Larry,
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If i remember correctly reading todays post here,
you completed your task very good in buying...
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... want a cheap computer for second puter.
Celeron 1500+ or good AMD,
20 gig HD, 256 Sdram or 128 DDRam,
no monitor or keyboard or mouse.
internet connection, cd rom
... like to pay less that $200
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Gottfried replied to my mention of a magazine article,
that rated eMachines very low, in that his old one worked well.
While i did find the url to that article, which rated lots of areas,
i did remember reading a few months ago on ZDNet that they
rated eMachines as a good buy, especially at the cheapo end.
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That article rated Dell A+ and ABS A, and a quick glance at the
Dell web site showed the cheapest at about $800, and the ABS
web site at about a $700 range. No sure now if it included a monitor.
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For myself i'am quite sure a Wal-Mart $499 eMachine w/ monitor
and a read & write CD and 128 memory will be fine for my web surfing.
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The Wal-Mart 1 or 2 week return policy will allow me enough time
to run the machine hard to see if its a lemon or has a weak part.
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On abspc.com is the pc magazine article,
pcmag.com
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also, on the above ABS pc web site i found,
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Barebone Systems
Intel Barebones
AMD Barebones
abspc.com
AMD Barebones
Barebones 8110
Base Price:$198
Configure & Buy
Maxtop CSX-8870K Mid-Tower Case
350Watts Beige/Silver with USB Port
Biostar M7VIG Pro Motherboard USB 2.0
AMD Athlon XP 1700+/266 FSB 256K
Crucial Micron 256MB PC 2100 DDR266 RAM
doug |
