Mike,
Remember, that's a very high end laptop. I just looked at the Dell Outlet
and there is a very nicely equipped Dimension 4700:
P4-2.8
XP Home
160GB SATA Hard drive
512MB Memory
$394
You can reuse your components, but you're likely slowing down a new machine.
Tom
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From: "Mike" <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "1 Olympus Digest" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 10:59 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: OT motherboard recommendations
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>>$1240 from the outlet.
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> Tom and Boris, Well, my budget is far less than that. :>) I have
> considered a 'bare bones' box. I don't see the point of buying a new
> monitor, HD, CD burner, speakers, video card and a new copy of Windoze
> etc. when all I need are the core components. I don't mind doing the
> work and I get to learn something. I think I'll stick this old box out
> in the shop in the corner and use it for backup.
>
> Mike
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