[Help Given] Buying New Deskop - Now Updated!

[Seonaid]

I like their machines, but to be honest I never really liked their design "look"!

Tell me about it. When he first showed it to me, my reaction was, "Oh my goodness it's ugly!" But if it does everything it's supposed to, I don't care. I'll be happy with it.

I still have fond memories of our *free with new banking account* Apple II GS. Wow, I wrote my first short stories on that thing...

That does bring back memories . . . Good times. Man . . .

- Seonaid, the girlfriend

 

[Mycanid]

Tell me about it. When he first showed it to me, my reaction was, "Oh my goodness it's ugly!" But if it does everything it's supposed to, I don't care. I'll be happy with it.

Believe you me ma'am ... these machines DO work ... or at least do from all the reviews I have read and from the observations I have done of my friend using his - he got a desktop several years ago and a laptop a few years back.

But ... you know that of course! I'm just chattering ... mmm ... a GREAT cup of coffee this morning.

 

[Seonaid]

Well, it should arrive within the next 19 hours, which means I'll get to use it in about . . . 4 days, so I'll update you then. And I'm sure JC will be posting about it, too, if he can come up for air.

 

[John Crichton]

And "The Beast" has arrived!

Damn case is huge but pretty quiet. Vista booted up with no problems. I love the Vista interface. Much better than XP.

I am in the process of moving files at the moment. The cool part is surfing the net, listening to iTunes & doing all the file transferring (as well as a few minor installs here and there) is not slowing this thing down at all.

More updates as I do more...

 

[Mycanid]

And "The Beast" has arrived!

Damn case is huge but pretty quiet. Vista booted up with no problems. I love the Vista interface. Much better than XP.

I am in the process of moving files at the moment. The cool part is surfing the net, listening to iTunes & doing all the file transferring (as well as a few minor installs here and there) is not slowing this thing down at all.

More updates as I do more...

Impatiently waits, tapping his roots.

Also ... I had not idea that you and Seonaid were ... married? together? interested? etc., etc.

That's great! A gaming spouse is usually WAY easier to live with than a non-gaming one.

Hope the pc is as successful!

 

[John Crichton]

Impatiently waits, tapping his roots.

Okay, anything I should test that will really push this thing? Any progs you wanna know about?

Also ... I had not idea that you and Seonaid were ... married? together? interested? etc., etc.

Living together.

That's great! A gaming spouse is usually WAY easier to live with than a non-gaming one.

Hope the pc is as successful!

Thanks! And yeah, I am a lucky SOB.

 

[Mycanid]

Okay, anything I should test that will really push this thing? Any progs you wanna know about?

Yes - a SuperPi benchmark, an Everest Result, an HDTune result, a 3DMark06 Result and Comparison, and a PCMark05 result!

For some general ideas of what sort of info this will show you can go to here:

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3586&review=Alienware+m5790

This is a recent review of an Alienware laptop, but it will give you the sort of things I have in mind.

Also, SiSoft Sandra has a lot of interesting benchmark tests....

Thanks! And yeah, I am a lucky SOB.

I still remember her thread from back around Halloween ... where she was thinking of dressing up as a beaten up Chun Li (she had a hurt leg, if I remember rightly) ... and I thought to myself "This sounds like a pleasant young lady!"

Hoorah!

And about those tests....

 

[Seonaid]

Yes - a SuperPi benchmark, an Everest Result, an HDTune result, a 3DMark06 Result and Comparison, and a PCMark05 result!

Whew! Thanks for the link and suggestions. We'll let ya know how it goes.

I still remember her thread from back around Halloween ... where she was thinking of dressing up as a beaten up Chun Li (she had a hurt leg, if I remember rightly) ... and I thought to myself "This sounds like a pleasant young lady!"

Damn, you've got a good memory! I ended up not doing anything for Halloween. But if I do something this year, I'll post pics if it's gaming-related.

 

[Mycanid]

Whew! Thanks for the link and suggestions. We'll let ya know how it goes. .... Damn, you've got a good memory! I ended up not doing anything for Halloween.

Oh ... uhh ... thank you. But do post the tests and links. Poor John! Well ... we'll see how it all works out. Must admit to being curious.

He was one of the ones who was most interested (i.e. via forum post feedback) on my review of the iRiver H10 mp3 player some months back. From these primarily I got the impression that he can be quite thorough about technology assessment ... so ... well, you see the rest in the previous posts!

But if I do something this year, I'll post pics if it's gaming-related.

Feel free!

 

[John Crichton]

Okay, here are the testing results:

SuperPi - 20s @ 1M
3DMark06 - 5758
PCMark05 - 8241
HD Tune - see attachment
Everest - click for results