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My computer died this weekend and I have to get a new one. I would appreciate any advice on hardware, particlularly on where to buy. I am not concerned that it be a name brand. My major use of the computer is either (1) writing legal papers or
correspondence in xywrite where my format ie margins and fonts, never vary,
conveerting them into wordperfect 5.1 for printing in either times roman or
universal condensed on two hp5 printers (2) research and downloading material
from lexis or westlaw in pure txt which I always print out in the same format,
(3) converting documents that I have written into pdf format for electronic
filing with courts,(4) sending and receiving email and (5) surfing the internet
through a dsl line. Since I do not toggle back and forth much between
xywrite and windows applications and print in word perfect I have not had any
major problems running xywrite in windows xp professional in maximum or
full screen. I have an external 160 gig hard drive so I never have a
problem being backed up.
The computer that just died was a no name pc with a 2.2 gigahrz amd
processor, 1 gig of ram, a 50 gig hardrive that was less than 50% used, a cd
burner and a dvd burner which I very very rarely used, a dsl modem with a
wireless router and a dial up modem. I expect to buy something like that
again but with two gigs of ram since it seemed to meet my needs and will
continue to use fat32. Any suggestions on whther I should stay with Xp or
go back to windows 2000 or dual boot using xp and another operating
system.
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