Anybody know anything about those eMachines? Junk or what? dave walton wrote: > You can count on Dell to use non-standard motherboards, power > supplies, and cases. I have stopped using then for rackmount systems > too. They are good for a cheap desktop in an office. > One customer bought a couple rackmount Dells that are supposed to take > 8 hard drives. The drive caddies were not included and Dell wanted > over $100 each just for the caddies - unless you bought them from Dell > with a hard dive and paid over $150 for a 250Gig drive. The street > price is ~ $50 for that drive. Dell is a bit behind the curve. > > Kmart had a deal with Lindows a while back for low-end systems. I > think they call it Linspire or something else now. > > -Dave Walton > > On Jan 27, 2008 1:30 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? >> -- >> Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK >> 94 E420, 92 300SD, 92 300D, 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, >> 91 300D, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, >> 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 81 380SLC, 80 240D, 76 240D, >> 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 >> http://www.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 >> > > _______________________________________ > 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 >
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