I couldn't agree more. You are being 'had.' And, here is a couple more reasons: 1. Advantage of dual core processor that ain't there, yet. I just read in an EE mag that there are still problems addressing dual core processors. A company in Canada thinks they have this figured out. If that is so, you can not do true multitasking. Whoops, did I just go again the dogma of the Windows generation? Yes, I did. To run two tasks at the same time requires two processors. That's what the 'duo' core is suppose to have. So, if you can't do true multitasking with a new computer, why buy it? The reason for the dual core processor is to do true multitasking. 2. Memory. If all you do is writing & web browsing, and if a computer of 5 years ago would do the job then with 128K, why does the same word processor need more memory now? 1Gb is cheap, but probably not necessary. I run Word & Excel on several machines with memory sizes from 64M to 256 M. I don't see any speed differences. Possibly there are differences, but my old eyes blink slower than these differences...I don't see them. Save your $$ Jim U. jim at nationalwireless.com Original Message: ----------------- From: Dan Fried dan at creativeconstructs.com Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:21:27 -0500 To: az at a-zinternational.com, Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Does this sound like a good computer deal? ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee. ** You too can help the group ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. ** If you did, we all thank you. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .