rockysmolin at bchacc.com
rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Sat Jun 11 08:26:21 CDT 2011
Dear List: It's time. My current development box is 4-5 years old. Dell P4, 3GHz, XP, limited to 2 GB RAM. And the HD is pretty small (<100 GB, IIRC - I'm not at home at the moment - in Chicago, actually), though it was huge at the time. Been a very solid workhorse but (like me) is slowing down. I think part of the problem is that I have more stuff open than I used to so there's some swapping going on. I could dump the HD, reformat and reload I suppose. My 14 y.o. wants a more powerful box, too and needs better graphics than he has. So I told him with the right GPA at the end of the year I'll get him a new box, too. All we need are the boxes, BTW - got plenty displays and external HD. I need speed, not a lot of graphics, and no need for huge HD storage. Any new box will have a big enough HD for me. But the new crop of multi-core processors is unfamiliar to me. We'll probably take a field trip to Fry's but if Dell has a good price I usually order from them and have it delivered. What would you advise? TIA ROcky