The Drummond Geometry Forum

I am seriously considering the purchase of a pc for trading purposes. Do you have any experience with either TradingComputers/WindRider Technology or Sonata Trading Computers? Do you know of any other pc manufacturers who specialize in building trading computers? If I decided to build a pc from scratch, what cpu, video card, memory, operating system, hard drive brands and specs should I consider? What brand and size of LCD monitor should I consider? Based upon your personal experience trading with Drummond Geometry/P&L, what have you found to be an ideal, typical or minimum number of monitors needed to effectively trade? Any comments or opinions would be greatly appreciated.

DY

I have a fast Dell workstation with a 21 inch flat monitor and find it is competely adaquate. I am not a specialist in computers and am probably not the best person to ask; you might check the TradeStation forums under the hardware topics; as I recall there were some good discussions there. I have heard of the companies you mention but do not have any knowledge of their quality or pricing. I have seen successful traders working off of old laptops and a single small monitor whereas others have elaboate set-ups. I don't think that unless you are engaged in a lot of computerized testing and number crunching that it makes a lot of difference how many monitors or how large the machine is. I suggest buying the fastet chip you can get and a lot of memory (1 gig or more) however as this *can* make a difference, along with a large hard drive. Large monitors or double monitors can make things easier on the eyes.