AMD, AMD, AMD Runs faster, costs less.
What more can one want? Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: > I'm gonna buy me a real-life computer this week. > > None of these girly-man notebooklaptopportable dainty things, but a real > computer, a manly one, one that sits on your desk and takes up all sorts > of room. > > I haven't bought a desktop machine in... 9 years. Gosh, the landscape > has changed. > > Well, actually, it's for my wife. The box she's using is a PII, 256 MB > RAM, 8 MB hard disk, yes, it was state of the art back in 1996.... she's > suffered enough, it's time to get her something a bit more modern. > > In pink. > > HP has a couple of small bid-ness boxes that look like they'll make her > heart glad. 80 GB hard drive, 1 GB RAM, DVD writeable, gigabit Ethernet. > The only real question is... AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 3800+ (2.0GHz) 65W or > Intel® Core 2 Duo E4300 Processor. The difference is $150 ($600 vs $750). > > (Ed. note: HP now offers boxes with 'FreeDOS', which means, well, you > know. Finally!) I'll throw FC6 or ubu (ha!) on it. > > Given that her current machine is nearly adequate (Web, email, word > processing, spreadsheets), I'm not sure that she'd notice the difference > between one or the other. Kinda like going from a Schwinn to a Corvette > or a Ferrari. Yeah, there's a difference between the two cars, but if > you're used to a bicycle, are you really going to care? > > Any comments from the peanut gallery? > > Whil > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
