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Originally posted by BlackCrayon
ok, its almost been 3 years and i can't put it off anymore. its a pain in the ass to transfer everything but this thing loads all the time and just doesn't cut it anymore.
so here are my questions:
i run windows 2000 right now, its been very good to me. much better than 98 was. should i stick with 2000 or go for the XP when i get this new computer?
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Go with XP
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the computer have now is AMD. its been good to me, should i keep the AMD or do pentiums have something over them?
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AMD still are great chips. I have an Athlon XP 2600, works great and runs very cool.
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i only have 40 gig hard drive, i want a lot more space but the larger the drive is there a bigger chance that it will crash sometime in the future?
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Not sure, but I have a 60 gig that's a couple years old and works fine.
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what is a good hard drive brand? i alwahys hear of ppls drives crashing and that is one thing i really want to avoid.
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Well I've never had a hard drive crash, but I kind of like Seagate.
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is plextor still one of the best for cd-r drives? my old one has lasted me 5 years and is still going strong.
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I don't think it matters that much, I had a Yamaha and it quit working, so I bought a no name CD R for cheap and it works great. They're so cheap now, I wouldn't worry too much about what brand you get.
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does IBM make quality computers? i was thinkiing of maybe just ordering one of those.
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IBM is quality stuff but expensive. Specs matter more than name brand, just get a decent motherboard, chip, at least 512 ram, and whatever else you need. I have a 'Great Quality' computer that cost $280, and it's been awesome, but I've never even heard of Great Quality before.