10 replies to this topic

[Jged]

Hi,

I am now in the market for a new PC (I have had my current one for over 9 years!).

I intend to do a bit more web design. What spec should I consider getting. I still use Photoshop and Dreamwever software.

Any help appareciated.

[jonbey]

I got my last on from Dell, nothing special works great with everything I have, i.e. photoshop and the web.

Mine in an Inspiron 530, cost about £350 I think. Must be almost 2 years old by now. These look pretty similar, i.e, the basic one:

http://www1.euro.del...t...&redirect=1

I ordered extra RAM so have 4Gb, and have 2 500Gb drives too, but everything else is standard Dell.

[Dr.Marie]

I know this is so not what you want to hear, but I really love my MacBook Pro.

In our house we have 2 PC's and this MacBook. The learning curve was not steep to start using a Mac and there are so many cool things you can do with it.

Our new dell laptop that we got for work has Windows 7 and from what I have seen so far Windows 7 seems to be trying to copy everything that a Mac already does.

I have become one of those people who thinks everyone needs a Mac!

[Jayres]

All of my coworkers, mainly designers, will scream Mac. You must get a Mac!

[jonbey]

Bah! If you want to run dreamweaver and ps then stick with a much more affordable pc.

[Wit]

Mac copied Amiga. Amiga copied Atari. I'm NOT buying an Atari!

Jged, like you, I aim to buy a new pc, but I also wanna play modern games on it.
I'm checking tomshardware.com weekly for new recommendations, charts and guidelines.

Edited by Wit, 28 December 2010 - 09:37 AM.

[jonbey]

Playing games! Custom build then. Lots of cpu and ram, super graphics, fast HDD, job done. Oh, big fan. And a really stylish box with neon lights.

[Wit]

Has neon and a freaky box right now. It doesn't do it for me

[jonbey]

yeah, I always thought they were silly.

My ideal box is now one with multiple decoy buttons. Or better, no buttons at all.

[Wit]

I mean... really: http://www.trustedre...emesis-Elite/p1
This fugly beast scares my kids - which, come to think about it - may not be a bad thing after all...

:paddedcell:

[tommr]

I am not sure about the very newest models but all my HP machines have a system reset where I can backup critical data and wipe the machine clean.
I really like that feature.