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| chunger |
 Apr 7 2005, 06:10 AM
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Hmmm. . .
Haven't looked at what's been happening in computers for 5 years, and well, wife dropped the old PIII laptop recently, and I need to replace it with something. After looking at things online 'til my eyes bugged out, I've narrowed it down to some options to consider. Primary use would be internet/music/wordprocessing/powerpoint/digital audio editing . . . secondary use would be gaming. I'm researching student pricing on the iBook, a fellow lister has made the Powerbook available, and the gamer in me would like to get the Athlon 64 machine. opinion away!! |
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| tat2dphreak |
Apr 7 2005, 08:09 AM
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stoya, stoya, stoya Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,797 Joined: 6-June 03 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 792 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
get the A64 if you aren't stuck with on-board video... most emachines have on-board video and only PCI slots available for upgrades(red: no good video cards can run on standard PCI anymore)... you can build a nice A64 cheap though... I can help you pick the parts, if you like... and a trained monkey can assemble a PC
I built computers to fund my way through college and I still build them for people here at work, who want a gaming machine for home... I dunno about the *new* shuttle parts... I used shuttle MBs a few years ago though(very cheap with features that are nice) but I won't use them again... 1/2 of those boards were CRAP...and had to be RMA'd (so I spent more time repairing the computers I just built, than building new ones)... this was a few years back, things easily could have changed... if you want a cheap board though: get an ECS... the company has been around a long time, and I've never had a bad board... I use them in my personal PC... just don't plan on overclocking it... I don't like MACs, but that's just me... the best part about them is the OS: it's UNIX... not linux, UNIX... they *are* user friendly |
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chunger OT: Computer options-pinions Apr 7 2005, 06:10 AM
Sparky Get a Shuttle... Check out the Shuttle website to ... Apr 7 2005, 07:03 AM jfort i'd go with a mac, but then it's like a re... Apr 7 2005, 01:54 PM fiid I'd pay a little extra and get something with ... Apr 7 2005, 02:00 PM lapuwali A Powerbook or a Mac Mini, depending on whether or... Apr 7 2005, 02:23 PM tat2dphreak <... Apr 7 2005, 03:28 PM
chunger Thanks for the input. . .
I'm heavily leanin... Apr 7 2005, 04:44 PM |
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