[CLUE-Tech] Hardware Questions

[JOEL COHEN]

Okay...

There's a place I've used a couple of times on Evans and Monaco, called Comp-U-Me. They have pretty good prices, and the owner is very knowledgeable about hardware, compatibility issues etc... Unfortunately, I don't have a telephone number.

Personally, I like AMD. Remember, if you go with one of the new XP chips, you need to do a new O/S install for Windoze (or a kernel rebuild for Linux) because of the SSE instruction set. Look for DDR memory and a 266 FSB.  

Sorry about the line wrap. I'm being forced to use MSN e-mail, since I got "migrated" from Qwest to MSN. Yeech.

----- Original Message -----
From: Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 8:51 PM
To: JOEL COHEN
Cc: clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us
Subject: Re: [CLUE-Tech] Hardware Questions

On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, JOEL COHEN wrote:

> Are you sure you want to build a new machine? It might not cost you much more to buy a new machine, and you'll save yourself a good deal of time. Once you figure in a new motherboard (yes, you will need to buy a new one), CPU, memory (yes, you will have to replace what you've got), and maybe a new video card, you'll end up spending just as much as a new system.

Saving time isn't all it's cracked up to be. Buying a pre-built
system saves a little money, but it usually means getting
inferior parts. (Not to mention paying the Microsoft Tax if you
buy a Name Brand...)

Take care,

Zonker

P.S. -- You might want to set your line-wrap to 72
characters...

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