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"When I came back from Korea, I had no money, no skills. Sure, I was good with a bayonet, but you can't put that on a resume - it puts people off!" Frank Barone, "Everybody Loves Raymond" ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 1:12 PM Subject: Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) > In my experience, a lot of manufacturers targeted an uninformed public by > selling just the clock speed - e.g., Compaq was famous for a fast CPU with too- > little slow RAM, a slow small HD, and mediocre video. Those people paid a lot > for performance they weren't getting... > > -Ben > > > oh, I realize there is more to (any) machine.... it's just that the last > > time I looked at computers top of the line was 2 gigs... > > > > Dana > > > > On Tue, 27 May 2003 09:51:44 -0400, William Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > hehe ghz rating system is overrated, though the performance will be sweet > > > either way :) > > > > > > > > > "When I came back from Korea, I had no money, no skills. Sure, I was good > > > with a bayonet, but you can't put that on a resume - it puts people off!" > > > Frank Barone, "Everybody Loves Raymond" > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 7:58 PM > > > Subject: Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) > > > > > > > > >> 3 gigs sweet jesus :) OK, I am now officially envious > > >> > > >> Dana > > >> > > >> On Mon, 26 May 2003 23:37:23 +0000, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >> > Yummy indeed! > > >> > > > >> > Feel very lucky - > > >> > just ordered the beast: > > >> > P4 3.0GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1GB Dual-channel DDR400, > > >> > 240GB SATA RAID0 HDs, > > >> > ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, > > >> > DVD-ROM and DVD+RW, > > >> > Audigy 2 & Logitech Z-680 speakers, > > >> > Win XP Pro. > > >> > No monitor (re-using my beloved 19" Trinitron). > > >> > 4-year warranty :-) > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Can hardly wait... > > >> > <vbg> > > >> > > > >> > -Ben > > >> > > > >> >> Thanks, BenD !! > > >> >> :-) > > >> >> > > >> >> > Yummy! > > >> >> > > AFA 128 vs 256 goes, nothing out right now (or with declared > > >> specs) > > >> >> (that > > >> >> > I've seen) even suggests more than 128, so you should be ridin' > > >> high > > >> >> for the > > >> >> > next year or two. At that point, you'll need something new to play > > >> >> the > > >> >> > latest stuff anyway, so who cares? > > >> >> > > -- Ben Doom > > >> >> > Programmer & General Lackey > > >> >> > Moonbow Software, Inc > > >> >> > > : -----Original Message----- > > >> >> > : From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> >> > : Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 2:24 PM > > >> >> > : To: CF-Community > > >> >> > : Subject: Zoom-Zoom > > >> >> > : > > >> >> > : > > >> >> > : Told the wife that Dell has rebates and upgrade discounts > > >> totalling > > >> >> over > > >> >> > : $500 on the pc I want (after the 10% off from the EPP), most of > > >> >> which > > >> >> > : expire tomorrow (5/27). Asked if it would be ok if I ordered a > > >> >> > : new machine. > > >> >> > : Mentioned how much we were going to be saving on the mortgage > > >> refi. > > >> >> > : > > >> >> > : She smiled, said "hmmm, if we can afford both to get the pc for > > >> YOU > > >> >> and do > > >> > > > >> >> > : at least one of the house projects on MY list, then ok". > > >> >> > : > > >> >> > : Woo Hoo !! > > >> >> > : > > >> >> > : Looks like I'm going to be ordering an XPS with all the goodies. > > >> >> > : > > >> >> > : Question re: video cards - > > >> >> > : they only have the 128MB ATI Radeon Pro 9800, not the 256MB. > > >> >> > : Will that make a big difference? > > >> >> > : > > >> >> > : -Ben > > >> >> > : :-) :-) > > >> >> > : > > >> >> > : > > >> >> > : > > >> >> > : > > > >> >> > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
