You don't need 3000 dollars for a new pc, unless you want to waste your money on unnecessary "uber" parts, like the new ATI Radeon 9800XT, which costs 200+ dollars more then an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro and is only about 5-10% faster then the Pro. If you play you're cards with some smarts, you can get a machine that will last you for the new 2 years for less then 1000 dollars...or if you want a monitor, a little over 1000 dollars. Or if you're spending 3000 dollars, you're going to a place like Falcon NW or Alienware, and spending that extra 1500 dollars or so on a fancy case and a name.
Basically, be smart, shop around, a good computer doesn't need to cost you 3000 dollars. I got my new one for 1100, specs below...
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
1024 DDR 400 Ram
120G HD
ATI Radeon 9800 Non Pro
SB Audigy ZS
Yes, I know PC 1066 ram is better tehn DDR 400, but chances are you paid about double for that ram, when the performance increase is not that much higher.
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How much did he pay for it Fire? I'll probably be paying an estimate of $1099 for my. Did your brother overpaid for his or is iBook really a horrible notebook?
about that price, but if I get that money to buy a normal comp it owns that laptop 10 times, problem is with laptops (atleast as far as my knowledge goes) you can't build em yourself, where as with a PC you buy parts and do all the work yourself that makes your price a lot lower
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Gender: Male Location: Welfare Kingdom of California
The thing with labtops is that no one wants to tamper them by upgrading them. I personally (if I had one) would much rather take it somewhere else and get it done. PC parts you can do it yourself and occasionally parts are cheaper. So is worth the risk to tamper with them. I may have to read more about iBooks on cosumerreports.org to see if it is worth expending my money with that labtop.
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oh i totally agree with you there Fire. But it's like owning a porsche 911 and a ferrari modena. Sure they may have similar acceleration and top speeds....but what would most people rather have? (i'm assuming the ferrari)
and i dunno if my comp desk has room for a normal 20 inch monitor.
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I found the LCD screen my friend has is noticably better than my other friends new bulky monitor...but the price for the LCD screen wasn't justified by the picture clarity.
Gender: Male Location: Huntington Beach, California
yeah i was watchin a vid clip on the LCD so i guess i really haven't given it a full evaluation for gaming...but i just want it to have it. I went out and bought a 50" plasma television for my parents (because i still live with them) and i like the picture more than the other HDTV i have at my house
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Jan 16th, 2004 07:58 PM
