Intel vs. AMD

ok.i want to know if mce 05 is like faster(more efficient) than home edition(which i have) since its newer.

 

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/st...4&tm=undefined&sku=904719&category_oid=-27743

lol.sure it has blu ray but its a bit expenisve.

 

There's probably not a lot in it, and I even run an appearance hack to make home look like media center (the start menu part).

That's an absurdly high price for an absurdly slow computer.

 

its not that slow.3.2ghz and 600gb hard drive.

 

How does having a 600GB hard disk make it fast? It has a D945, that's not a very fast processor, yes it's a recent Presler revision, but an X2 will still kick its behind. The graphics card is unacceptable for a PC that price.
My £1250 unit (now worth a fair bit less) will mop the floor with that unit. So I have 300GB less HD space, that could be solved for £70, which would still make it £500 less than that PC is. A Bluray drive isn't worth paying that much for.

 

Who here will use Blu-Ray in within next year. I don't even yet use Dual Layer DVD's. Your paying a lot for something that will be cheaper and faster in a few years time. Then you will want to upgrade.

 

yeah i know blu ray is still a way off.sony are massively overpriced on pcs but they are very fair on laptops.

 

http://alienware.com/product_detail...PC-AREA51-7500-R3&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT#pdp-nav

heres a reasonably priced alienware....... and is pretty fast

 

No such thing!

Starting at, and up to, generally implies you won't get the specs they right for that amount of money, or even in alienware's case, for double that amount of money.

 

i looked through it.it had everything i wanted for that price.you know on customise.it just occured to me sony are well stupid.i would have put the laptops dearer and the pcs much cheaper as you cant build a laptop.

example - sony pc - http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/568_316725.html

top of the range sony vaio laptop - http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/568_316725.html

exclude the price i can get that laptop for £1000

 

Those two links are the same.

 

theonecheck this out and tell me if this is a good deal
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...197-2010&CMP=EMC-TIGEREMAIL&SRCCODE=WEM1183AI

 

yes thats a good deal/ good LCD but i wouldnt buy from tiger direct . try newegg.com

 

yea I see it is a better deal thanks. looks like the conroe's are avaiable noe too.

 

baltekmi,

That's my monitor. The price is great because there's no sales tax at www.tigerdirect.com ! I think there are 2 or 3 States in which they do charge sales tax, so check first. I'm going to get another Sceptre 20.1 for my roomate for Christmas. If you have digital video you are going to see things in an entirely different way. Set the resolution to 1680x1050 and leave it do it's thing. DVDs that are supposed to have 3-D effects are un-real! It beats the hell out of every other monitor I've looked at, and I don't mind dragging a bunch of DVDs in with to test either! They don't want to let me check it out, I'll go someplace that will!

The Sceptre was magnificent as an analog monitor, but as a digital monitor I haven't found the right word yet. Check out Batman Begins or Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in widescreen and you won't believe your eyes. It looks so real!

Fabulous Monitor! At $239, it's a steal! I've done quite a bit of business at Tiger Direct and they have always taken care of any problems such as the wrong CPU from what was advertised. I was supposed to get a socket 939 A64 3200+ Clawhammer. What I got was a San Diego. They sent me another one, same thing. Now they are probably going to give me an A64 3700+ w/1MB L2 cache since I've found out that there never was a socket 939 Clawhammer to begin with. I told them I only bought it because of the 1 meg cache. They also messed up on the charges one time. Took me 5 mins to straighten it out and they took off extra $10 to boot! Buy it, you won't regret it!

Happy computering,
theone

 

Didn't I say something along those lines?

 

oh sorry

here is the laptop here -

http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/834_326755.html

 

Thing is laptops like that are just so much money for what they are...

 

Totally off topic(again)
Just been watching Black Sabbath's "Iron man".
Through 140 watts per channel Kenwood 6 series amplifier(circa 1981) @ 8 on the volume and realistic Mach 2 speakers!! (15 inch subs) I'll sleep well tonight!!.Gotta work tommorrowGot some more coolant @-16 degrees ready)for some more benches soon.
Regards Crowy.

 

Well, that seemed a bit of an off-topic brag to me. It doesn't affect me because my sound system is absurd for what a tiny room I have, but thanks for the input... LOL. Now all I need is a bigger monitor, maybe one of these?
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=408880