On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 10:35 +0100, Jai Harrison wrote: > What I really want to know is what specs seem suitable for the next 3 > years of Uni. I'm expecting to have to pick some of the higher end > hardware on the Inspiron 1525 and want some assistance in doing so. Is > there a substantial difference between the Intel Core™ 2 Duo Processor > T5550 (1.83 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2 cache) and the Intel(R) Core™ 2 > Duo Processor T8100 (2.10 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 3 MB L2 cache) to make it > worth the extra £70? >
I'd think carefully here. What degree are you doing and will you *need* some windows software? A couple of the departments where I am expect you to be able to do some things with windows only programs. I'd check with them what's expected first (and take it with a pinch of salt) as it may be worthwhile getting a windows machine and dual booting (or forking out for windows to run in a VM, at which point you want lots of RAM) -Matt Daubney -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
