Author: Tony Werten
Date: 10:13:23 11/02/01
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On November 02, 2001 at 10:26:37, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: To avoid some confusion (or to add): There are no 1700 or 1800 Mhz Athlons. The have the 1700+ or 1800+ rating, they run at 1460 or 1530 Mhz (numbers are by heart) Tony >Mr. Boco, > >http://www.buy-atlas.com/amd_xp_line.html > >Atlas Computers seem to give good value for the buck. The service department is >not as good as Dell or Gateway or NEC but the prices are much better. You will >probably be happy with a nice 1700 or 1800 Mhz AMD XP machine. > >Get yourself a nice big monitor; 19 to 22 inch, and you will have one nice >system. > >Get a good mouse and a smooth keyboard if you type a lot. > >The Atlas machine comes with StarOffice 5.2 but you can splurge and get the MS >Office Pro package if you want to jack up the price but I would choose more >memory instead. > >Enjoy, > > >Tim > >On November 01, 2001 at 15:21:31, J. C. Boco wrote: > >>I found a nice 1.7 GHz Athlon XP system with 256M of RAM, I think the S kind not >>the rambus. With this system I'll get a flat-screen LCD moniter. Total price >>is $1450. >> >>The place is MicronPC.com. Since I don't venture into the computer world much, >>I'm only comfortibly familiar with Gateway (which my wife and I use now), and >>Dell. >> >>Does anyone have any opinions on the reliability of this company? >> >>PS: I'll get the Windows XP operating system. I hear this program is massively >>bloated with "stuff". How much of my RAM will I lose to the operating system? >>Should I get more RAM? An upgrade to 512 will cost $200, which I don't fancy >>very much. >> >>PPS: I don't know whether I'll be using HIARCS in the Fritz interface, or >>Fritz7. I would imagine if I use the former I probably won't need the extra RAM >>since it's a slow searcher.
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