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page 8 of this:

http://www.nfm.com/handlers/Ads.ashx 

HP / Compaq - same exact computers, different color plastic.

The model number was just curiousity and to determine the video chipset - all of the video chipsets should be good these days, some will just have more features. As I said in an earlier post, that regardless of the model number, it should be more than sufficient.

Most of the inexpenisve inkjet printers that come in package deals are realy cheaply made. They're fine for occational and light duty printing.

you kids should have NO problem ruining this computer.

18. Author: Thunder.Gerbil Date: 04/24/2009 05:31 PM Reply

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Yep. That be it.

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End cost $370+ tax (after $70 rebate and $130 gift card which we will use on something my wife intended to buy anyway)

I like it so far. The monitor is an HP 2009m.

The printer I will not even open. It is a HP D4360. I already have an all in one so will give the printer to the church so give to anyone who wants\needs it.

370 for the box at amazon so really it just amounted to free monitor and printer.... not a hugely great deal but pretty cheap none the less.

the monitor is going for $140 on the net...

Intel just started using AMDs idea of an onboard memory controller and now they're much faster for it. AMD is perfectly fine for anything, and especially for school/gaming. Don't let anyone tell you it's inferior to Intel.

Your choice looks fine to me. 🙂 I'd consider getting a few for those for my office if I knew where you were buying from. We get all our equipment from CDW.

http://www.nfm.com/handlers/Ads.ashx 

nebraska furniture mart... they deliver and I got 18 mo interest free..... didn't need to but why not?

HP has the monitor for 199.

you may want to check CDW for the monitor. I've been getting 19" wide screens for 130/ea.

the link didn't work well but its in the ads at NFM.com

the monitor and printer were included... just was curious what it was worth. HP is 199 but on the street it looks like 130

My son and his computer guru friend are building him a new 'gamer' computer. He bought a 22" flat screen monitor and a crapload of guts (processor, motherboard, video card, etc) online and they're picking up the tower at Fry's right now. I think the whole deal is gonna cost him under $850. Pretty good for a top of the line gaming computer.

Think I'm gonna take the old (got it in '03) Dell to the Salvation Army and donate it for a tax write off.

Cool. Keep in mind that you'll need to buy ink immediately for the printer. They always ship a "sample" of ink with the printer and it's good for about 20 pages. Plus, if it's a bubble or ink jet, you'll need to make sure you use it at least once every month or so, or more frequently, since the jets will get clogged if they dry out and then you will have to buy a new ink cartridge/heads. If you're like me and you print once every 6 months, an inexpensive laser printer may be better.

Oh, and don't forget: It's free cause of all the value-added software. Most of that is crap. We reimage every machine in house and you may want to format yours as soon as it's received since they'll load on norton anti-virus (A rip-off for your wallet) and who knows what else.

Get it back to base WinXP, or Vista, load AVG anti-virus (the free one with free automatic updates), and then load OpenOffice (free MSOffice-like app). Make sure you do automatic windows updates, too.

i find the intel dual core processor 2.13 with a 20000 KBS fios download to be the last computer i will need. you should be able to have some one build it for less then $800.00

#34 I did almost exactly what you suggest.

I do have legitimate Office 2003 discs so I I installed that, but otherwise pretty much what you said.

I'm donating the unopened printer to our church.

This thing is pretty damn nice for $370

I did move Norton 360 on to it since I have a subscriptionj for up to 3 computers.

360 (version 3) seems to be faster than previous norton and much faster than McAffe....

I know there is prolly better but the money is already spent making it free on this machine