Re: This is best place to get shopping help for new PCs, honest !!!
- From: Donald L McDaniel <orthocross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 13:46:20 -0700
On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 11:53:17 -0700, Donald L McDaniel
<orthocross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 05:25:19 GMT, Mark Conrad
<jumpingjack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <pccce2h55d0t9e66d5jnvet26h8p4mjoah@xxxxxxx>, Donald L
McDaniel <orthocross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Using shrewd anti-logic, I flipped a coin on a page of various PCs in a
magazine, figuring I would buy whatever PC that the coin landed on.
The coin landed on a Toshiba "Satellite" A105-S4134, so I hopped down
to Office Depot and picked it up.
Man, you must be some rich dude.
Yeah, rich.<g> More like stupid, here.
My sole income is $30 a day from a S/S pension, my bank account is fast
approaching zero.
My sole income is $750/mo from a SSDI pension. And my bank account is
ALWAYS zero (or near abouts). Thank goodness I have a brother who
helps me out from time to time.
Under-estimated how long I would live, so all my finances were geared
to me croaking when I was 65.
Big Mistake, am now 77 so looks like I will have to get a job at
Wal-Mart in order to stay off of welfare & pay the usual medical bills
that are associated with old age.
Still not quite that old. I'm only in my 60's
...or, could get a job as a security guard at an all-night gas station.
I live over 30 miles out in the Boondocks, surrounded by nothing but
pine trees of various kinds. There just aren't any all-night gas
stations anywhere near me to get my self shot by some crack-head,
anyway.
...or, could hire on as an Iraqi policeman.
That sounds like a good way to end your life much sooner than you
think.
Hmm, better yet, I could buy a murdercycle that goes 200mph, 'cause my
driver's license is still valid for MC use. I used to work for Rocket
Messinger service in Los Angeles for 6 years, and managed to survive
that without too many injuries.
200mph bikes are not all that difficult to find at fairly modest prices
nowadays. Even the sluggish BMW motorcycle has 167hp stock.
Back to computers -
Want to thank you for those detailed posts, they really help.
Although I am a die-hard Mac guy, I am going to make a concerted
attempt to give this PC box a fair shake, going in as unbiased as
possible.
Only wish there was a "main" PC NG out there, so I could keep any
questions I have out of this NG, for obvious reasons.
Try news://microsoft.public.windowsxp.*
or
news://microsoft.public.windows.vista.*
Many good newsgroups for XP information in those, also many experts
post there. Don't forget, tho, since many hobbyists use XP, many
stupid posts are made there, also.
But on the plus side, there will not be as many arguments as there are
in c.s.m.a, since Wintel users tend to be a democratic lot.
Yeah I noticed that.
What is needed is a NG that caters to cross-platform users.
Not many cross-platform users yet. In addition, the enmity between
MacDroids and Windroids is pretty deep. They just aren't gonna be
able to keep their addictions out of such a newsgroup.
4) Firewire 400 and 800
That will be fairly hard to find, since Firewire is not a normal
Wintel option. Wintels usually use USB.
I think I lucked-out there, the spec's state that there is a RJ-45 port
for LAN, and they list USB seperately in the spec's, so I assume that
the RJ-45 jack is used for Firewire 400.
Nope, the RJ-45 is used for Ethernet.
(which is THE main "wired" network standard).
It looks much like a large, oversized phone plug.
Firewire is "IEEE 1334"
A Firewire port looks like a slightly larger USB port, but with one
rounded side on the port, rather than two parallel sides.
Being video shares the ram on that model, I assume they mean that the
added ram will go mainly for video uses.
Anyhow, I intend to max the ram out, disclaimer or no disclaimer.
If you plan on upgrading to Vista when it is released, that would be
good. XP, however, just won't get any performance gains from having
it.
The "sweet spot" for PCs with XP Pro is 2GB. Any more, and any
expected performance gains don't materialize.
Okay, that will save me money, although I can't help but wonder why
they list 4GB as an option, if it will not be used.
It can be used in Vista, but not XP.
4GB will be an excellent memory configuration for a Vista-Ready
machine. I don't know what the "sweet spot" for Vista is, but the
more memory you give it, the better it will probably run..
Personally, I advise you to get
a Vista-Capable video card installed when you can swing it.
Expressly, one which does NOT share memory with the CPU.
Plan on at least a 128k card. 256k would be OH, SO much better.
I MUST correct my gaffe here, Mark: I meant "128Meg card. 256MEG
would be OH, SO much better."
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Donald L. McDaniel
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