There's only so much longer I can keep the computer I'm typing this onto running. I understand there have been a few advances since I got this machine - for one thing, they've gone beyond Windows 2000...
I have no idea how many cores are in a decent processor nowadays, or how fast they run.
Much like Miyuki in Lucky Star, I play Solitaire and Minesweeper... and I don't play very much Minesweeper. However, I am into 3D-modeling, and I understand there's a third-party add-on for Daz Studio that makes heavy use of the Nvidia chipset for rendering, so that's probably where I want to go with the graphics.
I'm not about to send my banking information over wi-fi, no matter how slim the chance is that it'd be intercepted, so a wired connection to my router is essential.
I run my software locally, not on the cloud from a Software-as-a-Service provider. Text-based Internet access (including Usenet and FTP) is a must. Being able to turn off all that Flash crap in the browser is a plus. (Chrome is right out - Google already knows too much about me as it is.)
While I'd prefer something faster than SATA for my hard drives, I don't want to break the bank (I need to save up for a big party next year) and I don't know whether anybody makes Fibre Channel drives for the desktop anyway, so this is a low-priority desire.
I'm not willing to pay the premium (or climb the learning curve) for a Mac.
What am I looking for?
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
I have no idea how many cores are in a decent processor nowadays, or how fast they run.
Much like Miyuki in Lucky Star, I play Solitaire and Minesweeper... and I don't play very much Minesweeper. However, I am into 3D-modeling, and I understand there's a third-party add-on for Daz Studio that makes heavy use of the Nvidia chipset for rendering, so that's probably where I want to go with the graphics.
I'm not about to send my banking information over wi-fi, no matter how slim the chance is that it'd be intercepted, so a wired connection to my router is essential.
I run my software locally, not on the cloud from a Software-as-a-Service provider. Text-based Internet access (including Usenet and FTP) is a must. Being able to turn off all that Flash crap in the browser is a plus. (Chrome is right out - Google already knows too much about me as it is.)
While I'd prefer something faster than SATA for my hard drives, I don't want to break the bank (I need to save up for a big party next year) and I don't know whether anybody makes Fibre Channel drives for the desktop anyway, so this is a low-priority desire.
I'm not willing to pay the premium (or climb the learning curve) for a Mac.
What am I looking for?
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012