[Joeaksa]

Originally posted by BlueSkyJaunte
^--what he said. The new Core 2 Duos are pretty damn kickass.

Considering that Blue works at a small company whose name I believe is Intel, his comments might be heeded. My nephew also works for them and before buying any new MB or processor I always spend a few minutes with him talking about the pro's and con's of each one.

Agree with Id10t. Personally I buy a processor that is one level down from the current fastest. Then put 1 or 2 gig of RAM and the fastest, largest hard drive I can find. Just went with 300 gig and 400 gig/7200 rpm hard drives in my desktop and a 100 gig/7200 rpm drive in my laptop. Both made a very noticeable difference in the performance.

For me W2000 is the only way to go. XP is too automated for me. It tries to take over the computer and I am too techie to let this happen. Formatted my laptop and took it back to W2000 after having to work with XP for almost a year. Much easier for me to work with and faster.

If you really want to get slick, put dual or triple LCD screens on your computer. Just takes two extra video cards and screens and really makes working, gaming or multi-tasking a lot easier.