Upgrading my system - rfc

[John Seth]

I agree... "Why CompUSA ?" is what I first thought of.  I buy from 
various online sites, my last computer I put together cost me under $500 
for "near-top-of-the-line" models... of course, now they're near 
obsolete, but so goes the way of technology.

I'd talk to peter, and get quotes from other shops... never hurts to 
shop around... IMHO, when shopping CompUSA for expect to pay anywhere 
from 1-1/2 times to 3 times more.

   - Tony


JJ Neff wrote:
> 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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