[Dream] Quad core or just Dual core?

[andrei.henry at utoronto.ca]

> I don't build it if it's not Lego - that's my philosophy. I could get
> a friend to do it for me, but the store I'm ordering from builds the
> computers from scratch. That is, they offer a standard configuration
> you can customise all you like, and test it properly before sending
> it.

wimp :)  

another recommendation then: get SATA-2 (aka SATA 3.0Gb/s) hard drives with
16 MB buffers (cache).  peeps on this list recommeded staying away from
15000 rpm drives, as they run hot and loud.  high-speed ram can't hurt
either.

> BTW: Do all
> graphics cards come with software that lets you tailor your own custom
> resolution now? I needed to do that to set my current card to my
> monitor's native resolution.

dunno... is your monitor some really funky non-standard size?  if it's not
unique (3247 X 699, anyone?!?), then there should be a preset for it.  my
128MB sapphire (at least 2 years old) has about 20-30 presets for all sorts
of monitor sizes that i had never heard of.  

> Also, I would like my new computer to be
> Vista *compatible,* but I'm definitely not going for Vista until all
> my equipment supports it.

which will probably be some time, then, and you may want to upgrade a part
or two anyways once you make the switch.  anyhoo, i read somewhere that
Vista requires video cards that supposrt DirectX 10, which is relatively
new.  not sure if that's only required for the fancy aero features, or if
all of vista requires it.


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