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CatKnight 
Jedi Republican
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Posted on: Aug. 09 2001,11:10 |
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hehe you are gonna get flamed for buying:a)state of the art (wait a month, save 50\%)
b)at best buy (buy online, save 50\%)
c)a whole system (buy components, save 50\%) So you spend on a machine that could have been purchased for 辎. Just to compare with my computer that I bought in May: AMD 1.2 Ghz: 贶
Abit Mobo: 贶
Geforce2 Ultra: 趚
20 gig hd: 贶
Santa Cruz: ๛
100baseT nic: ฤ
256 pc133: ์
keyboard+optical mouse+17" tritron (at best buy): 跌
case+300watt ps: 贄 total: ~ This was for the equivalent of a full system, which is probably faster then what you got, back in May. Sorry  edit: forgot hard drive This message has been edited by CatKnight on August 10, 2001 at 06:13 AM
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incubus
mack daddy
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Posted on: Aug. 09 2001,12:21 |
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Moral of this story:Intel CPUs are VERY overpriced when they first come out. You will also pay a HUGE FUCKING PREMIUM to have the very best from Intel. It's the way they work. You bought a pre-built system. HAHA!
Next time, buy the parts and pay a friend to make it. And watch him. And then you'll be able to do it from then on. P4s at that time made you have RDRAM. Again, a new technology, again, you pay the Fucking Premium(tm). You have 3 lessons to learn here, glasshopper; 1. Never buy cutting-edge.
2. Never buy pre-built.
3. Unless you absolutely need to; go AMD. HTH
incubus ------------------
-- incubus
As I chase the leaves like the words I never find ...
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Dark-Angel99
Sexy Biatch Woman
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Posted on: Aug. 09 2001,21:15 |
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Ok well I would have glady paid someone I knew to build me a computer if I knew someone that could do that! My computer isn't that bad! I got a CD Burner, a DVD drive, Pentium 4 1.3 GHZ, 60GB hard drive, a networking card, a cam, speakers and a sub woofer, a photo printer, a 17 inch monitor, optical mouse, an internet keyboard, and a pretty good graphics card from what I can see. Oh and a scanner. I'm not a pro when it comes to computers so don't flame me because I don't know all the things you all know please!------------------
http://www.geocities.com/Seady1117 <--- ME This message has been edited by Dark-Angel99 on August 10, 2001 at 04:20 PM
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damien_s_lucifer
Emperor of Detnet
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DarkAngel - They told you a 1.3GHz P4 was top of the line???? Damn those people!!! 1.3GHz was the LOW END of the P4's even when it was introduced. Best Buy is the most OVERPRICED store I've ever been in, and I know a lot of people who got burned there. Example : The อ they want for a 6' gold-plated shielded printer cable. And they ONLY carry shielded, gold plated printer cables. I can get a plain old 6' printer cable for Ű.95 at my local mom & pop computer shop, and it works just fine. It's not gold plated, but when was the last time you heard someone say "damn, the contacts in this printer cable just aren't good enough, and all this RF interference is messing up my printing"? Anyway, the moral of this is - DON'T SHOP AT BEST BUY. Also, if you need help with building and/or modding stuff, you can always post in the Geek Forum. There are always a few people that will respond with helpful advice. This message has been edited by damien_s_lucifer on August 10, 2001 at 04:26 PM
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Dark-Angel99
Sexy Biatch Woman
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Posted on: Aug. 09 2001,21:32 |
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quote:
Originally posted by damien_s_lucifer:
DarkAngel - They told you a 1.3GHz P4 was top of the line???? Damn those people!!! 1.3GHz was the LOW END of the P4's even when it was introduced. Best Buy is the most OVERPRICED store I've ever been in, and I know a lot of people who got burned there. Example : The อ they want for a 6' gold-plated shielded printer cable. And they ONLY carry shielded, gold plated printer cables. I can get a plain old 6' printer cable for Ű.95 at my local mom & pop computer shop, and it works just fine. It's not gold plated, but when was the last time you heard someone say "damn, the contacts in this printer cable just aren't good enough, and all this RF interference is messing up my printing"? Anyway, the moral of this is - DON'T SHOP AT BEST BUY. Also, if you need help with building and/or modding stuff, you can always post in the Geek Forum. There are always a few people that will respond with helpful advice.
Thanks  ------------------
http://www.geocities.com/Seady1117 <--- ME
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