mjbphotos
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Anyone with any experience with them? When I compare the cost of getting another hard drive duplicated from my existing one (and no guarantee that's going to help anything if the files themselves are corrupt), I can get a refurbished HP with better specs (3.0 or 3.1 G speed, 8G RAM, 2T hard drive, Win 10 installed of course) for less money.
I can pick up locally, avoid sales tax and shipping, and if there's a problem with it when I open it up, right back for a refund. They come with 90 day warranty, but 2 and 3 year extended warranties are available for less than $28.
I would continue to use existing machine for recording, but move everything else (internet, video and photo processing) over to the other. This current computer, despite the recent freezing issue is dead quiet - perfect for recording.
If my current machine finally kicks the bucket, I have all my music files backed up, then its just a matter of installing Reaper, AI drivers, VSTs, and files onto the newer machine.
I'd get a KVM switch (I think that's what they are called) at Best Buy for $20 for keyboard, monitor and mouse, so just need one basic 'control/watch' set-up. so desk space won't be severely compromised.
I'm kind of loss at all the processor choices, will do some research to see differences:
IntelCore 2 Duo
IntelCore i5-2400
Intel Core 2 Duo-E8400
I can pick up locally, avoid sales tax and shipping, and if there's a problem with it when I open it up, right back for a refund. They come with 90 day warranty, but 2 and 3 year extended warranties are available for less than $28.
I would continue to use existing machine for recording, but move everything else (internet, video and photo processing) over to the other. This current computer, despite the recent freezing issue is dead quiet - perfect for recording.
If my current machine finally kicks the bucket, I have all my music files backed up, then its just a matter of installing Reaper, AI drivers, VSTs, and files onto the newer machine.
I'd get a KVM switch (I think that's what they are called) at Best Buy for $20 for keyboard, monitor and mouse, so just need one basic 'control/watch' set-up. so desk space won't be severely compromised.
I'm kind of loss at all the processor choices, will do some research to see differences:
IntelCore 2 Duo
IntelCore i5-2400
Intel Core 2 Duo-E8400