On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 08:15:28AM -0400, John D. Giorgis wrote: > So, anyone have some good tips on how to buy a system that is a little > cheaper than "cutting edge" but will still stay usefull for a fairly > long time?
I highly recommend choosing the components yourself. You may need to do a little reading (or if you ask a few questions here, I'm sure you'll get informative answers), but it is well worth it. Not only will you better understand your system, you'll also get a higher quality system for about the same (or a little less) than a "black box" where you never know WHAT they put in their until you pop it open (and sometimes not even then). I purchased my last computer from http://www.bunta.com/ In the sidebar at right, go to "Total Cost Calculator" and it will list lots of components (cases, motherboards, CPU's, HD's, etc.) with prices and you select the ones you want. When you are done, you can either have them ship you all the components, or you can select build service, and they will put it together for you (for a additional fee). -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.com/
