If anybody is feeling flush, or even not so flush, here's an opportunity to up the memory on your PC rather cheaply :-) http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/default.php?cat=11&type=0&man=0&a... or, for a shorter version, http://tinyurl.com/2o6g9s 7Dayshop are selling both laptop and desktop RAM at a very good price - no I'm not getting a cut or anything I just use this shop myself and have done for a few years. It's just a good decent online shop :-) -- ============================================== Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Staffordshire _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug

On 08/12/2007, Kris Douglas <kris(a)softdel.co.uk&gt; wrote: > Aria.co.uk 1gb pc5300 £8.00 ex. > > www.aria.co.uk > Nice...very nice :-) Ok, I'm seriously thinking of building a new up to date PC. It has to be a 64 bit CPU (of course) and though quad core sound nice I think dual core will be fine for me. Forget Intel it has to be AMD for me. I've looked and am now totally bewildered. I don't play games but I do a lot of surfing. I rarely play music myself but my kids do when they are on the PC but built in sound is fine. I do occasionally watch the odd movie on the PC (I much prefer it in comfort on the 42" plasma). I have done some movie rendering though so I'll be looking at a decent amount of RAM (well, while it's this cheap). So, suggestions anybody? Anything to avoid like the plague? -- ============================================== Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Staffordshire _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug

On 08/12/2007, Kris Douglas <kris(a)softdel.co.uk&gt; wrote: > Have a look at the custom pc builder on aria.co.uk that's an easy way to > customise how you want it to be. > Ta Kris, will do :-) I think I might be looking at getting a 2.8ghz CPU. When it's dual core though, does it mean that both cores run at 2.8ghz? -- ============================================== Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Staffordshire _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug

Single P4 running at a couple of ghz with a gig of ram would be fine for that sort of use. On 08/12/2007, Kevanf1 < kevanf1(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > On 08/12/2007, Kris Douglas < kris(a)softdel.co.uk&gt; wrote: > > > Aria.co.uk 1gb pc5300 £8.00 ex. > > > > www.aria.co.uk > > > > Nice...very nice :-) > > Ok, I'm seriously thinking of building a new up to date PC. It has to > be a 64 bit CPU (of course) and though quad core sound nice I think > dual core will be fine for me. Forget Intel it has to be AMD for me. > I've looked and am now totally bewildered. I don't play games but I > do a lot of surfing. I rarely play music myself but my kids do when > they are on the PC but built in sound is fine. I do occasionally > watch the odd movie on the PC (I much prefer it in comfort on the 42" > plasma). I have done some movie rendering though so I'll be looking > at a decent amount of RAM (well, while it's this cheap). > > So, suggestions anybody? Anything to avoid like the plague? > -- > ============================================== > > Kevan Farmer > Linux user #373362 > Staffordshire > > _______________________________________________ > Staffslug mailing list > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug > _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug

Until I read the movie rendering bit I was going to say, get a P1 233mhz with 64meg of RAM!!! On 08/12/2007, Kris Douglas < kris(a)softdel.co.uk&gt; wrote: > > > > On 08/12/2007, Chris Snow <cr.snow(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > > > Single P4 running at a couple of ghz with a gig of ram would be fine > > for that sort of use. > > > > > > On 08/12/2007, Kevanf1 < kevanf1(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > > > > > On 08/12/2007, Kris Douglas < kris(a)softdel.co.uk&gt; wrote: > > > > > > > Aria.co.uk 1gb pc5300 £8.00 ex. > > > > > > > > www.aria.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > Nice...very nice :-) > > > > > > Ok, I'm seriously thinking of building a new up to date PC. It has > > > to > > > be a 64 bit CPU (of course) and though quad core sound nice I think > > > dual core will be fine for me. Forget Intel it has to be AMD for > > > me. > > > I've looked and am now totally bewildered. I don't play games but I > > > > > > do a lot of surfing. I rarely play music myself but my kids do when > > > they are on the PC but built in sound is fine. I do occasionally > > > watch the odd movie on the PC (I much prefer it in comfort on the > > > 42" > > > plasma). I have done some movie rendering though so I'll be looking > > > at a decent amount of RAM (well, while it's this cheap). > > > > > > So, suggestions anybody? Anything to avoid like the plague? > > > -- > > > ============================================== > > > > > > Kevan Farmer > > > Linux user #373362 > > > Staffordshire > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Staffslug mailing list > > > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > > > http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Staffslug mailing list > > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > > http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug > > > > > I was going to say that, you don't need a dual core cpu to browse the > web :) > > -- > Kris Douglas > Softdel Limited Hosting Services > > Web: www.softdel.net > Mail: kris(a)softdel.net > _______________________________________________ > Staffslug mailing list > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug > > _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug

On 08/12/2007, Kris Douglas <kris(a)softdel.co.uk&gt; wrote: > > > On 08/12/2007, Chris Snow <cr.snow(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > Single P4 running at a couple of ghz with a gig of ram would be fine for > that sort of use. > > > > > > > > On 08/12/2007, Kevanf1 < kevanf1(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > > > > On 08/12/2007, Kris Douglas < kris(a)softdel.co.uk&gt; wrote: > > > > > > > Aria.co.uk 1gb pc5300 £8.00 ex. > > > > > > > > www.aria.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > Nice...very nice :-) > > > > > > Ok, I'm seriously thinking of building a new up to date PC. It has to > > > be a 64 bit CPU (of course) and though quad core sound nice I think > > > dual core will be fine for me. Forget Intel it has to be AMD for me. > > > I've looked and am now totally bewildered. I don't play games but I > > > do a lot of surfing. I rarely play music myself but my kids do when > > > they are on the PC but built in sound is fine. I do occasionally > > > watch the odd movie on the PC (I much prefer it in comfort on the 42" > > > plasma). I have done some movie rendering though so I'll be looking > > > at a decent amount of RAM (well, while it's this cheap). > > > > > > So, suggestions anybody? Anything to avoid like the plague? > > > -- > > > ============================================== > > > > > > Kevan Farmer > > > Linux user #373362 > > > Staffordshire > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Staffslug mailing list > > > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > > > > http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Staffslug mailing list > > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > > http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug > > > > > > I was going to say that, you don't need a dual core cpu to browse the web :) > > > -- > Kris Douglas > Now listen here Kris, we've discussed this before. Hardware requirements are nothing to do with processing power but ALL to do with street cred. Stuart _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug

2 gig of turbo nutter bastard ram £1.99 at www.ramgoingcheep.org.con On 08/12/2007, stuart bell <sailing1(a)gmail.com > wrote: > > On 08/12/2007, Kris Douglas <kris(a)softdel.co.uk > wrote: > > > > > > On 08/12/2007, Chris Snow <cr.snow(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > > Single P4 running at a couple of ghz with a gig of ram would be fine > for > > that sort of use. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 08/12/2007, Kevanf1 < kevanf1(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > > > > > > On 08/12/2007, Kris Douglas < kris(a)softdel.co.uk&gt; wrote: > > > > > > > > > Aria.co.uk 1gb pc5300 £8.00 ex. > > > > > > > > > > www.aria.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nice...very nice :-) > > > > > > > > Ok, I'm seriously thinking of building a new up to date PC. It > has to > > > > be a 64 bit CPU (of course) and though quad core sound nice I > think > > > > dual core will be fine for me. Forget Intel it has to be AMD for > me. > > > > I've looked and am now totally bewildered. I don't play games but > I > > > > do a lot of surfing. I rarely play music myself but my kids do > when > > > > they are on the PC but built in sound is fine. I do occasionally > > > > watch the odd movie on the PC (I much prefer it in comfort on the > 42" > > > > plasma). I have done some movie rendering though so I'll be > looking > > > > at a decent amount of RAM (well, while it's this cheap). > > > > > > > > So, suggestions anybody? Anything to avoid like the plague? > > > > -- > > > > ============================================== > > > > > > > > Kevan Farmer > > > > Linux user #373362 > > > > Staffordshire > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Staffslug mailing list > > > > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > > > > > > http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Staffslug mailing list > > > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > > > http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug > > > > > > > > > > I was going to say that, you don't need a dual core cpu to browse the > web :) > > > > > > -- > > Kris Douglas > > > > Now listen here Kris, we've discussed this before. Hardware > requirements are nothing to do with processing power but ALL to do > with street cred. > Stuart > > _______________________________________________ > Staffslug mailing list > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug > _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug

On 09/12/2007, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > Sadly I'm not the only one who is/will be using this PC. It may well > have to run *spit, pah!!!!* Vista at some point in the future. My son > is now doing web stuff for his firm and the other day was simply > stupid. Dreamweaver and Fireworks ground to a halt :-( He wasn't too > pleased as he had a deadline. Now, before you say it, yes, the firm > could buy him a PC. Well they will be, a very nice super duper laptop > (spec is as yet unknown but it will be very desirable). That's partly > the reason for the higher spec (I quite happily use a PC running an > AMD K7 500mhz in my workshop). However, being as we will have legal > copies of the various Macromedia stuff I may have a dabble myself :-) > No, my son can't use open source stuff, this is what the firm will be > getting and he doesn't have any say in it... > > Anyway, it'll be nice to have a super fast PC for once ;-) > > -- > ============================================== > > Kevan Farmer > Linux user #373362 > Staffordshire > > _______________________________________________ > Staffslug mailing list > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug > You dont need the unnamable os to run any of the mac suite, it runs fine on 2k/xp. -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: kris(a)softdel.net