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Article #287693Re: Need help with PC purchase
From: G
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 16:10
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 16:10
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I agree. Also, I probably would learn about computers and build one yourself. Its cheaper and you get exactly what you want in it.....and you learn something too. You would be suprised how easy it is and wonder why you didn't do it sooner. "Darrel Hoffman" <iill...@mediaone.net> wrote in message news:mcr_5.1106$I9.23654@typhoon.ne.mediaone.net... > My $0.02: Nobody needs a 1.4 GHz processor right now... You'd probably end > up spending way too much. My basic philosophy is always buy the second > best, because it's a hell of a lot cheaper, and the best one will just get > surpassed by the next thing in a couple of months anyhow. > > -- > Baroness Brimstone, lvl 52 Pyromaniac Sorceress > Dame Volta, lvl 28 Struggling Lightning Sorceress > Frost, lvl 18 Cookie Cutter Ice Sorceress > Dame Leiala, lvl 31 Retired General Sorceress > Baroness Xena (My brother named her), lvl 51 Pikazon > Nightcrawler, lvl 19 Oblivion Knight Wannabe > A bunch of others characters. > --- > > "Chris Youngblood" <zel...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message > news:3A3A3E0B.11F053EB@bellsouth.net... > > I will soon purchase myself a brand new PC. I can't decide if I want to > > go with a Dell system with nice extras and a P4 1.4 GHz processor, or a > > Falcon NorthWest system with the same extras but a P3 900 MHz. I hear > > Falcon NW puts out the best gaming computers (I like games) but I have > > always heard good things about Dell as well. Does anyone have any input > > to help me make a decision? Or suggestions on another maching? > > > > Zelomax > >
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "G" <g...@us.hsanet.net> Newsgroups: alt.games.quake3,alt.games.half-life,alt.games.unreal.tournament,alt.games.starsiege.tribes,alt.games.everquest,alt.games.diablo,alt.comp.hardware.overclocking,alt.comp.hardware.amd.thunderbird,alt.computer,alt.computer.consultants Subject: Re: Need help with PC purchase Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 11:10:49 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <t3kgjbrn3mdid4@corp.supernews.com> References: <3A3A3E0B.11F053EB@bellsouth.net> <mcr_5.1106$I9.23654@typhoon.ne.mediaone.net> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-Complaints-To: news...@supernews.com Lines: 40 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit