Subj : SD COMPUTER SOCIETY
To   : Tom Walker
From : Roy Witt
Date : Sun Jan 30 2005 03:07 pm

Hello Tom.

30 Jan 05 07:46, you wrote to me:

 TW> ->  TW>  I advise anyone that already has an Operating System CD and
 TW> CD's for ->  TW> theri Favorate software to buy one of those, dump
 TW> the "Lindows" OS, ->  TW> and install their programs. About the
 TW> Cheapest Upgrade arround for ->  TW> those with old less than 800 Meg
 TW> to 1 gig CPU's.

 TW> -> I've been contemplating dumping Lindows and installing W2k. That
 TW> -> particular PC has an AMD 3meg processor and plenty of memory in it
 TW> and a -> 20gig hd...

 TW>  It is getting a lot of bang for the Buck. The only thing woudl be
 TW> the PCI slots.

It has two.

 TW> I suspect the MB only has 2 or 3. In my case I need more then that. I
 TW> have a secondary HD controller, A SCSI Controller,

Don't know why you'd need more than what's in it. It has a big HD and a CD
burner that comes with it.

 TW> A sound card(although the built in sound is pretty good nowdays), and
 TW> a TV/Video Input card right now.

Well, it has everything you need right there on the MB, and two PCI slots,
one of which you can plug in yor TV card. Video is on the MB too and works
quite well.

 TW> While I could replace several of those with USB devices that would
 TW> more then cansel out the Bargan of buying that computer with the cost
 TW> of the USB devices. :-)

Rather than buy another TFT monitor, I bought a KVM (Keyboard-Video-Mouse)
switch. My only regret was not looking for a KVM with speaker jacks in it
too.


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