2 Accounts: Help, please!

[Eveso]

Thank you.

Do you by chance know a place to get computers like that? With older, cheaper parts? Or is building the way to go

[keyclone]

if you are looking for a laptop... whatever you get, make sure it is using dedicated graphics memory and not shared system memory. the difference is massive

as to where to get machines like this... i dunno. i got this one while running a small software company in Tallinn, Estonia about 3-4 years ago.

i have noticed around here that microcenter hoses you on laptops while best buy gives better deals. build your own laptop? depending on your skillz

desktops are much easier to gather parts for and build. much better bang for the buck. most mid range desktops today (in the US) will run about $500-600 and should do 2+ wows without much problem. add a better graphics board and more system memory and you should be able to get 4... but your price might be $700-1000 by that time.

i have several old machines, so my configs vary ...

but soon... very soon.... i'm going to bite the bullet and upgrade to a quad-core w/ 3G system memory and dual pci-x cards w/ 256M each.. and multi 24" screens...

muhahahaha

*cough*

sorry about... got carried away

tough to justify spending more when you have enough to get by... which is the mindset that has been keeping me from getting the 50" plasma...