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[charmax]

So, my computer has been failing for about 6 months now but over the last 2, things have been dire. I am limping to the finish line with my second Club Vivid vid and then with help from the bank of mom and dad (Max's) I am getting this The Dell XPS 630. It's an awesome monster of a machine! I shall have it in about 2 weeks.

These are the specs:

Base Intel® Core™ 2 Quad-Core Processor Q6600 (2.40Ghz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB cache)
Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English
Memory Memory 3072 MB (2 x 1GB, 2 x 512MB) 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel
Keyboard Dell™ Enhanced USB Multimedia Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Video Card DUAL 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800GT graphics card
Hard Drive Hard Drive 640 GB (2x320GB) Serial ATA (7200 Rpm) Dual HDD Config. Raid 0 Stripe
Floppy Drives and Additional Storage Devices 19-in-1 Media Card Reader with Bluetooth
Mouse Dell Optical Scroll Premium Mouse
Optical Devices 16X DVD+/-RW (Read/Write DVD, CD)
Sound Cards SoundBlaster™ XFI™ Xtreme Gamer Card
Speakers Dell™ A525 Speakers with Subwoofer

Pretty cool, right?

All emails/comments may be sporadic for the next couple of weeks.

Comments

[littleheaven70.livejournal.com]

Ooh, we'll be computer twins! I've got the XPS 710, which is 4 x 2.8Ghz processors and 4 x 1GB RAM. It rocks my world, though I am yet to vid on it, which will be the ultimate test :o)

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Oh awesome! Is your's new? I was looking at the XPS 720 because they don't have the 710 on the Dell site anymore but I've pretty much settled on the 630, I think.

[littleheaven70.livejournal.com]

It's fairly new. Hubby bought it about August last year, then decided he hated PC's with the fiery passion of a thousand suns, and got a ProMac instead (8 x 2.8Ghz processors and 6GB of RAM for goodness sake). So I got the 710 for myself. I've had it about a month, maybe 6 weeks so I've mainly been taken up with re-loading all my stuff. The box is so huge it doesn't fit in or on my desk, it has to sit beside me, but it's so much quieter than my old Dimension 8300. The 630 looks great - really well specced. I bet it'll vid like an absolute dream!

[bunnythenavia.livejournal.com]

I'm no expert in computers, but I have the feeling that Dor, the computer super geek, will go insane just reading this. The only thing I did understand was Hard Drive 640 GB, which made my eyes grow very big. Just that makes me green with jealousy (you really don't want to know how much GB is my hard drive)! It sounds perfect for vidding. Hee enjoy your new computer when you get it!!! :D

z

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I have 3 external drives as well and those add up to about 1TB... and then the 640GB on top. So much space! \0/

[bunnythenavia.livejournal.com]

WOW!!! That's crazy! :D

z

[counteragent.livejournal.com]

As it says in the ad, "Everybody wins" when charmax gets a new computer. :)

[thefourthvine.livejournal.com]

Condolences on the sad loss of the old computer, and congratulations on the purchase of the new Monster Beast!

[dualbunny.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about the limping along, but you should have an awesome time with the new monster! :D

[12-12-12.livejournal.com]

Hi there! Er...this is kind of random, but I found you through heresluck and am friending, if you don't mind (no need to feel obligated to friend back, or anything, obviously *g*). I just thought I'd let you know so you don't think, "Who is this random person who has shown up on my friends list?" :D

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Hi there!
I'm not very active on my own lj at the moment but by all means friend away. I'll add you back. :D

[12-12-12.livejournal.com]

Yay, thanks!

[foufymaus.livejournal.com]

long time no see, my pc is about to give up the ghost too. I should look in to purchasing a newer one. *sniffles* it's soo old ;)

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Mausie!! It's been so long!! I hope you've been good?

[foufymaus.livejournal.com]

all is well in my neck of the woods, i just wish it would warm up for more than just a day at a time ;) Congrats on the new pc, im so jealous. :D

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Good good. Yep it was summer here last week and now it's like autumn again.

I'm very lucky to have the new comp, it's only with thanks to the in-laws. I'd have to use the library one otherwise.