I entirely agree with this.

Forget Intel. In every test out there, the Athlon blows the doors off it. Not only that, it's cheaper.

Only thing I would add is that if you have the dough, go for a high speed hard drive (10,000 rpm). I actually like having two hard drives - you can "Ghost" your first hard drive onto the second regularly, so if you crash, you'll be at least somewhat protected. No need for the second hard drive to be fast if it's primary purpose is backup.


>I would go with a 1.2 Ghz Athlon or greater with at least a 40 gig HD and 256 or better yet 512 RAM - 133Mhz bus or greater. If you are getting a new monitor, get a 32 MB video card and at least 21 inch monitor - that way you can shrink down your resolution and maximize your development work area. You can easily get one of these systems for about $1000 (American) if you know where to look...
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>That should keep you happy through VFP7 for a few years.....
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>Happy hunting!
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>-Justin