Flat panels aren't horrible for 3D gaming if you choose a good one. I use a 17" flat panel screen that is perfectly clear and never blurs.
And as for the Pentium vs. Athlon debate.. it's always going to be a matter of personal preference. I'd personally never touch an AMD product (too many bad experiences have soured the company and their products for me). However, some other people feel that same way about Intel. So let the argument die, please.
BTW, my system specs:
my main computer (notebook):
P4 1.6
512 MB ram
30 GB hard drive
ATI Radeon
15" XGA screen
DVD/CDRW combo drive
Linksys wireless network PC card
WinXP Pro
desktop:
P4 1.6
512 MB DDR2100
80 GB hard drive
64 MB Geforce 2
17" flat panel
DVD
CDRW
WinXP Pro
Both are connected to my DSL modem through a Linksys router with a wireless access point (so I can use the laptop anywhere)
servers:
P3 550
512 MB Ram
50 GB hard drive
Redhat 7.2
Sun Ultra 2
dual 400 mhz Ultrasparc processors
512 MB ram
20 GM hard drive
Solaris 8
The servers are currently on a network in a small office connected to my airplane hangar. The run on a business SDSL line.
EQemu runs perfectly. I run the server on the P3 at the hangar and the client on either home system. MySQL runs on the Ultra 2.
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