48732ac7$1@news.povray.org...



I just bought from Dell a laptop (dual-core) and a desktop (quad) for 700 

laptop has a 250 Gb HD and the desktop a 750 Mb HD and a 20 inch screen.

The trick with Dell is that there's always some "special deals" available 
and if you're already a client they bombard you with discount vouchers and 
such. Also, it's sometimes possible to buy at discount or even bulk prices 
(down to 40% off), when one belongs to an organisation that is in 
partnership with Dell.

> 4. Why in the name of God would you even *need* that much RAM anyway?

Unless one works exclusively with text-based applications, there's *** never 
*** enough RAM. Others have mentioned it already, but even cheap cameras and 
camcorder can now generate massive amounts of data and one needs a lot of 
RAM to handle this smoothly. Particularly, non-geek family members can be 
extremely Gigabytes-hungry once they figured out that one can take 
great-looking movies of everything that moves ("no, you can't attach 15 Gb = 
90 min of high-def wailing baby movie to your email and send it to all your 
friends")...

But even for non-graphic, professional applications, there's never enough 
RAM anyway: the more you have, the more you will be tempted to use and will 
end up using: Law of the Constantly Maxed Out Resources.

G.

Post a reply to this message