Re: OFF: Advice for buying Windows computer

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sharon,

Your experience with a "Windows computer" will not necessarily be any
worse or better than with a Macintosh.

Those who have recommended Dell have many who will support such a
recommendation.

In terms of processor, 2 ghz Pentium 4 should be minimum you should
consider.

Memory is CRITICAL and also relatively inexpensive these days, especially
for non-notebook computers. I would recommend no less than 1 gigabyte,
especially if you are running programs such as Illustrator and/or Photoshop
concurrently with anything else.

In terms of graphic cards, I will defer to those who have more experience
in this area, but what I will seriously warn you AWAY FROM are "integrated
graphics controllers" such as those from Intel that are pasted on the 
motherboard and share memory with everything else. They tend to be very slow,
not just for games, but even for screen redraw in Acrobat and Illustrator.

Good luck.

        - Dov





At 8/25/2003 03:06 PM, sharon.bradshaw@dothill.com wrote:
>Hi Folks,
>Both my husband and I are dedicated MAC users. Sad to say, we have decided
>to buy a Windows computer. 
>
>Is there a site that compares Window computer brands? Do you have a
>recommendation? 
>
>We won't be creating games. We are looking for the medium price and
>configuration. We want to have several applications open at the same time,
>such as, Illustrator, Flash, FrameMaker, Acrobat, Internet connection.
>
>What brand? Dell, HP?
>Which processor?
>How much RAM?
>Processing speed?
>Graphic card?
>
>Please feel free to contact me off list.
>
>Thanks for sharing your opinion with me.
>
>Sharon


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