Hardware Joy 2004-10-28 - By Galaxyroom
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Patience IS a virtue. This is indeed a good deal! Is the hardware tried and
tested for TS 6.6?
Tell me, do you know when TrueSpace7 is due? We were promised a free upgrade
to ver. 7 as ProTeam members, but my membership will expire in less than 2x
months! Will that promise still hold when it DOES arrive eventually?
Regards
Cobus
-- -- Original Message -- --
From: "Dave Angelini" <dpangelini@(protected)>
To: <truespace@(protected)>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 5:15 AM
Subject: [TSML] Hardware Joy
> All,
>
> Many of you may know that I have been looking for a new high-end
PCI-Express
> based machine since early July. Many deals have come and I passed on most
> of them. I was never happy with the configurations and the price. I was
> very specific on what I wanted and set a price which if not met, I would
not
> buy. I kept telling myself "The joy is in the waiting" as the deals came
> and went at Dell, MPC, Alienware, Cyberpower, and Monarch PC over the
> months. Some were pretty painful to pass by.
>
> Well, maybe it was all part of Red Sox fever, but between innings I
decided
> to check the Dell site. What a surprise I had!!! Dell is offering 30%
> their Dimension XPS. Better yet, if you are a member of corporate
partner,
> you can get an additional 12% off of that price.
>
> So if Curt Shilling can pitch with a sutchered ankle, then I can uncork my
> checkbook (both are just as painful ;-). I just purchased a new machine
> tonight between innings of the Red Sox game (okay...so I am feeling good).
> Here is the kit:
>
> 3.6 Ghz processor with 1mb Cache (800 FSB)
> 2Gb DDR2 SDRAM at 533Mhz (slightly unmatched to the bus speed, but so be
> it).
> Windows XP Pro - SP2
> MS-Basic
> Dual 160Gb SATA Drives (RAID 1)
> 256Mb ATI Radeon X800 XT PCI-E Graphics card
> 16X DVD Drive and a 16X DVD+RW drive
> Sound Blaster Audigy 2 sound card with IEEE 1394.
> 17" LCD Monitor
> 4 year warranty.
> Free shipping.
>
> ...and a bunch of other stuff. The final price was less than $2400!
The
> sales person said that this was the first XPS she has sold where they are
> actually losing money on it. I am sure that it was the corporate
discount
> that put them over the edge, but it is still a 30% discount for everyone
> else!!
>
> So if you are looking, then please do yourself a favor and check out Dell.
> These deals are just too good.
>
> The joy really IS in the waiting.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave Angelini
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