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Re: [OM] Computer Quote

Subject: Re: [OM] Computer Quote
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 10:16:17 +0100
'I need to wait...'
Fuggedaboutit!  There's always a new generation around the corner,
just take what's current now. Adif your laptop seems fast today it's
maybe time to give it a colonic irrigation and flush all the cr*p out
of it. Like by a reformat and clean reinstall. Which is what you're
going to have to do with a new system anyway.
Jez

On 07/06/2013, Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You've got me pegged alright!  I think William has convinced me that I need
> to wait for the Haswell processor which is faster and cooler.  Dell has it
> available but not in everything yet.
>
> There is a regular HD listed, third from last - 3TB SATA.  I am having a
> hard time reading the quote and figuring out what it means.
>
> I'm anxious to get a faster computer but my laptop seems to sense that I'm
> searching for a replacement.  It has been blazingly fast all day today!
>
> I'm going to slow down and do some more research before I buy.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tina
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 6/7/2013 1:02 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>> > PESO:
>> >
>> > This is the quote I got from Dell.  Does anybody see any problems?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance to all of you computer gurus!!
>>
>> That is sure hard to read! At least two, slightly different, listings for
>> each component.
>>
>>  From what I have learned in your shortish time here, you get antsy and
>> tend to leap before you look and charge ahead.
>> If the price fits your budget, this will do what you want, but for one
>> thing. With a little more shopping, you could get
>> equivalent performance for PS for what I would guess is much less $.
>>
>> There's a lot of overkill in the system for PS use:
>>
>> As I just pointed out, a GPU-less processor and high end video board is
>> unlikely to provide any noticeable improvement
>> for PS use over an Intel i7 with integrated GPU.
>>
>> I don't know if you plan to burn Blu-Ray disks - certainly not for your
>> primary use.
>>
>> As before, I don't think a third SSD will add anything. If you use it
>> instead of a RAM disk for PS cache, it may
>> actually slow things down. (With 32 GB, PS may never use a cache, but who
>> knows.)
>> ------------------
>> I don't see a regular HD. The Australian site proposes a large HD, in
>> addition to the SSDs. I know I would run into
>> trouble without one. There's just so much 'stuff' beyond what a 256GB
>> boot
>> drive can store. :-)   At the moment, I'm
>> using a 1 TB eSATA drive for that, but want the speed advantage of an
>> internal drive with SATA III.
>>
>> Brain Hurts, Moose
>>
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