>Multi-core systems are now the norm and have a negligible price hit. Even >quad-core systems are only about $100 more than dual-core systems.
Paying an extra $100 for a $300 computer is significant in relative terms. In absolute terms $100 will buy a lot of beer. Given the choice of beer or cores I may very well go with the beer. At least the beer will make me feel better about owning a PeeCee. But back to the original question... "Other than the internet I mostly use MS office and an older dos based accounting program I need to keep. I don't play games or do any video or photoshop stuff." "I will be replacing a 3 year old Dell OptiPlex 620 that has a 3.60 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4, Windows XP and 2gb RAM." Is the quad-core going to run these apps any better than the P4? I don't think so. If it were me I would do some maintenance on the P4 and spend the $$$ on something more useful. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
