Author: John Merlino
Date: 15:41:54 04/07/04
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On April 07, 2004 at 18:21:40, Art Basham wrote: >Would this be OK? It does not say how fast it is Mhz...etc. > >Compaq Computer (on eBay)....near where I kive so I moght be able to make local >pick up if I win...:-) Wow, that setup is verging on ancient history as far as computer hardware goes. You will definitely need to find out the CPU speed, because it could be as little as 500MHz. If your main plan is to do chess analysis with it, you will still be WAY behind the times with ANY P3 processor. You should also make sure that the seller will even let you pick up the item. The outrageous shipping cost of $80 is probably the guy's safeguard against the comp selling for the opening price of $0.01! The comp looks like it has been upgraded with a few slightly newer items (DVD player, WinXP Pro), and the software "bundle" might prove to be useful. But I wouldn't be surprised if the seller's total cost of putting the system together was less than $80. Beware.... jm
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