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[i_paint_the_sky]

Okay, so as people know, I am seriously looking into buying a new computer. And since I don't need a monitor (I already have a 19" flatscreen and a 19" CRT) I only need to get a new tower.

I've become quite fond of Acer lately and Best Buy also has a bunch of them listed that are tower only (well, looks like there is a new keyboard which I would not object to).

Anyway, if you more tech inclined people are bored and not sick of giving recommendations, I'd like to hear any opinions on the following that I found (and if you think Acer sucks, let me know ... they made my nice monitor and my netbook, hence my fondness).

All of them have 4GB RAM which would be a VAST improvement from my current 768 MB. And they all have Windows 7 which I hear good things about.

Option 1

(if I'm reading it right, no video card but I can always take out the one from my current computer, which is the ATI Radeon 9550.)

Option 2

Option 3

Option 4

Comments

[equivalent-t.livejournal.com]

Acer sucks if you want a *good* computer, by which I mean if you want something robust that would last you through heavy use. That's my usage profile, so of course I hate Acer. If you're a general user, though, you should be okay.

Windows 7 is what Vista should have been, basically. They *look* about the same and have many of the same issues, but it doesn't come riddle with bugs and is *usually* easier to get XP stuff to work on them. There are exceptions. I get audio/video wonkiness every now and then on vintage software, but there are usually workarounds and it's been a TON more stable than Vista thus far. You'll want the x64 version, though, to make use of all your RAM. I'm not sure whether the version they have up there is x32 or x64, it doesn't really say.

The specs are pretty vague, too. I wouldn't mind seeing more numbers out there, although I guess I could look the series up once I get home if somebody more knowledgeable hasn't chimed in yet. What do you plan to use it for, specifically?

[i-paint-the-sky.livejournal.com]

Basically I don't need anything too fancy. I want to be able to browse, download, and play video files. Some gaming though nothing too hardcore (my most desired game right now is Spore which anything current should be able to play in its sleep, considering my 7 year old computer has to specs for it).