

Didn't we swap that one over or remove it or something? can't remember now

I had an early model SSD die on me with a bunch of corrupted write errors, kept hosing my windows install... Friend of mine who built his PC at the same time had the exact same problem so we RMA'd them both... Serial numbers were 3 apart.

SSD Failures vs HDD Failures though, SSD's are awesome for reliability because of no moving parts... The Limited Writes isn't really an issue for home use unless you're using the first SSD's ever released.

^ This SSD SHIT on HDDs for reliability. ESPECIALLY on a laptop because its often moving places, placed down on desk etc.

Dezz do yourself a favour and make sure you get an SSD, heaps better than a normal HDD.

In terms of computer shops checked out scorptec? good service with decent prices.

[CrispyFries]

They were cheaper when they were just a tiny shop off burwood hwy

[UNR33L]

Even checkout JBHIFI as well, they actually are decent for laptops sometimes and might be able to haggle down.

[kaitoukid]

your 1 year of rego starts on the day the rego expires, should you wish to rereg.

if you wait 2 months to re-reg, you'll have 10months of valid rego left, and still pay that 700ish.

This sounds a bit ridiculous. Having to pay registration for the months where it's unregistered = lolwut. Dat VicRoads cash grab.

when rego expires then you cannot drive car anymore.

if you pay it within 3 months then car rego again and all good.

after 3 months removed from system and you have to get full RWC and re-register the car

This is how I assumed it'll be. So if it's within 3 months, you DON'T need to grab an RWC, and just need to re-register the car? No extra fees? HOWEVER, then with regards to what Alvin said, you will be paying registration for 12 months starting from the ''initial" date it expired... as opposed to paying registration for 12 months starting from the date of re-registration ?

For example, lettuce say that registration expires 01 January 2015.

Scenario 1:

> Cannot drive vehicle as reg is expired

> As long as you "re-register" vehicle by 01 April 2015, you do not need RWC

> However, registration for "12 months" will only last until 01 January 2016

Scenario 2:

> Cannot drive vehicle as reg is expired

> Brand "new" registration required if registering vehicle AFTER 01 April 2015; RWC needed

> For argument's sake, say you do this registration on 02 April 2015

> Registration for "12 months" means this will be valid until 02 April 2016

These are the two possible alternatives?

[CrispyFries]

Even checkout JBHIFI as well, they actually are decent for laptops sometimes and might be able to haggle down.

They price match as well

[dezz]

http://www.scorptec.com.au/product/Notebooks/Notebooks/53499-R750JV-T4207H

http://www.centrecom.com.au/asus-r750jv-r750jv-t4170h-intel-core-i7-4700hq-8gb-ram-173-fhd-1tb-blu-ray-combo-nvidia-4gb-graphics-windows-8-64bit

http://www.arc.com.au/pub.php?pid=55423&p=product

Specs seem identical on all three, yet three different model numbers...Am I missing something?

[emts]

This sounds a bit ridiculous. Having to pay registration for the months where it's unregistered = lolwut. Dat VicRoads cash grab.

This is how I assumed it'll be. So if it's within 3 months, you DON'T need to grab an RWC, and just need to re-register the car? No extra fees? HOWEVER, then with regards to what Alvin said, you will be paying registration for 12 months starting from the ''initial" date it expired... as opposed to paying registration for 12 months starting from the date of re-registration ?

For example, lettuce say that registration expires 01 January 2015.

Scenario 1:

> Cannot drive vehicle as reg is expired

> As long as you "re-register" vehicle by 01 April 2015, you do not need RWC

> However, registration for "12 months" will only last until 01 January 2016

Scenario 2:

> Cannot drive vehicle as reg is expired

> Brand "new" registration required if registering vehicle AFTER 01 April 2015; RWC needed

> For argument's sake, say you do this registration on 02 April 2015

> Registration for "12 months" means this will be valid until 02 April 2016

These are the two possible alternatives?

senario 1

I've done it with the mustang now and then as it been off raod for 4 years.

[dezz]

And JB website only has the 15" version, has 16gb RAM vs 8gb for the other 3 above, but also $400 more (and with a smaller screen)

http://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers/asus/n-series-15-inch-touch-notebook-sku-419058/

[xALmoN]

senario 1

I've done it with the mustang now and then as it been off raod for 4 years.

if you were in nsw, you wouldnt have been able to do this.

[UNR33L]

Haven't looked at the links yet, but sometimes the CPUs can be slightly different models, screen size might be the same say 15" but different resolutions (higher resolution = better / clearer) and some may only have on board graphics, others might have an additional card. (nvidia or ati)

edit: checked your links quickly, aren't they all the R750JV-T4207H?

Edited March 12, 2014 by UNR33L

[Birds]

Ishan come to me when you've (stupidly) paid rego on a car that doesn't exist for 5 years just to avoid getting a RWC again...

Didn't we swap that one over or remove it or something? can't remember now

Nah we took out one and gave it to you cause I was feeling charitable with my three hard drives. Then one of the ones we left in there carked it lol

[CrispyFries]

The spec list on centercom seems to be a screenshot of the spec list on scorptec... dafuq?

[dezz]

Haven't looked at the links yet, but sometimes the CPUs can be slightly different models, screen size might be the same say 15" but different resolutions (higher resolution = better / clearer) and some may only have on board graphics, others might have an additional card. (nvidia or ati)

All have the same CPU spec listed (Intel® Core™ i7-4700HQ Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.40 GHz) / Leap motion)

All screens and resolutions the same except the JB one being 15.6" vs 17.3" for the others... and all have the same Nvidia 4gb graphics card

[kaitoukid]

senario 1

I've done it with the mustang now and then as it been off raod for 4 years.

Interesting.

Ishan come to me when you've (stupidly) paid rego on a car that doesn't exist for 5 years just to avoid getting a RWC again...

Haha wut. It's not that RWC is a huge deal, as-is should pass no problems at all as it did some months ago. Just the registration timing atm is not ideal for me - as if it were delayed say a month~ish, I can have dat dere concession reg pricing. But if there's fees such as just getting a RWC etc, gotta weigh up whether that time + money is worth the saving (not to mention the fact I couldn't drive it for x amount of time).

[Plattsy]

i need a rwc. on a saturday. in or around cranbourne.

anybody hook a broither up? hand shandys from birds for the winnrar.