Hi John If you need some help building a PC, I can probably get one of my suppliers to supply you direct, and point you in the direction as far as components, which advice, you can take or leave as you wish.
On the subject of Windows 7, I have put some machines into a few of my contract clients for testing purposes. One site uses some very sophisticated stuff to provide parts diagrams, part no's etc. Written in Dot Net it is very resource hungry. Running Windows XP it needs a minimum of a dual core Pentium processor with a minimum of 2 Gig Ram. Under Windows 7 we have it running on a 4 year old Pentium IV machine with 1 gig. It actually runs but very slowly with 512mb. On the dual cores with 2 gig it flies, we have put one on one of the branch counters with 3 screens attached and they are extremely impressed. I could build an old machine up with Windows 7 for you to experiment with. Cheers Peter Hart Peter Hart Computers. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Weller Sent: 17 November 2009 18:46 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Advice Thanks Leland. As I'm in the UK most of those suppliers are out of my reach (unfortunately <g>). The main thing I am looking for is some idea on amount of RAM. I forgot to add to my initial post that the OS will be Windows 7. I'd love to go down the Linux route but don't have enough (any) experience with it and couldn't agree to support it in a commercial scenario; also it doesn't support VFP. Regards John John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 > > Essentially, this is the workstation I put together recently > for myself. If you or your client have the time, and don't > mind getting your hands a little dirty, you can put together > a fairly nice workstation for around $950.00 or so; mouse, > keyboard, video console and video card not included. The > motherboard may have all the video hardware you need already > built in, but if not, you can alway add a video card. Once > you have the basics in place, it's easy to upgrade/replace > components that wear out or become obsolete. [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/a57fa4cf19531343a2ee11b57db8e3af100...@server.peterhartcomputers.local ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
