pentium 541...what would be a comparable AMD

[smithy5]

I'm looking at a AMD 64 3000+ venice...that beats this intel in pretty much everything correct? Machine would be used for office & web applications only.

Thanks

 

[Screech]

you wouldnt notice the difference probably, at least for those application, so whatever is cheapest, least power hungry, etc is best...

 

[Fox5]

For office and web applications, you may as well go with a sempron.(overclock it if you want)
Or go for that dual core 3800+ coming out next month.
Or go Centrino.

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

p4 with ht is the best for heavy multitasking and things like that. or you can get dual core x2...

 

[Hanpan]

Don't do it unless you want to open a tech support center.

Trust me.

 

[o1die]

They'll be calling you for every little problem. Tell them to go with Dell.

 

[Rock Hydra]

Originally posted by: Hanpan
Don't do it unless you want to open a tech support center.

Trust me.

Originally posted by: o1die
They'll be calling you for every little problem. Tell them to go with Dell.

What they said.
HEED! You have been warned.

 

[Fox5]

Originally posted by: Rock Hydra

Originally posted by: Hanpan
Don't do it unless you want to open a tech support center.

Trust me.

Originally posted by: o1die
They'll be calling you for every little problem. Tell them to go with Dell.

What they said.
HEED! You have been warned.

If he helps them pick out the Dell and everything, it's likely they'll still come to him for every little thing.
If you're really worried about tech support, tell him to get something from the Latitude line, it has much better tech support.

 

[Hacp]

Get a dell. They are super cheap. Only bad thing is that you can't overclock.

 

[TuxDave]

Originally posted by: Hanpan
Don't do it unless you want to open a tech support center.

Trust me.

QFT

 

[AnandThenMan]

There is much wisdom in this thread. If you build and supply the system yourself, expect MANY calls blaming "your" system for not doing, this that, the other thing blah blah just DON'T DO IT. And don't recommend anything either, because then you are on the hook if it turns out to be no good. Recommend 2-3 systems and let them chose.

 

[sbuckler]

For office and web the A64 wouldn't beat the pentium in a single app by enough to be noticeable, and would mostly seem slower due to lack of ht. Let him buy his dell. The only help I would give is to check out the specs and recomend simple upgrades like more memory - the dell's almost bound to have too little and you can recomend a cheap place to buy some more (e.g. www.crucial.com will do the job nicely).