Home computer arrangment

[Sigurd]

I don't know if any of you have this arrangement, but here we do.
In order to keep updated on IT, employees in many businesses can get a home computer and get a tax reduction. That is if the equipment does not cost more than 10 080 NoK ($1733 / €1219)

Our company has an agreement with a large supplier of IT and phones.
I can get a computer that will be deducted from my gross paycheck i.e before taxes.

Currently they offer this desktop:

HP Pavilion m9367
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300
4 GB DDR2 (800 mhz) RAM
1 TB HDD SATA 7200 rpm (2x500)
Nvidia GF9800GT 1GB 2xDVI/HDMI
Gigabit LAN, 802.11 a/b/g/n Wlan
Blu-Ray player + SuperMulti DVD burner with Lightscribe
Pocket Media Drive 160GB external storage
15 in 1 memory stick reader
Vista Home Premium 64bit

It comes with a 3 year warranty , 3 year insurance and Office 2007.

Would you get it?

[drone]

nVidia plus Vista, no way MTW would run on that!

[Martok]

I concur with drone: If it wasn't for Vista and the Nvidia card, absolutely.

As it is, however, no way in hell.

[Megas Methuselah]

I don't understand. Can someone offer some enlightenment?

[Husar]

If you can wait until GoodOldGames makes MTW Vista compatible I'd get it, the graphics card isn't exactly a top choice but pretty potent(basically the 9800GT is a renamed 8800GT...) and if you sort of get it cheaper anyway, then why not?

[CBR]

Hm if MTW is a concern then the 9800GT causes same problems as the 8800 IIRC


CBR

[Mouzafphaerre]

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No Vista. Have it upgraded to XP Pro before you regret.
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[drone]

If you can wait until GoodOldGames makes MTW Vista compatible I'd get it, the graphics card isn't exactly a top choice but pretty potent(basically the 9800GT is a renamed 8800GT...) and if you sort of get it cheaper anyway, then why not?

Are they getting the license to do this?

I started in jest, but I guess Sigurd wants real feedback. What is the computer going to be used for mainly?

[TevashSzat]

IMO, that computer looks pretty nice. It is about the top of the line you can get now and still have it at a relatively reasonable price. I can't think anything that it wouldn't be able to do well other than running those really old games as previously said

[Martok]

Yeah, setting aside that you might not be able to play older games, that's a pretty beefy rig. And for that price, you could do a lot worse.

[Husar]

Are they getting the license to do this?

So far it looks like only Infogrames and Codemasters work with them, but I hope some other publishers will see the light and smell the money they could make by selling games that noone buys anymore otherwise.

[Sigurd]

Yeah, setting aside that you might not be able to play older games, that's a pretty beefy rig. And for that price, you could do a lot worse.

The price is actually pretty good. I have been searching around to see what the same machine costs from other retailers.
It seems the average price including goods tax is 11 000 NoK ($1892, €1320), but that does not include office 2007 or the insurance. Our price offer is 9577 NoK ($1647, €1148) without tax benefit.
Some guys here pay 46% tax and with the tax benefit (deduct the money before calculating tax) they would nearly get it for half price.
Sadly I am using all the loopholes in our tax system and only pay 18% tax. My price would be 7853 NoK ($1352, €942) ...

I don't know what to do. We just bought a desktop a few months ago. And wifey is against it.

[pevergreen]

Well, the two things I find fault with it is the Vista OS and the Blu-Ray disc drive.

Aside from that, its a very good computer, but is the money worth spending there (or not depending on tax ) I also wouldn't want the "wifey" against it too.

all imo of course.

[Husar]

Well, the two things I find fault with it is the Vista OS and the Blu-Ray disc drive.

I'd say they're definitely two plus points.
The wife however is someone one should listen to, perhaps she wants the old new desktop for herself so you can have this new one.

[Che Roriniho]

If you are going to do anything relatewd to networking I reccomend Vista. If you're going to be gaming, I reccomend Vista. I'd consider maybe losing half a gig of RAM and going for 32-nbit, instead, as there are still a couple of compatability issues.