Let the debates end 2004-06-19 - By Stuart Nezin
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You can save a few bucks. Most MB have NIC on board, also pretty good 5/1
sound without separate sound card.
On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 21:04:36 -0700 Dave Angelini <dpangelini@(protected)>
writes:
> All,
>
> Thanks for all the support on PC purchases.....Let us just say that
> I've
> decided NOT go with Compaq (what was I thinking).
>
> Also many thanks for the PC sites. The most informative was
> Monarch
> Computer. Lot of good product information to help you make and
> informed
> decision and one of the deepest configurators I have ever seen
> (right down
> to the thermal grease used between the CPU and heatsink....now
> that's
> customization!!!)
>
> But overall, the best value site has to be CyberPower PC. If you
> can get
> past the hokey PC cases, internal neon lighting, and that overall
> "ain't it
> cool looking" mentality, they really do offer some tremendous values
> for
> high-end systems. Overall, their PC's were about 10-12% cheaper
> than
> Monarch Computers. They also have won some pretty good awards and a
> quick
> scan of their long list of user testimonials shows very many happy
> customers.
>
> I was looking at a 3.4 GHz P4, with an Asus 800MHz FSB motherboard,
> two
> 160Gb 8mb serial ATA drives (mirroring data), 2 Gb DDR ram, nVidia
> 256Mb
> 5950 Ultra video card, DVD 8x R/W, CD 52x R/W, 17" LCD monitor, RF
> wireless
> keyboard and mouse, WinXP Pro, MS Office - Basic, NIC, speakers,
> sound card
> and some other odds and ends for about $2700. Not bad. I can
> definitely
> see myself buying this system sometime within the next 6 months....I
> don't
> spend this type of money hastily....also, the wanting is more fun
> than the
> having.
>
> So do all your learning at Monarch, and all your purchasing at
> CyberPower.
>
> Again, thanks for all your help.
>
> Dave Angelini
>
>
> -- -- Original Message -- --
> From: "Martinez Ricardo.O (NET/Dallas)"
> <Ricardo.O.Martinez@(protected)>
> To: <truespace@(protected)>
> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 11:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [TSML] Let the debates begin
>
>
> Ok, here's my $0.02
> y very second computer, I bought online. That was in 1999.
> It was from a company called "Cyber Power PC"
> Yes, I know, corny name, but they were excellent in the
> transaction.
> Actually, I couldn't tell you how they were in person, cuz I never
> had to
> deal with them. Their ordering was just that good.
>
> They can be found at http://www.cyberpowersystem.com/
> They have an online configurator, that lets you choose everything
> from the
> motherboard down to the OS and speakers. Everything is
> interchangeable. For
> example: I had gotten a good deal on an ATI video card, so I chose
> the
> cheapest video card in the configurator, then just swapped. No
> problem.
> Plus: no taxes outside of Cali (at least that's what it was back
> then).
> I have no financial stake in this company. I just had a very good
> experience purchasing from them.
>
> Ricardo
>
> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: TSML [mailto:truespace@(protected)]On Behalf Of ext Kris
> Krieger
> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 1:05 PM
> To: truespace@(protected)
> Subject: Re: [TSML] Let the debates begin
>
>
> At 11:58 PM 17-06-04, Dave Angelini wrote:
> >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?
>
>
> Me, too, but now I am seriously considering what some folks here
> had
> suggested in the past: assembling my own.
>
> FWLIW:
> The problem with computer "deals" is that they're just like Fast
> Food
> "deals" - "For ony $1.50 more you can have cheese and double fries
> so I'll
> add those on for you..." You're lucky if you can say "No!" in
> time - and
> you can totally forget about saying something like: "For the $1.50,
> can I
> instead have an extra diet cola and a tomato?" Of course you can't
> and no
> use asking.
> Businesses, esp. big businesses!, do not sell "bundles" because they
> lose
> $$ but are just a bunch of great folks - they sell what gives them
> the best
> overall cost:benefit ratio. And their salespeople are there to
> talk you
> into buying the bundle, not accomodate your specific computer
> needs.
>
> Then, too, I intensely dislikle the little proprietary tweaks they
> make to
> the software and hardware, and it's appalling how many hundreds of
> MBs are
> eaten up just by their so-called "operating system" stuff. My
> significant
> other just got an HP and I find it irritating to even just use the
> cable
> internet connection because of all the goop I have to wade through.
>
> So that's my take - I wouldn't go for either.
>
> I'd normally research local small computer shops and choose one to
> assemble
> my system, but I have yet to find any here (in Masachusetts). Then
> too, I
> don't know that I'd trust one if I did (although I assume there are
> still a
> few mail-order places around, if one wishes to go that route).
> That's why
> I'm considering assembling my own. I've done so much hardware and
> software
> installations/uninstalls that it's logically the next step. And at
> least
> I'd know *exactly* what was going into it. ANd everything would be
> off-the-shelf/OEM/standard, no proprietary whatsitses laying in
> wait
> ensnare a user...
>
> Of course, I've also been told I'm compulsive and/or a bit of a
> control
> freak, so there ya go...
>
> - Kris K.
>
>
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