Author: Vincent Lejeune
Date: 02:59:51 10/05/05
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On October 05, 2005 at 05:36:00, James T. Walker wrote: >I'm looking for a new computer. BB has a HP a1250N bundle for sale at $980. It >is an AMD 64x2 3800+. Comes with 1G ram,250G HD,15" Flat panel LCD,Double layer >multiformat LightScribe DVDRW drive, ATI RADEON 200 graphics, and Windows XP >Media Center Edition 2005 Software. Is this a good buy? It's up to you to decide if it's suitable for you, price seems reasonnable to me (but prices drop so fast for computers...) an X2 3800+ is about equivalent to 2 x AMD64 2.0 Ghz 512KB L2 cache http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q3/athlon64-x2-3800/index.x?pg=1 >I mainly run chess >programs and occasionally search the internet for different things. Thats about >all I do with my computers. I currently have 2 XP2400+ machines and one has >died. Is this a good upgrade? Do I need a new OS to run 64 bit programs? I >tried Chess Thinkers and got no help. Any info/help appreciated. >Jim You can use either 32 bits or 64 bits OS on this computer. But you need 64 bits OS to run 64 bits applications. Windows 64-bits software start to grow up, all drivers are not avaible yet, I think. But, if you use 64 bits Windows you need a 64 bits compilations of your softwares to see improvements. I hope this will help you.
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