I know nobody likes the serious stuff ;)

[baronlaw]

So yes I am the help desk today, hit me with your best questions. Heck I'll even turn anonymous posting on for those asking the "tough" questions. ;)

Between the braying of my co-irkers and the ringing of the phone I could really use the distraction.

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Comments

[baronlaw]

I assume you are on a budget and are more familiar with PC's over Macs.

Well you are going to be stuck with Vista no matter what you buy. So max out your ram, 4 gigs at least. A duo-core processor is plenty, don't get sucked into a quad if you don't need to spend the money. Artists always have huge file sizes, make sure you get at least a 100 gig hard-drive and a DVD burner.

Personally I've had good luck with Dell's and of all things Gateways. IBM's in the last year or so have gone to crap. Sony has the best screens.

[baronlaw]

Avoid the Centino processor if possible. Dell's use Intel chips, but Gateways use AMDs.