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"PC vs Consoles"

who else finds the narrow-minded people who only ever consider consoles to overpower the PC very idiotic?

ive asked around at my school and alsmot everyone who plays the console thinks that consoles are WAAAAY better than PC's - at least 'for gaming' they said. WAKE UP PPL. the specs of most top half PC's today dwarf the tiny consoles that keep spewing out of mindwarped companies. no matter how hard they try, xbox online, ps2 hooking up to modem, PC's will ALWAYS be one step ahead, be it technology, power or even looks. everything about the PC is that much better than any console out to date. THE plans for gamecube 2 or PS3 that may arrive in the future, are already out of date, for PC's are growing in power at an astonishing rate. only a few monthas ago, i saw 2.4 ghz PCs being the top spec out to date, and not only that but a few years ago, 500mhz was top of the range, and while PS2s and xbox's have showed an improvement over their previous type, the PCs will always be growing and will NEVER be out of date, constantly improving and never falling behind any petty console. EVEN MICROSOFT submitted to making a console, which is quite foolish, as they should have concentrated on improving their own OS and other small details that would ultimately make PC users lives that little more smooth.

i find it a shame that so many people have been brainwashed by the fancy ads that overrate the console entirely. but generally, PC's are usually owned by the more intelligent of society (hehe unless ure an exception, like me :) ) while consoles that simply switch on and take hours to load or do anything for that matter, belong to the young people of narrow minds.

this is merely my opinion, but im sure that other pc users out there are sick of seeing more and more people buying machines that may instantly be out of date and thrown to the back of the shelf to make way for a new improved model.

what do yall think?

Eclipse-computers.com do pretty good kits and systems. i saw 256mb DDR RAM for about 20 to 30 quid - cant remember. dad got his XP2200+ motherboard from there - and a 1.8ghz athlon for about 130 quid. now i'd call that good.

im goin there meself soon to get me a motherboard kit that CAN run ut2k3 - seeing as i do use my pc for games mainly.

Specs:

Pentium 4, 2.8ghz processor
16x DVD drive
CD-ReWriter 48x12x48
60GB Hard Drive
512MB memory
6 Channel audio (Which i replaced with an EAX powered audigy 2 sound card)
Graphics chip SIS 651 (which I replaced with a bog standard GeForce 4)
3.5" floppy disc drive
56K modem (again, I replaced it with my broadband modem)
4x USB 2.0 ports

It's a base unit as well, so it replaced everything of my old computer except the scaner, printer and monitor, so I guess that saved me a few quid.

I got it from PC world which is odd because I don't like shopping there for anything PC related, but I went on their site to have a look anyway, and low and behold there was my future PC. It's actually better shopping at PC world online than it is in the hight street.

Check out www.pcworld.co.uk if you're interested in the same deal I got, the computer I bought may not be up now, but they have a wide selection of other PCs to choose from at near enough the same price.

what spec/where from?

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You can get some great deals on PCs now, I got my Pentium 4, 2.8ghz for £700 which was over £100 less than what I paid fior my last computer.

*pulls hair out*

Insane Bartender wrote:
> I just an't type properly anymore.
>
> for shame.

obviuslee :)

I just an't type properly anymore.

for shame.

I thought you were using a posh new word with temeramental...until I realised you'd just dropped the P. :)

A new PC is on my shopping list. I've got 2 and a half years out of my current PC, despite it not actually being very good and having a temeramental motherboard.

Looking at the P4 2.4Ghz...

I've got a lovely new PC, at the right time as well the selection of PC games this year is great.