| PTO |
Not that this has much to do with a Pilot but over the weekend I got my new computer with Core 2 Duo (6600) processor up and running and am really excited!:D
I guess, in a way, this is Pilot related because I use my computer for Itunes which I use to put songs on my Ipod and then interface with the Pilot's stereo to listed to the music.:2: |
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| ED27 |
| Nice! What PC did you end up going with or was it one you built? |
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| PTO |
| I went with a Dell XPS410. I have always had good luck with Dell and one just happened to come up on their Outlet site that had what I wanted. Well, actually 3 came up at separate times but within seconds they were gone. When I finally snagged one, it was at 56% of new! |
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| ictvuser |
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Originally posted by PTO
When I finally snagged one, it was at 56% of new!
Sounds like a great deal! |
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| tangotango99 |
| I plan to buy 4 notebooks for X'mas,how good are AMD processoers I see Dell is selling AMD installed notebooks. |
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| PTO |
| AMD processors are very good. Until the Care 2 Duo (not to be confused with Core Duo) came out, the AMD chips were far superior to anything Intel was offering when you compared similarly priced processors. After having my C2D tower for a couple of weeks I highly recommend getting a C2D processor if money allows. The speed at which my PC operates is just amazing. I work for a software company with thousands of PCs and servers and nothing I have worked with can match my home computer. :D |
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| tangotango99 |
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Originally posted by PTO
AMD processors are very good. Until the Care 2 Duo (not to be confused with Core Duo) came out, the AMD chips were far superior to anything Intel was offering when you compared similarly priced processors. After having my C2D tower for a couple of weeks I highly recommend getting a C2D processor if money allows. The speed at which my PC operates is just amazing. I work for a software company with thousands of PCs and servers and nothing I have worked with can match my home computer. :D
Dell sales was recommending AMD similar to for me but I will go with your recommendation.Thanks(I buy a Pilot and get great advice very go website) |
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| PTO |
| I don't understand why Dell would suggest the AMD over the C2D. In addition to being faster, the C2D uses less power then the other processors. Just be carefull because the Dell Inspiron comes with a Core Duo which is not the Core 2 Duo. You can upgrade the the C2D though for as little as $44. |
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| tangotango99 |
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Originally posted by PTO
I don't understand why Dell would suggest the AMD over the C2D. In addition to being faster, the C2D uses less power then the other processors. Just be carefull because the Dell Inspiron comes with a Core Duo which is not the Core 2 Duo. You can upgrade the the C2D though for as little as $44.
any news on the replacement for XP?. |
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| PTO |
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Originally posted by tangotango99
any news on the replacement for XP?.
Vista will be out at the end of January for home users. That means I will be upgrading January 31st, 2008, when most of the bugs are worked out.
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| tangotango99 |
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Originally posted by PTO
Vista will be out at the end of January for home users. That means I will be upgrading January 31st, 2008, when most of the bugs are worked out.
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I hear Vista is a HD huger 1GB |
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| PTO |
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Originally posted by tangotango99
I hear Vista is a HD huger 1GB
That 1GB is actually for RAM. For certain versions of Vista they recommend 2GB!:eek: |
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| tangotango99 |
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Originally posted by PTO
That 1GB is actually for RAM. For certain versions of Vista they recommend 2GB!:eek:
Thanks for your advice:) |
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| rocky |
| Interesting on RAM demands, since I'd been going on a ram upgrade mission with my PCs and can only think that MS windows updates as being the cause of the need 512k no longer seems enough. |
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| CMasten |
I upgraded a laptop (Inspiron 6000) and a desktop (Pent D) this weekend to Vista Business and Ultimate -respectively.
I have the release through my MSDN subscription, over all an excellent OS, far better than XP or XP Pro.
The Lattitude only has 512 megs of RAM, but runs fine, albiet a little slower than with XP Pro, I just ordered another gig at Newegg.com The install requires 15 gigs of HD space, but only takes up about about 2 when installed. I only have 1.25 gigs of RAM on my desktop and it runs Ultimate fine, with plenty of headroom, so not sure 2 gigs is really required, but I guess if you open up about 10 apps it might, or Photoshop etc. There is a really nice feature (ReadyBoost) I use on the laptop, I stuck in a 1 gig SD card and told it to use that space to help "boost" the OS, seems to make it peppier and boots faster.
Vista has a nice application that you can download to asses the issues that you might have, it prints out a very nicely detailed report to walk you through what to do before and after. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvis...or/default.mspx
Over all my installs were seamless... even the issues it reported on were resolved with drivers included with Vista (all in one PSC 1315 etc) . The installer will put on the version that your hardware can support so in my case, it put on Ultimate on the desktop and business on the laptop. I am also running Office 2007 and MS OneCare, I pushed them pretty hard this weekend and other than one error, for a legacy application, I am amazed at how stable Vista is and the user interface is awesome. |
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| colorider |
Moved thread to off-topic.
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| CMasten |
ok so an early Merry Christmas to me :)
I am giving my Dell Lattitude back to my old employeer so decided to research a new Core 2 Duo with all the bells for me. It all seemed to come down to just one unit, as 17" was a requirement. The new HP Pavillion DV9030S. I managed to find just one at a Circuit City in another town, spent most of yesterday upgrading the OS to Vista Ult, adding Office 2007 etc, all I can say is WOW.............. HP did this one right, 2gigs of ram, dual 100 gig sata drives, a built in web cam, dual mics, and a huge plus for me, a light scribe enabled DL burner, media reader the list goes on, they really packed a lot into this machine and its all built on a 667mhz bus, none of this 667 to 533 stuff that Dell likes to play with memory etc.. ! the build quality on this unit is outstanding. They even had Altec Lansing find a way to put in a decent sounding set of speakers with LFD. Graphics to drive this stunning display are handled by an NVidia 7600 /256 megs of dedicated memory and you can get one with 512megs of memory. A new feature on some of these media enabled laptops is the ability to play music or DVD without having to boot the OS.. nice touch for rode trips etc.
If your in the market for a desktop replacement I would have to say this one is worth looking at. |
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| jl_ss |
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Originally posted by CMasten
ok so an early Merry Christmas to me :)
I am giving my Dell Lattitude back to my old employeer so decided to research a new Core 2 Duo with all the bells for me. It all seemed to come down to just one unit, as 17" was a requirement. The new HP Pavillion DV9030S. I managed to find just one at a Circuit City in another town, spent most of yesterday upgrading the OS to Vista Ult, adding Office 2007 etc, all I can say is WOW.............. HP did this one right, 2gigs of ram, dual 100 gig sata drives, a built in web cam, dual mics, and a huge plus for me, a light scribe enabled DL burner, media reader the list goes on, they really packed a lot into this machine and its all built on a 667mhz bus, none of this 667 to 533 stuff that Dell likes to play with memory etc.. ! the build quality on this unit is outstanding. They even had Altec Lansing find a way to put in a decent sounding set of speakers with LFD. Graphics to drive this stunning display are handled by an NVidia 7600 /256 megs of dedicated memory and you can get one with 512megs of memory. A new feature on some of these media enabled laptops is the ability to play music or DVD without having to boot the OS.. nice touch for rode trips etc.
If your in the market for a desktop replacement I would have to say this one is worth looking at.
I believe it. I just purchased a similiar but lesser model Core 2 Duo HP notebook for my daughter (the 15.4" WS DV6149US) at CC. I started out buying a Toshiba that had screen problems, software issues, and build quality seemed really cheap. I brought that back and got the HP. The HP has no issues and seems to be a lot higher in quality. I'd definately consider the DV9030S if I was in the market for a replacement 17" notebook. |
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