New Computer ... need advice - updated. Thanks Everyone!
Gwill:
It's always possible to "make" a copy of XP genuine. It's not too hard either, but you might have to do some research. I'm terrible at explaining, so I'm not even going to try.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: Gwill on 2007 June 18, 10:54:31
It's always possible to "make" a copy of XP genuine. It's not too hard either, but you might have to do some research. I'm terrible at explaining, so I'm not even going to try.
Apparently, somebody managed to validate an install of Ubuntu Linux as "Genuine Windoze" and got to the Windoze Defender download page. Shows you how much "Genuine Windoze" is worth. It wasn't even Windoze, let alone genuine!
MutantBunny:
First and most important: Get the best upgradable motherboard you can afford. It should be SLI ready, able to hold 8 gigs of ram and have a great chipset (680i is the gamers benchmark right now. All the rest you can easily upgrade later.YOU can get a good case that will make working on it easier for under a $100--most important factor: airflow and fan setup.
Remember: Cool is good. If I was you, I'd read up and see how easy it is to build your own system. Let the techs put the cooler on your processor if that makes you nervous. The money you save in labor can be put into better parts. Start reading. It's not hard. Afterall, I did it...:P
My machine: I went with the Asus P5N32e mother board, E6600 processor (I'll upgrade in a year to an Extreme) under a Zalman 9500 cooler, with Asus 7900 gs graphics cards (upgrade to 8800 gts later) with four--count 'em four!! gigs of ram all in an Altec 900 case. (That's an Nvidia chipset on the graphics cards and Sims is playing great! I'm amazed at the picture. It's stunning.) Oh yeah: I also treated us to a Asus 22" LCD screen. That made a huge difference, I was really surprised cuz my old screen wasn't bad (19' Sony Trinitron CRT)
I'm on Vista--cuz I have a 64 bt system. I actually LIKE Vista. It has it's problems right now and it isn't the most stable (it IS a MS product...) but the interface I like--simple, fairly straightforward and it's easy enough to get most of the crap in it turned off. You have to be fairly knowledgable to deal with it--or willing to learn as you go and read read read :) Not a hard thing to do if you know enough to format and reinstall, not hard things at all.
I think Pes is right: one shouldn't have to pay for an OS. I did pay for my Vista but just because I have a quirky son that wanted to be all legal like. You most likely already have XP: just put that on your new machine.
Gwill:
Quote from: MutantBunny on 2007 June 18, 13:07:44
...able to hold 8 gigs of ram...
Before we scare the crap out of anyone; that does not mean you have to, or even should, actually fill it with 8GB of RAM. No one needs that much at the moment.
If you go with XP 32-bit, 3GB of RAM is the most you can utilize. I currently have 4GB RAM in my computer, but only 2,87 of those are actually usable by Windows. If you're silly enough to actually go for Vista, you should get 4GB right away.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: Gwill on 2007 June 18, 13:19:38
Before we scare the crap out of anyone; that does not mean you have to, or even should, actually fill it with 8GB of RAM. No one needs that much at the moment.
That is untrue. If you have > 4 GBs of CC and an OS that can handle that much RAM, then you need at least 8 GBs of RAM.
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