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Skriven 2006-07-23 21:40:00 av JAY EMRIE (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av ED VANCE
Ärende: Bye Bye Win98
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EV>CS> TW>> And they are still comming down. Great time for Computer tinkerers.
EV>CS> TW>> BUT at some point I supose the "Piper" will need to be Paid as
there i
EV>CS> TW>> "NO such thing as a Free Lunch"

EV>CS> DC> It's actually made it more expensive to build your own, at least
EV>CS> DC> if you don't need anything special.

EV>CS>Nowadays you do much better price-wise to buy a bare bones and go from
EV>CS>there to build your own.  Resellers like Tiger Direct and Fry's
EV>CS>specialize in bare bones sales stocking just about every combination
EV>CS>that you might have an interest in.

EV>Charles,

EV>My decision to buy a HP instead of having a SysteMax pc built for me was
EV>based mostly on Price and the included Software in the HP.

EV>The printout the man at Office Depot gave me of the SysteMax unit only
EV>had a couple of my modifications to make it like the HP a1430n my
EV>brother bought, and the price was already $300 USD more than the HP.
EV>The HD in it was 80GB whereas the one in the HP was a 250GB drive.

EV>Also I figured if I bought the SysteMax I'd have to shell out $$$s if I
EV>wanted a Word Processor any better than Notepad or Wordpad on it.

EV>I had played with the HP and saw the big list of software when I clicked
EV>Start - All Programs.
EV>Granted there were a lot of Games named but I'm not a gamer, except for
EV>playing a little Mahjong or a little Solitaire with the wife.

EV>My brothers in-laws are spread around Texas and he called me on the
EV>phone as he was driving back home telling me about this Big Computer
EV>Store that was as big as a Warehouse in Dallas. He said I'd go nuts in
EV>it, I asked him if it was called Fry's and he said yes, I told him I
EV>have heard about it from you fellows on FIDO.

EV>If Fry's ever put a store here in New Albany, IN or across the river in
EV>Louisville, KY, I'd probably never go in Office Depot, Circuit City,
EV>H. H. Greggs or Best Buys ever again looking at computer or electronic
EV>stuff.

NEVER say never! I have found that at times each one of the above
mentioned stores had a better price on identical items.

EV>I have added Hardware to my pc's but I don't think I could build one
EV>from the ground up.

REally not too complicated.

EV>I watched my Friend who built my first IBM Compatible PC replace the
EV>200W+ Power Supply in its AT case and it didn't look like fun to me.
EV>The Fan quit working while it was in warranty.

Replacing a PS is a piece of cake. Pull the AC cord, disconnect all PS
cables in the case, , and remove 4 screws - physically remove the old PS
- reverse above for installing the new supply. 5-10 minute job. Just
make sure the new PS is a match for the old one. Some PCs did have
proprietary PSs.

EV>But Fry's having gobs of basic assembled pcs available at low prices
EV>would have me drolling<sp>.

Causes most everybody to do the same. :-)

Jay


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