[amayausers] Re: new computer...
- From: Peter Strike <strike@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 01:06:44 -0800
Okay all, I ended up inching up to a lower end Optiplex system, which
was a little more heavy duty components etc...
Thanks for all your help...
Peter
Indianapolis, IN
On Tuesday, February 8, 2005, at 03:40 PM, John Yaglenski wrote:
> Agree with Jerry there... Plan on at least a 19" monitor. LCD will do
> better for space and and heat (dell has some nice ones now) or you
> cant go
> wrong with a 19 or 21 inch Trinitron. Dell has their own name for
> those but
> it's something similar to trinitron.
>
> Whether it's built in graphics or an add on card, you will be able to
> upgrade later if you need to. If it's built in, you just disable the
> on
> board video in the bios. :)
>
> You can always add a second hard drive in later. Picked up a 120 gb
> drive
> at best buy on "black Friday" for $59. There are specials that go on
> all
> the time and they are simple to add.
>
> John
>
>
>
>
> On 2/8/05 5:54 PM, "JerryNiez@xxxxxxx" <JerryNiez@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 2/7/05 9:37:32 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> strike@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>>> Here's the specs of the 2 I'm looking at:
>>>
>>> Dimension 2400
>>> Intel Celeron Processor (2.40 GHz, 128KB L2 Cache, 400MHz FSB)
>>> XP Home Edition
>>> Free upgrade to 512 MB shared DDR SDRAM
>>> 40GB Hard Drive
>>> After mail in rebate and my wife's AMA discount it would come to $299
>>>
>>> ------OR------
>>>
>>> Dimension 3000
>>> Intel Pentium 4 Processor (2.80 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 533 MHz FSB)
>>> XP Home Edition
>>> Free Upgrtade to 512 MB DDR SDRAM
>>> 40 GB Hard Drive
>>> After rebates etc. comes to $499.00
>>>
>>> (Note: these are so cheap because they come with WordPerfect instead
>>> of
>>> the Microsoft Office Package)
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I don't see a monitor listed? Remember you will be looking at it a
>> lot if
>> you plan to digitize or edit designs so pick a mid range monitor or
>> better.
>> Both have 40GB hard drives, I would like a larger drive because the
>> designs
>> take up a lot of space and you don't want to run your drive over
>> 75-80% full.
>> The processor should be strong enough.
>> Is there a built-in graphics card on the mother board or is there a
>> separate
>> card? I bought an E-Machine and I had to add a separate graphics
>> card.
>>
>> Jerry
>> Artistic Embroidery & More
>> Traverse City, MI
>>
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