Upgrading my system - rfc

[JJ Neff]

I actually would have gbeen surprised if you hadn said anything :-)

The first thing I thougt was "WHY CompUSA?" - I use US-Itek myself
(us-itek.com)  But then again I know what hardware I want and havent built a
system from scratch in years always just pieceing together what I have.

I would recommend a lot of other places before CompUSA (except for their sale
loss items like CD-R :-)

just my 2cents.

JJN
--- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
> Why are you going to CompUSA? Did you not know that we build PC's here?
> We also know very well what works with Linux, could use your existing
> Windows in a dual boot situation (no M$ tax, and I would never think of
> using XP home, it is possessed!), carry a 3 year parts AND labor
> warranty on all the systems we build, and I am sure you would save money
> as well. If your interested, call me 716-553-8525 and I will comparison
> quote you to show you.
> Sorry for the spam like nature of this guys but I don't see the harm in
> using the list to enable us to use our varied resources.
> 
> On Sat, 2003-04-19 at 01:36, Joe wrote:
> > Hi.  I'm finally going to get a new computer.  I have a quote from 
> > CompUSA for the following system.  They say it should be Linux 
> > compatible, but, of course, do not guarantee it.  I'm looking for 
> > comments or anything you may notice that might be more optimal or a 
> > potential source of trouble.  Or, any questions I should ask them.
> > 
> > I plan to use the system for word processing, Internet & email, Personal 
> > Video Recorder, website development (for my site coming within the next 
> > year), network backup for my notebook computer, general multimedia, midi 
> > composition, recording, and playback, contact management, and probably a 
> > bunch of other stuff I haven't thought of yet.
> > Unless I find a reason to change, I'll probably be dual boot Mandrake 
> > 9.1 and Windoze XP Home Edition.   If things go well enough, I might try 
> > to run my Windoze contact manager under Wine or maybe use Vmware or 
> > Plex-86 etc. to run both OS's at once.  I also will be doing some 
> > desktop publishing of brochures, fliers, a newsletter, and a catalog.
> > 
> > TIA  Joe
> > 
> > Motherboard ASUS S478 P4B533 SND
> > Processor      Intel P4 2.40 GHz 533 MHz 512K
> > Memory        512MB PC2100
> > HD               WDC 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB
> > DVD            Toshiba DVDRW/CDRW
> > Floppy          Samsung 1.44MB
> > Eth                DLink DFES30TX+ 10/100 PCI
> > Sound           Soundblaster Live 5.1
> > Video            ATI Radeon XXXX All-In-Wonder (lost the model number, 
> > but it's the new one (newer than the 7500))
> > Modem         US Robotics 56K PCI Modem
> > Chassis         Generic with 4 front 5 1/4 bays, 2 front usb 2.0's power 
> > and reset, 350W power supply
> > 
> > I'm putting my Kogi 17" LCD Monitor on it and a Cirque Wave Keyboard 2 
> > on it (has a Glidepoint touch pad on it)
> -- 
> Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>
> 


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