Hardware Joy 2004-10-28 - By Tony Owen
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I think Caligari will keep it's promise.
> 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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