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May 18th, 2004, 04:51 PM
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Re: OT: Worst PC Decision
Good for Dell then.
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May 18th, 2004, 05:09 PM
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Re: OT: Worst PC Decision
Well, this was a real case of a bad event morphing into a bad experience. I hope it doesn’t turn you away from home building.
If it makes you feel any better, AMD systems were touchy to set up back then. The VIA chip sets sucked big time and caused a lot of the problems. Now with XP chips and NForce 2 chipsets, AMD is just as easy and reliable as Intel.
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May 18th, 2004, 05:25 PM
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Re: OT: Worst PC Decision
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May 18th, 2004, 05:33 PM
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Re: OT: Worst PC Decision
NOOOOOOO Not that! I will telll you everything I know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhahhhhhhhhhh
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May 18th, 2004, 05:35 PM
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You can tell the guy in the cartoon works for human resources... 
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May 18th, 2004, 06:36 PM
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Re: OT: Worst PC Decision
The best way to have a build your own computer is like i do: I'm a lawyer but my hobbie is dismantling computers, so i made a deal with the rest of the people in my office (other lawyers): every time they wish to upgrade their computers i would do the upgrade for them (installing the new Boards, etc.)in echange for the old Boards, etc..
So i have lots of old Boards, memories, etc, and i have actually 3 computers, 1 at the office: 750mhz, 128mb Ram, HD 40GB, and 2 at home: 1.2ghz, 256mb Ram, HD 60mb, Geforce 2 and a 650mhz, 128mb Ram, HD 1.2mb (yes, i know, i'm waiting for someone to upgrade his HD so i can get a better one).
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May 18th, 2004, 07:29 PM
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Re: OT: Worst PC Decision
Atrocities, just read your story. That's why I don't build my own computers. I'd rather buy a already made one at an electronics store, or in the case of my current computer, have someone else build it. In this case, it's my wife's cousin-in-law. If I can ever come up with the extra dough, I'll have him upgrade it, especially the graphics card. I want to play Knights of the Old Republic, but can't.
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