I have 2 agree with Squiddley although I'd say that U Should deffinately go 4 an AMD as they're not only cheaper but faster 2. Also if U're after good games playing then go for a Duron at a big saving and concentrate on the Video Board like Nvidia Geforce2MX (don't B put off by the fact that the MX is "budget", It's pretty quick) GTS or Ultra (if U can aford it and have a large monitor). Also the Duron can B very well overclocked. U could try
www.overclockers.co.uk (also have many interesting articles and links)as they can sell U not only all the parts U need but also unlock the clock multiplyer on your chip (PIII, Duron or Athlon(Want a 1.35GHz Athlon then talk 2 them)). As for the hard drive then I can personally vouch 4 the IBM range, Particuly the 75GXP range (from 15-75Gb). I have just bought a 46Gb model which is soooo much faster than my (no slouch) 30Gb Fujitsu.
JP Justice, Please don't buy a laptop because it looks nice, U'll pay double for half the functionality and when U want 2 upgrade then U'll get stung again.
R O Tiree, although I agree with U on the laptop from I can't agree with your "Early Adopters" philosophy unless U've very well off. If U buy something thats been out 4 months U'll save a fortune outweighing your 3 year lifespan being reduced by a couple month. Worse still, U could get cought with an unsupported product. Would U buy Rambus yet?
One last Note (I know, I've been going on) to Mac the Knife is that old Processor chips make very nice keyrings.
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