Fri May 10 20:44:05 2002

K63-450 & Mobo  (cost $40)
256mb SDRAM      (cost $50)
13gig ATA-66       (value $30)
TNT 16mb            (value $22)
Yamaha PCI sound (courtesy Harbinger)
Creative 56K ISA Modem  (value $30)
Linksys Base 10 PCI  (value $5)
15" NEC Monitor  (value $50)
USB Mouse (courtesy Harbinger)
Windows XP Home  (cost $99)

total cost:  $189
total value: $137
total worth: $ 326

being that the system it replaces is an old 75mhz 603PPC which lasted my parents for 6 years+, this should at least last them another 3

Fri May 10 20:48:27 2002

Fri May 10 20:56:55 2002

I was just driving home a half hour ago, and I thought to myself, "Self, I wonder if AYB has put to use either of the sound cards I sent him... and if so, which one?"

And lo, I come to OSY and find my answer. :D

Hope your parents get a lot of good use out of it.

Fri May 10 20:58:31 2002

Sat May 11 00:49:41 2002

well, this system is sweet.  It's quiet and is fairly snappy under XP

I threw in an old Office95 that I had, but I wish I had money for Word XP

Sat May 11 01:03:07 2002

from AllYorBaseRBelong2Us posted at 8:49 pm on May 10, 2002
I threw in an old Office95 that I had, but I wish I had money for Word XP

Hmmm.  I wonder if MS is going to soon have an update to Works that includes Word XP.  Something to think about...

On a similar note, I saw at Office Max an edition of Office XP for "teachers and students" that was below $200.  IIRC, it includes Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

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Ah, [url=http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/product/prodBlock.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&expansionOID=-536879873&prodBlockOID=536965465]found it[/url].  Happens to be $140 and includes Word, Excel, Outlook, PPT.  May be something to consider...