gohorsesgo
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Howdy,
Well, this is my first post so hopefully things will go well. I am retired (though some might say retarded) and although fairly knowledgeable regarding the use of computers, no geek or techie by any stretch of the imagination. I have had a Compaq 5050 since 1998 and never an operational problem noted, but with Ram of 128mb (upgraded to 256mb about 15 months ago) and the 8gb hard drive (Yes, in the dark ages they did make hard drives with only 8gb of space!!), and I won't mention a P2 Celeron!! Anyway, the old baby has been good to me, but it is time for a proper funeral and an upgrade into the 21st century. I am no gamer by any stretch of the imagination, as about the only games I play are golf, football and try flying a plane around once in awhile. I use the computer mostly for email, word processing, chats, online research and a lot of useage of the Media Player while doing other things online. They say that a little knowledge in anything can be dangerous, and I am finding that is especially true when it comes to computers. I looked at some DELL's on their site and know a few friends, not in town, who swear by their DELL! I don't even own one, but did have an outreagously negative experience with their customer service when simply trying to ask a pre-purchase question. I even wrote to the Chairman and CEO, but neither apparently had time to respond to a potential customer. So, aside from my personal negative experience, I have read some pretty nasty reviews and since I can not see or feel one of their computers I think they are off my list of potentials. About two weeks ago I came across this term, AMD, when shopping at a local independent computer shop and have done a ton of reading, mostly online and I can say that I now have a 'little knowledge" which as previously stated can be dangerous. I have looked and looked, read and read, talked and talked and although these choices are not in cement I have come down to an interest in both an "emachine T-5026 with an IP4" and "HP A810N with an AMD-64" so I was hoping for some good advice from what appears to be a fine group of computer experts. Please keep your advice at the 3rd grade level! Thanks. I noticed the the emachine does not have Hyper-Threading Technology (now if I only knew what that was), and only has a System Bus speed of 533mhz as compared to 800mhz on most others and even a 1600mhz on the HP A810N (though I understand AMD uses systems differently). Based on my old Compaq, even with those questions, I suspect the new eMachine will look like a jet airplane. Since I have been talking with a bunch of guys about the new upgrade, the AMD-64 processor has kind of been pushed to the forefront and I must say I am leaning toward the HP
Well, this is my first post so hopefully things will go well. I am retired (though some might say retarded) and although fairly knowledgeable regarding the use of computers, no geek or techie by any stretch of the imagination. I have had a Compaq 5050 since 1998 and never an operational problem noted, but with Ram of 128mb (upgraded to 256mb about 15 months ago) and the 8gb hard drive (Yes, in the dark ages they did make hard drives with only 8gb of space!!), and I won't mention a P2 Celeron!! Anyway, the old baby has been good to me, but it is time for a proper funeral and an upgrade into the 21st century. I am no gamer by any stretch of the imagination, as about the only games I play are golf, football and try flying a plane around once in awhile. I use the computer mostly for email, word processing, chats, online research and a lot of useage of the Media Player while doing other things online. They say that a little knowledge in anything can be dangerous, and I am finding that is especially true when it comes to computers. I looked at some DELL's on their site and know a few friends, not in town, who swear by their DELL! I don't even own one, but did have an outreagously negative experience with their customer service when simply trying to ask a pre-purchase question. I even wrote to the Chairman and CEO, but neither apparently had time to respond to a potential customer. So, aside from my personal negative experience, I have read some pretty nasty reviews and since I can not see or feel one of their computers I think they are off my list of potentials. About two weeks ago I came across this term, AMD, when shopping at a local independent computer shop and have done a ton of reading, mostly online and I can say that I now have a 'little knowledge" which as previously stated can be dangerous. I have looked and looked, read and read, talked and talked and although these choices are not in cement I have come down to an interest in both an "emachine T-5026 with an IP4" and "HP A810N with an AMD-64" so I was hoping for some good advice from what appears to be a fine group of computer experts. Please keep your advice at the 3rd grade level! Thanks. I noticed the the emachine does not have Hyper-Threading Technology (now if I only knew what that was), and only has a System Bus speed of 533mhz as compared to 800mhz on most others and even a 1600mhz on the HP A810N (though I understand AMD uses systems differently). Based on my old Compaq, even with those questions, I suspect the new eMachine will look like a jet airplane. Since I have been talking with a bunch of guys about the new upgrade, the AMD-64 processor has kind of been pushed to the forefront and I must say I am leaning toward the HP
, just say the word and the amount your willing to spend and techies will flock to design it for you 
