http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/ Engadget Comments for Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide: Desktops http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Dec 17th 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/
http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668363.php

Core 2 Quad, Windows 7 HP 64-bit, 4GB DDR3, 640GB HDD, and room for a decent video card, all for ~$450 online.]]>Dec 17th 2009 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/
I just bought the computer you linked to as a dedicated HTPC computer. I loved the small form factor and the nice set of specs for the price. I'm a mac guy but liked the idea of windows media center in my home theater set up. Its a great little computer and probably makes more sense than a Dell Zino in ever way other than size. ]]>Dec 17th 2009 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/
I had a good experience with Gateway back in 1994. The two PCs I've bought from them since (a desktop in 1999, and a tablet in 2006) have been mediocre computers at best, crap at worst, and their customer service even worse.

No way.]]>Dec 17th 2009 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Dec 17th 2009 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Dec 17th 2009 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Dec 17th 2009 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Dec 17th 2009 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/
I guess you are the cool guy here.]]>Dec 17th 2009 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/]]>Dec 17th 2009 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Dec 17th 2009 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/
But can it take full size graphics cards? Or just half height ones?]]>Dec 17th 2009 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/
Gateway is not nearly as good since Acer bought them, I wouldn't touch the company with a 10 foot pole.]]>Dec 17th 2009 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/
ps: How long does a custom build usually take???]]>Dec 17th 2009 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Thank You]]>Dec 17th 2009 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Dec 17th 2009 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/
+1

Had a few buddies buy decked out systems from them, none worked out of the box, and support was atrocious. Everything from cables that were not plugged in to cracked/damaged casings and internals.]]>Dec 17th 2009 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Dec 17th 2009 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Dec 17th 2009 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/drawing up list of parts and ordering - 1 hour
assemble components - 1-1.5 hours
install os, have coffee as it works - 1 hour
firewall, antivirus, firefox etc - 2 hours

thats like 4.5 hours tops
is being a dad that busy?]]>Dec 17th 2009 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Just like 1+2=0
Nice math, but I get what your saying, really does not take much time. ]]>Dec 17th 2009 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/
Really? You can tool up a six figure custom chassis, be available 6 days a week, all day via toll-free number, support the system for several years including RMA's, etc, pay for rent, salaries, insurance, taxes, etc, and still come up a P&L that's in the black while charging much less? Please contact me as soon as possible, I'd like to hire you as a business consultant immediately.]]>Dec 18th 2009 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Dec 17th 2009 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Dec 17th 2009 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Dec 17th 2009 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Dec 17th 2009 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Dec 17th 2009 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/
One thing i can say is those AMD processors is they arent very powerful.]]>Dec 17th 2009 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Dec 17th 2009 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Dec 17th 2009 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/]]>Dec 17th 2009 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/]]>Dec 17th 2009 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/
I just don't see how are desktops a step down from mobile computing. They way I see it, it is the other way around. Mobile computing, while convenient, has got nothing on the productivity, ease-of-use- and flexibility of a desktop computer. Whenever I mobile compute, I look at it as a necessary evil, because i cant be at my desktop. Couple that with the increased mobile coverage that Engadget has been releasing ( regardless of having Engadget mobile) that has taken off even since the Iphone was released.

There's nothing I cant do with mobile computing that I can with a desktop (aside from porting a rig around) but there lots that a laptop/smartphone/ebook -reader cant do when stacked up against a dedicated rig.

I guess mobile computing hasn't caught on with me. ]]>Dec 17th 2009 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Are you tipsy on eggnog already? They clearly state not everybody wants a laptop but there's a growing trend towards them, which is completely true, every computershop ad-flyer I get is now full of laptops and so are the shops themselves.
And then they list desktop computers.
]]>Dec 17th 2009 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/
Minor rant below, do forgive me:

I'm afraid people who write 'iPhone' as 'Iphone' simply undermine their own credibility. I'm also not really sure what your differentiations between 'mobile computing' and 'laptop/smartphone (etc.)' are, and your second-last paragraph appears to contradict itself.

There's nothing wrong with what Engadget is doing. It's a modern website, catered to the modern public's preferences, with an independent mind that says it like it is.]]>Dec 17th 2009 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Get off your high horse. It's a phone, not a religious object. If he wants to call it an Iphone like anyone with a decent education in the Queen's own English would be tempted to, then more power to him.]]>Dec 18th 2009 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Dec 18th 2009 12:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Dec 19th 2009 7:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/Dec 19th 2009 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-desktops/
Now, where's my $400 i7 PC?]]>Dec 19th 2009 3:54PM