🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <365769E4.3A211965@mail.utexas.edu>, Brandon Forehand <CBrandonF@mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
>Omar Moeen Malik wrote:
>> 
>>  Basic System :
>> 
>>          Mid Tower case
>>          Abit 440 BX motherboard (100MHz bus)
>>          Intel Pentium II 350 MHz chip
>>          6.4 GB hard drive
>>          64mb SD RAM
>>          36x CD-Rom
>>          1.44 Floppy Drive
>>          8 MB AGP video (Diamond Stealth II)
>>                                                         - $ 1200
>
>All new system :
>
>          Mid Tower case
>          Abit 440 BX motherboard (100MHz bus)
>          Intel Pentium II 350 MHz chip
>          6.4 GB hard drive
>          64mb SD RAM
>          32x CD-Rom
>          1.44 Floppy Drive
>          8 MB SIS AGP video 3D Accelerator
>          17" Digital Monitor
>          Wavetable Sound Card
>          56K V.90 FaxModem
>          Full Range MegaBass Amplified Speakers
>                                                         - $ 1225
>
>BTW, if you didn't notice that includes the monitor, sound card, modem,
>and a one year warranty.  All this and more at www.comtrade.com.  BTW, I
>find this via www.pricewatch.com.  I would check there before buying
>anything anywhere.  They seem to always have the lowest prices.
>
>
>>  Additional :
>> 
>>          Internal Zip Drive                             - $   80
>        Real Price New w/ Zip Disc at ChipsMart (local)   - $   74
>>          Sound Blaster 64 AWE Gold                      - $   80
>                Same Exact Thing (www.compuplus.com)      - $   32
>>          56k v.90 PCI internal modem                    - $   75
>                Same Thing (possibly different brand, 
>                don't know he didn't say)                 - $   24
>>          Digital 17inch, 28mm DP, 1024 x 768 Monitor    - $  150
>
>> 
>>  Plus : (free stuff)
>> 
>>           Dell keyboard
>>           Microsoft Mouse
>>           Windows 98,
>>           Microsoft Office 97,
>>           Visual Studio 6 (C++ and other compilers)
>>           Adobe Photoshop
>
>You can get this anywhere.
>
>> 
>>  Or the whole massive system for $ 1500
>> 
>> --------------
>> Omar Moeen Malik
>> omoeen@cs.utexas.edu
>
>Sounds like a rip off to me.
>
>Brandon Forehand

  It is a rip.   There is a guy, Troy, who advertized a nice system for 
around 700$, with pc-100 ram, and more, without all the bullshit 
software...
  I think it was about 3 days ago, here....check it out, wait, it was 
the celery 300a, which you can clock to 400 or more.