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Offline lordofthegeeks

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« on: September 21, 2007, 12:28:00 pm »
here is the one i'm looking at my price range is under $400 usa of canaidian as of today. stupid exchange rate.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5982771
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« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2007, 01:33:00 pm »
  1. If you want to go Vista but not Vista basic, I recommend at least 2GB of RAM
  2. AMD isn't the best choice for high-performance CPU's. Intel Core 2 Duo > AMD Athlon 64.
  3. About the pre-installed software aka crapware... "Norton Internet Security 2007 (60 days subscription)" Methinks you should try to get your PC without this if possible, as there are plenty of free alternatives to security, some even better than ones that cost money.
  4. If you will use this PC for some gaming and/or lots of movie watching/editing and/or picture/3D Model editing, then I strongly recommend a better graphics card than this (the one that comes with your PC: "Integrated NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE".
  5. Vista is in a pretty bad shape right now, as MS Vista's current quality is that of an overblown OS Beta, and many people will agree with me (yes, I know some of you say Vista isn't that bad, but consider yourself one of the lucky few). If I were you, I'd either try and get XP pre-loaded or at least uninstall Vista and install XP as soon as you get the PC (later is not really recommended if you aren't computer-savvy because no OS installation is without its complications). Vista will probably only be good once MS releases SP2.
Just my 2 cents...

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« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2007, 01:45:00 pm »
i'm getting a low level pc to start i can always upgrade. also I don't want vista. but they don't sell xp one new pcs.

edit: also about $100 for a 256 mb pci 16x graphic card
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« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2007, 04:41:00 pm »
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QUOTE (lordofthegeeks @ 21 Sep, 2007, 17:45)
but they don't sell xp on new pcs.  

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« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2007, 06:17:00 pm »
gross vista. gross a pre-built desktop?! what are you smoking dude! I wouldn't worry about graphics.. not for a $400 PC, but I can guarantee you can make something much much better if you build it yourself.

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« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2007, 06:21:00 pm »
spengo no need to threat members as stupid and crazy people or bash them for such reasons. But yes I agree that building it yourself would be a better idea, if you don't live in Canada and if you have a second PC with IRC open while building it and getting new parts (so you can get help building it)

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« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2007, 06:32:00 pm »

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« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2007, 07:07:00 pm »
nice

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« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2007, 09:00:00 pm »
Heh, I could do even better if I spent more than 5 minutes of click click on the first deals I see from newegg. But anyways, the point is you can do better building it yourself. :)smile.gif

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« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2007, 04:27:00 am »
I think I'm going to build my next computer. :Dbiggrin.gif

Newegg has some great deals when it comes to hardware.
But the operating system is going to cost alot <_<dry.gif if you buy it new.
That's what Linux is for right ;)wink.gif

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« Reply #10 on: September 22, 2007, 06:48:00 am »
Yes... that's what linux is for. And _________________ for the other partition. ;)wink.gif

EDIT (Kevin) no illegal links

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« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2007, 07:01:00 am »
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Yes... that's what linux is for. And _______________ for the other partition. ;)wink.gif

I thought Omnimaga doesn't support illegal activity. Of course, _______________ is legal according to the Swedish copyright laws... :wacko:triso2.gif

You need a BitTorrent client to use ________________, so I guess that is what BitTorrent clients for Linux are for... XDsmiley.gif


EDIT Kevin: no linking to warez site please. Thanks

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« Reply #12 on: September 22, 2007, 08:44:00 am »
what can i get w/ $1000? ^^

ya, i want to try some linux distro in the future.  can you add linux easily to a comp that already has a lot of stuff on it?

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« Reply #13 on: September 22, 2007, 10:55:00 am »
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what can i get w/ $1000? ^^

One pretty awesome laptop. :Ptongue.gif

@Kevin: technically, I wasn't linking, as there were no [url] tags. But if we were to say giving the website's URL is considered linking, you forgot to remove one of the "links", which was in my quote box. Did the work for you, anyways.

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« Reply #14 on: September 22, 2007, 11:25:00 am »
I've deleted all of them, and I deleted the other link because even if you don't link by using URL tag it is still illegal to post such links on the board, and if Invisionfree found out that we allowed warez here i could get in trouble

EDIT: I didnt noticed there was another URL in the quote box o.oblink.gif. anyway no providing of warez links and stuff allowed is all that matter