I am not sure why you spent so much time writing out a reply and then
just sent it to me, the rest of the list probaly could have learned
something from the reply.
I do not suggest buying a motherboard before any reviews are out, who
knows what it could have in store for her.
My thought at this point is that she has quite some time until MS
Windows64 for (for AMD) comes out and that she can afford to save her
pennies until that day is at least somewhat emmident. I do not suspect
much will be changed in the new OS from what XP except that a lot of
code will have needed a bit of a rewrite to recompile cleanly.
If you wish to get 5 years out of this machine then why not wait until
Longhorn is at least on the horizon? At this point we do not know at all
what will be supported and what will not.
ec wrote:
>Robert, this lady cannot afford this upgrade really,
>but has to in order to hold on to her job!!
>
>She COULD do her work at work IF the boss would back
>her on setting limits on disruptions, but NO she is to
>be available at ALL times to anyone that wants her
>attention/help!! This is why she has to get a modern
>puter and hopefully one that will at least last, say 5
>or more years without being so far out of date that
>the software in vogue then wont run. This is where she
>is at now with the k6-2. (It is an ittsy bittsy
>machine..non expanable, built in video, etc)
>
>She has many years left to work before retirement, and
>as you know, changing unless forced isn't a viable
>option in her 'niche'. As far as employment goes it is
>very limited. Who hires basically secretary's that are
>in her shoes age and diversity wise?
>
>She has been saving for month's to get enough money to
>buy this and who knows when she will be able to afford
>another one. Besides even with the discount, Dell is
>higher for anything anyways near the speed and
>capabilities she needs.
>
>She was going to get an hp a342n at Fry's monday, but
>she called and I looked it up on the internet. It only
>has 3 pci slots of which 2 are available!! I talked
>her out of it. We then went to Elitepc and they had a
>amd 2600 they could build for a little less with agp
>and 5 pci slots. But they also have a 64 bit amd
>machine that is about $200 more that hopefully would
>give her 'breathing room' OS/software wise in a year
>or so when she may have to upgrade to the 64 bit
>stuff.
>
>The ONLY real question is the motherboard on it. It is
>an ecs 755a brand and there are no 'reviews' yet as it
>seems it is new on the market. Hopefully it is a 'go'.
>They also have another board, an msi K8T Neo-FIS2R
>which has some reviews that critize the ram selection
>for it. It costs about $60 more.
>
>Most comments (not reviews) of the ecs board mention
>its a 'cheapie' and this is usually from overclocker
>forums that critize the lack of OC capability, but
>praise the chipset without actual testing it as far as
>I can decipher.
>
>The last time they 'upgraded' to XP, she came in one
>Monday morning and there it was, along with about 2X
>the normal foot traffic asking how/where/when/what?
>And she didn't have time to learn it. I suspect that
>one day in a year or so, she either will walk in and
>find an 64 bit machine on her desk or they will come
>in unannounced and dump it on her desk!!! That is the
>way it seems that office works. And yes, it probably
>will be either an intel unit or a newer version of
>amd, but... With her having at least the athlon64 to
>start at home, maybe this wont be quite the shock that
>xp was, nor the stress. Hopefully.
>
>She brought up the idea of the 64bit machines, and we
>were surprised to find a 'stripped down' machine at
>that price. About $1150 tax and all. 512mb ram, 80gb
>hd, 64mb mx440 8x, modem. She has a usb cdrw so she
>will forgo the built in one for now.
>
>--- Robert.Wultsch@asu.edu wrote:
>
>
>>Quoting ec <eculbert@yahoo.com>:
>>
>>
>>
>>>--- fhdavenport <fhdavenport@cox.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Don't educational institutions have some sort of
>>>>deal they can offer?
>>>>
>>>>fhd
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Yeah, but this one is thru Dell and it isn't
>>>'competitive' even after the discount as to
>>>features/value/etc. And we all have heard of their
>>>great off shore support!!!
>>>
>>>Just my $0.02
>>>
>>>
>>Dell is moving support back to the US according to
>>/.
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