Hi, Ian --
I don't know anything about comparative prices, but Kirksville has
a resource I haven't encountered elsewhere: A Value-Added Reseller, called
Compu-Tek. That means: a firm which has no Preferred Brands it HAS to sell,
including the Third-Party Programs and Accessories and Extra Hardware IT
wants to sell you whether you need them or not.
Phone
number: 660-627-2826.
What that means: Talk to Danny or his employees.
YOU: "This is what I want to do right now, this is what a foresee
doing five years from now."
DANNY: "Well, to do that, you might want to run xxx or yyy or zzz."
"In order to run xxx or yyy or zzz, you'll need a computer
with LLL, and MMM, and NNN."
"You could get those components with a Quink computer, for
$AAA, or we could build one for you for $BBB. Advantages, and
disadvantages, of the Quink: ___. Advantages, and disadvantages, of what we
could build for you: _______. "
Consider me an enthusiastic customer, speaking from my ignorance,
rather than a gung-ho employee who really knows this game from the inside.
But you might want to check the place out.
Andy
Hilgartner
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
At 12:45 PM 5/18/2002, you wrote:
>Thanks for everyones help.
>
>Its actually only a $55 difference at cyperpowerpc.com (an $89 difference
>at Dell - go figure). Personally, having to put in my password everytime I
>boot up doesn't sound like a bad idea. And if accessing domains ever
>becomes an option, I can do that in Linux it sounds like. I like the
>idea of having an administrator and then a normal user, thats really
>how OS's should work. But I don't need to make a decision now.
>
>Another question, how do I go about buying software with an Academic
>License? The ITS page has links to Dell and Gateway, but I would prefer to
>buy the computer from someplace else and then just buy the software
>academic. I've been looking around at Microsoft's website, and it looks
>like it has to be bought through a reseller. How does it work? Dell
>mentioned needing a student number.
>
>Ian Monroe
>http://ian.webhop.org
>
>On Sat, 18 May 2002, Caleb Jorden wrote:
>
> > However, you can save network passwords in pro, whereas you cannot in home.
> > What I mean is that if you need a username/password pair to connect to a
> > network resource, you can save that in Windows XP Pro and not ever have to
> > enter it again. In Windows XP Home, you have to enter it ever time you
> > reboot. I have personal experience with this(My laptop came with
> windoze xp
> > home). For this reason alone, I would recommend Pro.
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> > From: Sean Foy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > By the way, MS's marketing material may tout Pro-only features related
> > to Active Directory and domain membership... But you won't be allowed to
> > join any of the existing domains on campus and Truman ITServices would
> > probably give you trouble if you tried to create your own domain (using
> > 2000 or .NET server). So those features won't do you much good on
> > campus.
C. A. Hilgartner . Phone: 660-627-2519
2413 North East Street . FAX: 660-627-2930
Website: www.hilgart.org
