From: GAmoore@...
I'm thinking of getting a PC for testing some software I am writing. I am
wondering if anyone using a windows machine can comment on what it might be
useful for musically (working with my mac system).
I use my PCs as sample-streaming slaves. Is that what you're asking?
By the way, I found a 3 gig Pentium systme at HP for $349 without monitor.
And without memory (256 is useless). You want 2GB, a larger system HD, and at least one more HD for storing samples.
I'd rather go to a store and have them put together the system from the components I specify. There's not much to a PC: motherboard, case, CPU, memory, drives, Windows XP. You can even put it together yourself and save $75 if you want. Either way, it won't be more expensive than the HP.
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