a second hand computer or mother board around?

[Meng Cheah]

William Park wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 06:45:26PM -0500, Howard Gibson wrote:
>>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?

Howard

What do you mean by "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?"
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