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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