Aqua-Soft ForumsThay are so many Computers out there, there are budget computers and their are high end computers, there's Apple, Dell, VooDoo, Gateway, Alienware, Sony, Toshiba, HP, and many more but How do you pick the best computer for you. Do you pick the computer because of how big the hard drive is or what kind of video card or sound card that it come with, how many ram or Ghz does it have or is it the software. What makes a ultimate computer. I know when we buy a computer we will never have the latest computer but How do you choose? Are you a Desktop kind person or a Laptop kind of person. See I've been in a market for an computer for months now and their are so many to choose from. Thay have Duel Core, Core Duel, Quad Core, AMD, Intel, PowerPc. Thay are alot of things to consider when buying a computer that's is right for you and that will meet your needs. Right now i'm just waitng for the new PowerMac, what do you guys think is the powermac is next to have the Intel because thay already done the iMac, MacMini, and the Laptops except the iBook. I'm very interested in what's your Ultimate computer is. I just have a boring Dell XPS and a Mac Mini and I need something better then those computers.
What's your ultimate Computer
well im an audio pro,so for me the SOUND CARD is the main focus(i have a 10 in 10 out 24 bit 96 khz audio hardware),then of course comes the RAM...bigger the better...got a gig now,plannin to update with a gig more in a couple of weeks....then comes the processor...pretty happy with my P4 2.8ghz,
will change when the core duos become dirt cheap...till then this is it....
of course the motherbrd is intel original...i think its 865gbv something...usb2,firewire ports...very imp for connecting external stuff...
we'll thats how i made me PC....
about branded pc...i hate them...they overcharge....hpz are way too expensive...
I can rule it down to a few different brands:
- Apple
- Alienware
- Dell
and that's about it.... or I'd make it myself. I just put together a computr for $437AUD (Celeron D 2.66GHz, ASUS P5p800 mobo, 200GB HDD, ATi 8800, DVD & CD-RW) I dont think any brand names would sell for that price.
If I wanted a gaming PC I'd go for the cutsom made or Alienware. For general purpose I'd go for Dell or Apple, custom made if it was on a budget.
Well... I made myself a new system almost a month back... costing me almost around 70k INR (approx 1500$).
I do many things on my system, like Web Development, Photoshop, 3D animation and Flash.. I had to check that almost everything is good. I made it of, Pentium D (dual core) 3.0 ghz, 1 GB DDR2 Ram, Intel Original board 945GNT (The only reason why I went for Intel Original was their replacement policy... last time I fried my 845GABV2 board they replaced it with brand new board. Unfortunately Asus and other board makers do not that good support here in india)... Since vast array of my work requirement.. I bought two 160GB SATA (seagate) drives (also I hate Samsung drives). Sound wasn't a big issue so Onboard 24/96, 5.1 audio was fine with me. The Intel Board has enough features out of Box (firewire is optional). it has 4 back panel USB, 4 onboard connectors for front panel USB, Onboard Lan, sound and Video. But since I wanted better Video option I opted for XFX 6600GT (6800GT was still out of budget). recently I bought Liquid Cooling system for my processor and graphic adapter... and all this runs with two 17" LG flatron CRT (I know LCDs are better, but they are still expensive than CRTs here).
Is this the same question as this?
http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=22456
Or is this thread actually reasonable? 
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