| My new computer [message #4619] |
Fri, 07 December 2007 04:38  |
Bill Epstein
Messages: 1088
Registered: May 2009
Location: Smoky Mts. USA
|
Illuminati (2nd Degree) |
|
|
|
Arrived yesterday. Dell Inspiron 530S. It shipped 1 day late according to the estimated shipping date and Dell sent it DHL overnight! Then I didn't have any sound and, using the chat on the Dell Support site, the very capable tech diagnosed and fixed the problem in about 20 minutes. Dell rules! The slim case is kinda cheesy and I can't get used to the vertical disc loading but it's sooo quiet and fast compared to my previous. I got it with XP and it's spec'd to run Vista so it's screaming fast. The 19" LCD monitor is killer, too. I even watched a movie last night. Now if I just could figure out how to adjust the brightness, etc. Maybe I'll dig out the manual. In 1986 I paid $4000 for an IBM AT. 1999, $1000 for a Compaq and $400 for a monitor then $400 more in 2004 to update it. This was less than $600. I'm in Hog Heaven!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Re: My new computer [message #4624 is a reply to message #4620] |
Fri, 07 December 2007 12:28  |
steve f
Messages: 238
Registered: May 2009
|
Master |
|
|
i picked up a cheap laptop that uses Vista home basic, and I'm not impressed. I agree that it's slower than XP. No desire to add the full vista upgrade.Steve
|
|
|
|
| Re: Vista's a memory hog [message #4625 is a reply to message #4624] |
Fri, 07 December 2007 16:30 |
Bill Epstein
Messages: 1088
Registered: May 2009
Location: Smoky Mts. USA
|
Illuminati (2nd Degree) |
|
|
|
My son-in-law, the computer genius, warned me against Vista. MS is feeling the heat from Apple and had to do something. Makes you wonder how much real talent is still there if Vista was the best they could do. Everyone I talk to who knows anything about computers is aware of the issue, it seems. 50% of the Inspirons on the Dell site are available with XP in one of 3 versions. It's probably a bust for MS as it should be.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Re: Bill-Specs [message #4628 is a reply to message #4627] |
Fri, 07 December 2007 23:24 |
Bill Epstein
Messages: 1088
Registered: May 2009
Location: Smoky Mts. USA
|
Illuminati (2nd Degree) |
|
|
PROCESSOR Intel®Pentium® dual-core processor E2140 (1MB L2,1.60GHz,800 FSB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition edit
MONITOR 19 inch S199WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel Monitor with TrueLife* edit
MEMORY 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2DIMMs edit
HARD DRIVE 250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™ edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 48X CDRW/DVD Combo Drive edit
VIDEO CARD Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100 edit
SOUND Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio edit
KEYBOARD & MOUSE Dell USB Keyboard and Dell Optical USB Mouse edit
FLOPPY & MEDIA READER No Floppy Drive Included edit
MODEM & WIRELESS 56K PCI Data Fax Modem $598 I paid also included $79 for a Works Suite with Word You should try the Dell outlet store. Good hunting.
|
|
|
|
| Vista Fix [message #4629 is a reply to message #4620] |
Sat, 08 December 2007 07:09 |
Frances
Messages: 1
Registered: May 2009
|
Esquire |
|
|
|
Dual-boot Ubuntu. Save vista for when you HAVE to be in MS-space. Comes with office suite, web apps, easy to use, self-installs very well. A little tweek, but the first real mainstream *nix. AND IT'S ALL FREE!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
Members
Search
Help
Register
Login
Get a T-Shirt!
) that he can do some graphics on. He's been messing around with Gamemaker and likes to write his own scripts, applets, and some code to make his own games. I was thinking if I can get something with 3Gb Ram, a decent graphics card, and a goodly sized HD like 500Gb it would get him started. We can even go without a nice monitor at this point to get him more puter as we have an old one to get him by for a couple months--then we could get him a nice 22" widescreen.
