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need to run two large monitors, handle pokertracker and be able to run multiple apps smoothly at once (my current laptop cant run pokertracker, party, and HUD without freezing up every other minute). what size RAM, processor, etc would i wanna get. also, should i be getting a really good video card to run 6+ tables on two monitors? i dont know how all this stuff works. all comments appreciated.
also, i was just gonna go through dell.com. any other suggestions for a good value? thanks.
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I'd get two hard drives and partition both. You can try something like
my partitioning scheme posted here on 2+2. Essentially you should separate WinXP and programs from data, ghost image the WinXP and programs partition to a dedicated partition on the second hard drive, back up data to another partition on the second hard drive.
Radified has some good ideas on how to use Ghost for images and from the home page how to build a secure system.
I had a massive crash a while back but didn't lose more than a tiny bit of data. If I was using the utility SyncbackSE I wouldn't have even lost that.
~ Rick