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2006-05-10 Thread Maureen
I bought a kick-ass HP DV4000 laptop at Circuit City. They start around 900 and go up from there depending on memory, drive space. I maxed mine out at 1300 bucks. On 5/9/06, Steve Kahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Need to replace pc, anyone know of any good deals that are inexpensive > > thnks

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2006-05-10 Thread Nick McClure
Usually Maxtor, I HATE Maxtor drives. > -Original Message- > From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 11:10 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Computer deal recommendations - > > whatever hdd was the cheapest on the commodity computer

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2006-05-09 Thread Tony
t; > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Computer deal recommendations - > > > > My dell lasted apx 20months and burned thru 3 hard drives. > > > > > > > ~| Message: http://www.houseof

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2006-05-09 Thread Nick McClure
Who made the HD? > -Original Message- > From: Steve Kahn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 4:09 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Computer deal recommendations - > > My dell lasted apx 20months and burn

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2006-05-09 Thread Timothy Heald
EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 4:09 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Computer deal recommendations - My dell lasted apx 20months and burned thru 3 hard drives. -- Original Message -- From: "Crow T. Robot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> R

RE: Computer deal recommendations - AMD 64 any CF issues?

2006-05-09 Thread Nick McClure
9, 2006 5:50 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Computer deal recommendations - AMD 64 any CF issues? > > Are there any known issues with AMD 64 and CF? > > ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.co

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2006-05-09 Thread Nick McClure
gt; Subject: Re: Computer deal recommendations - AMD 64 any CF issues? > > You can buy a 32 bit processor from AMD now? > I didn't know they still had those on the market. > > They've all shifted to the 64 bit architecture, which is the better way to > go. > It is tota

RE: Computer deal recommendations - AMD 64 any CF issues?

2006-05-09 Thread Nick McClure
You running Windows x64? > -Original Message- > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 5:52 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Computer deal recommendations - AMD 64 any CF issues? > > Never noticed a thing on my Athlon 64 machine.

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2006-05-09 Thread Vivec
You can buy a 32 bit processor from AMD now? I didn't know they still had those on the market. They've all shifted to the 64 bit architecture, which is the better way to go. It is totally stable, as stable as 32 or more so because of the Do not Execute functionality built into the chipset. We're

Re: Computer deal recommendations - AMD 64 any CF issues?

2006-05-09 Thread Robert Munn
I've never noticed any difference at all. On 5/9/06, Steve Kahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Would you characterize the 64 as more stable than 32? > > >Never noticed a thing on my Athlon 64 machine. Been running it for a > >few years now. > > > >On 5/9/06, Steve Kahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

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2006-05-09 Thread Steve Kahn
Would you characterize the 64 as more stable than 32? >Never noticed a thing on my Athlon 64 machine. Been running it for a >few years now. > >On 5/9/06, Steve Kahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Are there any known issues with AMD 64 and CF? ~~~

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2006-05-09 Thread Vivec
Never noticed a thing on my Athlon 64 machine. Been running it for a few years now. On 5/9/06, Steve Kahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are there any known issues with AMD 64 and CF? ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.

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2006-05-09 Thread Steve Kahn
Are there any known issues with AMD 64 and CF? ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206409 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/l

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2006-05-09 Thread Jerry Johnson
Ah, developer level machine I would definitely ignore my previous recomendation of e-machine. I was talking more for kitchen table/family use. I would take a trip to Best Buy or equivilant and carry one home. On 5/9/06, Steve Kahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Under a deadline, need a system by tom

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2006-05-09 Thread William Bowen
oh yeah, bought an e-machine approx. 3 years ago and have not had any issues. I also do regular virii checks, keep it patched, make sure the kiddies aren't downloading stuff... worth the money, for me anyway... > buy an e-machine, finish the project, return the machine. > > :-\ > -- will "If

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2006-05-09 Thread William Bowen
buy an e-machine, finish the project, return the machine. :-\ On 5/9/06, Steve Kahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Under a deadline, need a system by tommorrow any recommendations for the NYC > area - again thank you all, there is no fun to having to replace and develop > under such a short turna

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2006-05-09 Thread Steve Kahn
Under a deadline, need a system by tommorrow any recommendations for the NYC area - again thank you all, there is no fun to having to replace and develop under such a short turnaround. -- Original Message -- From: "Robert Munn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-T

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2006-05-09 Thread Jeffry Houser
F is using it as her primary computer. At 05:10 PM 5/9/2006, you wrote: >Subject: Computer deal recommendations - >From: "Crow T. Robot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 16:04:15 -0400 >Thread: >http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.

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2006-05-09 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
computers are just like dogs. Mutts live longer than purebreds. My franken-system been going for a long time...Almost too long, I never get to upgrade. On 5/9/06, Steve Kahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My dell lasted apx 20months and burned thru 3 hard drives. > > > -- Original Messa

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2006-05-09 Thread William Bowen
rate on these, cause they're shite > > > >-Original Message- > >From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 3:54 PM > >To: CF-Community > >Subject: Re: Computer deal recommendations - > > > >e-machines. I t

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2006-05-09 Thread Robert Munn
Do you have a local builder in your area? I use a local San Diego shop that is pretty cheap and I have never had problems with their systems. They might ship to you, I don't know. Their low-low end PC is $149. Their high end for a workstation could be well over $5,000, and they have everything in b

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2006-05-09 Thread Steve Kahn
My dell lasted apx 20months and burned thru 3 hard drives. -- Original Message -- From: "Crow T. Robot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: cf-community@houseoffusion.com Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 16:04:15 -0400 >No > >If Mike Tangorre were he

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2006-05-09 Thread Jerry Johnson
I've bought about 30 over the last 4 years, and have only had one failure all told. A motherboard fried when my father misinstalled a wireless card (it EVENTUALLY fit). On 5/9/06, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Be very wary of the boxes, I have a friend who works at Office Depot and >

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2006-05-09 Thread Steve Kahn
Dell desktop just died- didnt know emachines was that stable - thnks -- Original Message -- From: "Jerry Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: cf-community@houseoffusion.com Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 15:54:17 -0400 >e-machines. I think they are about $349, b

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2006-05-09 Thread Steve Kahn
ice Depot and >they have an insane return rate on these, cause they're shite > >-Original Message- >From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 3:54 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: Computer deal recommendations - > >e-machines

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2006-05-09 Thread Crow T. Robot
No If Mike Tangorre were here, he'd be MTAngry with you right now. He and I had a conversation about this a few weeks ago. Seriously, though, I owned one for 9 months and it just died a slow and painful death. And it only had a 90 day warranty. I loathe eMachines crap.

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2006-05-09 Thread Scott Stewart
Be very wary of the boxes, I have a friend who works at Office Depot and they have an insane return rate on these, cause they're shite -Original Message- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 3:54 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Computer

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2006-05-09 Thread Jerry Johnson
e-machines. I think they are about $349, but $364 at Best Buy http://www.emachines.com/products/products.html?prod=T3120 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7739806&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat60700050016&id=1140392808086 Not a speed demon, but you'll get 3 years of solid perfor

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2006-05-09 Thread Charlie Griefer
keep an eye on http://deals2buy.com/ they have a section daily that's dedicated to dell deals (h...alliteration). you can also visit http://www.slickdeals.net, but i always see dell deals posted to deals2buy. On 5/9/06, Steve Kahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Need to replace pc, anyone know o

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2006-05-09 Thread Steve Kahn
Need to replace pc, anyone know of any good deals that are inexpensive thnks ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206374 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://ww