[Matt and Gail]

Originally Posted by billethkid

My grandson is a PhD candidate in computer science and is in the process of defining what my new desk top would spec out like.
He is calling for the new solid state drive technology, very high (2 terabytes memory), blue ray DVD capable.......

What would you recommend be sure to include or consider??

btk

Well, I can tell you that a SSD (Solid State Drive) is worth the $. Just installed a 256G in my desktop, and a 64G and 128G in my two laptops and the speed increase is almost unbelievable.

If he is recommending 2T of STORAGE, I would just caution that when the hard drives get older, losing large ammounts of data can be devastating (and it only takes a bad sector or two).

I personally do not watch TV etc. on a PC. I do have a 27" HD monitor, but it is just not like the comfort of my recliner.

on the SSD! JMHO

Matt