Let the debates begin 2004-06-19 - By Hunter Oaks
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While not the low end on price by any means, it's hard to beat Alienware.
I recently also bought a "special" from TigerDirect. It's branded as a
Systemax, and it came with an AMD 64 3000+ processor, a gig of DDR, a 256 MB
Radeon vid card, 5.1 sound, DVD-RW burner, and a media card reader that
reads 6 or 7 different types of media cards. It also has a firewire card.
Without a monitor (of course) this unit cost just under $1K, but I was also
able to purchase a Lexmark X1150 Printer/Scanner/Fax with this unit, which,
after rebates, was free.
The upside to Alienware is that their hardware is outstanding and their
choice of service contracts. Tiger Direct seems to always have some kind of
good deal going, and I've had excellent luck with their service department
in terms of RMAs, which I've only rarely needed.
My two cents.
-Hunter
-- -- Original Message -- --
From: "Dave Angelini" <dpangelini@(protected)>
To: <truespace@(protected)>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 10:58 PM
Subject: [TSML] Let the debates begin
> I am beginning to look into getting a new PC (current PC is 4 years old
> Win98 and showing its age). For various reasons, I have narrowed down the
> PC options such that only two choices are still left to me....one generic
> and one specific choice.
>
> Generic Choice: Compaq or HP?
>
> Personally, I have had better luck with HP than Compaq, but since HP
> purchased Compaq, is there still a meaningful difference anymore? The PC
> lines in comparison are the Compaq Presario 8000T Series versus the HP
> Pavillion A650Y.
>
> Specific Choice: 256 Mb DDR ATI Radeon 9800 or the 256Mb DDR Nvidia
GeForce
> FX 5950 Ultra?
>
> I have heard that Nvidia has lost some ground against ATI and that Nvidia
> has played some games with its performance specs. But this is a choice a
> comparison between an older Radeon to a newer Nvidia.
>
> These are the choices....true I could look at other vendors, but I would
not
> be able to get the deals that I am currently offered....so again, these
are
> the choices.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave Angelini
>
>
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