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On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 04:44:39 -0400 |
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Philip Webb <purslow@×××××××××.ca> wrote: |
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> (e) HDD -- W Digital , 500 GB , 16 MB |
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Do you really want a WD hard drive? Unless it's a Raptor, it's only |
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got a 1-3 year warranty. Seagate drives are warranted for 5 years. |
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According to newegg, comperable drives are the same price. |
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> (g) Diskette -- from 1st machine |
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yeah... you'll need one of those ; ) |
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> (h) Case -- store-brand Radiant P4 Mid (500 W) |
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Aside from off-brand worries (others worry more than be about that) 500 |
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watts ought to be enough |
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> (b) Switch keyboard/mouse/monitor : KVM switch -- DLink |
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Do what you will, but my advice is -- save your money. KVM switches |
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are useless. Do you really want to pay US $50 (??) for something that |
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you can easily replace with X forwarding? OK, that's the last you'll |
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here from me on that topic. |
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> SyncMaster 931BW , 19 in , 1440x900 , 2 ms |
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ooh, that'll be pretty ; ) |
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>(1h) The store will probably confirm whether the power supply |
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> is adequate. |
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Yeah, if you want to trust sales people who don't care about your well |
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being and probably get paid on comission ; ) No, seriously, if you |
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trust your sales people, you gotta tell me where you're shopping ; ) |
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