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Article #83518

Re: Gateway, Dell & More (Help)

#83518
From: mike.NOSP... Mike Frazer
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 00:00
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The price SUCKS.  I work at Best Buy in the Computers and Home Office
dept.  We have a Compaq pII 300mhz with DVD, 64 megs RAM, 7gig (I
THINK) HD, 3dfx card, 17 inch monitor for 3650 bucks.  Add in the
price of a Diamond MONSTER (not Stealth, the monster is faster) which
is 199 and it comes to 1850.  Thats a savings of 150 bucks.  Check
Best Buy because we are also getting a 300 by HP (The Hewlett Packard
Pavillion 8000 series PCs are fantastic) and an IBM 300.  Not only
THAT, but you can get an HP 266  with 48megs RAM (no DVD) for 2699
right now, but as soon as the 300 comes in it should drop to 2299 or
2399...check it out.


Mike Frazer


On Tue, 14 Oct 1997 19:12:53 -0500, "Thomas E. Retkowski"
<tar...@pitnet.net> wrote:

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>I thank everyone who responded to my Gateway questions, and questions
>about video cards.  They have been very informative.
>
>I have found a Pentium II 300 mhz system locally and I would like input
>as soon as possible.  The following are what would be included on the
>system if I bought it tomorrow.
>
>Pentium 300 mhz processor, AGP motherboard.
>64 megs of SDRAM
>Monster 3dfx video card
>Diamond Stealth PCI video card with 8mb video ram
>6.1 Gig HD
>24x CD-Rom
>Viewsonic PS 17" monitor
>AWE 64-bit sound card
>speakers
>USR 33.6 Internal Modem
>
>I've calculated this with tax to be approximately $4,077.15.
>
>What I would like to know, is this a good deal?  If so why, if not why
>not?  Should I add a SCSI controller and get a zip drive, or hold that
>for later?
>
>There are only two ISA slots, but thankfully one of the sound cards is
>PCI...do I want something with more ISA slots???   Hit me with your best
>shot, as I do not want to make a mistake on this?
>
>As for the game I will want to play????
>
>GL Quake, if there will be a GL Quake 2 so be it.
>NASCAR 2 in full 3d, yes I know there isn't a 3dfx patch yet.
>Perhaps UO if isn't too costly.
>
>Thanks
>
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Mike Frazer
#11 American Airlines/STP/MBNA Ford, IGN
Prime Time Motorsports
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From: mike.NOSP...@dol.net (Mike Frazer)
Subject: Re: Gateway, Dell & More (Help)
Date: 1997/10/16
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