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Re: OT: Windows Vista take two...... Posted by Justin VanAbrahams [Email]  (#32) [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Justin VanAbrahams) on Sat, 12 May 2007 15:50:00
In Reply to: OT: Windows Vista take two......, TKC, Fri, 11 May 2007 09:15:54 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
I have ordered a whole mess of E521 and C521 (compact chassis) from Dell in the past several months, with processors from X2 4000+ to X2 5000+, and I gotta say I love them. I personally prefer the BTX layout since the result of a single fan is a much quieter system, but to each his own. I haven't seen any indication of proprietary connectors - all of the dozen or so I've received have standard SATA-style power connectors and one mini-molex connector for the floppy drive or memory reader. I'm not readily aware of Dell using anything but standard power connectors for the last ten years or so - and I've spent a fortune on Dell hardware over the years. I do agree that six USB ports really isn't enough - but in order to get eight you need to step up to the mid-grade Dimensions (the x52x is the lowest end). USB hubs are always an option, and since I've been buying primarily the C-chassis, tucking the little bugger away and having a single USB hub on the desktop results in a very clean desk. The lack of serial and parallel ports should not be a roadblock - you can't even buy serial or parallel peripherals anymore. If you've got an "older" printer that uses parallel still, my personal strong advice is buy a print server for it - that neatly sidesteps have to use a USB to parallel adapter, and puts the printer out on your network for easy access from both your desktop and laptop. With half a dozen computers around my house, I wouldn't have it any other way.
Glad you got everything sorted out - the AMD Dimensions running XP are absolutely phenomenal.
Side note: Vista automatically tries to suck up all your memory the second it boots by loading every commonly used application into memory. That speeds up launches and task switches, and MS has a pretty well-built algorithm to choose what it caches and what it doesn't. Unlike previous versions of Windows, don't be alarmed that Vista leaves you with virtually no free memory after booting...
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