Recently, several PDMLers were mentioning that they are in the process of upgrading/buying new computers. So, I thought I'd share some info that might be useful.
As of April 2, 2012, Intel started the process of discountinuing P67 Express chipset (ahead of the release of a new/several new chipsets). I suspect this may mean some discounts for that series. I see that currently Dell is running a few specials for XPS 8300 Core i7-2600 3.4GHz 8Gb 1TB HDD computer with or without a ultrasharp monitor. w/o monitor: $750: http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/294164?r1=1 w. 24" U2412M IPS LCD monitor: $1089 http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/294163 w.27" u2711 IPS LCD monitor: $1250: http://www.logicbuy.com/deals/dell-xps-desktop-combo/35070.aspx Not following the Dell sales strategies, I cannot say if the prices might yet come down or not. I am not a big fan of Dell computers (even though they are better then those by some other big computer makers, e.g. such as Acer/Gateway/eMachines), but I am seriously thinking about the latter deal. U2711 sounds like a reasonable display: http://www.anandtech.com/show/2922 I hope this info might be useful to somebody else. Igor -- 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.
