written by GlassOnion on 13/02/2005
When purchasing my Rock Direct Quadra 64 I wanted the following: numeric keypad,widescreen,17inch, 64-bit; that's exactly what I got - a real desktop replacement. It has all the things a desktop user would want to feel at home - including the powersupply and plug!
From the top down: the keypad is a boon for database and spreadsheet users; the keypad is good, comfortable & responsive; the wrist-rest, which I have often laughed at in the past, as a desktop user, actually works and, due to the warmth generated by this animal of a machine, is not just comfortable but warm & welcome.
The widescreen is a boon for watching films, but due to the combination of high resolution & widescreen, text is not as easy to read as you might think. I use a large screen at work and don't have to adjust text settings, but I do on this machine. Nevertheless, I like it, and find widescreen far better than the norm.
I don't play games, and the extra 512MB I ordered is going to take care of any needs I might have more than adequately - I got this because it's the maximum per slot so better to start with that for future upgrading - but after saying that, everything I do is done at speed, responsively, and without any problems at all, so it is not only gamesters who benefit by having top specs.
Then there is the future-proofing of 64-bit. Now I await the new OS and the future, instead of waiting to get out of date - it's a nice feeling.
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