After finally letting go of the idea that I'm going to be a paramedic anytime soon, I've decided to go back to school to get an associates in IT
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When I'm working on the boat, I use a Dell ATG 630.
They're supposed to be somewhat environment-resistant. And in all fairness, I suppose they are - because although it's true that I've burned through two of them in the past year, some pretty hefty sea water was involved.
The Phoenix deal seems pretty cool, especially the fact that there are no hidden fees or books.
Something you didn't mention, that I'm curious what your thoughts were on, was the idea of J Sarg online. Almost all community college courses are online. (I would've fallen asleep in my math and IT classes if it wasn't for online courses.) Just curious. I'd stick with Phoenix since you're already having such a great experience with the people! People matter.
I looked into that, J sarge doesn't offer all of their classes online, and once you get beyond the gen ed classes, you still have to go to the classroom every once in a while, even though it's billed as online course.
Since you are dead set against Apple, I recommend Lenovo - They are tough and seem to use good parts. When selecting options, more ram is a priority over cpu speed or disk space, but compare purchasing ram from the seller vs. buying ram from a 3rd party - its usually easy to install and can be much cheaper (for the same ram) than the seller.
Note: 32 bit windows OSs can't address more than about 3 1/2 Gb of ram.
The only reason I'm dead set against Apple is because I want a computer that I already know how to use. I understand that I can put windows on an mac, but I really do not have the technical knowledge to do that. Another thing is that I know how to fix a good chunk of silly windows problems, whereas if something goes wrong with a Mac, I'm helpless, as the last time I spent any time on one was in the days of OS 9.2.
Tell me truthfully, do I really need more than 3.5 gigs of RAM?
OS X 10.5 is much different than 9.2 - as with everything I fix, there are many solutions found on the internet, you are welcome to swing by to try it.
But before you purchase anything, find out from your program if there is something they recommend, or possibly have a deal for. I know some programs at VCU have specific requirements.
do I really need more than 3.5 gigs of RAM
It all depends on what you do. My home desktop I found worked better with 4 Gb than 2 Gb, but I'm doing some intense things, in particular running virtual machines - which is something you should ask about. At work, on researcher can use 32 Gb of ram on a single computer.
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They're supposed to be somewhat environment-resistant. And in all fairness, I suppose they are - because although it's true that I've burned through two of them in the past year, some pretty hefty sea water was involved.
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"I know that Phoenix may be just trying to woo me. I get that and ya know what? I like it."
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Gods help us, as if your ego needed more padding :-P
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Double yay for enough money to buy a laptop!
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The Phoenix deal seems pretty cool, especially the fact that there are no hidden fees or books.
Something you didn't mention, that I'm curious what your thoughts were on, was the idea of J Sarg online. Almost all community college courses are online. (I would've fallen asleep in my math and IT classes if it wasn't for online courses.) Just curious. I'd stick with Phoenix since you're already having such a great experience with the people! People matter.
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YAY Phoenix!! :P
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Note: 32 bit windows OSs can't address more than about 3 1/2 Gb of ram.
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Tell me truthfully, do I really need more than 3.5 gigs of RAM?
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But before you purchase anything, find out from your program if there is something they recommend, or possibly have a deal for. I know some programs at VCU have specific requirements.
do I really need more than 3.5 gigs of RAM
It all depends on what you do. My home desktop I found worked better with 4 Gb than 2 Gb, but I'm doing some intense things, in particular running virtual machines - which is something you should ask about. At work, on researcher can use 32 Gb of ram on a single computer.
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