My computer is dead

Shadow WarChief · Post by **Shadow WarChief** » 2003-12-27 08:46pm

My computer is dead. My G3 snow-white iMac which has served me "faithfully" through my sophmore and junior years of high school....has died....RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FUCKING COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS!

Luckily for me...I made copies of all my essays and put them on my school issued lap top which I'm posting with....so no huge loss there.

Anyways....

I need a desktop replacement. Anybody got recommendations?

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2003-12-27 09:01pm

You stuck with Mac? If so, there isn't much in the way of choices. It's either eMac, iMac or G5 Desktop.

If you aren't married to Mac's, then there are a multitude of other options. If you could provide your price range and priorities of use(gaming, surfing, etc), then I can make some suggestions. Also, will you be needing a monitor and do you want an LCD or CRT?

Shadow WarChief · Post by **Shadow WarChief** » 2003-12-27 10:06pm

The Kernel wrote:You stuck with Mac? If so, there isn't much in the way of choices. It's either eMac, iMac or G5 Desktop.

Well it's not so much me that's married to it as it is my parents. They simply can't learn to use PCs. They're hopeless. I'm actually worried about what they'll do without me to guide them

If you aren't married to Mac's, then there are a multitude of other options. If you could provide your price range and priorities of use(gaming, surfing, etc), then I can make some suggestions. Also, will you be needing a monitor and do you want an LCD or CRT?

Well that's good. I will need a desktop for college after all

but I don't think I'll be able to give you a price range. My parents have basically said that it depends on the tuition of the place I get into. If it's something like Cooper Union which pays for all tuition, then they'll get me whatever I want. If it's someting like Lehigh which is around ~30,000$...they said they'd get me the bare minimum.

So I guess could you give me the middle of the road in terms of price?

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2003-12-27 10:31pm

No prob, but I need to know the answers to these questions first:

1) Are you going to use the PC for 3D gaming?
2) Do you need a monitor? If yes, do you want an LCD?
3) Can you build it yourself or do you want an OEM box?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-12-27 11:22pm

You don't actually need a desktop for college. Laptops are quite useful if your university of choice has set up a WLAN - you can bring it with you to the library or whatnot.