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XPS vs 8300?
I'm looking into replacing my current Dell with another. I have been looking at the XPS
and the 8300 and am wondering what is the advantages of one over the other. I don't do a lot of gaming, mostly Internet, heavy use of MS Office products, some minor games - nothing heavy, Genealogy researching, and some photo editing. Any thoughts/suggestions appreciated. Charlie ************************************************** **** Charlie Chapman NOTE: Remove "NOSPAM" to respond via Email |
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"Charlie Chapman" wrote in message ... I'm looking into replacing my current Dell with another. I have been looking at the XPS and the 8300 and am wondering what is the advantages of one over the other. I don't do a lot of gaming, mostly Internet, heavy use of MS Office products, some minor games - nothing heavy, Genealogy researching, and some photo editing. Any thoughts/suggestions appreciated. Charlie ************************************************** **** Charlie Chapman NOTE: Remove "NOSPAM" to respond via Email Given your description of how it will be used, get the Dim8300. The XPS is a gaming/performance rig, and these are generally noisy out of necessity and more expensive by nature. Stew |
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Charlie Chapman wrote:
I'm looking into replacing my current Dell with another. I have been looking at the XPS and the 8300 and am wondering what is the advantages of one over the other. I don't do a lot of gaming, mostly Internet, heavy use of MS Office products, some minor games - nothing heavy, Genealogy researching, and some photo editing. Any thoughts/suggestions appreciated. Charlie ************************************************** **** Charlie Chapman NOTE: Remove "NOSPAM" to respond via Email There would be no advantage of the XPS for you, and plenty of money to be saved with the 8300. The only thing you mention that has the potential for needing "power" is photo editing. A fairly minimal configuration of an 8300 would suit you fine (basic sound, minimal video card, IDE hard drive, 2.8GHz CPU) but get 512MB of RAM. |
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"Tom Almy" wrote in message ... Charlie Chapman wrote: I'm looking into replacing my current Dell with another. I have been looking at the XPS and the 8300 and am wondering what is the advantages of one over the other. I don't do a lot of gaming, mostly Internet, heavy use of MS Office products, some minor games - nothing heavy, Genealogy researching, and some photo editing. Any thoughts/suggestions appreciated. Charlie ************************************************** **** Charlie Chapman NOTE: Remove "NOSPAM" to respond via Email There would be no advantage of the XPS for you, and plenty of money to be saved with the 8300. The only thing you mention that has the potential for needing "power" is photo editing. A fairly minimal configuration of an 8300 would suit you fine (basic sound, minimal video card, IDE hard drive, 2.8GHz CPU) but get 512MB of RAM. I agree with the previous two responders. IF you're not into gaming then the 8300 should suit your needs. However, if you can afford it go for the 1GB of RAM and as big a hard drive as you can afford. (No matter how big your hard drive, they never seem big enough. g). If you do much photo editing the extra memory and HD space will be appreciated. I have an XPS and have not found it to be noisy. If fact it much quiter than my previous Gateway machine. Paul |
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Thanks all for you replies. I will look hard at the 8300.
Charlie "N.O. Body" wrote: "Tom Almy" wrote in message ... Charlie Chapman wrote: I'm looking into replacing my current Dell with another. I have been looking at the XPS and the 8300 and am wondering what is the advantages of one over the other. I don't do a lot of gaming, mostly Internet, heavy use of MS Office products, some minor games - nothing heavy, Genealogy researching, and some photo editing. Any thoughts/suggestions appreciated. Charlie ************************************************** **** Charlie Chapman NOTE: Remove "NOSPAM" to respond via Email There would be no advantage of the XPS for you, and plenty of money to be saved with the 8300. The only thing you mention that has the potential for needing "power" is photo editing. A fairly minimal configuration of an 8300 would suit you fine (basic sound, minimal video card, IDE hard drive, 2.8GHz CPU) but get 512MB of RAM. I agree with the previous two responders. IF you're not into gaming then the 8300 should suit your needs. However, if you can afford it go for the 1GB of RAM and as big a hard drive as you can afford. (No matter how big your hard drive, they never seem big enough. g). If you do much photo editing the extra memory and HD space will be appreciated. I have an XPS and have not found it to be noisy. If fact it much quiter than my previous Gateway machine. Paul ************************************************** **** Charlie Chapman NOTE: Remove "NOSPAM" to respond via Email |
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