What To Buy Today
Ron Buswell, Newark
January 5, 2005
PROCESSORS:
Can run 32 bit and 64 bit operating systems (Microsoft's new xp support)
AMD ATHLON 64FX55 2.6GHZ
INTEL P4 -EXTREME 3.4GHZ 2.5 MB HIGHSPEED CACHE
INTEL P4 -EXTREME 570J
POWER SUPPLIES
MODULAR CONNECTORS
EVEN POWER, QUIETER FANS,
HARD DRIVES:
ATA/133 MAX TRANSFER 45-60 MB/SEC
SERIAL ATA DRIVES 300 MB/SEC TRANSFER SPEEDS
WESTERN DIGITAL 740GD AND IBM
NATIVE COMMAND QUE
BACKUP:
ZIP DRIVE 750,
NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE, BUFFLO LINKSTATION
DVD/RW
LCD MONITORS:
BEST DELL 2001FP
AOC LINE OF LCD MONITORS FOR VALUE AND WARRANTY
OLED (ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE) cell phone displays
WIRELESS NETWORKING:
802.11B BEST RANGE 3-5 MB/SEC TRANSFER
802.11A SHORTER RANGE 10- 12 MB/SEC TRANSFER
802.11 G 54Mbps GOOD RANGE SOLID PREFORMANCE
802.11N NEW SPEC FOR 100Mbps
ALWAYS TURN ON WEP AND KEEP FIRMWARE UP TO DATE
PDA'S:
PALM ONE ( TUNGSTEN T5 )
DELL AXIM X50V
SMALL FORM FACTOR COMPUTERS:
Come With Motherboard, Floppy, Modem, Cdrom, Small Case You Buy Cpu,
Hard Drive And Memory Cheaper Cost With Little Sacrifice For Performance
BARGIN AND ONSALE COMPUTERS:
ALWAYS READ THE FINE PRINT
AD AWARE, PEST PATROL TROJAN, AND SPYWARE
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