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washishu · 10-11-14, 05:44 AM

Ok, I haven’t been ignoring you, I’ve been a bit preoccupied recently, but thanks for the comments.

There are two machines on offer, both made by Acer. Here’s the spec from the website.

1. Acer Aspire E5-511 15.6”. Intel Pentium quad-care processor N3530 (2.16 GHz, 2.58 GHz with Burst, 2 MB cache). Windows 8.1. 8GB DDR3 RAM. 1TB HD. Can’t find anything about graphics or sound cards in the spec. Which, Mittlwaechter, is what I guess you are getting at re dedicated graphics card (and many thanks for the offer of help).

And for a bit more money—

2. Acer E5-551 15.6”. Processor; AMD A10-7300 (2.0 GHz, 3.2 GHz with Boost, 4MB cache). 8 GB DDR 3 RAM. AMD Radeon R6 graphics card. 1TB HD.

Given that I’ll be using this machine for little else than SH, I don’t want to throw more money at this than I have to, if the first will do the job.

Blitzkrieg; when you say you went through the same dilemma, do you mean the Mac-Bootcamp thing or are you referring to Win 8 on pc?

Once again, thanks for the guidance folks.

10-11-14, 05:44 AM	#7
washishu Mate Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: England Posts: 54 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the advice Ok, I haven’t been ignoring you, I’ve been a bit preoccupied recently, but thanks for the comments. There are two machines on offer, both made by Acer. Here’s the spec from the website. 1. Acer Aspire E5-511 15.6”. Intel Pentium quad-care processor N3530 (2.16 GHz, 2.58 GHz with Burst, 2 MB cache). Windows 8.1. 8GB DDR3 RAM. 1TB HD. Can’t find anything about graphics or sound cards in the spec. Which, Mittlwaechter, is what I guess you are getting at re dedicated graphics card (and many thanks for the offer of help). And for a bit more money— 2. Acer E5-551 15.6”. Processor; AMD A10-7300 (2.0 GHz, 3.2 GHz with Boost, 4MB cache). 8 GB DDR 3 RAM. AMD Radeon R6 graphics card. 1TB HD. Given that I’ll be using this machine for little else than SH, I don’t want to throw more money at this than I have to, if the first will do the job. Blitzkrieg; when you say you went through the same dilemma, do you mean the Mac-Bootcamp thing or are you referring to Win 8 on pc? Once again, thanks for the guidance folks.