[H] OB's new desktop PC
Forget Dell!!! It looks like OB will order a Lenovo desktop PC of the M83 series. I will not know until next Monday (post order), but after our last 3 phone conversations, I am pretty sure. Looks to be: Lenovo mid-towercase Intel Core i5-4570 processor 4GB (2x2GB dimms) DDR3 ram 500GB or 750GB em HD Optical drive (burner) M/B is unknown (could not find any internal pix) PSU is not known On-board NIC Intel Centrino Advanced N6235 (wireless bluetooth trncvr)** **probably for the wireless KBD and Mouse(?) On-board Intel graphics solution (but I suspect OB may plug in his (now!) spare nVidia Geforce GT630. Windows 8.1 PRO OS --pluswhatever extra glop Lenovo puts/hides on the HD. Thanks Collective. I truly appreciate all the help. OB may not wait until Monday. He is quite jazzed about a display 'Lenovo' at his local Best Buy, So, maybe he will bend his plastic on Sunday! Thanks, Duncan
Re: [H] OB's new desktop PC
more memory unless he went 32 bit IMO onboard graphic are fine unless he games. At 08:00 AM 7/5/2014, DSinc Poked the stick with: Forget Dell!!! It looks like OB will order a Lenovo desktop PC of the M83 series. I will not know until next Monday (post order), but after our last 3 phone conversations, I am pretty sure. Looks to be: Lenovo mid-towercase Intel Core i5-4570 processor 4GB (2x2GB dimms) DDR3 ram 500GB or 750GB em HD Optical drive (burner) M/B is unknown (could not find any internal pix) PSU is not known On-board NIC Intel Centrino Advanced N6235 (wireless bluetooth trncvr)** **probably for the wireless KBD and Mouse(?) On-board Intel graphics solution (but I suspect OB may plug in his (now!) spare nVidia Geforce GT630. Windows 8.1 PRO OS --pluswhatever extra glop Lenovo puts/hides on the HD. Thanks Collective. I truly appreciate all the help. OB may not wait until Monday. He is quite jazzed about a display 'Lenovo' at his local Best Buy, So, maybe he will bend his plastic on Sunday! Thanks, Duncan Date: Saturday, July 5th, 2014 ***Caution Tagline Below*** **Tallyho** *** Cat Game #10: Hide and go puke. ***
Re: [H] Opinions welcome again
At 01:54 PM 03/07/2014, DSinc wrote: Seeking opinions about Lenovo. I know that they now own the old IBM PC division. Fine. So, OB is doing 'New Desktop' research. He went to Dell and found the Inspiron 8700. Nice box. So, OB went to Big Buy and met a Lenovo desktop, I think it is a K450E series. I have not peeked/poked yet. I will. The conversion of IBM to Lenovo is recent. Wondering what the Collective feels about Lenovo in general. If you choose to be specific, please share. Hmmm...Lenovo vs Dell. Why not just custom build and get a machine that is exactly what you want? The business grade of any line is decent. The home grade is crap. T
Re: [H] OB's new desktop PC
At 12:00 PM 05/07/2014, DSinc wrote: Thanks Collective. I truly appreciate all the help. OB may not wait until Monday. He is quite jazzed about a display 'Lenovo' at his local Best Buy, So, maybe he will bend his plastic on Sunday! Well, whomever buys at Best Buy deserves what he gets. But I'd check the following: Is the case tiny? If so, it will run hot and his HD will die early. Does the PS have plenty of power? What's the cooling system look like? How standard are the parts in it? If something fails, doe he have to buy a Lenovo part? T
Re: [H] OB's new desktop PC
At 12:07 PM 05/07/2014, FORC5 wrote: more memory unless he went 32 bit IMO That's a good point. I'd go 8 or 16GB myself these days, although for a the average user, 4 will do. I'd also go to a 1TB drive - and avoid Seagate. T At 08:00 AM 7/5/2014, DSinc Poked the stick with: Forget Dell!!! It looks like OB will order a Lenovo desktop PC of the M83 series. I will not know until next Monday (post order), but after our last 3 phone conversations, I am pretty sure. Looks to be: Lenovo mid-towercase Intel Core i5-4570 processor 4GB (2x2GB dimms) DDR3 ram 500GB or 750GB em HD Optical drive (burner) M/B is unknown (could not find any internal pix) PSU is not known On-board NIC Intel Centrino Advanced N6235 (wireless bluetooth trncvr)** **probably for the wireless KBD and Mouse(?) On-board Intel graphics solution (but I suspect OB may plug in his (now!) spare nVidia Geforce GT630. Windows 8.1 PRO OS --pluswhatever extra glop Lenovo puts/hides on the HD. Thanks Collective. I truly appreciate all the help. OB may not wait until Monday. He is quite jazzed about a display 'Lenovo' at his local Best Buy, So, maybe he will bend his plastic on Sunday! Thanks, Duncan Date: Saturday, July 5th, 2014 ***Caution Tagline Below*** **Tallyho** *** Cat Game #10: Hide and go puke. ***
Re: [H] OB's new desktop PC
Fred, Sorry. His OS will be Win8.1 PRO-64bit. Duncan On 07/05/2014 11:07, FORC5 wrote: more memory unless he went 32 bit IMO onboard graphic are fine unless he games. At 08:00 AM 7/5/2014, DSinc Poked the stick with: Forget Dell!!! It looks like OB will order a Lenovo desktop PC of the M83 series. I will not know until next Monday (post order), but after our last 3 phone conversations, I am pretty sure. Looks to be: Lenovo mid-towercase Intel Core i5-4570 processor 4GB (2x2GB dimms) DDR3 ram 500GB or 750GB em HD Optical drive (burner) M/B is unknown (could not find any internal pix) PSU is not known On-board NIC Intel Centrino Advanced N6235 (wireless bluetooth trncvr)** **probably for the wireless KBD and Mouse(?) On-board Intel graphics solution (but I suspect OB may plug in his (now!) spare nVidia Geforce GT630. Windows 8.1 PRO OS --pluswhatever extra glop Lenovo puts/hides on the HD. Thanks Collective. I truly appreciate all the help. OB may not wait until Monday. He is quite jazzed about a display 'Lenovo' at his local Best Buy, So, maybe he will bend his plastic on Sunday! Thanks, Duncan Date: Saturday, July 5th, 2014 ***Caution Tagline Below*** **Tallyho** *** Cat Game #10: Hide and go puke. ***
Re: [H] OB's new desktop PC
At 12:55 PM 05/07/2014, DSinc wrote: Fred, Sorry. His OS will be Win8.1 PRO-64bit. Any reason why he isn't going with Windows 7? T
Re: [H] OB's new desktop PC
Thane, I may have to admit guilt for this. We had many conversations about how long MS may continue to support Win7; and, how soon MS launched W8 and W8.1. I still do not know, or, understand the breadth of the issue. Both of us decided it had to do with 'Tablets.' Sadly he does own a Tablet (?an Apple IPAD?), an Apple 'Smartphone' and a Kindle 'Reader.' I shared with him that W7pro/64 installed very easily over my goofed up w8.1/plain vanilla attempt. And, he did have W7pro/64 to upgrade to. He kept railing at me wearing his MBA hat telling me me he just could not accept what MS was doing to Commercial/Industrial folks that had thousands of desktops to plan an upgrade to ?What? I begged off and said, I just do not know! I was focused on OB's homedesktop PC--ONLY. In the end, he bought W8.1pro/64, and, decided that was where he would go based on his own personal research; which seems to be some favorite websites, his USMA Alumni forum, and me (because of our Collective!). ;) (see my earlier queries.) I did have himfocused on Win7pro/64 some months back, but, he blew that off for Win8.1pro/64. I just said Fine. I now believe my OB is an ApplicationSW WONK! JMHO. Duncan On 07/05/2014 12:38, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 12:55 PM 05/07/2014, DSinc wrote: Fred, Sorry. His OS will be Win8.1 PRO-64bit. Any reason why he isn't going with Windows 7? T
Re: [H] OB's new desktop PC
At 02:41 PM 05/07/2014, DSinc wrote: Thane, I may have to admit guilt for this. We had many conversations about how long MS may continue to support Win7; and, how soon MS launched W8 and W8.1. I still do not know, or, Windows 7 will be supported until April 2020 at a minimum, FWIW. T
Re: [H] Opinions welcome again
Hi, First, I may be biased, as I work for IBM (in Storage, not anything x86/x64) On 7/3/14, 9:54 AM, DSinc wrote: Seeking opinions about Lenovo. I know that they now own the old IBM PC division. Fine. So, OB is doing 'New Desktop' research. He went to Dell and found the Inspiron 8700. Nice box. So, OB went to Big Buy and met a Lenovo desktop, I think it is a K450E series. I have not peeked/poked yet. I will. My personal opinion is Lenovo's business line, the Think workstations and ThinkPad Laptops (not the edge, not the idea pad) are great. I don't care for *anyones* consumer line. Basically, if it's sold at BestBuy, it's probably built to be disposable. That being said, if you want to poke around the IBM Certified Used, or the Lenovo Employee Purchase Program for IBM Employee's it reaches out to family and friends, send me a direct email, and I will give you the info on both of them (can't post that to a public mailing list). The conversion of IBM to Lenovo is recent. Only if you consider almost 10 years as recent, the PC Division was sold in 2005, the x64 server line is pending sale this year. That being said, I have worked ThinkPad laptops for the better part of 15 years, both personally and professionally, and have found them to be great. I love my work W520, (3 SSDs and 16GB upgradeable to 32GB of memory in a laptop :)). -Harry Wondering what the Collective feels about Lenovo in general. If you choose to be specific, please share. Thanks, Duncan
