Nice. I think dell does a good job with styling. Anybody else read that William Gibson book where they have computers made from all kinds of personalized materials? It was the one with the artificial intelligent "creature"...
Patrick >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: May 27, 2003 12:37 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) > > >Here's a link to 4 views of the case: > >http://www.dell.com/us/en/eep/products/model_dimen_2_dimen_XPS. >htm#tabtop > >-Ben > >> have a picture of the case and everything? hopefully they >have something >> nicer then their crappy dimensions case >> >> >> "When I came back from Korea, I had no money, no skills. >Sure, I was good >> with a bayonet, but you can't put that on a resume - it puts >people off!" >> Frank Barone, "Everybody Loves Raymond" >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 12:14 PM >> Subject: RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) >> >> >> > Larry- >> > >> > thanks. >> > >> > That's why they have the 460W (!) power supply in a >separate compartment >> with >> > two dedicated fans - plus the three fans for the main chassis !! >> > >> > Specs say heat dissipation of fully-loaded system w/o >monitor = 1,000 >> BTU/hour. >> > >> > -Ben >> > >> > > Ouch. Ben with that system you wouldn't need a furnace >if you lived in >> > > Minnesota. That must put out a lot of heat. >> > > >> > > Nice one though. >> > > >> > > larry >> > > >> > > At 11:37 PM 5/26/2003 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > > >Yummy indeed! >> > > > >> > > >Feel very lucky - >> > > >just ordered the beast: >> > > >P4 3.0GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1GB Dual-channel DDR400, >> > > >240GB SATA RAID0 HDs, >> > > >ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, >> > > >DVD-ROM and DVD+RW, >> > > >Audigy 2 & Logitech Z-680 speakers, >> > > >Win XP Pro. >> > > >No monitor (re-using my beloved 19" Trinitron). >> > > >4-year warranty :-) >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >Can hardly wait... >> > > ><vbg> >> > > > >> > > >-Ben >> > > > >> > > > > Thanks, BenD !! >> > > > > :-) >> > > > > >> > > > > > Yummy! >> > > > > > >> > > > > > AFA 128 vs 256 goes, nothing out right now (or >with declared >> specs) (that >> > > > > > I've seen) even suggests more than 128, so you >should be ridin' >> high >> > > > for the >> > > > > > next year or two. At that point, you'll need >something new to >> play the >> > > > > > latest stuff anyway, so who cares? >> > > > > > >> > > > > > -- Ben Doom >> > > > > > Programmer & General Lackey >> > > > > > Moonbow Software, Inc >> > > > > > >> > > > > > : -----Original Message----- >> > > > > > : From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > > > : Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 2:24 PM >> > > > > > : To: CF-Community >> > > > > > : Subject: Zoom-Zoom >> > > > > > : >> > > > > > : >> > > > > > : Told the wife that Dell has rebates and upgrade discounts >> totalling >> > > > over >> > > > > > : $500 on the pc I want (after the 10% off from >the EPP), most of >> which >> > > > > > : expire tomorrow (5/27). Asked if it would be ok >if I ordered a >> > > > > > : new machine. >> > > > > > : Mentioned how much we were going to be saving on >the mortgage >> refi. >> > > > > > : >> > > > > > : She smiled, said "hmmm, if we can afford both to >get the pc for >> YOU >> > > > and do >> > > > >> > > > > > : at least one of the house projects on MY list, then ok". >> > > > > > : >> > > > > > : Woo Hoo !! >> > > > > > : >> > > > > > : Looks like I'm going to be ordering an XPS with >all the goodies. >> > > > > > : >> > > > > > : Question re: video cards - >> > > > > > : they only have the 128MB ATI Radeon Pro 9800, >not the 256MB. >> > > > > > : Will that make a big difference? >> > > > > > : >> > > > > > : -Ben >> > > > > > : :-) :-) >> > > > > > : >> > > > > > : >> > > > > > : >> > > > > > : >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
