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To: Richard H. who wrote (2436)	11/22/1997 2:38:00 PM
From: Larry S.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4074

Suggested minimum for computer: P233, PII 233 for just a little more. 32 Ram, 64 is real nice 4 gig HD, 6.4 is usually only 30-50 more 57.6K modem - if get 33.6, find out if have to pay to upgrade to 57.6 17" monitor, .25, .26, or maximum .28 dot pitch. 17" usually only 150 or more than 15". good luck. go for it. Larry

To: Richard H. who wrote (2436)	11/22/1997 3:38:00 PM
From: gmccon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4074

I recommend Cyrix 6x86MX. And I can't imagine the 200Mhz CPU not doing everything you need, more than efficiently. Now take a look at this, and bear in mind I'm not long or short any boxmaker. I used to be long on three of them, but there is way, way, too much pressure on the profit margine: I BTO'd this system at the below URL for less than $1,500.00.ÿ This sort of thing puts incredible pressure on CPQ/DELL/GTW/MUEI.ÿ And the war is just beginning.ÿ Good for the end user, but for the investor...?ÿ Iomega is the only "box-thing" out there that is unscathed (so far) by profit margin presssure.ÿ My opinion. The system: ÿÿÿ Abit PX-5 PM2 motherboardÿ ($574.00), includes: ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 32 Megs 60ns EDO ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 4 Meg Diamond 3D 2000 (the Diamond Viper) ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 24x Toshiba CD-ROM ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 3.5" Floppy Drive ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 32 Wavetable 3D Sound Card ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 180 Watt Amplified Speakers ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ MidTower AT Case ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ IBM MX PR 200 Cyrix (MMX) ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Heatsink(s) and Fan(s)ÿ ÿÿ Monitor: Magnovox .26 Dot, 17" DJ 700 ($595.00) ÿÿ Hard Drive: 4.3 Gig WD Caviar Ultra ($259.00)ÿ ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Product Total $1428.00ÿ mtrends.com Greg

To: Richard H. who wrote (2436)	11/22/1997 6:44:00 PM
From: LWolf	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4074

Richard, I would agree with Larry on most of the components except the processor. Go for the most you can afford. Since prices have dropped so dramatically you can get a PII-266 for around $2.5K: 64K RAM, 56 modum, 4K video driver, 17" monitor. Check out MUEI website (www.micronpc.com). You can get the basics delivered in a couple of days. (I think they're calling it their XKU series now...) If you're accessing the web a lot, anything you can do to speed the performance is noticed. If you use windows office suite; it's also better. I have a PII-266, my husband has a PII-300 (both micron's). I bought a Compaq Presario 200MMX for my daughter for college this fall...so I could get by inexpensively. The college runs a T1 line in so she doesn't know the difference, but I can tell the difference in other ways. A PII-266 is better. If you can afford it, you won't be sorry. A P-II 233 would probably be OK for a little less $$. Don't go lower than a 200MMX. L. Wolf