Sorry but that is what I called them with my original business many years ago. My parents refused to let those "dirty, dusty" things into the house so I had to fix them in the garage, not fun during the summer in Florida. 8>
Jon On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 4:28 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1, I look for the same price points along CPU, RAM and HDD, but nothing > less than 2GB RAM these days and it has to be able to socket 4GB. No budget > Celeron-class CPU's either. > > > > Jon you're killing me, you mentioned "garage clients" a couple time and it > messes with me as I have my own business and it's called "IT Garage"… > > > > Dave > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Friday, September 19, 2008 12:15 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Minimum specifications? > > > > Pretty much the same here but I am now maximizing the RAM. I need/want > them to last for at least 5 years and see many of my garage clients agreeing > or even asking for this. I also use Jacob's technique on the hard drive for > those same clients. > > > > Jon > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I get this all the time. Someone will come to me and ask, "I need a new > computer. What should I get?" I say it depends. > > Unless the person is doing some type of video or graphic rendering, etc... > > > HD... SATA 80GB. If the need additional storage for MP3s or photos, just > toss in a 500GB HD > > CPU.. I look at all the options and compare prices.. If I see a jump in > price for the next fastest cpu, I go one below that. So, if I see the > following, I will go with 3.2GhZ > > 2.8GHZ... $200 > 3.0GHZ... $220 > 3.2GHZ... $250 > 3.4GHZ... $400 > > RAM.. 2GB.. its cheap. > > VIDEO.. Unless the person is going to play games on it, I just use the > built > in video. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 10:44 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Minimum specifications? > > If you were specifying computers for a "general" user today, what would > the minimums be as far as speed, ram, disks video etc.? > > Jim > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
