[Hidden-tech] Thanx... next question...

[Mike]

Hi Dave,

Gotta tell ya, I'm a Former PC teacher (Porter and Chester)... used to 
build my own too. But I'm on my 3rd eMachine. For the Money, you can't 
beat em.
My last one was about $300 (after rebates) for the PC, a 17" monitor, 
and a decent little ink jet printer. Throw an extra Hard drive and a 
decent video card into it, and you've got a great little workhorse for 
way under $500.

Only 1 thing I would suggest: When you get the PC, Blow the hard drive 
away and reload a fresh copy of XP. eMachines fills their PCs with lots 
of garbage software, and it's kind of a pain to disable it all.

Quality-wise, I've never had any hardware issues with them. And for the 
money, it's cheaper to buy a new PC every 3 years than it is to buy a 
new Motherboard and processor for the old one.

As far as 19" LCDs, I just bought a Nice one from Best Buy, made by MAG 
innovision. Cost was under $200. I've only hade it a couple weeks, but 
so far, it's pretty good. Fast enough for PC games, clear enough for movies.

Good Luck,
Mike Duquette

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> Many thanx for the suggestions about local storage places!
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> Next question...
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> If you were going to buy an off the shelf computer with a 19" LCD 
> monitor, what manufacturer would you say gives the best product at the 
> lowest price?
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> I used to build my own computers and things have changed so much I'm 
> not sure who has good stuff, good tech support, etc. I've heard 
> eMachines are good. Have heard to stay away from Dell and HP. But 
> that's all old info.
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> Thanx. Ain't Hidden-Tech grand?
> David
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