good deal???

spy18 · 12-01-2004, 03:20 AM

i can get it for about 400 dollars canadian
but i dont if the specs are good or not
mainly for hw, music, movies maybe gaming

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodde...1&WLBS=FSWEB56

thx

ZER0X · 12-01-2004, 09:48 AM

Well it's a pretty good setup, though, the Graphics aint that good for games...but you did say "Maybe" for gaming soo it's up to you

**Praetor** · 12-02-2004, 02:27 AM

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www.bestbuy.ca

I have a bad feeling about this.

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i can get it for about 400 dollars canadian
but I dont if the specs are good or not
mainly for hw, music, movies maybe gaming

Worth the price i think but dont expect earth-shattering performance

Bobo · 12-02-2004, 02:40 AM

Not that great, no floppy, no MS Word, Powerpoint, or Excel, and no monitor. But for that price, it is OK

P.S. Not that great of a gfx card, either

**Praetor** · 12-02-2004, 03:35 AM

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Not that great, no floppy, no MS Word, Powerpoint, or Excel, and no monitor. But for that price, it is OK

1. You buy a computer for the hardware not the software
2. Floppy drives are obsolete
3. Its hard to do much better than $400CAD .. unless you have something in mind

Echo_ · 12-02-2004, 04:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Bobo

Not that great, no floppy, no MS Word, Powerpoint, or Excel, and no monitor. But for that price, it is OK

P.S. Not that great of a gfx card, either

what were you expecting for a 400 dollar (CD) machine?

floppy drives are like 10 bucks, and if he needs ms word powerpoin and excel he can get em.

**SFR** · 12-02-2004, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Bobo

Not that great, no floppy, no MS Word, Powerpoint, or Excel, and no monitor.

LOL..
sorry i COULDNT help laughing...

Like Praetor said "Floppy drives are obsolete". I will never again spend $20 on a floppy drive.. throught he years I have been subject to floppy disk problems more times than I care to rememeber. I ended up with a C in my biology class about 7 years ago, freshman year of HS, because of a floppy disk... and I will never forget it.

Oh and MICROSFOT OFFICE will always cost you a pretty penny... unless your a student at an accredited 4 year college who can purchase software for a fraction of the cost....

and I know that I will never need a monitor.. at least not in the near future. So every comp I buy will just plug itself into my cpu switch....

wait.. why was I writing this post?

.. oh yeah... GIVE me a break! Its not a bad machine at all.

Bobo · 12-02-2004, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Echo_

what were you expecting for a 400 dollar (CD) machine?

floppy drives are like 10 bucks, and if he needs ms word powerpoin and excel he can get em.

MS Office Standard 2000 is/was like $100, i dont know about 03 or 04.

But it depends what you will be doing with your compuoter, if you even need it at all.

Bobo · 12-02-2004, 09:52 PM

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LOL..
sorry i COULDNT help laughing...

Like I care? Im used to being laughed at, computer geek nerds with a 4.5 GPA stand out a little. (Yes 4.5, in my school district, if you are in "honers" classes, and pass them, you get an extra .5 on your GPA)

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Like Praetor said "Floppy drives are obsolete". I will never again spend $20 on a floppy drive.. throught he years I have been subject to floppy disk problems more times than I care to rememeber. I ended up with a C in my biology class about 7 years ago, freshman year of HS, because of a floppy disk... and I will never forget it.

Just bc they're obsolete doesnt mean people dont use them. We have 6 computers in our house, and no jumpdrives or anything of the sort. My dad still has hundreds of the 5.25 inch floppys!

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Oh and MICROSFOT OFFICE will always cost you a pretty penny... unless your a student at an accredited 4 year college who can purchase software for a fraction of the cost....

You can say that again, and again, and again...

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wait.. why was I writing this post?

LOL
sorry i COULDNT help laughing....

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.. oh yeah... GIVE me a break! Its not a bad machine at all.

You got alzheimers?

**Cromewell** · 12-02-2004, 10:08 PM

its pretty good for $400, keep in mind you wont get a monitor with it. For movies/music/internet/work...who does that anyway... its got more than enough power, and a video upgrade should keep you going in the games department, the GF4MX is ok if you like using the low settings

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Bobo banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pittsburgh Age: 17 Posts: 6,623	Not that great, no floppy, no MS Word, Powerpoint, or Excel, and no monitor. But for that price, it is OK P.S. Not that great of a gfx card, either