Computer/Storage Solution Advice - Page 3

BarTopDancer · 10-27-2009, 09:39 PM

But... but... but... I know where everything was in Office 03.

I suppose I should actually play with it before making a judgment. It's been so slammed that I downloaded it and haven't had a chance to mess around with it.

BarTopDancer · 10-29-2009, 10:28 PM

I'm embarrassingly out of date with the new hardware. I'm looking at something like this Dell Studio XPS 13.

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P7450 (3MB cache/2.13GHz/1066Mhz FSB)
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
Edge-to-Edge 13.3" HD WXGA LCD with 2.0 Megapixel Camera
8X Slot Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)
4GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1067MHz (2 Dimms)
500GB1 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
NVIDIA® GeForce® 9500M - 256MB
High Definition Audio 2.0
Dell Wireless 1510 802.11n Half Mini-Card
56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

(there is a processor upgrade to an 8400. Worth it?)

Thoughts?

Andrew · 11-03-2009, 10:37 AM

I, too, am completely out of touch with actual hardware specs these days. The last new computer I bought was Jennifer's Mac Mini earlier this year, and I just bought the midrange model and upgraded the RAM myself. Before that it was my MacBook Pro, where I bought the midrange model and upgraded the RAM myself...

Ghoulish Delight · 11-03-2009, 10:51 AM

It's insanely difficult to interpret hardware specs these days. There are so many different types of processor technology that two processors can have wildly different speed ratings, yet the "slower" one could actually be the better performing chip, depending on whether it's multi-core, hpyerthreaded, what the bus speeds are, etc. etc. etc. There is simply no way anymore to make direct stats comparisons between system configs.

However, the flip side of that is that it no longer matters as much anymore. It's my perception that a couple years ago, hardware finally started to outpace software in growth. Meaning that (for the most part), as long as you're not getting the lowest of the lowest end and as long as you're not going to be a power gamer or looking for top-end multimedia performance, you're hard pressed to find a system that can't handle your every day requirements. As long as you've got at least 4GB of RAM and a decent sized hard drive, you're probably good to go.

BarTopDancer · 11-03-2009, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

As long as you've got at least 4GB of RAM and a decent sized hard drive, you're probably good to go.

And that's what I told my parents, who don't do much more than check email and go out to the internet once in awhile.

But me, I have the IT curse. I want better, bigger, faster, more, Hasbro's Best Thing Ever! even if I don't need it.

So I'll go with the mantra "everything is faster than what I have now, make sure I have enough HD space and I'll be good to go".

Thanks!

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BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	I'm embarrassingly out of date with the new hardware. I'm looking at something like this Dell Studio XPS 13. Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P7450 (3MB cache/2.13GHz/1066Mhz FSB) Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English Edge-to-Edge 13.3" HD WXGA LCD with 2.0 Megapixel Camera 8X Slot Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive) 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1067MHz (2 Dimms) 500GB1 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive NVIDIA® GeForce® 9500M - 256MB High Definition Audio 2.0 Dell Wireless 1510 802.11n Half Mini-Card 56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (there is a processor upgrade to an 8400. Worth it?) Thoughts? __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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11-03-2009, 10:37 AM	#3
Andrew Making Good Girls Go Bad Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Palo Alto, CA Posts: 734	I, too, am completely out of touch with actual hardware specs these days. The last new computer I bought was Jennifer's Mac Mini earlier this year, and I just bought the midrange model and upgraded the RAM myself. Before that it was my MacBook Pro, where I bought the midrange model and upgraded the RAM myself... __________________ -- Andrew Just Andrew. Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.) -- Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself"
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11-03-2009, 10:51 AM	#4
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	It's insanely difficult to interpret hardware specs these days. There are so many different types of processor technology that two processors can have wildly different speed ratings, yet the "slower" one could actually be the better performing chip, depending on whether it's multi-core, hpyerthreaded, what the bus speeds are, etc. etc. etc. There is simply no way anymore to make direct stats comparisons between system configs. However, the flip side of that is that it no longer matters as much anymore. It's my perception that a couple years ago, hardware finally started to outpace software in growth. Meaning that (for the most part), as long as you're not getting the lowest of the lowest end and as long as you're not going to be a power gamer or looking for top-end multimedia performance, you're hard pressed to find a system that can't handle your every day requirements. As long as you've got at least 4GB of RAM and a decent sized hard drive, you're probably good to go. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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