What OS are you running on your desktop? Has the jump to 64 bit architecture been worthwhile? The Athlon XPs are stupid cheap now-a-days. Any buyers remorse on the desktop or laptop? I imagine you're like me and mostly do email/web-browsing, do you find the new comp to be overkill for this?
Friday, September 08, 2006
Calling all Erics
Hey dude, I want to know your current computer situation.
What OS are you running on your desktop? Has the jump to 64 bit architecture been worthwhile? The Athlon XPs are stupid cheap now-a-days. Any buyers remorse on the desktop or laptop? I imagine you're like me and mostly do email/web-browsing, do you find the new comp to be overkill for this?
What OS are you running on your desktop? Has the jump to 64 bit architecture been worthwhile? The Athlon XPs are stupid cheap now-a-days. Any buyers remorse on the desktop or laptop? I imagine you're like me and mostly do email/web-browsing, do you find the new comp to be overkill for this?
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The desktop is running XP MCE, and the laptop is running OS X Tiger.
I guess you could say "the jump" has been worthwhile although 64 bit processors are common now, having been out for 3 years. They will be fully realized when Vista and Leopard are released, which will be soon. Unless you want a completely outdated PC in 3 months, at least get an Athlon64. Step ups would obviously be the Athlon64X2 and the Athlon64FX. (FX is stupid expensive)
No buyers remorse, and I guess I'm not like you when it comes to computer activity. Along with web browsing and email, I do a lot of photo editing, playing Oblivion (very CPU and video intensive) and coding, both for apps and the web. I couldn't imagine running photoshop or visual studio on PC parts circa 2002.
I also don't believe that a PC could be called overkill when I only spent $1000 on it; it's not like it's a super computer. At that price point, the less time spent waiting on loading times, the better.
Overall I'm extremely happy with the performace:cost of my PC. I'm expecting it to last me a long time without issues.
I bought a rotory durtour for my XP7385XXX473 Airus 5 Mach 7 Super Computer. Its pretty sweet.
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