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Old 12-11-2003, 01:44 PM   #25 (permalink)
renew
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Well Guys, I read through everything everybody had to say and I really do appreciate the feedback. The true deciding factor was $$. This is a second pc for the home and the other one is a 800 Mhz celeron eMach that I never had a problem with. We are not advanced users. Celeron or not became a bigger "what if" than the eMach/Compaq issue!

You guys will get a kick out of the Best Buy upselling and acessories push. I said that I would like to buy the computer and finance it as it says in the advert. Before they would even get the pieces off the shelf they said I would need the extended warranty, especially if I financed it. I said that I was not interested. They slowed to a snails pace. Finally the got it down. They then wanted to sell me USB cables because if mine were over 7 months old they were no good. Then a UPS - I was stupid not to have one for each precision computer (cant share). More ink for printer (I am donating to church). Sample software 3 shareware titles for the price of 1. Blank CDs. The pressure was ridiculous. When I said I did not want to buy anything else they said that this computer would barely work on the internet and word anything more intesive it would not work. Burning DVDs forget it. The integrated video cannot handle it?

The financing they want you to get the mastercard and shield protection free for 3 months. Hoping you forget to cancel it.

I bought extra 256m of memory $29 they said they could install for $49 . I said I could handle it. They said that would void the warranty (BS I believe).

I think they are into the high pressure upsell to customers buying the starter PCs because they are naive and to recover their cost when somebody is going to finance $900 with no interest over 13 months and be getting $550 in cash rebates in 6-8 weeks. No brainer.

The only part that I am questioning is with this 512meg Ram, 2.5 Celeron and 40g HD will I be able to burn DVDs. Based on the DVD burners requirements it will work. I know it will not be a speed demon. But it should work. Hopefully by this time next week I will know.

Thanks again and If you think burning DVDs on this machine will never happen properly and I am in for nothing but problems I would like to hear from you. Or if you have a similar level computer and are burning let me know as well.
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