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My mom has a Dell 4700 and I guess it works alright, but it just seems slow and what she got for her money didn't seem worth it to me.
Personally, I got an MSI 651 barebone back in August of last year and it is a superb machine. I love it.
pentium 4 2.8 512 533fsb
lite on dvd+/-R/RW 8x
maxtor 120gb u133/7200
kingston 512mg pc2700 c2.5 non ecc ddr
SiS M650 (which I have heard is supposed to suck for video but it seems to work just fine for me)
2 MSI speakers
wireless k/b and optical mouse
windows XP
a viewsonic pf775b
lexmark 5150
all together ran me 1052.22 (when I priced the pieces around to see how much it would have cost if I had done it .... it ran around 950 so I spent 200 more and have a killer system for me (I'm sure many can find fault with what I have)
The only problem is the casing is very tight so if I chose to upgrade it would have to be professionally done (which I would do anyway). I have had 1 crash but that was due to 200+ viruses and the likes. Got it reformatted bought Norton Systemworks, run MSN beta spyware/ search and destroy/ and no problems whatsoever since.
My point is, if you can't build find the system you like and just invest it'll be well worth it.
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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"
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