[amayausers] Re: new computer...
- From: Peter Strike <strike@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:12:02 -0800
Thanks for the help Ed... I've got another computer for the internet...
and we got the cd burner as well... we should be good to go... now if I
can only hook it up to the new computer properly... I had to have a IT
guy hook up the machine to the current computer... hopefully I can
figure this one out alone...
Peter Strike
Indianapolis, IN
On Friday, February 11, 2005, at 03:56 PM, E. Orantes wrote:
> To run just the Amaya OS, I believe you only need 800 mhz processor.
> If you
> plan to run both OS and Design Shop, you should double that. A 2.4
> ghz and
> up is about 4 times as necessary so you shouldn't have to worry about
> that.
> I would opt for the Pentium over the Celeron. I returned the last PC I
> bought because the Celeron was just too slow.
> 512 mb of memory should be more than adequate. I just did an install
> for a
> lady who has 4 Amayas and she has 256 mb of memory and she runs fine.
> 40
> giga byte hard drive is fine too for an embroidery business. I prefer
> at
> least 60 to lead me into the next several years. Who knows how much
> info I
> will put on this PC? But that's my preference.
> Make sure you have a CD burner for backups and a floppy drive
> (possibly
> external if internal is not available) could be handy for all those
> designs
> in the embroidery industry that are still on floppy disks.
> If you can help it, don't connect this PC to the internet or receive
> e-mails either. Do all that potentially dangerous stuff on another
> PC. And
> don't run any fancy screen savers on this PC while you are running
> Amaya OS.
> Could cause problems.
> Good luck.
> Ed
>
> Ed & Maralien Orantes
> E.M. Broidery
> 900 Terry Parkway, Ste. 200
> Terrytown, La. 70131
> 504-EMBROID (504-362-7643)
> or
> 504-433-0099 office
> 504-433-0100 fax
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Paul Tilton
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 9:01 PM
> To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amayausers] Re: new computer...
>
>
> Surely the cheaper machine can run the Amaya (Amaya OS) fine... I run
> Amaya
> OS with much less of a machine... I do not run the Design Shop and
> Amaya OS
> on the same machine however...
>
>
>
> At 09:41 PM 2/7/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>> Can anyone suggest how much computer I need? The computer I'm
>> currently using will no longer be available for me (long story). So
>> in
>> getting a new one. I'm looking into a Dell Dimension Desktop (I think
>> it's their value line). I'm looking to get the best use of my
>> dollars!!! Simply a machine that I know will work for the Amaya
>> exclusively.
>>
>> 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've read the recommended specs on the Amaya / DesignShop, and I
>> believe that both these are good enough to run the AMAYA... But I was
>> hoping someone out there who may have one of these could chime in with
>> some reassurance.... The $299 would be great if it was enough computer
>> for the job.
>> Sorry for the long post, any help is appreciated...
>> Peter Strike
>> Indianapolis, IN
>
>
>
> Paul Tilton
> Sandhills Stitches
> Whispering Pines, NC
> 910-949-3211
>
>
>
>
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