a second hand computer or mother board around?

[William Park]

On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 06:45:26PM -0500, Howard Gibson wrote:
> > I got 
> >     - Soyo 6BE, P2/350, PC100 rams, Maxtor harddisk, cd-rom, floppy,
> >       video, lan, sound, generic mini ATX case (power supply on top of
> >       motherboard).
> > I'll trade for DVD-ROM.
> 
> William,
> 
>    I was about to buy a new computer and pass my Pentium II/350 to my
>    mom.  I drive past a computer store every morning (Steeles, just
>    east of Highway_400) that sells second hand Pentium_IIs for $79.
>    What's the point?
> 
>    I got her a Pentium_III/733 with 256MB RAM and a 40GB hard drive
>    for about $130.  Something very bad happened to the Windows_98
>    installed on it.  I think we should all support Microsoft's efforts
>    to eliminate pirate copies of their operating system, don't you?

It's your money.  S754 motherboard and Sempron 2500+ is about $130.
Plus, DDR400 256MB is $30.  So, what's your point?

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