Ah, well then they're high. The only compatibility legwork might be in finding drivers for things not included with XP. Some box assemblers are great about providing recent versions online while others only support what's on the restore CD's. Sometimes it means opening up the box to ID the chipset, video, etc., then going to the actual hardware maker's site. Not much of an obstacle, especially if you've already grown out of the original drivers.
$400. Cripes, assholes.
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There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195
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