Just a bit of note here, due to my own experience, and that of several others. If you can, make sure the soundcard on your new system is not of the type RealTech HD. They are rather tricky, and their setup software is not accessible for a WE user. Every time you plug in a new device, for istance, you have to tell the sound card if you plugged in a headphone, a speaker, or something else. If you, like me, are changing periphals frequently, this will only cause frustration. The sound cards have shown up to be troublesome with some mediaplayer as well. So, by all means, if you can avoid the RealTech sound cards, then go for anything else. Just to save you the frustration and hazzle. If, for some reason, you insist on getting a computer, that cannot be had, without the RealTech sound card, my strongest suggestion will be to get yourself an external USB sound card. These can be had, for less than ten dollars, and for most normal use, will do the job. Just make sure, when you first install it, to make the USB card the primary sound source, for both your incoming and outgoing sounds. Done under the control panel.
hope you find a good computer. ----- Original Message ----- From: Manny Gee To: [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 7:55 PM Subject: RE: Getting new Win7 machine with a question Aloha Brenda, I would make sure of the following: 1. get a graphics card with at least 256 mb ram 2. get a sound card 3. buy the computer at a store like Costco, which gives you 3 months to be totally satisfied with your purchase, or return it for your money back, and try again. Good luck, Manny checkout my stand-up comedy performance & if you enjoy it, please forward & post on your social network--my goal is to reach a million clicks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75fbevlz10g Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:10:00 -0400 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Getting new Win7 machine with a question Hi List I am about to purchase a new Windows 7 machine with Office 2010 as my XP machine is about to die. I'm looking at an HP Pavilion slim line. I never get the numbers right but it is like 4 g ram, 3.4 processer speed. Is there anything I should avoid or make sure I have? Other than immediately updating the video driver (or do I really have to do this) is there anything I should do. I know my Dell Vista machine had some kind of bar at the top and a gadget bar that needed to be removed. I'll be running W-E 7.5. Any tips or an article reference would be appreciated. Thanks for your help. Brenda If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
