[Hidden-tech] Does this sound like a good computer deal?

[B. Kimo Lee]

Hi Amy, et al,

Nice seeing you last night at the chamber thing...

I'm with Tom, I vote Mac -- for so many reasons!

You saw the NY Times botnet article. We're doomed! ;-) I vote we ax  
Eastern Europe and Brazil from our Internet! China too!
All kidding aside. It's a serious issue.
---
I bet your current machine still meets your needs. You didn't mention  
why you felt the need to upgrade? It's still a basically a zippy  
machine for a writer. If it's performance-related, maybe you need to  
do some "housecleaning", i.e., malware or defrag stuff, or adjust  
your software firewall settings?

Jim's right about most applications not being able to take advantage  
of the dual core capabilities. So, with your Pentium 4 machine,  
you're still in a really good place -- again, for a writer.

Get the ram (find out what your max ram capability is to make sure  
you're not topped out) from here:
http://www.crucial.com/
Btw, is that Antec a custom-built machine?

How full is your hard drive? If not more than say 80% full, you're  
okay for a while. You can get larger capacity hard drives (internal)  
for under a $100. I don't have time to help you with all the  
diagnostic stuff you might need, but if you bring your box over with  
the ram module and the drive, I'll swap in the new module, drive, and  
transfer the data if you sing me a song, well, let's make that a  
sandwich? lol!

Save your big dollars for a zippy MacBook. You'll love it, you  
writer, you! Go demo one at Yes Computers. It's you, baby! You'll be  
able to sync it up with your fab new iPhone that you'll get this  
summer! And when your daughter graduates and goes to college, you can  
video skype with her everyday since it has a built-in iSight camera.

Best,
Kimo

On Jan 17, 2007, at 3:59 PM, A - Z International wrote:

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> Hi guys,
>
> I've got the following stuff on my current PC and an offer (below)  
> for a new machine.  Please advise whether you think this is a good  
> deal.
>
> thanks!
>
> Amy Zuckerman
> Hidden-Tech Founder
>
> AZ's ACI PC includes:
>
>> Antec Midtower w\ front USB
>> Intel D850mv Pentium 4 Motherboard
>> P4-2.4ghz\400mhz fsb
>> 512mb Pc800 rambus
>> 48X CDRW
>> 64mb geforce
>> 40 gb hd
>> 3.5" Floppy
>> 104 key keyboard
>> MS Optical Wheelmouse
>> Windows XP Pro
>> lan,sound onboard
>> sbs250 speakers
>> 56k USR Hardware Modem
>>
>> The first slow down is ram . Now we try to not let anything leave  
>> with less than 1gb.
>> Multitaskers should have 2gb.
>>
>>
>> 2nd slow down hd 5400 rpm good for 4 yrs ago but now they are  
>> typically 7200 rpm
>> They also typically have much more memory on the hd itself old 1mb  
>> new 8mb or 16mb
>>
>> 3rd slow down processor is 400mhz fsb. There is no upgrade for.
>>
>> To do an upgrade on this unit of an addl 1024mb would be around  
>> $600 and not worthwhile.
> THE PROPOSAL:
>
>
>>
>> A holiday special of $1299.00 gets you the following
>>
>> Antec case nsk4400
>> Intel mb p5b-vm core 2 duo MB
>> Intel core 2 duo e6400 processor
>> 2gb 800mhz ddr2 ( other brands handicap their systems with slower  
>> ram)
>> 300gb Sata Hd 16mb cache 7200 rpm
>> msi rx1300 video card 256mb
>> xp pro w\vista upgrade coupon ( costs $10 at time of redemption)
>> Liteon dvdrw
>>
>> Free transfer of data,programs,and modem
>> Does not include monitor,keyboard,mouse,spkrs
>>
>> 19" lcd $289, k and mouse $35, spks in lcd
>>
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