It is on the way. It is newly scratched and dented. I have built computers over the years. The last Intel chip I owned was an 8080. The new computer breaks the tradition. It is the 6600 Conroe from Intel.
I priced components. What I wanted was over $850. I went by Dell and looked at the refurbished units. There was a scratched and dented that had almost all of what I wanted and a bit that’s nice but wasn’t on the list. The big item in that group was a TV tuner that does the new HDTV standard. It will be interesting to try it out. The video card is a dog but I was going to buy something in the $100 range anyway. All the DX10 ready ones are still too pricey for my taste/wallet. This one will do an adequate job until the prices drop.
The components include 2Gig of highest speed memory. The HD is 320Gig SATA. The DVD unit isn’t top of the line but the 8x for DVD’s is adequate for my needs and a 20x can be had for $35.
It has a collection of software that didn’t mean much; but, it does come with Photo Shop so that’ll be a toy to play with. I use Open Office that is freeware to write for the blog and the occasional letter; so, MS works doesn’t rattle my cage. It is coming with Vista which wasn’t my first choice but if it isn’t what I want I have an extra copy of XP.
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