Ok so I finally decided to ditch my Vista PC that was running on 1GB of RAM and a single processor. Felt I was due to try something a little more. I didn't aim to go overboard and I am more then certain I didn't go overboard. I am quite astute with PCs and have managed to get the most out every PC that came my way. I am getting outdated, however, and this new PC certainly has a new way about it.
HP TouchSmart 300 PC
AMD Athlon II 235e Dual-Core Processor
4GB DDR3 RAM
4000 MHz Front Side Bus
750 GB HD
ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics (which I want to do something about but I was using ATI RAdeon X1250 previously)
Fully Wireless enabled
TouchSmart 20" HD LCD Display with Brightview and built in camera and mic
Windows 7 Home Premium
It's one of those all in one assemblies which certainly isn't demanding on the real estate on my desk but it also most certainly doesn't look like your average user-friendly design either.
Any warnings on how this purchase will backfire on me?
I'm starting to get really used to this touch screen, quite nifty when you get the hang of it. Can't wait to try some RTS games with this.
I'm already liking Windows 7 over my previous stripped down Vista I was using. So far it has been much easier to install programs onto it. Even on my third time reinstalling my Disco stuff on my previous Vista PC it was a major hassle. Last night it took almost no effort to get myself back to being connected to the server. I have Norton on this PC too, curiously, well I'm not complaining but I'm sure I'll find a conflict with that AV sometime.
Looks like that may be a nice PC to have, Garuda. I'm quite proficient in tinkering with my PCs and I can imagine what fun I would have if I had something like yours heheh.
Touchscreen + RTS = lots of wear and tear... plus it's hard to get precise points with a touchscreen. But yea, Windows 7 definately is an improvement over V... (do you want to display this message? Yes/no/maybe) ...ista.
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Well, I don't know, Vista is very, very far from ideal OS, Win 7 is better in many ways, yet I am lover of "antique" games and Win 7 simply failed to run them succesfully (CTDs, install problems, more CTDs and also a hell lot of CTDs). Some of them are only 2007, so it's not THAT antique, actually. Compatibility mode works usually, yet it has a lot of bugs and sort of kills the joy in the form of eating a lot of extra memory.
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