What is a state of the art PC nowadays?

[MrRobin]

Haven't used a floppy disk for about 5 odd years now. Haven't owned a PC with a floppy drive for about 3.

I'm probably going to get a new laptop in early 2008. Is Vista still tulip and infested with bugs and incompatability issues or have they mostly been fixed now? I'll insist on XP pro otherwise.

[KevinS]

If Vista is supplied by the laptop manufacturer, you will be fine. If not, then drivers are still a bit thin on the ground, as hardware manufacturers have been really slow to port drivers to the Vista model..

I am running Vista on 2 Dell laptops and a home built desktop, and have no issues at all with compatibility or stability..

[Ardesco]

Don't forget to buy one of these:

http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/pro...g/reserator-xt

Having a PC that runs totally silent is a wonderful thing

[Zorba]

Don't forget to buy one of these:

http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/pro...g/reserator-xt

Having a PC that runs totally silent is a wonderful thing

They look like a lot of hard work to install - are they worth the effort? Also can you cool everything off it?

[MrRobin]

Doesn't the pump itself make a bit of noise?

[gingerjedi]

Don't forget to buy one of these:

http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/pro...g/reserator-xt

Having a PC that runs totally silent is a wonderful thing

I've got one of those in my pond to keep the fish cool in the summer.

Threaded.

[Ardesco]

They look like a lot of hard work to install - are they worth the effort? Also can you cool everything off it?

I'm cooling the GFX card and CPU, you can also cool the northbridge and southbridge on the mobo if you want but my mobo has heatpipes so no fans anyway. The package only comes with a CPU cooling plate though, if you want to cool the other parts you need to buy the appropriate heat plates.

Installation was surprisingly easy, its pretty much a self contained unit. The longest job for me was removing the old heatsink on the gfx card and putting on the water cooling heatplate instead. The rest is a case of cur the tube to the right length, plug them in and pump the water round, easy

Doesn't the pump itself make a bit of noise?

The pump is silent, the only slight noise is the fan, but you can set it to auto so that the fan doesn't come on unless it needs to. Even with the fan going at full speed it makes less noise than a normal computer that is running with the normal fans inside, to me it is silent.

[cojak]

Thanks guys. I was thinking it's about time I got "down wiv the hood" It-wise as I am still using my laptop from 2002

I'm going for a Macbook...

[El_Diablo]

I'm thinking of stealing the GF's Macbook, hehehe

Hmm but I'm sure punishment of some sort would ensue or more likely DoS.

[TheFaQQer]

I'm going for a Macbook...

DS23 seems quite pleased with his new one.