I have a couple of questions. First not disputing your recomendation but I dont understand how I would benifit with two displays. I have heard others say this as well and I'm ignorant in this department and dont understand. could you explain how this helps?
I'm on the hunt for a new desktop PC so I logged on to the forums looking around for some advice. The system I have now is one of those off the shelf Acer models that seemed very powerful at the time; but the more I get into the study of God's Word with Logos the more I see I really need a new system. I made some adjustment that were recommended here on this forum and it did help but this is some heavy duty computing and I would like to get a lot more done with less time waiting on my PC to catch up. Logos 4 is a great program and the results are a blessing and well worth the cost of an upgrade. I have budgeted around $1500.00 besides it would be nice if all my other applications ran better anyway. I do some web site building also with yahoo "SiteBuilder" software [puts the whole site/sites on your machine so you can work on it off line] which really slows down my present PC. My contract with Yahoo is about to run out and I am thinking of switching to "squarespace" they are recommended by "twit". But you guys know Logos software and that is my main objective for purchasing a more powerful PC so I hope you can point me in the right direction for one that will be the best for running Logos 4.
here are the specs for my present desktop which is too slow:
Acer Aspire T690 4.00 GB RAM 64-bit operating system 2
Processor Genuine Intel(R) CPU 2140 @ 1.60GHz
Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB DDR2
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series 2431 MB 1024 MB 0 MB 1407 MB 8.812.0.0 1360x768 DirectX 10
Gaming graphics 2431 MB Total available graphics memory
Primary hard disk 437 GB 42 GB Free (144 GB Total) 126 GB Free (149 GB Total) 133 GB Free (144 GB Total)
Windows 7 Home Premium
Base score 4.0
23 inch ViewSonic LED 1080p Monitor DVI input but no HDMI
Any suggestions for a good Desktop PC for around $1500.00? And where to buy it?
I have been looking at Tiger Direct's Systemax Sytems that are built to order and at Dell customizing one for me. I like best the Dell Studio XPS 9100 and also the HP Pavilion Elite HPE-580t series. After looking at the processor benchmark site link given to me I was blown away by how much faster the Intel was over the AMD. So I will have to go with the i7 even if I have to go over budget. I think I will be glad I did a few years from now. (I think)...
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks and God Bless,
Dennis
PS:
Also wondering if anyone benifits from running Windows 7 Professional with Logos 4.... Maybe in XP mode? I know that Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :-) already said they did not but is there any other input on this? Seems like it must do something better? While I am upgrading I just dont want to have any regrets later about "well I wish I had...." You know...
Peace