Text 25008, 129 rader
Skriven 2006-12-09 17:03:00 av George Vandervort (1:382/8)
  Kommentar till text 25003 av Charles Scaglione (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: New mission & $$.
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Hello Charles!

Saturday December 09 2006 17:05, Charles Scaglione wrote to JEAN PARROT:

 CS> On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 10:40:00 -0500, "JEAN PARROT -> CHARLES SCAGLIONE"
 CS> <1:123/140> wrote:
 CS>
 CS> Hi Jean:
 CS>
 CS>>> Hopefully we'll
 CS>>> have enough mission money left over for the new computer.
 CS>
 JP>>         Brace yourself if you are going the Mac route. That is my
 JP>> main   complaint, they are overpriced and one can not homebrew
 JP>> one.
 CS>
 CS> But they're pretty and that guy on TV who looks like Steve Jobs is so
 CS> cool......<g>
 CS>
 CS> A new Mac Intel is not overpriced when comparing it to say, a new Sony
 CS> equally equipped.  I just saw a Dell laptop 17" wide screen advertised
 CS> by Costco for $2999.00.  Overpriced?  I would say so.
 CS>
 CS> Regards.
 CS>
 CS> -+- Forte Agent 4.1/32.1088
 CS>  + Origin:  (1:123/789.0)


I just took a look at Sam's Club and their 2 Top of the Line HP Computers:
cost far lees than that..


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HP Model: M7667C-B SAM's Stock  #897804 $1,699.68

Processor and Memory:
HP Intel® ViivÖ Technology with an Intel® CoreÖ 2 Duo Processor E6400
2.13GHz processor speed
2MB L2 Cache
1066MHz Front Side Bus
2048MB PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM memory (2x1024MB for ultimate performance)
(expandable to 8GB)
4 DIMM (240-pin, DDR2) (two available) Memory Slots
Hard Drive and Multimedia Drives:

600GB 7200RPM SATA hard drive
SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology: 16x DVDR, 8x DVD+RW, 6x
DVD-RW, 8x DVD+R DL, 4x DVD-R DL, 5x DVD-RAM, 16x DVD-ROM, 40x CDR, 32x CDRW,
40x CD-ROM
DVD-ROM 16x max. speed
Audio, Video and Graphics:

High Definition Audio, 8 speaker configurable
NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE graphics card with TurboCache supporting up to 512MB
shared video memory, TV-out and DVI capabilities
NVidia PureVideo
Dual TV tuner (NTSC) with personal video recorder and FM tuner (antenna
included)
Data and Fax/Modem:

10/100BaseT network interface
56k modem
Expansion Bays:

2 external 5.25" (occupied)
1 internal 3.5" (occupied)
1 HP Personal Media Drive Bay (available)
Expansion Slots:

3 PCI slots (occupied)
1 PCI-Express slot x16 (occupied)
External Ports:

Front panel 15-in-1 memory card reader – SmartMedia, xD, MultiMedia Card,
Secure Digital (SD), Compact Flash I, Compact Flash II, Memory Stick, Memory
Stick Pro, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick Pro Duo, RSMMC, MMC Mobile MMC+, Mini
Secure Digital, IBM Microdrive
6 USB 2.0 port(s) (2 front, 4 back)
2 FireWire® (IEEE 1394) ports (1 front, 1 back)
S-Video; Composite Video; Audio inputs; Microphone/Line-out (front)
2 PS/2; Digital Audio (In, Out); LAN; Rear speaker out; Side speaker out;
Center (subwoofer); DVI-D-out; Microphone/line-in/line-out (back)
TV-out, and DVI capabilities on graphics card (back)
Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, Remote Control:

HP wireless keyboard and optical mouse with extended range (up to 16 ft.)
HP Media Center remote control with IR receiver
HP W22 22" Wide LCD flat panel monitor with adjustable base
Dimensions and Weight:

Dimensions (PC): 15.16"H x 7.60"W x 16.54"D (approx.)
Dimensions (monitor): 20.86"H x 24.6"W x 8.26"D (approx.)
Weight (PC): 27 lbs. (approx.)
Weight (monitor): 22 lbs. (approx.)
Operating System:

Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Software:

HP Photosmart Premier
Sonic DigtialMedia Plus
Muvee autoProducer
Sonic MyDVD
DVD Play
RealPlayer
Norton Internet Security 2006 (60 days of live complimentary updates)
Microsoft® Works 8
Microsoft® Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003 (60 day trial version)
Microsoft® MSN Encarta Standard Online (1 year trial subscription)
Adobe® Reader 7.0
Quicken 2006 New User Edition
Microsoft® Money 2006

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Regards,
George Vandervort
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