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| Re: PC purchase [message #62669 is a reply to message #62647] |
Sun, 08 January 2006 09:57   |
emarenot
Messages: 345
Registered: June 2005
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I enjoy building too, but I agree with you, the prices at some of these big
box stores are really low. We were looking at the e machines at Best Buy a
couple of months ago. I did some checking on the web and the quality of the
current machines seems to be pretty high. Just an FYI, my dad is using a
1.5 year old Dell to run Photoshop CS and ALOT of plugins on photos from a
10+ megapixle camera. He's been very happy with the processing speed.
Good luck.
MR
"Tyrone Corbett" <tyronecorbett@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:43c072d4$1@linux...
>
> First off, Happy New Year to all! Now, down to business ;-)I am looking
for
> a new PC for the studio. It will primarily handle e-mail, internet
access
> and Photoshop duties. I usualy build my own systems, but there seems to be
> great "bang for the buck" these days right off of the shelf (Best Buy,
Circuit
> City, etc.)I'm am curious to know if any of you have found any amazing
deals
> on PC's that I might have missed.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tyrone
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| Re: PC purchase [message #62681 is a reply to message #62669] |
Sun, 08 January 2006 14:17 |
excelav
Messages: 2130
Registered: July 2005
Location: Metro Detroit
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e machines is owned by Gateway, I do believe.
I would consider weighing out the warranty issue, components vs. a whole
machine. Building is fun, but it can be a PITA getting every thing to work
nicely with each other. When you buy a whole machine, you usually get a
software bundle with it. so that may be worth something to you.
Always ask what the return policy is on computers before you buy!!!
Somebody will want to kick my a** for mentioning this. You might want to
see what happens on tuesday with apple's announcements about the new intel
based Macs. I don't know what the systems will cost but my guess is that
they will start at $399.00. The word is, the new intel/Mac systems will
allow you to partition the drive and run Windows, Mac O/S, and Linux. Apple
has stated that they don't care if you run Windows or linux on the new machines.
I think their thinking is, if you buy our box, who cares what software you
run on it.
The idea is you'd get more bang for the buck. A machine that can run different
OSs could be handy in a studio. Of course this depends on your needs,
I just thought I would make the suggestion.
James
"Mike R." <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I enjoy building too, but I agree with you, the prices at some of these
big
>box stores are really low. We were looking at the e machines at Best Buy
a
>couple of months ago. I did some checking on the web and the quality of
the
>current machines seems to be pretty high. Just an FYI, my dad is using
a
>1.5 year old Dell to run Photoshop CS and ALOT of plugins on photos from
a
>10+ megapixle camera. He's been very happy with the processing speed.
>Good luck.
>MR
>
>"Tyrone Corbett" <tyronecorbett@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:43c072d4$1@linux...
>>
>> First off, Happy New Year to all! Now, down to business ;-)I am looking
>for
>> a new PC for the studio. It will primarily handle e-mail, internet
>access
>> and Photoshop duties. I usualy build my own systems, but there seems to
be
>> great "bang for the buck" these days right off of the shelf (Best Buy,
>Circuit
>> City, etc.)I'm am curious to know if any of you have found any amazing
>deals
>> on PC's that I might have missed.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Tyrone
>
>
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| Re: PC purchase [message #62697 is a reply to message #62669] |
Sun, 08 January 2006 20:15 |
TCB
Messages: 1261
Registered: July 2007
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I'm with you on all of this. The one warning about buying big box machines
is to be sure you know all of the peripherals you'll want to use. The days
of all memory being the same and any AGP card working are long, long gone.
So check to be sure that you have the right number of PCI-E and regular PCI
cards and all of that jazz.
And once you have it be sure to head over to www.debian.org so you can dual
boot the Windows machine with the greatest operating system you've ever used.
TCB
"Mike R." <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I enjoy building too, but I agree with you, the prices at some of these
big
>box stores are really low. We were looking at the e machines at Best Buy
a
>couple of months ago. I did some checking on the web and the quality of
the
>current machines seems to be pretty high. Just an FYI, my dad is using
a
>1.5 year old Dell to run Photoshop CS and ALOT of plugins on photos from
a
>10+ megapixle camera. He's been very happy with the processing speed.
>Good luck.
>MR
>
>"Tyrone Corbett" <tyronecorbett@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:43c072d4$1@linux...
>>
>> First off, Happy New Year to all! Now, down to business ;-)I am looking
>for
>> a new PC for the studio. It will primarily handle e-mail, internet
>access
>> and Photoshop duties. I usualy build my own systems, but there seems to
be
>> great "bang for the buck" these days right off of the shelf (Best Buy,
>Circuit
>> City, etc.)I'm am curious to know if any of you have found any amazing
>deals
>> on PC's that I might have missed.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Tyrone
>
>
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| Re: PC purchase [message #62703 is a reply to message #62697] |
Mon, 09 January 2006 04:13 |
John [1]
Messages: 2229
Registered: September 2005
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debian the greatest os? i laugh. maybe if you want to wait till your
dead for the latest package to come out. i've swithced to fedora and
archlinux on all my workstations and servers because debian packages
take so freaking long to come out. it may be stable but some of us
can't wait 2 years for a package that other distros have usably stable a
couple weeks after they come out.
tcb wrote:
> I'm with you on all of this. The one warning about buying big box machines
> is to be sure you know all of the peripherals you'll want to use. The days
> of all memory being the same and any AGP card working are long, long gone.
> So check to be sure that you have the right number of PCI-E and regular PCI
> cards and all of that jazz.
>
> And once you have it be sure to head over to www.debian.org so you can dual
> boot the Windows machine with the greatest operating system you've ever used.
>
>
> TCB
>
> "Mike R." <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>I enjoy building too, but I agree with you, the prices at some of these
>
> big
>
>>box stores are really low. We were looking at the e machines at Best Buy
>
> a
>
>>couple of months ago. I did some checking on the web and the quality of
>
> the
>
>>current machines seems to be pretty high. Just an FYI, my dad is using
>
> a
>
>>1.5 year old Dell to run Photoshop CS and ALOT of plugins on photos from
>
> a
>
>>10+ megapixle camera. He's been very happy with the processing speed.
>>Good luck.
>>MR
>>
>>"Tyrone Corbett" <tyronecorbett@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>news:43c072d4$1@linux...
>>
>>>First off, Happy New Year to all! Now, down to business ;-)I am looking
>>
>>for
>>
>>>a new PC for the studio. It will primarily handle e-mail, internet
>>
>>access
>>
>>>and Photoshop duties. I usualy build my own systems, but there seems to
>
> be
>
>>>great "bang for the buck" these days right off of the shelf (Best Buy,
>>
>>Circuit
>>
>>>City, etc.)I'm am curious to know if any of you have found any amazing
>>
>>deals
>>
>>>on PC's that I might have missed.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>Tyrone
>>
>>
>
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| Re: PC purchase [message #62705 is a reply to message #62703] |
Mon, 09 January 2006 07:05 |
TCB
Messages: 1261
Registered: July 2007
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Senior Member |
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If you want more recent you can a) put the "testing" and "unstable" repositories
in your apt-get setup or b) install manually. IMHO debian "testing" is probably
a little more stable than the production Fedora, but it's pretty close as
far as being current. Debian unstable is still pretty solid, most of the
problems I run into are when something goes into the kernel that I was loading
as a module, in which case I just grub back to the previous kernel until
I have time to work out what's going on.
TCB
John <no@no.com> wrote:
>debian the greatest os? i laugh. maybe if you want to wait till your
>dead for the latest package to come out. i've swithced to fedora and
>archlinux on all my workstations and servers because debian packages
>take so freaking long to come out. it may be stable but some of us
>can't wait 2 years for a package that other distros have usably stable a
>couple weeks after they come out.
>
>
>
>tcb wrote:
>> I'm with you on all of this. The one warning about buying big box machines
>> is to be sure you know all of the peripherals you'll want to use. The
days
>> of all memory being the same and any AGP card working are long, long gone.
>> So check to be sure that you have the right number of PCI-E and regular
PCI
>> cards and all of that jazz.
>>
>> And once you have it be sure to head over to www.debian.org so you can
dual
>> boot the Windows machine with the greatest operating system you've ever
used.
>>
>>
>> TCB
>>
>> "Mike R." <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I enjoy building too, but I agree with you, the prices at some of these
>>
>> big
>>
>>>box stores are really low. We were looking at the e machines at Best
Buy
>>
>> a
>>
>>>couple of months ago. I did some checking on the web and the quality
of
>>
>> the
>>
>>>current machines seems to be pretty high. Just an FYI, my dad is using
>>
>> a
>>
>>>1.5 year old Dell to run Photoshop CS and ALOT of plugins on photos from
>>
>> a
>>
>>>10+ megapixle camera. He's been very happy with the processing speed.
>>>Good luck.
>>>MR
>>>
>>>"Tyrone Corbett" <tyronecorbett@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>news:43c072d4$1@linux...
>>>
>>>>First off, Happy New Year to all! Now, down to business ;-)I am looking
>>>
>>>for
>>>
>>>>a new PC for the studio. It will primarily handle e-mail, internet
>>>
>>>access
>>>
>>>>and Photoshop duties. I usualy build my own systems, but there seems
to
>>
>> be
>>
>>>>great "bang for the buck" these days right off of the shelf (Best Buy,
>>>
>>>Circuit
>>>
>>>>City, etc.)I'm am curious to know if any of you have found any amazing
>>>
>>>deals
>>>
>>>>on PC's that I might have missed.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>
>>>>Tyrone
>>>
>>>
>>
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| Re: PC purchase [message #62706 is a reply to message #62705] |
Mon, 09 January 2006 07:33 |
John [1]
Messages: 2229
Registered: September 2005
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Senior Member |
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they all have their pros and cons.
TCB wrote:
> If you want more recent you can a) put the "testing" and "unstable" repositories
> in your apt-get setup or b) install manually. IMHO debian "testing" is probably
> a little more stable than the production Fedora, but it's pretty close as
> far as being current. Debian unstable is still pretty solid, most of the
> problems I run into are when something goes into the kernel that I was loading
> as a module, in which case I just grub back to the previous kernel until
> I have time to work out what's going on.
>
> TCB
>
> John <no@no.com> wrote:
>
>>debian the greatest os? i laugh. maybe if you want to wait till your
>>dead for the latest package to come out. i've swithced to fedora and
>>archlinux on all my workstations and servers because debian packages
>>take so freaking long to come out. it may be stable but some of us
>>can't wait 2 years for a package that other distros have usably stable a
>
>
>>couple weeks after they come out.
>>
>>
>>
>>tcb wrote:
>>
>>>I'm with you on all of this. The one warning about buying big box machines
>>>is to be sure you know all of the peripherals you'll want to use. The
>
> days
>
>>>of all memory being the same and any AGP card working are long, long gone.
>>>So check to be sure that you have the right number of PCI-E and regular
>
> PCI
>
>>>cards and all of that jazz.
>>>
>>>And once you have it be sure to head over to www.debian.org so you can
>
> dual
>
>>>boot the Windows machine with the greatest operating system you've ever
>
> used.
>
>>>
>>>TCB
>>>
>>>"Mike R." <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I enjoy building too, but I agree with you, the prices at some of these
>>>
>>>big
>>>
>>>
>>>>box stores are really low. We were looking at the e machines at Best
>
> Buy
>
>>>a
>>>
>>>
>>>>couple of months ago. I did some checking on the web and the quality
>
> of
>
>>>the
>>>
>>>
>>>>current machines seems to be pretty high. Just an FYI, my dad is using
>>>
>>>a
>>>
>>>
>>>>1.5 year old Dell to run Photoshop CS and ALOT of plugins on photos from
>>>
>>>a
>>>
>>>
>>>>10+ megapixle camera. He's been very happy with the processing speed.
>>>>Good luck.
>>>>MR
>>>>
>>>>"Tyrone Corbett" <tyronecorbett@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:43c072d4$1@linux...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>First off, Happy New Year to all! Now, down to business ;-)I am looking
>>>>
>>>>for
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>a new PC for the studio. It will primarily handle e-mail, internet
>>>>
>>>>access
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>and Photoshop duties. I usualy build my own systems, but there seems
>
> to
>
>>>be
>>>
>>>
>>>>>great "bang for the buck" these days right off of the shelf (Best Buy,
>>>>
>>>>Circuit
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>City, etc.)I'm am curious to know if any of you have found any amazing
>>>>
>>>>deals
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>on PC's that I might have missed.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>>Tyrone
>>>>
>>>>
>
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| Re: PC purchase [message #62713 is a reply to message #62706] |
Mon, 09 January 2006 11:21 |
Deej [1]
Messages: 2149
Registered: January 2006
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Ok, OK!!!!.......you guys are pissin' me off because I don't grok this and
I'm thinking I need to start my learning curve and I just don't have
time...........but I've always figured Gnu would be a cool pet.
Hell.......we've already got horses so what could it hurt?
guess I'll have to find the time.
"John" <no@no.com> wrote in message news:43c282c2$1@linux...
> they all have their pros and cons.
>
> TCB wrote:
> > If you want more recent you can a) put the "testing" and "unstable"
repositories
> > in your apt-get setup or b) install manually. IMHO debian "testing" is
probably
> > a little more stable than the production Fedora, but it's pretty close
as
> > far as being current. Debian unstable is still pretty solid, most of the
> > problems I run into are when something goes into the kernel that I was
loading
> > as a module, in which case I just grub back to the previous kernel until
> > I have time to work out what's going on.
> >
> > TCB
> >
> > John <no@no.com> wrote:
> >
> >>debian the greatest os? i laugh. maybe if you want to wait till your
> >>dead for the latest package to come out. i've swithced to fedora and
> >>archlinux on all my workstations and servers because debian packages
> >>take so freaking long to come out. it may be stable but some of us
> >>can't wait 2 years for a package that other distros have usably stable a
> >
> >
> >>couple weeks after they come out.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>tcb wrote:
> >>
> >>>I'm with you on all of this. The one warning about buying big box
machines
> >>>is to be sure you know all of the peripherals you'll want to use. The
> >
> > days
> >
> >>>of all memory being the same and any AGP card working are long, long
gone.
> >>>So check to be sure that you have the right number of PCI-E and regular
> >
> > PCI
> >
> >>>cards and all of that jazz.
> >>>
> >>>And once you have it be sure to head over to www.debian.org so you can
> >
> > dual
> >
> >>>boot the Windows machine with the greatest operating system you've ever
> >
> > used.
> >
> >>>
> >>>TCB
> >>>
> >>>"Mike R." <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I enjoy building too, but I agree with you, the prices at some of
these
> >>>
> >>>big
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>box stores are really low. We were looking at the e machines at Best
> >
> > Buy
> >
> >>>a
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>couple of months ago. I did some checking on the web and the quality
> >
> > of
> >
> >>>the
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>current machines seems to be pretty high. Just an FYI, my dad is
using
> >>>
> >>>a
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>1.5 year old Dell to run Photoshop CS and ALOT of plugins on photos
from
> >>>
> >>>a
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>10+ megapixle camera. He's been very happy with the processing speed.
> >>>>Good luck.
> >>>>MR
> >>>>
> >>>>"Tyrone Corbett" <tyronecorbett@comcast.net> wrote in message
> >>>>news:43c072d4$1@linux...
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>First off, Happy New Year to all! Now, down to business ;-)I am
looking
> >>>>
> >>>>for
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>a new PC for the studio. It will primarily handle e-mail, internet
> >>>>
> >>>>access
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>and Photoshop duties. I usualy build my own systems, but there seems
> >
> > to
> >
> >>>be
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>great "bang for the buck" these days right off of the shelf (Best
Buy,
> >>>>
> >>>>Circuit
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>City, etc.)I'm am curious to know if any of you have found any
amazing
> >>>>
> >>>>deals
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>on PC's that I might have missed.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Thanks
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Tyrone
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >
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