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Henry Wong wrote:
Earlier this year, when my desktop died, I replaced it with a top of the line machine, loaded with memory, disk, and a really good graphics card.
My reasoning was that I wanted a machine that will last more than 5 years
JiaPei Jen wrote:I use my home computer primarily for surfing, writing (MS Word suffices), e-mailing, and practicing light coding to learn new technologies.
JiaPei Jen wrote:About $1,000 including the 2010 Microsoft Office for Students, which is about $150 (I am a middle age developer; however, I have a student ID).
pete stein wrote: I'm wondering myself whether or not to go for unix for my next desk top as I'm fed up with Windows. Sorry for the hijack, and feel free to ignore this.
pete stein wrote:I don't see any discussion re OS yet. I'm wondering myself whether or not to go for unix for my next desk top as I'm fed up with Windows. Sorry for the hijack, and feel free to ignore this.
Pat Farrell wrote:
Its not nice to hijack threads, and we on JavaRanch try to be nice.
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JiaPei Jen wrote:How do you compare Dell with HP and Lenovo? Thank you.
Pat Farrell wrote:All PCs are made of the same stuff by a very few vendors. The Brand on the box says nothing about the quality or reliability of the hardware. What the brand does mean is what are the support and replacement policies of the vendor.
JiaPei Jen wrote:How do you compare Dell with HP and Lenovo? Thank you.
here is a new iMac that has a huge screen, all in one unit. Its very nice, very expensive.
Gregg Bolinger wrote:... "Expensive" is relative but I don't consider that very expensive, considering what you get. I'm really tired of those kinds of statements. Mac's used to be considerably more than PC's, but that gap has narrowed. Especially considering the quality of the product.
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Gregg Bolinger wrote:You can get a great iMac for $1,199.00. (21.5-inch: 3.06GHz, 4GB RAM, 500GB HD) "Expensive" is relative but I don't consider that very expensive, considering what you get. I'm really tired of those kinds of statements. Mac's used to be considerably more than PC's, but that gap has narrowed. Especially considering the quality of the product.
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Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:When I bought my machine (a number of years ago), I got the best machine I could for $1000. I maxed out on memory. I'm still using it because it does everything I need.
Pat Farrell wrote:
Today, for $1000, without monitor, or about $1200 with a very nice 21" LCD, you can get a fast quad core, 8GB or more, big disk, nice video card. A professional development machine for folks writing Java or PHP.