i know this would probably be better suited for computerforum.com, but i like it better here. 
well, here is the deal, i will be getting a new desktop or laptop soon. as part of my christmas present my mother will be helping me with the purchase, so building a system is out of the question. anyways, the system my mother was insterest in for me was suprisingly sweet! especially since my mom can't tell the difference between a 3x86 and new P4 or AMD 64 system.
here are some specs on what she was looking at...
Fujitsu/Siemens Scaleo T
AMD 64 3400+
1 Gig DDR RAM
200 Gig HDD
DVD+RW
Radeon 9800 SE 256MB
6 in 1 card reader
USB/Firewire/LAN (basically all the standart stuff)
17" TFT (flatpanel) Monitor
cost, including shipping comes out to about 1400 EUR. which i would make a down payment and she would finance the rest over one year, which i would pay half of each payment. so that would be no more than 50 EUR at the most for 12 months for each of us.
anyways, knowing myself, i had to do some investigating for myself to see if i could find anything better at the same price or less. so, opening my new 05 cyberport.de catalog i stumbled over the new Apple iMac G5 sytems. they look and sound nice. but are they really worth a damn? i know the older generation of iMac systems weren't all what they were hyped up to be. any input would be much appreciated.
then further along thru my trusty catalog, i am back to PC's. i also looked at this system on the internet earlier today. it's as follows:
Sony VAIO PCV-RS704
P4HT 3.4 GHz
1 Gig DDR Ram
200 Gig HDD
DVD-Rom and DVD+/-RW
Radeon 9600XT 128MB
TV Tuner
Multi card reader
usb, lan, etc.
cost for this one would be just under 1300 EUR after shipping. i know sony is totally overpriced, but i have always loved their systems. don't ask why, i am just weird like that.
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well, here is the deal, i will be getting a new desktop or laptop soon. as part of my christmas present my mother will be helping me with the purchase, so building a system is out of the question. anyways, the system my mother was insterest in for me was suprisingly sweet! especially since my mom can't tell the difference between a 3x86 and new P4 or AMD 64 system.
here are some specs on what she was looking at...
Fujitsu/Siemens Scaleo T
AMD 64 3400+
1 Gig DDR RAM
200 Gig HDD
DVD+RW
Radeon 9800 SE 256MB
6 in 1 card reader
USB/Firewire/LAN (basically all the standart stuff)
17" TFT (flatpanel) Monitor
cost, including shipping comes out to about 1400 EUR. which i would make a down payment and she would finance the rest over one year, which i would pay half of each payment. so that would be no more than 50 EUR at the most for 12 months for each of us.
anyways, knowing myself, i had to do some investigating for myself to see if i could find anything better at the same price or less. so, opening my new 05 cyberport.de catalog i stumbled over the new Apple iMac G5 sytems. they look and sound nice. but are they really worth a damn? i know the older generation of iMac systems weren't all what they were hyped up to be. any input would be much appreciated.
then further along thru my trusty catalog, i am back to PC's. i also looked at this system on the internet earlier today. it's as follows:
Sony VAIO PCV-RS704
P4HT 3.4 GHz
1 Gig DDR Ram
200 Gig HDD
DVD-Rom and DVD+/-RW
Radeon 9600XT 128MB
TV Tuner
Multi card reader
usb, lan, etc.
cost for this one would be just under 1300 EUR after shipping. i know sony is totally overpriced, but i have always loved their systems. don't ask why, i am just weird like that.
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