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Old Dec 22, 2003 | 06:16 PM
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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....oryId=cat01172

my brother bought it the other day and it arrived today. got it all setup, and well i dont know diddly squat about computers. h: :sad:
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Old Dec 22, 2003 | 06:21 PM
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can't see, the cookies thingy, what's the brand/model#?
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Old Dec 22, 2003 | 06:22 PM
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ordered THIS for a friend a few days ago....looked to be a pretty good deal
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Old Dec 22, 2003 | 06:22 PM
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Originally posted by PoohBoi
can't see, the cookies thingy, what's the brand/model#?
i thought it was just me h:

now THIS was a deal ... i've never seen anything get even close to that price ever since.
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Old Dec 22, 2003 | 06:27 PM
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its an eMachines Desktop with AMD Athlon™ XP Processor 2800+

512KB L2 cache memory for efficient processing


160.0GB hard drive

nVidia GeForce4 MX graphics card with 64MB DDR video memory

Integrated 10/100 Ethernet interface; V.92 high-speed fax modem

5 total USB 2.0 ports; 1 parallel port, 1 serial port, 2 PS/2 ports, 1 AGP slot available for expansion, plus a front-mounted 8-in-1 media card reader


2-button scrolling mouse and premium multimedia keyboard

Windows XP Home Edition operating system preinstalled
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Old Dec 22, 2003 | 06:32 PM
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Originally posted by Snoopy
its an eMachines Desktop with AMD Athlon™ XP Processor 2800+
emachines like to burn-up power supplies & the one my friend had was smaller than the regular power supplies you'd buy @ a comp. store. had to have a special one that was like $85. replaced it once...sacond time said fuk it & swapped cases to on that had a standard power supply size.

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Old Dec 22, 2003 | 06:41 PM
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I prefer to custom build mine, get what I want.
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Old Dec 22, 2003 | 06:56 PM
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my bro's already swapped his emachine case for an aluminium one after he almost fried his motherboard
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Old Dec 22, 2003 | 06:57 PM
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snoopy, how much was it? hate to bring it to u but eMachine = :down:

The specs = Okay system if he bought it for under 700
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Old Dec 22, 2003 | 06:57 PM
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Originally posted by PoohBoi
snoopy, how much was it? hate to bring it to u but eMachine = :down:

The specs = Okay system if he bought it for under 700
i think he said like $1000
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