Forum: Smart shoppers
Topic: New desktop - what’s important?
Poster: Niels Stephan
Post title: Less is more?
Most of the answers seem to suggest that more and faster is always better.
That is not necessarily true.
A 32 bit OS isn’t even able to address 4GB of RAM. So why would you buy it?
As for the processor: It is usually cheaper to not buy the state-of-the art model, but some medium priced one and upgrade in time. Sure, more processing power “doesn’t hurt”, but if you are not using it, it just costs you money.
And othing people easily forget: The more power you have inside your computer the warmer it gets, especially interesting in your office in summer. Similarly you need more cooling power and the noise of fans can get on your nerves when you sit next to it all day. I know I love my new nearly noiseless PC.
In general it sure is nice to get help here for every possible topic but in this regard I would still trust a specialist. I know I did (but I am lucky to know one) and he had lots of interesting stuff to say. These threads pop up every now and then, usually with similar suggestions. They are helpful, sure, I am just saying that there is probably more to it.
