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hello all.... my web designer advises 3-4 weeks before Roadragejewelry.com
is up ...now - i need to seriously upgrade my computer...this is going to be home based for now; needs to be able to support quickbook pro just for my accounting purposes; i need fast, easy access to the merchants and gateway companies; i need to be able to receive and send faxes on line, and all the necessary bells and whistles to start... nothing too fancy but nothing too cheap either...

comments welcome... thanks to all... legsx3

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First off you need to get Vista, XP was good but all your programs are going to run much better on vista. Because patches have stopped being made for XP and now are only being made for vista. With that said you will need 2 to 4 gigs of memory,  because vista needs alot a memory. i mean build your own so you can have what you want if you need to know anything jsut let me know.


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gentlemen - thank you all. 

i have been working with my current desktop which is still XP and my lap is with Vista; no doubt i am more comfortable with what "i know works."  but i was under the impression that i had no option but to go with Vista... i was also questioning the memory - i will shoot for the 2-4 gigs...

thanks again...

Vista? I`ve been a Windows user from the beginning, and spent my time in IT support and so on. For the first time, I`m seriously considering moving to a Mac. 

again thanks for all the imput... i was looking at dell`s site - would i be better off with their small business pc`s?

i know there is a debate regarding dell vs. h.p.  i will be researching hp`s but any input would be appreciated... thanks again

If you are buying a name brand computer, you will likely find it bundled with Vista.  I recently bought an HP a6750y computer from Best Buy for about $700.  It`s likely overkill for your needs, but I do a lot of Photoshop work and the PC is a quad core, 64-bit computer.

I normally build my own PC`s, but I am waiting for the competition in the motherboards for the Intel i7 CPU to bring those prices down.  The i7 smokes everything in its class.

Small business PCs are virtually identical to the small business PC`s except the small business PC will be loaded with Vista Business and the home with Vista Home.

"Vista...faster"?  Only in your imagination.  I have two laptops that are physically identical in every way, except one has XP-Pro and the other Vista Pro.  Every program that I run on both Laptops, the Vista laptop is significantly slower.

Craig, like you and many others I know, I avoid Vista like the third rail.  My new HP PC came loaded with Vista Home, 64-bit.  So, I decided to leave it installed because I couldn`t find an OEM copy of 64-bit XP.  I am also trying a beta of Win7.  (Yes, I have a lot of PCs around here.)  I am warming up to W7.  It`s never crashed on me (though I don`t use it every day) and seems to address many of the problems in Vista.



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this is like a version of clash of the titans...lol

after reading all the posts here and reading up on some more articles i had been saving on upgrading, i went with dell small business..its will have the vista office pack preinstalled, and i paid extra for the ms/office 2007; i can ease into vista when i am ready... so i went with a:

Vostra 220
Core 2 duo 2.8GHz processor
4GB dual drive ram 800MHz
320GB serial hard drive -720RPM -16MB

some of you may be shaking your heads, but bear with us newbies.... aside from learning manufacturing, engineering, legal and business applications, along with a plethora of what-not-to-do`s in starting and bringing a new product to market, we are bound to make first timer mistakes in buying computers... my hats off to all of you that understand all the nitty-gritty of computer world.  i appreciate the big-brother guidance in this forum... thanks much.... legsx3