It’s nice to see Cube247 finally have a new website, and it’s looking great.
More than a few months back they relaunched their site only to discover there were problems with it and it was promptly downgraded to a very simple and static brochure-ware site.
The new design looks great, and I love the customization facility for each PC package. That’s definitely something that I look for when buying a new PC: the ability to customize it to my needs/whims, rather than simply buying an off-the-shelf product.
I particularly like the look of the Taurus ST10 with its ‘basic’ setup of:
- Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
- Intel Core 4 Quad Q6600 Processor
- 8192MB Corsair DDR II 667 Memory
- 1500GB SATA II Seagate Storage – RAID Stripe
- NEC 7170 Multi Format DVD/CD ReWriter
- ATI Radeon 1024MB PCI Express Quad Monitor Graphics
- 7.1 HD Surround Sound
- Intel Core 2 Duo Deluxe Motherboard
- Sony Floppy Disk Drive
- DVD/CD ROM Drive
- 3 x 19″ TFT 8MS Flat Panel Screens
- Microsoft Wireless Multimedia Keyboard
- Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse
- Creative Inspire 6100 5.1 Speaker System
- 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN
- 12 x USB2 Ports
- Firewire
I’m most impressed that while it comes by default with Windows Vista Home Premium, for £30 extra you can upgrade it to Windows XP:
Now that’s the kind of upgrade options that I like.
The machine truly is drool worthy, but the only problem is, would the local minister for war and finance permit the purchase of such a machine?
I’ll leave my thoughts of your subtle jabs at my precious vista for another day..
Hi Peter,
I’d be interested in hearing about your experiences and opinions on Vista. Do tell … please.
G
12 USB ports? and I thought I had over kill when I have a max of 6 used.
mind you, £1480, for all that, not too shabby if you get XP pre installed to be honest.
aww look, it still has a floopy disk drive! But keeping with the top of the range kit out, its a Sony drive!
I have this machine and the power it has is good. But i would say that you should upgrage to the sound card as the built in one has crap ports. I upgraded to 3×19″widescreens. the make is hannspree. and the model is new york. I have had the machine since the 2nd november 2007 and i’m having major problems with vista. The machine constantly restarts itself and when i disabled the auto restart function i began getting blue screens. i trust that cube will be sorting this out in the near future because as it is it’s no good for either video editing nor 3d animation.
Hi, it’s a bit offtopic but may I ask you where did you get this blog template? I’m going to start bloggin as well, I’m a bit noob though but I really like it 😉 Let me know…