[JustinGTP]

Yes Janek, thats why I said it was pricey. Cut me some slack, Im sorry if Im not as technical as you, he wanted everyones perspective. :roll:

[JustinGTP]

Yes Janek, thats why I said it was pricey. Cut me some slack, Im sorry if Im not as technical as you, he wanted everyones perspective. :roll:

[maximus]

Even if someone has extra money to burn, until there are plenty of applications/operating systems that run in 64 bits, I personally would not recommend athlon 64. Instead, I would recommend Pentium 4 H/T Extreme Edition.

But of course, that will change with the release of XP 64 bit.

[prismejon]

Originally Posted by David Prahl

Do you guys think XP Pro or Win2k would work better in a school/development environment?

They are pretty much the same - you could say that XP is W2K with glazing on top, so XP has more eye-candy and is a little more userfriendly.

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by Honda_Civic_Si

Yes Janek, thats why I said it was pricey. Cut me some slack

Dude - you don't need to roll your eyes at me - I was not criticizing you.

In any case, I've gotta side with Maximus on this one. I don't think it's currently worth getting an Athlon 64 unless you really, really need the additional performance. Getting the very cutting-edge means a tremendous cost premium. For instance, the Athlon 64 3200+ is $428 and the Athlon 64 FX-51 is $755 (note that these are not retail, but rather street prices -- from Sharky Extreme). The first is almost the entire price of his system, and the second is way over it. 8O

--janak

p.s. Oh, and it's Janak, not Janek, as it says in every post...

[TopDog]

Originally Posted by Honda_Civic_Si

Don't go with Pentium. It is proven that AMD Athlon, at a slower speed ie. 1.6ghz runs faster than a Pentium @ 2GHZ.

I agree! I've always been an "Intel-man", but last time I buildt a new one (two months ago) I went for AMD because of my budget and wanting to try something new. Haven't looked back yet, my Athlon 2Ghz is everything I wanted, and it doesn't go warm at all as I've always been told by "Intel'ers"

As for chase... If you want big and safe, I would go for Chieftech. Not the most stylish ones, but very easy to use, good quality and good prices. I've used several of them.

Last time I took a chance here too, and went for a Shuttle Barebone(picture of it here). It's great so far. Makes a lot more noice than I thought, but I've heard it's possible to "tune it down", so I'm on the search for a link...

[JustinGTP]

Oh, and I don't know how you can stand your mouse TopDog!! And is that a PPC that I see FACE down??? :shock:

-Justin. I like the little pc

[Steven Cedrone]

Originally Posted by Honda_Civic_Si

And is that a PPC that I see FACE down??? :shock:

It looks like it's in an aluminum case to me... :wink:

Steve

[TopDog]

Originally Posted by Steven Cedrone

It looks like it's in an aluminum case to me... :wink:

That is absolutely right... it's a Dell Axim with a Proporta aluminum case 8)

[TopDog]

Originally Posted by Honda_Civic_Si

Oh, and I don't know how you can stand your mouse TopDog!!

I loved it! Took a little time getting used to, but now I love it... and I don't get that pain in my right arm that I get at work :-)

Originally Posted by Honda_Civic_Si

I like the little pc

Yeah, me too. I was a little scared going from a Midi-tower to a barebone... but I haven't missed it a second. And my girlfriend thinks it's a big improvement too(I have it in the livingroom).

[JustinGTP]

Well as long as you like your mouse, and how is the upgradeability on one of them bareboners?