sorry for the lack of info Al and 4est . running j river media center 15. new 1T hard drive is my only hard drive and holds everything.
pc is a desktop purchased in late 2004/early 05 i think?. can't remember if i upgraded to vista or it came with it. it's a dual core is all i know for sure (pentium D). thought that's what p4 meant??. maybe i am wrong about the p4 part?. have no issue's with the machine itself. does what i need and works fine. just questioning the audio/hi fi/hi res capabilities. might be answering my own questions as i upload music from my disc's. discovered today this machine can't handle hi res audio dvd's and is very slow at ripping redbook as well.
Elevik makes a good point. have spent more on cables and such so what's the big deal in upgrading a source for a grand. think it's a mental thing i have about computers. ic's, speaker cables, power cords, power supply ect... are fun...computers are not. need to accept that computer will be a part of my hi-fi rig from now on.
4est and Larry....you had to bring up apple!!!!!!=)
have beat myself up repeatedly regarding a mac of some type. air, mini, even a macbook pro have been in my shopping cart many times. can't tell you how many times i've come close to "proceed to checkout" at the apple store. love my iphone and ipod. just hate the idea of having 2 computers. need a home pc regardless so this pc upgrade will happen eventually. 2 birds with one rock was my reasoning for not going with an apple and upgrading the pc instead. that along with needing external hard drives and such kinda scared me off. you guys have me thinking about apple again. that Mach2Music thing has recently caught my attention as well. bottom line is it's all just so confusing and a new pc is so easy and cheap. maybe i need to learn more and rethink this decision..
any input would be appreciated. kind of at a crossroads here and know near nothing about the topic(computers in general).
cheers
Lev
