All our PCs are AMD-based, origanaly thig was mainly down to what was on offer, and the wish to support the smaller brandnames, and then more a case of sticking with what we know, and aiding inter- compatabilty. (our three main PCs within the family are all sktA)
I would also enforce the "you proberbly dont need a fast pc" and "you'd be better off with more ram" comments. I use my PC more than almost anyone else i know, including a degree of gaming, and the use of pritty "demanding" CAD packages. - However, the PC its self is about 4/5 years old, and cost me £200 two years ago. - Just under what i spent on each of the two moniters it drives! (and the mouse was £50) On the ram front, any decent new PC today should at least a gigabit (1GB, 1024mb, thousade meg) of RAM. - They all get sold as a "3.8Ghz powerPC" but in reality, without a suitable amount of ram, its all pointless numbers! - Its like having really huge 10L V8 engine, and sticking the carbouretter off your lawn mower on it. - Not sensable, and not going anywhere! Espically if you then slap windows XP on it! (Runs away from Vista at speed) For reference, my is as follows: Althon Xp 1800+ (1400mhz) 2*265mb of pc3200 RAM (512mb in total) ATI 9600pro 128mb (grahpics card) - And then two 19" Samsung TFT moniters. - And the logitech MX510 optical mouse... Daniel
