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Originally Posted by Mouse
I've actually bought Windows 7 and it's sitting in all it's shrink-wrapped glory beside me. I bought it to do a clean install on a machine I bought yesterday. Cautionary tale follows....
Went to a well-known UK retailer and saw what appeared to be a pretty good machine at a reasonable price. 1TB HD, 6 gig ram, Good (ish) processor etc, however it had a sub-par graphics card. So I bought Win 7 to do a clean install (no point in having a new machine cluttered up by pre-installed crap) and a replacement vid card. Got home and opened it up...........crappy 250w power supply!!!! No chance of upgrading the vid card ( no PCI-e connectors or any chance of running any sort of decent card).
Went back to shop and got my cash back on the PC and card - hence the unused Win 7 
The hunt for my next machine begins now..... |
I boght this one Friday before last:
Hewlett Packard Pavilion p6112f PC Refurb PC
# 2.80GHz Intel Pentium Processor E6300
# 8GB PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM memory (4 x 2048MB for ultimate performance)
# 1 Terabyte 5400RPM Serial ATA hard drive
# SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology
# IntelŽ GMA 3100 integrated graphics
# 10/100/1000Base-T network interface
# External ports: front panel 15-in-1 memory card reader: supports SmartMedia, xD, MultiMedia Card, Secure Digital (SD), Mini Secure Digital, Compact Flash I, Compact Flash II, IBM Microdrive, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick Pro Duo, RSMMC, MMC Mobile, MMC+, 4 USB 2.0 ports (Back), 2 USB 2.0 ports (Front), 1 FireWireŽ (IEEE 1394) port (Back), Headphone (Front); Microphone (Front), 2 PS/2; Digital Audio In/Out; LAN; Microphone/Line-in/Line-out; Rear speaker-out; Side speaker out; Center (subwoofer) (Back), VGA-out (Back)
# High definition audio, 8 speaker configurable
# Genuine Windows VistaŽ Home Premium 64 bit Ed
# Package bundle dimensions: 19.00" (W) x 26.38" (L/D) x 20.63" (H) approx.
# 90 day warranty.
Price was $440 on one day special. I use a $20 coupon so price was $420. I only plugged it in on last weekend, to test my new monitor. I buy 2 different monitors, but both are not very good, so I return them.
I will keep watch for a good monitor on a good price. Also I am waiting for my Win 7 upgrade in mail before switch to my new PC. Shopping for new video card too!