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#41 Postby ColdFront77 » Sat Mar 20, 2004 2:11 am

A lot of the major computer companies are overrated, really. Gateway "had their day," now Dell. :)
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#42 Postby Lindaloo » Sat Mar 20, 2004 11:00 am

ColdFront77 wrote:A lot of the major computer companies are overrated, really. Gateway "had their day," now Dell. :)


My first computer was a GateWay. I will NEVER own another one. IMO they ripped me off because I was clueless at the time. Dell was around back then. I wish I had swayed towards the Dell.
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#43 Postby ColdFront77 » Sat Mar 20, 2004 8:03 pm

There is no way people are getting computers for between $499 and $799. You need certain things for it to run and only need a couple items that are worth having and the price rises to over $1,200.
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#44 Postby mf_dolphin » Sat Mar 20, 2004 8:10 pm

You can get a basic computer for less than $799.oo Tom. If you're just browsing and using e-mail you don't need a rocket lol
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#45 Postby Anonymous » Sat Mar 20, 2004 8:10 pm

ColdFront77 wrote:There is no way people are getting computers for between $499 and $799. You need certain things for it to run and only need a couple items that are worth having and the price rises to over $1,200.

You can easily get a basic low-end system with a 17" CRT monitor for under $799; I see them at the local Circuit City and Best Buy all the time. Now it won't be anything fancy and it probably will be a dinosaur within 2 years, but it's still a functioning system. I do agree that to get anything decent with the usual bells and whistles (nice monitor, good speakers, quality printer), the price will almost always wind up over a grand, but when you think about how useful a computer is and how much time you spend on it, it really doesn't seem that absurd to spend $1000-$2000 IMO.
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#46 Postby Rainband » Sat Mar 20, 2004 8:10 pm

ColdFront77 wrote:There is no way people are getting computers for between $499 and $799. You need certain things for it to run and only need a couple items that are worth having and the price rises to over $1,200.
I paid 729.00 thats with the 100.00 shipping. We get a 100 dollar rebate. I have a dell dimension with a 15"LCD display($349.00 retail) 256SDRAM 2.66 GHZ P4 processor 40 gig HD..(enough space for me;)) CD rom, floppy, CD writer/burner INTEL Intergrated audio video. LANCARD modem... Upgrade to 1 gig of memory. All kinds of software Keyboard and mouse and stereo SS speakers. Theres more but I am tired. :lol: They have awesome deals!!!
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#47 Postby ColdFront77 » Sat Mar 20, 2004 8:21 pm

Doesn't make any sense... mine should not of cost over $1,200 with all that, minus speakers, 512 MB of RAM does not cost that much more.

The basic price of mine was about/under $700.
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#48 Postby Rainband » Sun Mar 21, 2004 6:24 pm

ColdFront77 wrote:Doesn't make any sense... mine should not of cost over $1,200 with all that, minus speakers, 512 MB of RAM does not cost that much more.

The basic price of mine was about/under $700.
Mine only has 256. It's upgradeable to 1gig. the FPD was a free upgrade :wink:
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#49 Postby mf_dolphin » Sun Mar 21, 2004 6:31 pm

ColdFront77 wrote:Doesn't make any sense... mine should not of cost over $1,200 with all that, minus speakers, 512 MB of RAM does not cost that much more.

The basic price of mine was about/under $700.


Tom don't feel bad. My Dell cost almost 2,500 :eek: I got a few extra bells and whistles though ;-)
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#50 Postby Lindaloo » Sun Mar 21, 2004 6:48 pm

Mine ended up costing me about 905. I went to Office Depot and bought the 3D Graphics card way cheaper than what Dell offered. I also paid about 40 bucks less for the 5.1 surround sound speakers to go with my Sound Blaster Live card.

With the 150 rebate the computer ended up costing me $755. To me trhat is a deal because I paid 1800 for that piece of junk Gateway which they shipped to me already out of date. Then wanted to charge me to upgrade.
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