Hardware Makes The Man – Internet Marketing vs Computing Power

If you’re not a computer nerd, skip this article. I’m going to focus on
computing power and how it relates to online marketing itself.

I’ve been running windows XP at a die-hard level since not long
after it came out. I actually liked it from day one. I’ve come to know
every nook & cranny and just about every tweak You can execute.

As an internet marketer, xp offers the advantages of beign able
to run some of the loosely Coded cheap programs some developers
in other countries (or ones on small budgets) make
as well as the high end commercial software.

However, my reason to abandon Windows XP this week came
from my obsession with speed, & computer hardware.

My current Amd Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ wasn’t quite
cutting it for me in development speed. With only 2GB ram and
a 320GB hdd it seemed a little old hat and I wanted more power.

After reveiwing  http://www.cpubenchmark.net/common_cpus.html

I realized my CPU was pretty slow compared to what’s out
there… So.. I ordered a brand new AMD Phenom X4 9650 Processor.
Oh yes, 4 processors on one chip! I also ordered 4GB of
the newer style ram.

Turns out XP doesn’t support all 4 cores. It also doesn’t support
4gb of ram! Well as some of My friends know i’ve been beta
testing windows 7 for ages and love it to death. Being the
latest OS it definitely would support all this, but then I found
out about this new X64 version. To make a story short, don’t
touch it. Google toolbar won’t work in x64, Google Chrome won’t
work, and a whole host of other applications including the Nvidia
driver for my 256MB video card!!!

So… Currently loading Vista… I’m thinking of doing an entire
article up about speed tips for online marketers and how to get
the most out of your workstation (budget or high end rig).

Just for the record, I got an AMAZING deal on my hardware!
The entire system pretty much ran under $400 for the processor,
ram, motherboard & case. Call Icompute Computers in
langley B.C. if you live out here.

Best of luck!
Daniel J Deyette