Originally Posted by: Lordathestrings
fredhe12 has it right. Get the best bang-for-the-buck hardware, and run a tight OS on it. Select the software suites you want to work with, and then tailor your computer choices to suit.

Yeah, I tried that. The Pentium computer I bought last year stopped working and I had to have it repaired 3 times until they finally admitted it couldn't be fixed and gave me a new one.
Now the monitor has blown & it's been in repair for 6 weeks.

No thanks. When it was time for a new computer, I bought a MacPro Core 8 and an Apple Cinema monitor. Top quality stuff that I know is well designed and will still be around years from now.