Posted: 8/17/2002 10:40:59 PM EDT
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After careful consideration, i have decided to get a desktop instead of a laptop. I have also decided to go with a Dell Dimension 8200. I previously owned an Inspiron that i had several problems out of and am glad i am not using it anymore. Dells tech support and ease of building a computer on thier site, is why i am a returning customer. |
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Quoted: build your own [url]http://arstechnica.com/guide/system/index.html[/url] it's not hard, and there are lots of forums filled with helpful people Great site and agtm is right -- Look into building your own. Last month I built my own for my 49th birthday present. (And got cable Internet – WooHoo!!) For just over half the price of a top ready-made system I got: Case w/2 fans and 350watt AMD certified power supply AMD Athlon XP1700 1 Gigabyte of DDR2100 RAM 128-bit video card w/32 Meg of RAM and SIS 305 chipset 100Gigabyte 7200RPM Hard Drive CD/DVD CD Burner (from old machine) 32 Meg SoundBlaster US Robotics modem Speakers w/external power and subwoofer Keyboard, A Drive, NIC and 5 button optical mouse OEM license for XP I’ll be upgrading the video card later and the motherboard will take the current Athlon XP 2600 and probably future Athlons for a generation past what I have. I used my current 17” Mitsubishi monitor. It took some time, but I learned a lot. The biggest problem I faced was my own trepidation. I had a friend more knowledgeable in hardware than I am as a back up and for moral support. His encouragement helped a lot. (Thanks, Mike.) |