I'll second Lee's suggestions of a BareBones system. I've bought my desktops like that for the past 10 years or so. You specify what you want and they build it - as well as having numerous pre-built puters,
When you get the new puter and get it up and running, I suggest you take the old HD put of its computer and buy a external HD case which you can connect to your new puter using a USB cable. It treats it just like an internal drive but it will be slower. If you;re feeling capable you can install the old HD in the new cabinet as a slave - communications between the 2 (new & old HDs) will be very fast. re Tigerdirect - they have always provided excellent customer assistance - If there are ever programs you don't want just ask and we;'ll tell you how to remove them --- Good luck - you;re about to save a lot of money -- too bad you;re not thrifty (cheap like the rest of us) or you;d really get a bang out of this. ;-) Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Einer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, computers again > Do some browsing on Tigerdirect.com. They should have some barebones > systems with good prices and no OS. > > Its a personal bugaboo for me. Last time I went shopping for a computer > (5 years ago or so) I walked into Best Buy, saw what I wanted and asked > how much it would cost without the Micro$oft crap on it. They said they > couldn't sell it without the software and couldn't give me a discount. > So I just bought the parts I wanted and built my first computer. Saved > lots of money, too. > > Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: >> Been looking into the computer upgrade thing. As I posted before, I >> always custom ordered what I wanted as far as processor, memory etc then >> just transfer my other hardware over. Im getting a big headache trying >> to figure out what processor is what, what memory is what etc. Ran thru >> a few options and it seems its as expensive if not more than what is on >> sale at best buy or whatever. So would it seem I am better off just >> buying whatever is on sale that fits my needs? Any certain brands to >> look for? Do they sell them at the store that do not have a bunch of >> crap preloaded on there? I hate buying those computers that already >> have half their space used up by preloaded crap I will never use. >> Another aspect I like of not buying the store computers is the fact that >> the cases etc are not always standard. With the custom ordered >> barebones deals, you can swap whatever you want at any point. Power >> supplies are standard, drive bays, etc. Stuff like that. Anyway, >> enough rambling, thoughts? Most of these store bought systems come with >> Vista now. Is that a good thing or should I just look on ebay and buy >> something there that may or may not have an OS installed? > > > -- > > Lee > > If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable. - Kurt Vonnegut > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
