So what computer go you guys use.

[o hey tyler]

ITT: Babies that just can't let apples be apples and oranges be oranges.

LETS FIGHT ABOUT IRRELEVANT STUFF GUYS LOL.

 

[silentanathema]

I like reading these threads from the last post first and then going back to the question asked. Its really really funny if you ever get a chance.

 

[table1349]

I'm not a tech geek, so I stand corrected. You've taught me something I wasn't aware of.

What I love is the way Apple has created a whole marketing campaign around it. People equate the term Virus with all the little bad things out there and think that it means that they can't get infected. It is a clever piece of marketing.

 

[Kbarredo]

sorry well to be precise i have only had 1 virus in the last 3 years but it took awhile to get rid of it. I was not aware that redirects were done by rootkits. It lasted 3 months and I never want that again. I had to click the page 100x to actually get there.

 

[Postman158]

Macbook Pro if you can afford it.

 

[Raian-san]

I like reading these threads from the last post first and then going back to the question asked. Its really really funny if you ever get a chance.

You're late to the party, we been having fun. Threads on here that's more then 3 pages now and days are usually irrelevant to the original post.

 

[Ryan L]

I am not even reading this thread as 11 pages means someone is arguing about something. So here are my stats

AMD Phenom Quad Core 2.2
5 gigs Ram
2-1 TB HD's
GeForce 9300SE
Windows 7 64


I have no issues running CS5, LR3, itunes, and IE9 with 10 windows at the same time.

 

[o hey tyler]

IE9

lol

 

[Ryan L]

IE9

lol

If you haven't tried IE9, don't knock it. I have FireFox RC, and Google Chrome as well, but IE9 is a huge improvement over IE8.

 

[Village Idiot]

If you're worried about viruses, just get a mac.

A used Mac on a $500 budget is going to give him an older Macbook or a Mini most likely and that's staying with the Intel machines. I wouldn't recommend anyone that uses current software to buy a PPC Mac. I think the only way the OP can afford a Man on $500 is an OSX86 install and at the point he's show his skill level to be (example below), I don't think that's a viable option.

There's 10 pages of research materials here. You're a guy and you've been using the computer for how many years? How hard it is to not understand what a computer need or doesn't need? If you don't understand HOW to built one, that's fine, but you don't even understand what a computer need for it to run? Look at my post and Ballistic post when we suggest a built, it's always the same types of hardware, just different brands. I seriously don't think you actually want to build a new computer, or even buy a new computer.

I don't know what a dual core processor is. All I know is the bigger the gigs on a ram the faster it processes. The bigger the hdd the more memory. all the lingo youre using is confusing to me. I'm not a computer guy. And I never wanted to build a computer I just wanted to buy one. You guys were the ones who kept telling me to build one. So get off it.

Quick lesson.

A processor processes. It has switches that are either on of off. 1 = on and 0 = off. Binary, the most basic computer language is 1's and 0's together to make characters. So for example, 000001 is one, 000010 is two, 000011 is three, 000100 is four and so on. This controls everything that you do passes through the process. So somewhat recently, dual core processors were invented and released into the wild. These have 2 cores on them that process the number. Quad cores have 4. What this means is that previously, when you had 5 programs running, they put all the information through one core. So if you did a batch process in Photoshop while transcoding a movie, they would both be fighting for usage in the single core. With dual cores (as long as the programs are optimized to work with dual core chips) the two programs would use separate cores for their processes allowing things to work at the same time at the same speed without fighting for resources.

RAM is Random Access Memory. the HDD is the Hard Disk Drive. It's important to know about both of these to understand how they work. RAM is like an HDD. All it does is store programs and information. RAM doesn't process anything. The difference between RAM and an HDD is that RAM is super fast in comparison. The computer can put an active program into ram and pull it out in what we perceive to be immediately. Up until the advent of Sold State Drives, all hard drives had moving parts. The rate at which data is pulled from the HDD is much slower than a RAM. Windows 7 pre-loads programs you use a lot into RAM. If you open MS Office Word and it's pre-loaded into the RAM, it opens in a couple of seconds. If it's loaded from the HDD, if cane take 10-20x's longer or more depending on the computer.

A lot of times the HDD becomes the bottle neck in the system. The SSD drives that have no moving parts are helping to fix this though.

 

[Kbarredo]

Sweet I learned alot from that. Now I know and knowledge is power.

 

[Ryan L]

Ironic that you can learn things from the Village Idiot isnt it? lol

+1 for SSD, I have been wanting to switch for a while now. I just dont want to reload things again. I have everything tweaked just right.

 

[flea77]

IE9

lol

Yes, lol, Internet Explorer 9 utterly dominates malware-blocking stats and HTML5 Conformance Test Results so more resistant to spyware and more compliant, yeah, that really stinks :er:

Besides, I decided long ago not to have to deal with the FF memroy leak problem, something about leaving windows open for days and watching 16GB of RAM evaporate just made me a little cranky.

Anyway, unlike a lot of people I was a Mac user (and president of the local Mac user's group, and Apple rep to the area, and only Apple repair guy within 70 miles, and wrote code starting back on the IIe) for years, as was my wife. Now, nothing but custom built PCs even though I am still the only Apple repair guy around. And no, I do not beling to the $500 PC = $2500 Mac crowd, I am in the $2500 PC = $2500 Mac gang. Not going into detail, not going to argue, that was my decision and I am very happy with it. YMMV.

Allan

 

[Gaerek]

Yes, lol, Internet Explorer 9 utterly dominates malware-blocking stats and HTML5 Conformance Test Results so more resistant to spyware and more compliant, yeah, that really stinks :er:

I wouldn't say that IE9 is more resistant to spyware, just more resistant to stupid users. My favorite part of the first article you linked was this little gem:

The study only looked at sites that depended on tricking users into installing malicious software; anything that used browser flaws to run wasn't included in the test.

Using IE, traditionally was essentially like sending an invitation to malware to "Come here and infect me!" A smart user can be 100% malware free. But an insecure program can ensure even the most paranoid user will get infected. Without conclusive test results comparing how secure the software is, I'll stick with FF and Chrome. IE has a history of being inherently insecure. They have a lot of proving to do to get me to switch back.

And in the second link you provided, it does appear that IE9 is more compliant. However, there's a little back and forth going on too. There are areas where FF and Chrome are better than IE9. Although I will concede that it appears IE9 is more compliant, FF and Chrome both are nipping at the heels.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a Microsoft fan. Windows 7 is amazing. I'm just not that trusting of IE yet to jump back into it. And what you've linked is hardly proof that it's worth it.

 

[o hey tyler]

IE9

lol

Yes, lol, Internet Explorer 9 utterly dominates malware-blocking stats and HTML5 Conformance Test Results so more resistant to spyware and more compliant, yeah, that really stinks :er:

Except for the fact that two years ago, Firefox was more compliant to web standards than IE9 is today. HTML5 and IE9 do not work together well. Better than previous IE versions, but you're getting a shafted version of the web.

I guess if that's what you're into though... Keep using IE9.