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About to purchase a new computer. Thinking of Vista Home Premium. 1. Would you recommend opting for 4GBs of memory? 2. Are there any reasons to go with only 2 GBs? 3. Thinking of going with a Q6600 processor — any comments? Thanking you in advance for your help and time.
Thanking you in advance for your help and time.
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About to purchase a new computer. Thinking of Vista Home Premium. 1. Would you recommend opting for 4GBs of memory? 2. Are there any reasons to go with only 2 GBs? 3. Thinking of going with a Q6600 processor — any comments? Thanking you in advance for your help and time.
Thanking you in advance for your help and time.
The only thing I would say is if you must have Vista, go for Ultimate, the rest are all handicapped in one way or another. Most people would say go for as much as you can afford on the processor and memory front. It'll be too small and too slow in 3 years whatever you get ;)
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About to purchase a new computer. Thinking of Vista Home Premium. 1. Would you recommend opting for 4GBs of memory? 2. Are there any reasons to go with only 2 GBs? 3. Thinking of going with a Q6600 processor — any comments? Thanking you in advance for your help and time.
Thanking you in advance for your help and time.
1 - With the amount of memory Vista can use to preload applications into its cache, more memory would definitely be a good thing. People have had good reports with x64 and 4 GB. 2 - No. 3 - The Q6600 is a great processor and the price, at this point in time, is quite decent. If you're about to purchase the computer right away, I don't think you could go wrong with it, but I have heard that big price cuts are expected soon.
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The only thing I would say is if you must have Vista, go for Ultimate, the rest are all handicapped in one way or another. Most people would say go for as much as you can afford on the processor and memory front. It'll be too small and too slow in 3 years whatever you get ;)
Nothing is exactly what it seems but everything with seems can be unpicked.
unless you need domain support and mediacenter ultimate is essentially a ripoff. The only thing it has of potential value to a home user is remote desktop, and unless you're going to be conntrolling it that was on a daily basis, VNC is good enough and available in free incarnations.
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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About to purchase a new computer. Thinking of Vista Home Premium. 1. Would you recommend opting for 4GBs of memory? 2. Are there any reasons to go with only 2 GBs? 3. Thinking of going with a Q6600 processor — any comments? Thanking you in advance for your help and time.
Thanking you in advance for your help and time.
Instead of Vista, get Linux.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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