We bought a Dell 2400 very similar to the one you are spec'ing out. Works like a champ. We even run Design Shop, Corel Draw and QuickBooks on it, usually ALL at the same time! However, we are taxing it severely with the software programs. Everything slows way down! Amaya can run on a simple machine so the $299 is fine! I just recently ordered a refurbed Dimension 4700 off of the Dell Outlet site because I wanted a separate video card, MOORE RAM, a larger hard drive and a DVD burner in order to do all that we are doing on one computer. I will off-load the Amaya OS to another, lesser computer, connect it with our wireless network and then we can drop the design out of Design Shop via the wireless network to the Amaya OS computer. I wanted the DVD burner so that I can download all of the designs, QuickBooks files, etc., on 1 disk. We have already gotten enough designs to fill at least 7 CDs so burning CDs is out of the question from a time standpoint. A DVD disk will hold, with the new double density, about 8 Gb, roughly 11 CDs worth of data, at 700 Mb each. I would also like to suggest for those of us who are technically challenged, that Dell offers a CompleteCare Service package that covers all of the coffee and coke spills onto the computer as well as the catastrophic failures. That is good, cheap insurance to keep your system up and running. And, if you lease it, then you don't have to fork out all of the money up front and when the lease is over, upgrade. I also wish we could afford one of those nice flat panel monitors... drool, drool, drool.... Thanks! Thomas E. Moore Moore Embroidery & Designs 1724 Jerusalem Drive Round Rock, TX 78664 512-989-0518 Office 512-415-6185 Cell Moore-Embroidery@xxxxxxxxxx www.Moore-Embroidery.com Creative Custom Embroidery Without "Minimums" -----Original Message----- From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Peter Strike Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 3:07 PM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amayausers] Re: new computer... Thanks to Herb and all the others... I still haven't made any decisions, so thanks for all the input, Peter Strike Indianapolis, IN On Tuesday, February 8, 2005, at 07:47 AM, HK Acree wrote: > Paul, > I'll throw my 2 cents worth in here. Called Dell to check on puter, > Dimension model, and tried to get them to dump the phone modem, bundled > software etc. The rep asked what I was going to do with the thing and > after > I told him he said the Dimension series was not what I needed. > Dimension > built with light duty components, not industrial quality. Must have > Optiplex, built with heavy duty good stuff. Designed to run 24/7 for > several > years. Pretty much the same specs you quoted, with a little faster > chip and > 1gig RAM. ($699.00) Maybe I paid too much. On the other hand, you > get what > you pay for. I use this machine to digitize as well and the increased > RAM is > definitely a plus when you have a large design (50,000+ stitches) as > the > refresh rate is so much faster. I did add a 17" plasma monitor to > reduce the > eye strain and would not trade it for a different model. Spendy but > worth > it. You have entered an area where there is no one correct answer. > Regardless of what you go with get as much RAM as you can afford. > > Herb > Royal Embroidery > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Tilton" <ptilton@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 7:00 PM > 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 >> >> > > -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- -- Type: application/ms-tnef -- File: winmail.dat