New computer time

[Cyril]

would love to hear suggestions.

[Pepsi-Wolf]

awww
is the failbox360 not good enough?
j/k


I'm preferential to ATI video cards...thats all I suggest

[Skyfaller]

Don't buy before July 1st. Starting from that date, you will be able to upgrade Vista to Windows 7 for free. The date may still change, though.

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2 ... r-free.ars

[Sir MMPD Radick]

yep, gotta echo that. Win 7 is worth the wait... unless ya want to spend $300 more later..

[Cyril]

wont have the money later

[Col.Kell]

How does Windows 7 compare to Vista?

[Skyfaller]

wont have the money later

I don't know what you want to do. In many cases, laptops are great. They offer far more freedom and almost the same performance at a slight increase in price. However, you won't be able to upgrade CPU and graphics chipset. If I buy a laptop, I usually take an Intel CPU, otherwise, AMD. Make sure you get an original Vista CD, which should have both the 32- and the 64-bit versions of Windows (Any Vista key can be used to install the 32- and 64-bit versions, all you need is the right CD!). Check out if you still need the 32-bit version, then go for 64-bit if possible. Memory is cheap, so get 3GB at least. A 64-bit OS will let you use 4GB or more. All modern systems are capable of using 64-bit Windows. Get a four-core CPU, like the AMD Phenom II X4 940, 4 cores @ 3000GHz should rock your software.

How does Windows 7 compare to Vista?

Haven't seen it myself, but many people are looking forward to it. I feel like they're trying to sell a service pack that fixes Vista flaws.

[Sir MMPD Radick]

It is pretty true that Win 7 is like a service pack, but fact of the matter it does run better on my system that vista... considering my system is from 2005 that is saying something.
I have not had any major problems in win7 at all.

Their media center is top knotch.. if you have a tuner and cable you would love it!
Basically can turn your machine into a DVR very very easily.
I put a 2nd tuner in my machine and it made it possible to record and watch to diff things... cannot argue with that really..
(Yes, Chris TV can do that too, but I have been having probs with that lately)

The task bar in win7 is cleaner, you can fit much more in it.
The drivers are mostly vista compatible so there is no major driver issues since that is the case.

The annoying UAC has been toned down significantly. There is now a level setting which can make it so that there are less frequently requests from the UAC... the UAC in vista always annoyed me... in win 7 it is much less of a nusance.

I think you will just have to decide for yourself whether it is a wait, there are a few other things but those are the most notable in my mind atm.
Go install a beta in a virtual machine and you can decide that way.

[Cyril]

i could care less about windows 7 right:P

a quad core whatever i get will run it fine. what i dont know, is do i wanna go with a mid end quad, or go with a new ICore7

i need a mobo that will work with either 2 really good video cards, or one of those that is 2 cards in 1

least 4 gigs,,,expandable to 6 later for win7

probably 2 500g sata drives

and a case


onboard sound is fine

[Skyfaller]

and a case

Yeah, better make sure those nasty circuits are well hidden