My new Dell desktop machine arrived today. I decided to go with a Windows desktop as my new everyday computer.
BTW, my friends and twitter survey of Win vs. Mac came out almost exactly 50/50. I didn’t expect that. I thought it’d be Mac heavy.
What pushed me over to the Windows side was how unbelievably cheap desktops are. Plus! There was a 35% off $1600 coupon at Dealnews. Got a T3400 and 24″ 2408WFP monitor for less than $1200 shipped.
Tellingly, the first thing I did after Windows XP was configured (which took less than 5 minutes btw), was launch IE to install Chrome and Firefox.
I probably should have opted for the Vista pre-installed, but I wussed out and chose the XP pre-install with free Vista upgrade later.
I still need a new laptop for work though. Still eyeing the Macbook (Pro). The smaller 13″ version this time since it’s not going to be my primary. That’s a better size for carrying around too. But netbooks are getting crazy cheap at around $300 so I’m considering one too. And they have normal sized keyboards now.
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