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Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
- Subject: Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
- From: "Stephan Schaem" <tthai@mindspring.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 10:00:33 -0700
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I dont think you can build a 1gig p3 system for 300$ even if you play with rebates and get alot of the compnant for near free.
Your best bet is with a 700mhz AMD. <300$ will get you the MB (100BT ethernet, 3d audio, 2d/3d 128bit video, usb, etc, etc..) <70$,
700mhz processor <25$, 10gig HD ~70$, 256meg PC133 <25$, case/250W & keyboard/mouse/speakers ~40$, floppy/CD would be
under 50$. So like 280$ in single quantity shopping online.
Contrary to people beleif its not hard for MS or Sony to build 300$ console and actualy make some money on that initiale sale.
I personaly think a 700mhz duron kick any other processor even half its price. How much for a 14mhz 68020ec?
You are probably better off running UAE on this sub 300$ system then on a basic a1200.
Stephan
"william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospamhome.com> wrote in message news:Rth47.13964$JN6.2872773@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com...
> "Woody" <mark.woodmass@nospam.ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> > On Sun, 15 Jul 2001 13:53:30 GMT, Beyonder <beyonder@vrx.net> wrote:
> >
> > >You people are insane.
> > >for $300 you can get a high end pentium 3 system, loaded.
> > >for $100 more you can get a high end 1.4gig system, loaded.
> > >and these are retail prices! that doesn't include monitor, but who
> > >cares?
> > >
> > >get with the times.
> >
> > And where exactly can we get prices like that?
> >
> >
> Exactly.
>
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