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To: devane617
heck, you can go to your local electronics disposal place and pick one up out of the dump...don't sweat trying to fix it...

Ha! I'm posting this on a machine I literally dragged out of a lady's garbage can. It came complete with 19" monitor, printer, scanner, speakers, keyboard&mouse, cabling, and a stack of software disks. It was a windows ME machine, but the OS crapped out, errors so bad it would not boot. No OS disk, however.

I installed PCLinuxOS 2009.1 this afternoon, and am playing around right now. Total cost to me? $15 for a stick of RAM and a cheap LAN card.

14 posted on 04/17/2009 4:30:45 PM PDT by Big Giant Head (I should change my tagline to "Big Giant penguin on my Head")
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To: Big Giant Head

Ha! I’m posting this on a machine I literally dragged out of a lady’s garbage can. It came complete with 19” monitor, printer, scanner, speakers, keyboard&mouse, cabling, and a stack of software disks. It was a windows ME machine, but the OS crapped out, errors so bad it would not boot. No OS disk, however.

I installed PCLinuxOS 2009.1 this afternoon, and am playing around right now. Total cost to me? $15 for a stick of RAM and a cheap LAN card.

but this is because you are brilliant. I on the otherhand got lost a few months ago when my numlock was on my laptop.

if you want to see something pathetic read this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2139000/posts

this is the level i am at...


19 posted on 04/17/2009 4:35:55 PM PDT by Chickensoup ("Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.")
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To: Big Giant Head

BGH, You are the guy.....I just noticed that CostCo has the GREAT, brand new systems, with monitor, for 499. I saw a complete system in their add last week for 359....But, like you....I love dumpster diving for computer parts....My town has a recycle center for computers and TVs. I can go there and build a entire Fortune 500 company from the hardware I find.


59 posted on 04/18/2009 5:57:17 AM PDT by devane617 (Republicans first strategy should be taking over the MSM. Without it we are doomed.)
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