> I think you need to live somewhere tech costs a bit less.  

How can you get any cheaper than living with your mum? ;-)

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scott wrote:
>> I think you need to live somewhere tech costs a bit less.  
> 
> How can you get any cheaper than living with your mum? ;-)

Life insurance?

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scott wrote:
> The first PC I got (as in could run DOS/Windows rather than some other 
> OS) was in 1997 and it cost 1200 pounds. 

I remember shopping for a PC, asking the price, laughing in the salesman's 
face when he said it didn't count screen, video card, keyboard, or floppy 
drive. It was significantly higher than a maxed-out Amiga of the time.

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>> The first PC I got (as in could run DOS/Windows rather than some other 
>> OS) was in 1997 and it cost 1200 pounds. 
> 
> I remember shopping for a PC, asking the price, laughing in the 
> salesman's face when he said it didn't count screen, video card, 
> keyboard, or floppy drive. It was significantly higher than a maxed-out 
> Amiga of the time.

Dude, don't underestimate what you can do with a maxed-out Amiga...

(OK, maybe today it's not that impressive. But back then?)

I'm sure I *must* have told you guys about the salesman who told my mum 
to "get that one" because "this PC is good, yeah, but *that* one has the 
new 8.2 hyperdrive!"

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Invisible wrote:
> Dude, don't underestimate what you can do with a maxed-out Amiga...

I didn't. I bought one.

Indeed, it was a running joke amongst my friends to see something like a 
fireworks show or a beautiful sunset and mutter "I could do that on an Amiga."

> I'm sure I *must* have told you guys about the salesman who told my mum 
> to "get that one" because "this PC is good, yeah, but *that* one has the 
> new 8.2 hyperdrive!"

The difference between a used car salesman and a computer salesman:
The used car salesman knows when he's lying. :-)

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   There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!

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>> Dude, don't underestimate what you can do with a maxed-out Amiga...
> 
> I didn't. I bought one.

Mmm... ;-)

> Indeed, it was a running joke amongst my friends to see something like a 
> fireworks show or a beautiful sunset and mutter "I could do that on an 
> Amiga."

My dad has a Zoom guitar effects system. Quite often we hear some heavy 
metal on the radio, and I go "your Zoom could probably do that". And he 
replies "Yeah. By itself."

>> I'm sure I *must* have told you guys about the salesman who told my 
>> mum to "get that one" because "this PC is good, yeah, but *that* one 
>> has the new 8.2 hyperdrive!"
> 
> The difference between a used car salesman and a computer salesman:
> The used car salesman knows when he's lying. :-)

LOL! Ain't that the truth?

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Invisible wrote:
> scott wrote:
>>> I think you need to live somewhere tech costs a bit less.
>> 
>> How can you get any cheaper than living with your mum? ;-)
> 
> Life insurance?

What are you suggesting? o_O

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>>>> I think you need to live somewhere tech costs a bit less.
>>> How can you get any cheaper than living with your mum? ;-)
>> Life insurance?
> 
> What are you suggesting? o_O

That there's always a cheaper way? ;-)

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> OK people, so I've found a laptop I like the look of. Trouble is, it's 


Damn it. You know what? I'm just going to buy the thing. Dr Pepper?

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> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> OK people, so I've found a laptop I like the look of. Trouble is, it's

>
> Damn it. You know what? I'm just going to buy the thing. Dr Pepper?

I see that it has 2 GB of RAM. Put at least 3-4 GB on it, if it's going to
run Vista. 2 GB is enough, but more memory will give you some breathing room
if you want to run some RAM-eating apps or do a lot of multi-tasking. Note
that on a 32-bit OS, 4 GB will translate into "only" 3.2-3.5 GB but any
extra RAM may still be worthwhile if it's cheap. No such limit on a 64-bit
OS of course.

G.

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