Alright, so my current main computer is a 4-5 year old HP Laptop. Which, y'know... it works, I guess. Running Ubuntu, because no way can this thing handle Vista.
So that sort of dates the last time I've really looked into computer hardware stuff, and going back to school in a month here, I've decided it's time to finally get a decent computer. So, naturally, I check out newegg.com , or for me, newegg.ca . And... stop, and stare. Computer tech in the past half-decade has become incomprehensible to me! I mean, the basics - RAM, HD, etc - but there's a lot of crazy numbers here, and I don't trust myself to be able to figure out what's good and what's not anymore.
That said - what's your setup? Did you put it together your own, or get it from such as Best Buy? If you're feeling exceptionally generous, what would be a considered a good computer, these days? I'm looking to spend under $1000, and I'd prefer a decent graphics card (whatever that means these days, I'm sure a 16MB Voodoo2 would be out of the question) though I'm not much of a gamer. 500GB HD? Those are affordable now? Crazy.
I feel like I'm a decade out of date, and I appeal to your collective wisdom to set me straight!
So that sort of dates the last time I've really looked into computer hardware stuff, and going back to school in a month here, I've decided it's time to finally get a decent computer. So, naturally, I check out newegg.com , or for me, newegg.ca . And... stop, and stare. Computer tech in the past half-decade has become incomprehensible to me! I mean, the basics - RAM, HD, etc - but there's a lot of crazy numbers here, and I don't trust myself to be able to figure out what's good and what's not anymore.
That said - what's your setup? Did you put it together your own, or get it from such as Best Buy? If you're feeling exceptionally generous, what would be a considered a good computer, these days? I'm looking to spend under $1000, and I'd prefer a decent graphics card (whatever that means these days, I'm sure a 16MB Voodoo2 would be out of the question) though I'm not much of a gamer. 500GB HD? Those are affordable now? Crazy.
I feel like I'm a decade out of date, and I appeal to your collective wisdom to set me straight!