Telecaster Guitar Forum - View Single Post - Holy resource hog, batman! (Windows Vista)

gastronome · August 14th, 2007, 08:50 AM

My Wintel PC has been on its last legs for several months and the Mrs. has been bugging me for a PC of her own for about as long. I checked into Dells a while back and couldn't find anything that didn't come with Vista. (That situation has recently changed, however, as vendors have hammered M$FT over the resource and compatibility issues.)

Anyway, my computer guru who lives in Chicago sold me on the idea of having his son build me two PCs with XP Home (which at the time he was still able to acquire somehow). We're getting two machines with 2 Gb memory, speedy Intel processors and other high-quality components for less than $1K. (I've already got the monitors we'll be using.) That certainly beats anything I've seen offered online or in any of the big box stores.

I'll be doing the Chitown road-trip next month to pick up the PCs in exchange for my old Tele FMT, a Marshall combo amp and cash considerations.

August 14th, 2007, 08:50 AM	#17 (permalink)
gastronome Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Omaha Age: 56 Posts: 172	My Wintel PC has been on its last legs for several months and the Mrs. has been bugging me for a PC of her own for about as long. I checked into Dells a while back and couldn't find anything that didn't come with Vista. (That situation has recently changed, however, as vendors have hammered M$FT over the resource and compatibility issues.) Anyway, my computer guru who lives in Chicago sold me on the idea of having his son build me two PCs with XP Home (which at the time he was still able to acquire somehow). We're getting two machines with 2 Gb memory, speedy Intel processors and other high-quality components for less than $1K. (I've already got the monitors we'll be using.) That certainly beats anything I've seen offered online or in any of the big box stores. I'll be doing the Chitown road-trip next month to pick up the PCs in exchange for my old Tele FMT, a Marshall combo amp and cash considerations. __________________ “I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.”