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**HankWangford** · 6 May 2007, 21:04

Ditch the floppy disk

**cojak** · 7 May 2007, 06:56

Yeah,

Mine came with one a year ago. I've never used it...

(Although by the looks of it they've thrown it in for nothing)

**scooterscot** · 7 May 2007, 08:45

buy a mac you know it makes sense

**ChimpMaster** · 7 May 2007, 09:32

Originally posted by zeitghost

Ditching the floppy disk drive will cut about £3 off, so £1159 then...

Actually £4 ... lol I think I'll get another at that price!

So no serious recommendations then?

**Buffoon** · 7 May 2007, 09:44

Only the one screen?

Seriously, since going dual screen nearly ten years ago I can’t be having the single screen. It does my head in working for any period of time on one screen. That sort of thing is for laptops and servers.

**chubba** · 7 May 2007, 10:22

Agree with only one screen, would be cheaper to get two 17" ones and would give you more screen space plus a second to maximise progs to when working. I got three! Dual PCI-Express card and a dual PCI card so I could have four if I had enough screen space...

Beware ASUS motherboards, had two die on me in the last year, the simply will not boot and spend days trying to get the buggers working. From all the research I did it just seems that they die... Any other mobo options?

Self build would probably come in cheaper. Look up all the components on ebuyer and see how much they are making. Only takes about half a day to knock a pc together, install Windows and load all your crap onto it.

**Joe Black** · 7 May 2007, 18:50

VISTA Home Premium?

Don't know what the price difference is, but from what I've seen so far I'd suggest Ultimate, or doing a Google on the differences as you might find that better. Especially since MS's "choose which version" doesn't reveal all, some of which might be important to you.

**ChimpMaster** · 7 May 2007, 19:15

Good point Joe ... why would I want Vista Ultimate?

This PC is going to be a home PC... i.e. I work from my laptop but I have a separate PC for home use (including gaming, which I rarely do now anyway!). That's also why I'm only going for the one monitor.

So would Vista Ultimate be worth the extra £70 or so?

**Joe Black** · 7 May 2007, 19:58

Hmm, hard call, hence suggesting doing a Google.

Things like the BitLocker encryption might not be useful if it's not a laptop (unless you're downloading things you shouldn't), but then again some things like backup, the sync manager etc might.

As I said, Microsoft's list is not quite complete as every now and then you find something which you're suprised is only in the Ultimate version. Hence a few people at my work saying that's the only one they'll get.

If you can afford the £70 I'd say go for it to cover your bases...

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