Re: [OT] Help needed choosing new PC Spec.

[Scott Ewing <geekstah@xxxxxxxxx>]

get the X800 graphics card instead of the X300, i know your not into
gaming, but it's simply a better performing card and you never know

get xp [ro instead of xp home

get them to throw the modem away.

add a virus scanner subscription, there are lots of varying opinions
on which is the best, i use norton, but have used mcafee and enjoyed
it a couple of months ago.

Good spec machine, justa pitty it's not an amd64 :)

Scott


On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 13:39:30 -0000, Andy Whitfield
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> Got to buy a new desktop PC as mine is so sloooow.
> I'm hoping the knowledgeable members of UKHA can help.
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> I need it for business use and don't want to upgrade or update it for
> many years, so I want a fairly good spec.
> I tend to have a dozen windows (or more) open at any one time.
> Mostly IE but also Word, Excel and a graphics program.  Within the
> graphics prog, I may have 20 or so photos open for editing.
> But I'm not in to gaming or video editing, etc.
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> I'm looking at www.dell.co.uk/deals and E-Value code DMUK5-D1147
> From the defaults, I've changed the warranty to 1 year and added a
> floppy drive.
> Plenty of RAM at 1Gb but is the graphics card enough at 128Mb?
> Any comments about the spec or make very much appreciated!
> Thanks
> Andy Whitfield
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