I also admit that I've had a longstanding dislike for Dell gear, so I may be biased.
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NoiseDesign - May 09, 2008 12:11:41 pm PDT #6158 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
tommyrot - May 09, 2008 12:14:17 pm PDT #6159 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
When ND was a kid, Dell took away his candy.
Deena - May 09, 2008 12:14:33 pm PDT #6160 of 25501
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
It looks like the Toshiba's dual core processor is faster, anyway; 1.73 instead of 1.6. Not sure about the others yet. I got distracted looking at RAM.
Sean K - May 09, 2008 12:27:58 pm PDT #6161 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Toshibas are generally pretty good. I know Drew has put a couple through their paces to good result.
When ND was a kid, Dell took away his candy.
I had a Compaq desktop that sucked so bad it pretty much put me off that brand for life. Never owned an HP desktop, but I dealt with/worked on enough that just sucked ass that I'd never buy an HP branded box again, either. Pretty much sworn off HP printers, too.
Deena - May 09, 2008 12:35:55 pm PDT #6162 of 25501
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I've had more HP desktops than any other I think. I've never had too much trouble with them.
NoiseDesign - May 09, 2008 1:08:58 pm PDT #6163 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Who was looking for a Wii? I'm in Costco right now and they actually have them. Call me if you want me to pick one up. Phone is in profile.
amych - May 09, 2008 1:10:40 pm PDT #6164 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Jessica was wii-hunting in the gaming thread.
DCJensen - May 09, 2008 2:01:47 pm PDT #6165 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
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Deena - May 09, 2008 2:04:47 pm PDT #6166 of 25501
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Okay, I promise, last question. Am I going to notice a difference in speed between 1.6 GHz, 1.73, and 2.0 GHZ on a Pentium Dual Core T2330?
Connie Neil - May 09, 2008 2:33:47 pm PDT #6167 of 25501
brillig
Re: the recent XP update--this played havoc with the software my company makes, resulting in a huge uptick in support calls. It was chaos before we tracked it down to the Windows update and figured out what we needed to do to fix it. Fortunately the patch that Windows put out was sufficient, though there were a few network re-installs that really pissed off the customers.
Still, it was very freeing to be able to say, "No, that was Windows' fault".