Mr. P Is Broken

[nige]

I agree with those of you that say build your own system. I built my home machine in 2005. Here's what I put in it:

 

Windows XP Professional SP2

AMD Athlon 64 3000 CPU socket 939

250 Western Digital HD (I hear Seagate is junk)

Gigabyte K8NS Motherboard AMD Socket 939 (So I can upgrade to one of those hawt AMD FX-60 Toledo processors)

ATI 256mb 9600 XT AGP video card (I can still upgrade to a sweet AGP video card like a 9800XT-if you can find one)

LG 16x DVD writer

2x512mb RAM (can hold a total of 4GB)

Soundblaster Audigy 2 5.1 surround sound card (also upgradeable)

all encased in an Antec Sonata II case with room for 4 more internal HD's, and 2 more parking spaces under the DVD burner for other goodies

 

It cost me about $1000 cdn in march 2005. Many of these components can be purchased at a fraction of the price nowadays.

 

Although a little dated, as this machine stands now, it will do just about anything within a reasonable amount of time (except for video editing) It plays most games with ease (I play a lot of Counter Strike Source and Half Life 2 stuff with decent (50fps) framerates). Movies are not choppy or pixellated and the system has barely slowed down since I bought it. I've installed and unistalled a pile of software and my HD is about 60% full right now with pictures, music and DVDs. I haven't had any antivirus software for about a year now and I have no viruses on it whatsoever (and I stay away from the pr0n sites). I do a AdAware and SpyBot search about once every 2 months and they rarely find any threats. I've seen the 'blue screen of death' once on it after I screwed up trying to update a driver to make my videogame work. I am pretty merticulous about keeping everything clean and updated a nd I think that has alot to do with my lack of problems with this particular machine.

 

I like the software on Macs, but I hate the actual package. Their stupid mice, ugly white dirt attracting peripherals, all-in-one constructions (if one component breaks, you lose the whole machine ) and unfamiliar OS are enough of a nuisance for me not to buy one. I also agree that they are somewhat over-priced, but so are Dells. I always said if you grew up using a PC, stay with the PC. If you are completely new to computers, a Mac can make a lot of sense. I just don't like how they are marketed towards snobby, ignorant, trendster/scenester, computer-illiterate retards. Here is a tongue-in-cheek look at Mac users: One thing PC users can do that Mac users can't

 

I also use a Dell Latitude D610 for work/travel. It has been a good machine, but it's overpriced ($2600), under-powered, and very susceptable to slow downs. The complete-care warranty has been a lifesaver so far (even though they don't cover batteries -88pathoffroad ) They look cheap in the flyers, but as soon as you start upgrading from their shiatty base-model, they tend to get pricey. Lenovo (used to be Thinkpads) are compareable, but a little more pricey.

[Precise1]

Nice!!! Maddox is precious, my only complaint is the infrequent postings.

 

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[Mr. Pickles]

All better!!!

 

[Pezzy]

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