Recent content by Michael Berkowitz

Thanks again. I'll look into those.

In theory I could do that, but from what I've heard (and I realize this is anecdotal) there's some question as to the long-term viability of flash memory as primary storage. I've heard that the technology doesn't do so well with repeated writes...

Certainly under $1,000. Frankly I think something should be available with the specs I need for under $750, but all I've seen so far are souped-up gaming machines for around $1,500 and up.

I've hunted on Amazon, Newegg and elsewhere but surprisingly haven't found what I want for a reasonable price, so I'm turning to you folks for help: Here are the specs that are important to me: ~15.6" >= i5 or equivalent >= 500GB HDD >= 64GB SDD (I want the OS on the SDD); I'd gladly settle...