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Thread: Who Owns A Store Bought Computer?

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    Is that your computer(s)? Specs?

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    Originally posted by random nut@16 May 2003 - 00:07
    I would never buy a compaq/dell/or other name PC. I know someone who has a (I think Compaq) PC which is about 1-2 years old and she can't use XP because it doesn't support the sound card. It's about 1 year old, for god's sake! Bastards.

    I want to decide exactly what HW I have in my PC and there's only one way you can do that, build your own (or let someone build it for you).

    Compaq/Dell PCs (not counting servers) really are for newbies who don't know much about anything other than that you use a keyboard and a mouse to surf the web. All they care about is where's my email and how do I start the web browser.
    *nods*

    My first machine was a compaq... i swore never again... now i build my own, and machines for others, to their, and my own specs... too much bs with buying a machine like that from a major retailer... too much unwanted shit, lower quality parts, etc... the one i would think of buying from would maybe be like alienware, or falcon northwest, if i was a rich bastard...

  3. Software & Hardware   -   #13
    @Random Nut, etc. If you have a minute, please show me how you could achieve significant savings on this configuration by builing your own:

    Friday, May 16, 2003 1:54:35 PM CDT
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    Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy™2 premium sound card including FREE MuVo MP3 Play
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    $2,350

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    Wish you had given us the price of whats just in the tower. Instead of monitor, speakers, OS etc. IMO that looks ~$500 overpriced.

  5. Software & Hardware   -   #15
    If that is the case, how much do you think it would cost to build just the tower including (but who is gonna but my old system without a monitor, speakers, etc)?:

    2.66 GHz w/ Hyperthreading (to be released later this month) with 800 MHz system bus

    1 GB 400 MHz DDR SDRAM

    Radeon 128

    Ethernet Card

    DVD-Rw 4X with CD-RW capabilities

    16X Variable DVD


    But once again, I know a couple of people who want to buy my old system and they want every part to keep the remaining 1 year warranty, so I do need to but monitor, speakers, etc.

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    Originally posted by CELEBS_ARE_US@16 May 2003 - 13:57

    Holy crap! Is that flex duct between two towers?

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    Originally posted by Schmiggy_JK23@16 May 2003 - 17:30
    ...now i build my own, and machines for others, to their, and my own specs...
    When you build a computer for somebody, like a friend or relative, do you sell them a legal copy of Windows? Or do you let them test drive a copy of Windows, that you install ontheir PC?

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    depends on who it is, and what they are comfortable with... if its a close friend or family, who doesnt mind a pirated copy, ya... but for the most part, i recommend them paying for a copy...

  9. Software & Hardware   -   #19
    I brought my "Medion" from shop purely because i got it cheaper there then i could have buying the parts seprate and building it. Also yes it did come with a lot of crap but soon got rid of all of that

  10. Software & Hardware   -   #20
    I learned the hard way with my first machine. Factory-direct and useless after 6 months with odd parts, obscure MoBo, etc..

    This one is still store-bought but I did get a decent deal on it as a base unit, pre-owned, goodwill return. Don't know why it was returned, but not really bothered because I knew I was going to rip the guts out of it, swap, change and upgrade and stick into a nice new case within a week!

    So I don't know if it qualifies for "store bought" really, it was just a good priced pile of bits which happened to be already assembled!

    But yes, the recovery disk is a pain, must get a full OS from kazaa sometime.

    Only pre-installed software apart from the usual windows stuff was Cyberlink DVD, Nero, M$ Works and yes, the obligatory ISP sign-up,

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