My 2 cents: * If bang for the buck is what you want, go AMD, not the best in town but certainly best price/performance ratio.
* 4GB is alright (I'd say OKish). You may want to consider getting a 64bit OS if you're using windows. Peripheral support isn't good in 64bit versions if you have too many older peripherals (old scanners etc.). However, it will let you add mor memory later. As for 64bit versions: Vista Home basic will go up to 8GB. Vista Home Premium up to 16GB. Others (Pro etc.) up to 128GB. 32bit version will NOT use 4GB , whatever they tell you but 3.3GB. Basicaly throw 1 out of your 4 GB of RAM. * Fast disk drive is always better. Don't even look at 5400rpm drives. 7200rpm is the minimum you want. If you can drop more dollars in storage, I'd buy a 10.000rpm 300GB WD drive for OS and PS scratch drive. Nothing else to add, others gave good advices. Regards, -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
