Comments on: How to Buy a Business PC http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-buy-a-business-pc/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ianhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-buy-a-business-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-32316 Ian Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:30:46 +0000 http://595970489#comment-32316 I've never felt the need to write a comment pointing out mistakes in an article, I know my knowledge is not perfect - but please, this from a PC tech site? Even bearing in mind the article is about business computing, not necessarily the fastest kit on the shelves at any given time.Core 2 Duo and Pentium D? AMD Sempron? 80 and 120GB hard-drives? Vista in 512MB? 18 months ago perhaps, and the latter only on the very first Vista laptops that hit the shops three years ago , before people realised it needed 2GB to get the best out it. A 3Ghz processor cannot perform 3 billion instructions per second, that's the clock speed - processor instructions take a varying number of clock cycles to complete, very few only require a single clock cycle. From your About page "We work to bring the world of technology to the “normal” people. Not geeks and nerds and people who understand all the technical stuff." - fine, but just make sure when you do state something "technical", it's correct.Disappointingly ill-informed/outdated article for a so-called tech site and one that wants people to pay for more access at that..... I’ve never felt the need to write a comment pointing out mistakes in an article, I know my knowledge is not perfect – but please, this from a PC tech site? Even bearing in mind the article is about business computing, not necessarily the fastest kit on the shelves at any given time.

Core 2 Duo and Pentium D? AMD Sempron? 80 and 120GB hard-drives? Vista in 512MB? 18 months ago perhaps, and the latter only on the very first Vista laptops that hit the shops three years ago , before people realised it needed 2GB to get the best out it.
A 3Ghz processor cannot perform 3 billion instructions per second, that’s the clock speed – processor instructions take a varying number of clock cycles to complete, very few only require a single clock cycle.
From your About page “We work to bring the world of technology to the “normal” people. Not geeks and nerds and people who understand all the technical stuff.” – fine, but just make sure when you do state something “technical”, it’s correct.

Disappointingly ill-informed/outdated article for a so-called tech site and one that wants people to pay for more access at that…..

]]> By: Richard Manriquehttp://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-buy-a-business-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-28581 Richard Manrique Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:27:46 +0000 http://595970489#comment-28581 Ypou may want to also talk about L2 cache memory, and FSB speed. The L2 memory is a common spec and is confusing to me (a CPA with 25+ years working with PC's. Especially with Windows 7 coming how much does one really make use of - is it better to have 3mb or is a normal 1 or 2mb great for the OS and most common things stored in the L2 memory - does the OS have the "brains" to use this memory to do certain things only, or is it just First In First Out type of approach. Re FSB speed - does this really matter for 1) the MS Office user versus 2) downloading/playing grandkids videos versus 3) serious gaming. For the 1) user above should I really go for something over FSB 800 with Windows 7 coming, or is a Dual Core at 2.4 GHz, 800 FSB, 2M L2 cache and 2GB of Ram more than suffient for 1) and 2) above. Also, is this type of settup sufficient for the foreseable future - what upgrades would you recommend? I.E., give us (non-gamers) some sample setups so that we can calm down about what to look for to do normal business, Web surfing, video/pix downloads and playing. Finally how about talking about "refurb" machines which may be better quality (stoutness) than new, while providing all the horsepower most "mortals" can use. Thanks for your newletter. Ypou may want to also talk about L2 cache memory, and FSB speed. The L2 memory is a common spec and is confusing to me (a CPA with 25+ years working with PC’s. Especially with Windows 7 coming how much does one really make use of – is it better to have 3mb or is a normal 1 or 2mb great for the OS and most common things stored in the L2 memory – does the OS have the “brains” to use this memory to do certain things only, or is it just First In First Out type of approach. Re FSB speed – does this really matter for 1) the MS Office user versus 2) downloading/playing grandkids videos versus 3) serious gaming. For the 1) user above should I really go for something over FSB 800 with Windows 7 coming, or is a Dual Core at 2.4 GHz, 800 FSB, 2M L2 cache and 2GB of Ram more than suffient for 1) and 2) above. Also, is this type of settup sufficient for the foreseable future – what upgrades would you recommend? I.E., give us (non-gamers) some sample setups so that we can calm down about what to look for to do normal business, Web surfing, video/pix downloads and playing. Finally how about talking about “refurb” machines which may be better quality (stoutness) than new, while providing all the horsepower most “mortals” can use. Thanks for your newletter.

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