1. PC Operating Systems
1.1. Ubuntu 11.04
1.1.1. Pros:
1.1.1.1. More Secure
1.1.1.2. Free
1.1.2. Cons:
1.1.2.1. Limited 3rd Party Support
1.1.2.2. Requires Higher level Computer knowlegde
1.1.3. http://bit.ly/flNMKJ
1.2. Windows 7 (64bit)
1.2.1. Pros:
1.2.1.1. Hardware Customizable
1.2.1.2. Most Used and Supported
1.2.2. Cons:
1.2.2.1. Least Secure
1.2.2.2. Extra Software that takes up Space
1.3. Mac OS X
1.3.1. Pros:
1.3.1.1. Made simple for Easy Use
1.3.1.2. Superior for Media Creation
1.3.2. Cons:
1.3.2.1. Restrictive Hardware
1.3.2.2. Too Expensive
2. My Criteria
2.1. Large Quantity of RAM
2.1.1. 8 GB or more
2.2. Robust Graphics Card
2.2.1. Prefer Nvidia
2.3. High end Processor
2.3.1. Pentium 4 and higher
2.4. High Resolution Monitor
2.4.1. HD preferred
2.5. Windows based OS
2.5.1. Windows 7 preferred
2.6. I would choose the Dell XPS 8300
2.6.1. Intel® Core™ i7-2600 processor
2.6.2. Genuine Windows® 7 Professional, 64Bit, English
2.6.3. 1000GB4 SATA hard drive
2.6.4. Nvidia® Geforce® GT530 Video Card
2.6.5. 12GB3 Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz
2.6.6. Dell ST2420L 24"W Full HD Monitor
3. Hardware
3.1. Processor
3.1.1. Intel Core iSeries
3.1.1.1. Dual Core
3.1.1.2. Quad Core
3.1.2. AMD
3.1.2.1. A4
3.1.2.1.1. Dual Core
3.1.2.2. A6, A8
3.1.2.2.1. Quad Core
3.2. RAM
3.2.1. 2GB Min.
3.3. Graphics Card
3.3.1. Nvidia
3.3.2. ATI
3.4. Harddrives
3.4.1. Solid State
3.4.2. Optical
3.4.3. 250GB - 1TB
3.5. Mother Board?
3.5.1. Intel
3.5.2. Asus
3.5.3. A , B, and AB types ? I think ...
3.6. Networking
3.6.1. 802.11: a, b, g, n, e
3.6.2. 4G
3.6.3. Wired Ethernet 10000GB
4. Browsers
4.1. Google Chrome
4.1.1. Pros:
4.1.1.1. Very Stable
4.1.1.2. Simple interface
4.1.2. Cons:
4.1.2.1. Shares data with advertisers
4.1.2.2. Still in Beta
4.2. Mozilla Firefox
4.2.1. Pros:
4.2.1.1. Lots of Add-ons
4.2.1.2. High Speed
4.2.2. Cons:
4.2.2.1. Further Development discontinued
4.2.2.2. Only security fixes being implemented
4.3. Internet Explorer
4.3.1. Pros:
4.3.1.1. Most compatible
4.3.1.2. Simple to use
4.3.2. Cons:
4.3.2.1. Security Issues
4.3.2.2. Unstable
4.4. Safari
4.4.1. Pros:
4.4.1.1. built into the Mac OS
4.4.1.2. Very secure
4.4.2. Cons:
4.4.2.1. Not user friendly
4.4.2.2. Unorganized interface
4.5. Opera
4.5.1. Pros:
4.5.1.1. Very secure
4.5.1.2. Takes up little space
4.5.2. Cons:
4.5.2.1. Unintuitive interface
4.5.2.2. Creates problems for older computers