FW: [Elecraft] OT - Way off topic, but Dell is giving away machines

2005-01-04 Thread Dan Barker
Bill, K3UJ sez: Drats! They now seem to be out of the Celrons. Their P4 SC420 w/ 1G ram is $699 I said you had to be very careful about the selections or the price comes out funny. Example: Default: $630 with 512MB DDR2, 400MHz, 2X256MB, Single Ranked DIMMs 3 Year Basic Plan Onboard

Re: FW: [Elecraft] OT - Way off topic, but Dell is giving away machines

2005-01-04 Thread Andrea Borgia
Dan Barker wrote: onboard Video is probably fine for hi-res, non real-time applications. The SC420 does have two PCI Express slots, whatever those areg. Very briefly, ISA - PCI - AGP - PCIX. Basically, yet another even faster interface for cards. B73, Andrea. -- Homepage:

Re: FW: [Elecraft] OT - Way off topic, but Dell is giving away machines

2005-01-04 Thread Donald K. Duncan
About the Desktop vs Server question, Dell does not support does not mean it won't work. It does mean there is no AGP slot, but a PCI graphics card is fine for everything except Gaming, DVD viewing and CAD. Heck, the onboard Video is probably fine for hi-res, non real-time applications. The SC420