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To: Luis Sanchez who wrote (1527)	1/10/1999 11:20:00 AM
From: wily	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

I'd find out the manufacturer of the components where they are not stated, eg. hard-drive, memory, video card, mother board... It's not cheap to buy cheap parts. Also, the Dream Machine thread has lots of good info. Be careful there too, though, 'cause if you fall in you will never come out... wily

To: Luis Sanchez who wrote (1527)	1/10/1999 8:20:00 PM
From: Steven Bowen	Respond to of 110652

"The offer is for a 400mnz celeron 64 mb, .... All for $1700. So as you can see it seems terrific, especially when you compare it to bundled systems from compusa, best buy and even from Dell and micron." Hi Luis, Another option I'd recommend is checking out a few of the on-line auction sites. A couple I like the best are ; ubid.com onsale.com I'd think you could put together a package similar to what you referenced for probably several hundred dollars cheaper. Another advantage is you can put together a system to more meet your needs. For example most packages like you mentioned will come with a 14 or 15 inch monitor that you can get on-line now for about $50, and printers and scanners that are worth about 50 bucks. If the monitor is important to you, you can bid on a decent 17 inch for only a couple hundred, or get a 19 inch for probably around $400. Or if the printer is important, bid on a decent printer for a couple hundred. Another advantage is you will be buying name brands like Compaq, Hewlett Packard, Sony, etc, so you don't have your concerns of customer service or the company going out of business within a year. Besides, the bidding at an auction is more fun :-) Good luck, Steve PS The software packages included with packages is normally nothing but a bunch of junk. I always go thru and delete most of it. So don't put much weight in that.