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(...) So for the self built PCs, I've just built the one below for a friend: Asus P3C2000 motherboard Intel PIII 550 CPU Quantum 10.2 HDD 128 MB Century PC133 DIMM Asus 3800 TNT2 32 meg display adapter Asus T5A-B case Microsoft Internet keyboard (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) But I do some programming and stuff too, so I don't want a Mac. (...) I was more inclined to get a Windows machine and put on a copy of Linux, but as I'm going into engineering, maybe I'll get more into Linux... (...) I use Corel Photopaint 8, (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) vs (...) Dual PIII 600 vs Athlon 1Ghz is probably a toss-up. With most things, the 1Ghz Athlon will be faster, but rendering is a great best-case application for SMP, so the two PIIIs might be faster for some of what you're doing. And really, (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) ewewewewewew. Sorry, I have to deal with some gateways at work, and they all, without exception, suck. If you want a windows based machine, why not go with dell? a quick look shows 1GHz PIII, 256MB 19" monitor, 40GB HD, DVD and CDRW for $4029 (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Heh. I deal with dells at work, and I think _they_ suck. Nice case design, sub-par performance. (This is the optiplex line; others may be different.) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) i deal with dells at work (like 30,000 of them or so) and i just love them to pieces (except the dimentions (sp) they suck)... i've dealt with compaqs, hps gateways and the special no-name brands that have the serial numbers scratched off of (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) laf... okie, have you found a window box that doesn't suck? We have a bunch of users that seem to resist the idea of converting to RH (for some reasonable or not-so-resonable reasons :) and I havn't found a platform I'd recommend for them, (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Nope. Not my problem. :) (...) Very nice. (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) laptop is far and away better than the Compaqs I've had to deal with. But for non-laptops, I prefer to build my own. Bruce (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) oh yes, i love the dell laptops too... though, vaio's have a special place in my heart :) (as for servers, i love compaqs and tricords (yes, i know they're not made anymore, but when was the last time you saw a 75mhz machine with 1000 people (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) For $975 I just got all of this: Abit BE6-II PowerUp $133.00 Celeron 566 + Heatsink/Fan + Slotkit PowerUp $230.00 (tested to 850) 128mb PC133 DIMM PowerUp $126.00 Creative Labs X-Gamer Retail Comp-U-Plus $68.00 Maxtor 30.7 GB U-66 7200rpm HD (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Jennifer L. Boger writes: off of them that our procurment department finds off trucks somewhere :) and i (...) What do you prefer for servers? (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I think i posted later... about this.. i loved the tricords when they were around (alas, oh my, no more)... i love the compaq prolient servers now.. (not the old ones, the newer ones... 6500s and 8000s and such) they were built with me in (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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