[H] OB's new desktop PC

2014-07-05 Thread DSinc
Forget Dell!!! It looks like OB will order a Lenovo desktop PC of the M83 series. I will not know until next Monday (post order), but after our last 3 phone conversations, I am pretty sure. Looks to be: Lenovo mid-towercase Intel Core i5-4570 processor 4GB (2x2GB dimms) DDR3 ram 500GB or 750GB

Re: [H] OB's new desktop PC

2014-07-05 Thread FORC5
more memory unless he went 32 bit IMO onboard graphic are fine unless he games. At 08:00 AM 7/5/2014, DSinc Poked the stick with: Forget Dell!!! It looks like OB will order a Lenovo desktop PC of the M83 series. I will not know until next Monday (post order), but after our last 3 phone

Re: [H] Opinions welcome again

2014-07-05 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 01:54 PM 03/07/2014, DSinc wrote: Seeking opinions about Lenovo. I know that they now own the old IBM PC division. Fine. So, OB is doing 'New Desktop' research. He went to Dell and found the Inspiron 8700. Nice box. So, OB went to Big Buy and met a Lenovo desktop, I think it is a K450E

Re: [H] OB's new desktop PC

2014-07-05 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 12:00 PM 05/07/2014, DSinc wrote: Thanks Collective. I truly appreciate all the help. OB may not wait until Monday. He is quite jazzed about a display 'Lenovo' at his local Best Buy, So, maybe he will bend his plastic on Sunday! Well, whomever buys at Best Buy deserves what he gets. But

Re: [H] OB's new desktop PC

2014-07-05 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 12:07 PM 05/07/2014, FORC5 wrote: more memory unless he went 32 bit IMO That's a good point. I'd go 8 or 16GB myself these days, although for a the average user, 4 will do. I'd also go to a 1TB drive - and avoid Seagate. T At 08:00 AM 7/5/2014, DSinc Poked the stick with: Forget

Re: [H] OB's new desktop PC

2014-07-05 Thread DSinc
Fred, Sorry. His OS will be Win8.1 PRO-64bit. Duncan On 07/05/2014 11:07, FORC5 wrote: more memory unless he went 32 bit IMO onboard graphic are fine unless he games. At 08:00 AM 7/5/2014, DSinc Poked the stick with: Forget Dell!!! It looks like OB will order a Lenovo desktop PC of the M83

Re: [H] OB's new desktop PC

2014-07-05 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 12:55 PM 05/07/2014, DSinc wrote: Fred, Sorry. His OS will be Win8.1 PRO-64bit. Any reason why he isn't going with Windows 7? T

Re: [H] OB's new desktop PC

2014-07-05 Thread DSinc
Thane, I may have to admit guilt for this. We had many conversations about how long MS may continue to support Win7; and, how soon MS launched W8 and W8.1. I still do not know, or, understand the breadth of the issue. Both of us decided it had to do with 'Tablets.' Sadly he does own a Tablet

Re: [H] OB's new desktop PC

2014-07-05 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 02:41 PM 05/07/2014, DSinc wrote: Thane, I may have to admit guilt for this. We had many conversations about how long MS may continue to support Win7; and, how soon MS launched W8 and W8.1. I still do not know, or, Windows 7 will be supported until April 2020 at a minimum, FWIW. T

Re: [H] Opinions welcome again

2014-07-05 Thread Harry McGregor
Hi, First, I may be biased, as I work for IBM (in Storage, not anything x86/x64) On 7/3/14, 9:54 AM, DSinc wrote: Seeking opinions about Lenovo. I know that they now own the old IBM PC division. Fine. So, OB is doing 'New Desktop' research. He went to Dell and found the Inspiron 8700. Nice