\_ Hardware-wise I want 500+ MHz, 128Mbytes, & 10+ Gbytes.
\_ As for the screen . . . I haven't played a computer game in months.
\_
\_ The point is to work on the thesis at home, in the study cubicle, at the
\_ coffee shop. Thesis, thesis, thesis. (The thesis is in WordPerfect.)
\_
\_ I could do this with a $1000 system, and maybe I should.
\_
\_ Unfortunately, I want to use the thing for some hobby projects that
\_ involve Web and more traditional software development -- maybe computer
\_ science classes, maybe some Oracle DB development. I fear a $1000 system
\_ would have to be retired with the thesis.
Snork. Years ago, I laid out the bucks for a nice new system for my
graduate CS thesis in computer graphics. The monitor has an issue
now, (and Erv's quoted me a believable scarcity of parts such that I
stalled on a fix; Erv seems good), and I plopped in some more memory
and a 4.5G drive, but the rest of the system...is from 1995. Good for
everything I've needed to do since and including my thesis. The power
plant for this awesome machine?....
a p-120.
Heh. I *am* contemplating upgrading tho. I want more eye candy.
David