Hardware Joy 2004-10-28 - By Joel Blackwell
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-Joel
Tony Owen wrote:
> 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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