10-01-2002, 11:52 AM
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cheap pc, please help
Hello all,
Well i am writing cause i am trying to build/buy/create a cheap little pc for a friend of mine... THeir son is in highschool and they want a computer for him to print his papers out on, write reports with.. hmm i dont even know if it would use the internet.. maybe if i can find a free one but i dont know if those exists any more... I showed them to the deals page here and all the good dell deals... but they were still a little hesitant cause that is a bit expensive... any ideas? they dont have monitor or anything so any suggestions are good.. thanks guys
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10-01-2002, 04:15 PM
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Re: Re: Re: cheap pc, please help
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Yeah, I actually saw a decent one on there for $339: HP Pavilion 8576C, Intel Pentium III 450 MHz Processor Features Include: 320MB RAM Memory 19GB Hard Drive 6X DVD-ROM Drive CDRW 56K Fax Modem Network Interface Card (NIC) Keyboard Mouse Windows Operating System They only have one in stock, and it is an HP  , but hey, beggars can't be choosers. 
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10-03-2002, 10:40 PM
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I wouldn't knock an HP computer, thats what my first pc was, which was Feb of 2000. I paid 1200 dollars for it. It was P3 500. I put a bigger hd in it, a 8X buner in it, a better video card and had no problems with it. My bro inlaw bought a Dell 4200 about a year or so ago and he cant even run his new 40X burner with it. all he did was add ti 4200 video, an extra stick of 128ram and his power supply wont run his DVD and new burner at the same time.
Any way to make a long story short, 2 1/2 years after buying my very first computer, I now have 3 of them, a 1.4 with ddr 333 which is my own, the 1.2 with the Asus A7A266 I built for my wife and my kids AXIA 1000 with my old KT7A Abit board. I had no power problems with my HP. My bro inlaws Dell wont even run his 40X burner. Just my 2 cents worth |
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10-03-2002, 11:24 PM
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Was compaq building them then? I'm glad to hear *someone* was able to upgrade an HP.
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