Thanks for the post. I configured a Dell with XP below: Price: $1208 PROCESSOR Intel⢠Core®2 Quad Q6600 (2.40GHz/1066MHz/2X4MB L2) 375W edit OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Business Bonus-Windows XP Professional downgrade edit WARRANTY & SERVICE 3 Year Basic Limited Warranty and 3 Year NBD On-Site Service edit VIDEO CARD 256MB PCIe x16 nVidia Quadro FX570, Dual Monitor DVI Capable edit CHASSIS CONFIGURATION AND 1394 Mini-Tower Chassis Configuration edit MEMORY 2GB, 667MHz, DDR2 SDRAM Memory, NECC (2 DIMMS) edit OPTICAL DRIVE 16X DVD+/-RW w/ Cyberlink PowerDVD⢠and Roxio Creator⢠Dell Ed edit HARD DRIVE/RAID CONFIGURATION C1, All SATA, NO RAID for 1 Hard Drive edit HARD DRIVE 250GB SATA 3.0Gb/s with NCQ and 8MB DataBurst Cache⢠edit MONITOR Dell 19 inch⢠E1909W Widescreen Flat Panel edit 2ND MONITOR Dell 19 inch⢠E1909W Widescreen Flat Panel edit FILE SYSTEM NTFS File System edit SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION Resource DVD - contains Diagnostics and Drivers edit My Accessories SPEAKERS No Speaker option edit KEYBOARD USB Entry Quietkey, No Hot Keys edit MOUSE Dell USB 2-Button Mechanical Mouse with Scroll edit FLOPPY & MEDIA READER No Floppy Drive edit My Software SECURITY McAfee® Total Protection for Small Business, 15 Month edit My Services & Warranties ON-SITE SYSTEM SETUP No Onsite System Setup edit ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM Labels Windows Vista® Premium
I configured an HP that is capable of supporting two monitors: Price: $1249 HP Pavilion Elite m9400t customizable Desktop PC FK484AV#ABA * â Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit) * â Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Quad processor Q6600 (2.4GHz) * â FREE UPGRADE! To 4GB DDR2-800MHz dual channel SDRAM (4x1024) from 2GB * â 512MB ATI Radeon HD 3650 [DVI, VGA, HDMI] * â FREE UPGRADE! to 750GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive from 500GB * â Wireless-N LAN card and external modem * â LightScribe 16X max. DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti drive * â 15-in-1 memory card reader, 2 USB, 1394, audio * â No TV Tuner w/remote control * â Integrated 7.1 channel sound with front audio ports * â Microsoft(R) Works 9.0 * â SAVE $10! Norton Internet Security(TM) 2009 - 15 month * â No speakers * â HP wireless keyboard and HP wireless optical mouse * â HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope * Includes 2 19 inch monitors
You and your goddam t-3400. Vostro runs just as good and much cheaper (g). Actually I am thinking about getting a new 'puter too. I may get one built with the new Intel i7 chip. John
I'am just messin' with you. I may be buying the t-3400 too. John PS. Vostro will take a pny pci card though as am running 3 monitors off of a Vostro (g)
I'll go with the Dell T3400 but I think HP Pavilion Elite m9400t offers a lot more. Is Vista and a 64 bit operating system really that bad?
not really, as long as you have sufficient cycles. You also have to ask yourself what happens as support of XP dies down, and the world moves on to Vista over the next few years. I have been running Vista for awhile without the problems. Slow your system? Perhaps or not. But XP is becoming antiquated and Vista is continuously improved. You have to pick your poison. A lot of people who grind against Vista are just XP friends, or had a problem initially with Vista and then abandoned it. There is a huge number of people on Vista.
You donât want to run Vista on a $1000 machine, you will most likely not be happy. I am running Vista 64bit and I like it but I have a high end machine. My secondary computer is considerably more powerful than what you are looking at and I chose to put XP on it. Since you said you donât know much about computers make sure you are getting a good warranty and phone support. Definitely go with XP 32bit for a low priced computer for now. I believe Microsoft has made it clear that XP will be supported until Windows 7 comes out which will replace Vista.
I have a computer with Vista and one with XP. Vista works pretty much fine, but you will likely find some technical difficulty at some point. The way I see it, is all that Vista offers for the majority of users is a bit of eye-candy. You trade that for some stability from XP. Might as well go with XP. Oh, and I'd really stay away from the 64 bit OS unless you really have a use for it. It's the difference between vista and XP, but magnified. I.e., you are bound to have some annoying compatibility/stability issues that just aren't worth it. I have a t3400 in shipment right now. I chose the XP "downgrade".
Nope. The T3400 is SIGNIFICANTLY superior. HP does have a more-or less-equivalent workstation model (the HPxw---- line), but it costs more than the T3400.