Computer Guy may be able to reuse your current copy of Windows on the new machine, since you are going to retire the old.
Not quite . . . I am specifically gunning for 64-bit Vista here, and currently using an ancient copy of XP. A 64-bit OS is one of my "future-proofing" desires.
Consider a second, mirrored HDD to avoid unplanned downtime.
Yeah, I think that's on the list of things to price.
Keep the old display on as primary until your preferred Samsung comes on sale, then retire it to secondary display.
I'm one pair of glasses older, so going to a larger display is in my future. I'm not dead-set on that specific model, though. One thing you get to take for granted in the U.S. but that I can't assume in Canada, with 1/10 the density of customers, is that there will be competition for your dollar. The odds that there will be anybody local selling just the display for cheap this month, quarter, or year are rather low. And extensive past experience tells me that ordering elsewhere eats the savings, once I pay the shipping and/or duties owing at the border.
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Computer Guy may be able to reuse your current copy of Windows on the new machine, since you are going to retire the old.
Not quite . . . I am specifically gunning for 64-bit Vista here, and currently using an ancient copy of XP. A 64-bit OS is one of my "future-proofing" desires.
Consider a second, mirrored HDD to avoid unplanned downtime.
Yeah, I think that's on the list of things to price.
Keep the old display on as primary until your preferred Samsung comes on sale, then retire it to secondary display.
I'm one pair of glasses older, so going to a larger display is in my future. I'm not dead-set on that specific model, though. One thing you get to take for granted in the U.S. but that I can't assume in Canada, with 1/10 the density of customers, is that there will be competition for your dollar. The odds that there will be anybody local selling just the display for cheap this month, quarter, or year are rather low. And extensive past experience tells me that ordering elsewhere eats the savings, once I pay the shipping and/or duties owing at the border.