[Chuck54]

bttt

[Sloth]

Why would RAM go up so much?

[Eye of Unk]

I have several functioning PC’s that are Win 95, 98, XP and Vista, as soon as a new system comes out I just buy another cheap disposable PC, I don’t bother building anything custom, my motto is this: If its current its too expensive, if its affordable its obsolete.

So all I can buy is an obsolete PC, its just a device that is not worth saving, when it has a minor problem it gets disconnected and I go get another.

I have never used one for more than two years, even in a six month period there are advances that make changes sometimes better. I know gamers, graphic artists and such are churning to defend what they own but I’m not into that.

And with all the nasty viruses and security issues its also another reason to have a timely expiration date. Trojans are so common and unique its almost impossible to detect them much less remove them.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

$1k?

I just put together a budget quad core AMD box for $419.63 shipped to the door. That’ll play HD video and do everything that most anyone outside of a hardcore gamer will need to do.

[Nateman]

You want cheap? People throw out computers because they no longer are able to run the latest version of Windows. The same computers can however run up to date small versions of Linux. Can’t beat free.

[Dogrobber]

While it takes a bit of concentrated effort to get all of the functionality of Windows (especially the multimedia aspects - Microsoft and Hollywood lawyers making open source software codecs almost a crime to produce), Linux makes old PCs stand up and howl.

I am a new convert to Linux and am learning to debug Linux installations. Once properly setup, running Linux is a breeze. I have three computers in the house and only one is running a Microsoft product (XP). I have no intention of installing MS 7 and will presson with Linux distributions in place of MS.

Linux on an older processor and with the kind of RAM that MS products require absolutely screams. If I were to purchase a new machine I would install Linux and not MS from the get go.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Meanwhile, everyone is broke and won’t be buying squat.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Cheez...here is a combo offering from Newegg this morning with a Quad, case, power supply, memory, hard drive...:

AMD ATI CrossFireX Technology Starter Kit

Combo Price: $579.99

$549.99 after $30.00

Mail-In Rebate(s)

Gamers would need to add their choice of Graphics card.

Also would need to add Optical reader...

Motherboard has an ATI4200 IGA...

HDD is WD 1 TB...

Power Supply is 700 Watt....OCZ

[Big Giant Head]

ping for tomorrow