[extropy-chat] TECH: Computer Upgrade Paths...

Mike Lorrey mlorrey at yahoo.com
Sat May 15 18:11:31 UTC 2004


I've been shopping and like the eMachines currently listed.

--- "Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury at aeiveos.com> wrote:
> 
> I ran across the Specs/Prices for the HP Compaq Presario S6900NX
> recently
> and it looks like you can pick up a really nice machine based on the
> AMD
> Athlon 64 (I'll never buy an Intel again because they desupported the
> YC72 video camera within months of its release).  The price from
> Radio
> Shack or Walmart seem to bbe running in the ~$1100 range.
> 
> Now its only a 2GHz machine but its running a 64 bit processor/bus.
> 
> It looks like most of the stuff one would want is included in the
> machine with the possible exception of a sound card.
> 
> Now if all of this is accurate -- why on earth would one want a
> Dell Dimension XPS (@ ~$1900) or an Apple G5 (@ ~$2800+).
> 
> [One could buy ~2 Presario's for the price of an XPS or ~3 Presario's
> for the price of a G5...]
> 
> Now, if one can find a vendor selling the Presario without the
> preinstalled Windows XP the price should be even lower (if one
> then installs Linux and perhaps WINE (to get windows compat.)).
> 
> Is the productivity on a Pentium 4 or a G5 *really* so much higher
> than an Athlon that it justifies this kind of price differential?
> [You have to remember that I'm typing this on a dual Pentium Pro
> @ 200 MHz (~6 year old technology) and it usually meets my needs
> just fine...]
> 
> Robert
> 
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