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Subject: Re: PC for Chess....?

Author: Art Basham

Date: 16:01:25 04/07/04

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OK thanks John...
That is what I was affaid of...

Maybe you know of a discount link where I could find a good buy on a new one..
thanks again...
Art


On April 07, 2004 at 18:41:54, John Merlino wrote:

>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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