Get at least 4gb of ram, you'll thank yourself later. While solid state is a good idea, the price point is still to high to justify it. I wouldn't really consider amd un,unless price is a concern. But that's just my opinion. I'm not going to get into a flame war with the diehard amd people.
Thanks, Jared Lynn PORTA CUSD #202 Technology Coordinator jl...@porta202.org 217-501-4920 On Sep 17, 2010, at 2:09 PM, "Bob Schmidt" <rschm...@d94.org> wrote: > I5 will be just fine. > > Save the difference in price over an i7 and buy an SSD hard disk. Disks are > the major bottleneck these days. > > -----Original Message----- > From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org > [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of > tmcl...@argenta-oreana.org > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 1:58 PM > To: tech-geeks@tech-geeks.org > Subject: [tech-geeks] Need suggestions for workstation specs for Windows > 7with 5-yr warranty > > We are ready to purchase a few workstations with the new Intel processors. > What chip sets do you recommend for users who do lots of multitasking and > data analysis with spreadsheets and websites? Would a low end i5 be > sufficient or should I bump up to an i7? These workstations will have a 5-yr > warranty so I want to be sure they will still have some power beyond the > first couple years of use. > TIA, > Tammy > > Tammy McLane > Technology Coordinator > Argenta-Oreana Middle/High School > 200 E. East St. > Argenta, IL 62501 > phone: 217-795-2163 x.1326 > fax: 217-795-4502 > > > > > > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > This email communication and its attachments, if any, may contain > CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION WHICH MAY ALSO BE LEGALLY PRIVILEGED and is intended > only for the use of the recipient(s) identified above. The unauthorized > review, use, dissemination, distribution, downloading, or copying of this > communication or any of its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please immediately notify the listed > sender by reply email, and delete and otherwise destroy all copies > of the communication and all attachments to the communication. > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
