Gustav Brock
Gustav at cactus.dk
Tue Jun 14 11:31:55 CDT 2011
Hi Rocky You could and perhaps should build your own if you have the time, think it is fun, and can live with the ugly boxes available for the purpose. Not me. So much else is more fun. My current IntelliStation (P4) has run for 6.5 years and still looks stylish. The upgrades have been ram, two SCSI disks, a USB-2 card, and a Plextor DVD-writer. Plug-and-Play. My former machine was another IntelliStation which ran for 5.5 years. The major problem I'm facing is that WinXP today is outdated and I can't and don't want to upgrade the OS as the next must be 64-bit. Guess what I plan to buy in the autumn. They are not IBM branded any longer, now it's Lenovo. Another option could be the Fujitsu range of workstations which we have very good results with at some clients. Anyway, you should go for a machine with a decent graphics adapter, a CPU with four or eight cores and/or an option for adding a second CPU. /gustav >>> rockysmolin at bchacc.com 14-06-2011 17:38 >>> Thanks Bill. Actually everyone else is considering that I build one. :) I'm still a bit reluctant.