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| (...) If that's a Gateway then I'd say look at a comparable model on their website, then think maybe 75% or less of that price. I wouldn't pay more than maybe ... $1100-1200 for it? I wouldn't buy it at all, but if I were recommending it I wouldn't (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| I didn't want to taint all of your responses. They want $1099. So am I hearing that would be a good deal, maybe not a great deal? Would *you* touch it? -JOhn (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) The hard drive is a little undersized. With Office2000 approaching 1.0 GB, I don't know if it would last that long. (Depends on what you would do with it.) Personally, I would buy a non-intel chip (and save a lot there) to splurge on a much, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) On the plus side, hard drive space is one of the easier things to enhance. Get a second drive, set the M/S jumpers (on both drives, right?), and stick it into the system. Steve (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) I'd say it's an ok deal, especially if you don't build your own or can't find a better deal. No, I would not buy it, at any price. Well, maybe for $100, but I don't buy stock machines, not for myself. (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Oh, Office2k isn't that big, not unless you install every single little thing, including maybe a ton of clipart. I just did a reinstall of almost the full thing yesterday (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Frontpage) with all the templates, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) All this time I thought Office2K was only 2KB, not 1GB. <wink> --Todd (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| Thanks, Geeks, for your help. I decided to buy the computer, even though it's a <ptooey> PC;-) The final deciding factors were: Can now get Mindstorms, and will now be able to get into ldraw{:^D And now I will be able to jump on the "Thanks, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Well, just think, for just a little more than that $1100 you could have gotten yourself an iMac, in your choice of flavors. Oh, that's right, you already have a toy - you wanted a computer. :) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Isn't the president of Gateway named Bill? Steve (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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