i just bought a new comp!

[Mrh0ax]

i just bought a new comp on an online auction

Hewlett Packard Oaavilion 9695c Minitower

850Mhrz AMD

128RAM

40GB HD
CD-RW/DVD

16MB Video

Windows 98(upgraeding it to me)

for $700!!!

my comp i have now is

-----
Compaq Presario

2GB HD

16X MNax CD

200Intel 2

64 RAm

egh....

[KapTinKiRk]

congrats, thats a good deal

[syanet]

Sounds great except the 'upgrading to me' part. Does anyone else find that a horrible operating system? I installed the update on my computer and removed it 8 days later.

[KapTinKiRk]

I got the upgrade CD from Gateway, upgraded, and had a few problems (especially with ScanDisk) and I ended up reformatting my HD and putting back Win98.

Right now though, Windows Me is on my old PC (200mhz, 32mb ram) and there are no problems at all, though I don't use it much so I wouldn't really know.

[Carl]

i'll never buy an hp again, the last two we bought both turned to ---- a couple of months after we got them.

[Coolin]

According to tests, Windows Me is 5-10% slower and 5-10% less stable than its Win98 counterpart. Try getting Windows 2000, it's really good!

[Mandrake]

Originally posted by syanet
Sounds great except the 'upgrading to me' part. Does anyone else find that a horrible operating system? I installed the update on my computer and removed it 8 days later.

Actually I love it... I've had it on my new computer for two weeks now and I have yet to crash it, or lock it up. Best Windows yet, other than NT/2000! :)

[Mrh0ax]

ill get windows 2000

thanks :)

[Nick]

I think I'll stick with Win98 SE. From what I hear, ME is a RAM hog...

[Mandrake]

My computer needs more RAM anyway... I can't believe they sold it with only 32MB... WinME is the most stable one, so far...

[Mrh0ax]

well, i checked the prices, 250$ for W200

a free friends online told me that Windows ME is stable

so i guess it is WinMe

argh

heh

[Jerry]

i just got a new computer too..

Compaq Presario Internet PC
900mhz Athlon
128 ram
40gb hd
40x cdrom
8x cdrw
16mb nvidia tnt2 graphics card
windows ME

a little more than $700 including tax..

i also got a pentium III laptop for just about the same price..

its nice to have a compaq employee in the family :)

[Mandrake]

Originally posted by Mrh0ax
well, i checked the prices, 250$ for W200

a free friends online told me that Windows ME is stable

so i guess it is WinMe

argh

heh

It's been very stable so far... Second only to NT.

[Mrh0ax]

WinME is only 40$ :)

not 250$ so i guess its coo

[atlas]

Hmm.. apparently we're announcing our new computers -- so here's mine:

AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1GHz
Abit KT7 RAID Motherboard
ATI Rage Fury 128 16meg video card
320MB SDRAM
50x CD
30GB 7200rpm HD ATA/100

w/ RedHat 7.

-mk

[Nick]

GLOBAL Pentium III
733MHz
128MB SDRAM
30GB Hard Drive
Sony CD-RW Drive
Sony DVD-ROM Drive
SystemMAX 17" Monitor Capable of displaying all resolutions at True Color
CA Sound System: Dual Satalite Speakers w/ ground mount subwoofer
Win98 SE
Lexmark Z22 Inkjet Printer
SystemMAX Cordless Mouse capable of a 25 ft. range
MicroSoft Office 2000
Word Perfect Office 2000
MicroSoft Midtown Madness
And it also came with 60+ programs on CD.


Don't ask me how much, it was my birthday/christmas present :D

[Coolin]

OMG! Nice present! All I get is like a $10 gift certificate to some place I don't go to.

[Nick]

Originally posted by Coolin
OMG! Nice present! All I get is like a $10 gift certificate to some place I don't go to.

It took a lot, and I mean A LOT of begging :p.

[Coolin]

Originally posted by Nick

Originally posted by Coolin
OMG! Nice present! All I get is like a $10 gift certificate to some place I don't go to.

It took a lot, and I mean A LOT of begging :p.
I begged for (not exaggerating) 2 years to replace my old computer and get this computer I have now. How about you?

[Nick]

Originally posted by Coolin
I begged for (not exaggerating) 2 years to replace my old computer and get this computer I have now. How about you?

3 2/3 years. I guess I kinda deserved a new one. My old computer:


PII 166MHz
2GB Hard Drive
Acer 32x CD-ROM Internal
Acer 40x CD-ROM Internal
100MB Iomega ZIP Internal
15" Monitor
Dual Cheap---- Satalite Speakers
Espon 400 Printer
Win95


Sucked to be me, eh?

[Carl]

wheni got my computer for birthday/christmas dad was all angry at me cause i kept screwing up his piece of hp crap, so he goes "ok, thats it, i'm getting you your own computer!" what a punishment@

[Phaser]

Since we're talking about computers... I don't exactly have a new one, but:

Current System:

PIII 450 MHz
128 MB PC100 SDRAM
MaxTor 45GB 7200 RPM HD
Windows 98 SE
Creative 4X-2X-24X CD-RW Drive (Using Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4)
Creative 52X CD-ROM Drive
32MB Diamond V770 Ultra
KDS 19" Monitor (Forgot dot pitch)
MicroSoft IntelliMouse Optical Mouse (Much nicer than standard mice/mouses)
LinkSys EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card
Creative SoundBlaster Live!
Cambridge SoundWorks 4 Speaker and Subwoofer system
Lexmark Z42 Color Inkjet Printer (Networked)*
U.S. Robotics 56k Voice Pro USB Modem (Networked)*

Older System:

PII 350MHz
64MB PC100 SDRAM
MaxTor 40GB 7200RPM HD
Windows 98 SE
Creative 44X CD-ROM Drive
16MB Diamond V550 for Windows 98
Acer 15" Monitor [about 4 years old :) ]
MicroSoft IntelliMouse
LinkSys EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card
Monster Sound MX300 Soundcard
Lexmark Z42 Color Inkjet Printer (Networked)*
U.S. Robotics 56k Voice Pro USB Modem (Networked)*

* LinkSys EtherFast 10/100 5-Port Workgroup Switch

I could bore you all even more with the stats of my Pentium 133, my Gateway 486, or my Packard Bell 386... or even my Atari 1040 ST or Atari 800...

But I won't. Happy Christmas Eve to those that observe!

[Nick]

Originally posted by Phaser
Happy Christmas Eve to those that observe!

Happy Christmas Eve to you, too!


BTW, only a geek like me would be up at 2:43AM in the morning on Christmas Eve setting up Apache w/ PHP/CGI/mySQL ;).

[Coolin]

Nick, my old computer had a
Pentium 200 MHz
12x CD-ROM
2GB Hard Drive
Err... Not much else

I wasn't much better than you ;)

[Mrh0ax]

my comp just came!!!!!

its kick ---!!!!!

:) :) :) :)

[Mandrake]

Heh.. You can't beat my old computer...

AMD 486-DX4/120

1.3GB HD

32MB RAM

10X CD-ROM

Windows NT 4.0 Workstation



Now I have...

Intel Celeron 566mhz

10GB HD (even though the box said it was only 7.5GB)

32MB RAM (Seems kinda low... Will upgrade soon)

40X CD-ROM

Windows Millenium Edition



Not the most powerful system around, but a helluva lot better than what I had, and it was only $350.00! :)

[Nick]

Originally posted by Mandrake
Not the most powerful system around, but a helluva lot better than what I had, and it was only $350.00! :)

Where at? I need a new system to add to my network...

[Rodie]

I just got it a little over 3 weeks ago:

Pentium IV 1.4 ghz
128 MB RDRAM
40 GB Hard Drive
CD-rw (forgot the exact specs, but it writes/records at 8x)
DVD-ROM (16X/40X)
19 inch monitor

We have two other computers that we bought in the past 6 years, but both were middle-of-the-road macintoshes when we bought them. The iMac still works good for basic things, so my sister primarily use it. The other one is the macintosh equivilent of a 386. It's pretty much a glorified word processor, heh.

We were going to only get a Pentium III 1 ghz, but Dell was running some special you'd get a free DVD upgrade from a CD-Rom, and free ground shipping. My dad called up Gateway on the phone and got them to match Dell's price (Gateway has a service center just 2 miles from our house, so we figured it's be a lot easier if we had problems with the PC). There was also no sales tax on our machine since there are no taxes on goods purchased over the phone in Nebraska.

So in the end we had no sales tax, and no shipping charges. That saved us like 250 bucks right there, plus the DVD upgrade probably saved us another 100+ or so.

In the end we only wound up paying like 100 bucks more for what we normally would've paid for a PIII system with all the features we had.

One thing i learned though is if you're gonna order from Gateway *do not* do it through the country store. Do it through the internet or over the phone. Most states don't charge sales tax for stuff bought over the phone or the net, but if you buy it at a country store, they will charge you. And also since the salespeople sell stuff on commision, they won't bargain w/ you. But you can usually haggle w/ the people on the phone :0 And the country store always tries to throw in all this excess crap. We went there before even looking on the net, and their prices were really really expensive. THen I looked at the spec sheet and they threw in all this crap like online training for 200 bucks, and some stupid software bundles that we didn't need. Don't shop at gateway country, or you'll likely get raped

[Mandrake]

Originally posted by Nick

Originally posted by Mandrake
Not the most powerful system around, but a helluva lot better than what I had, and it was only $350.00! :)

Where at? I need a new system to add to my network...

Fry's Electronics...

[Technics]

<li> Box
<li> Two hamsters ( had 3 but it died )
<li> One Robust silver wheel
<li> Peice of String


Good HuH?.

[Mrh0ax]

i just watched a dvd last night... on a 15 inch moniter...

i am getting a 19'' soon....

i installed Half Life and it is kick --- :)

it starts up in 5 seconds and shuts down in 2 secs

SOOOO fast...

used to this slow piece of shiet..... I should be getting my connection up by next week, since it is X-Mas and i cant get support any sooner...

then BYE BYE piece of shiet comp! :)

[Mrh0ax]

here is detailed info on my comp.... i upgraded to WINME tho :)

D9954A

Base processor and speed
AMD Athlon 850 MHz processor
Maximum HP supported replacement: AMD Athlon 850 MHZ (slot A)
Chipset
AMD Irongate

Memory
Component
Attributes

RAM
128 megabytes (MB) SDRAM standard

Maximum upgrade
256 MB (2 x 128 MB DIMM)

Speed
100 MHz synchronous

Sockets
Two 168-pin DIMMs

Size
16, 32, 64, and 128 MB DIMMs

Pairs Required
No

Type Supported
SDRAM 100 MHz,
Intel PC SDRAM unbuffered DIMM specification,
revision 1.0 compliant



Cache
Level
Quantity

Level 1 (Primary)
128 kilobytes (KB) (on processor)

Upgrade Sockets
None

Level 2
512 KB (on processor)



Hard drive
40 gigabytes (GB) (3.5-inch form factor)

CD-RW drive
Attribute
Properties

Speed
Write: 4x
Rewrite: 2x
Read: 24x

CD-Read Access Speed
150 ms

CD-Read Transfer Rate Read/Write (KB/sec)
150 - 175 (1x read/write)
300 - 350 (2x read/write)
600 - 700 (4x read/write)
1200 - 1400 (8x read only)
3600 - 4100 (10x - 24x read only)



DVD-ROM drive
Attribute
DVD
CD-ROM

Speed
8x
32x

Access Speed
120 to 180 ms
90 to 120 ms

Transfer Rate
5.52 to 8.1 MB/second
3.6 to 4.8 MB/second



Diskette drive
1.44 MB (3.5-inch form factor)

Network interface card
HP 10/100 BaseT LAN Adapter (Ethernet)

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) card
Lucent WildWire DSL/LAN Adapter

Fax/Data modem
Attribute
Properties

Modem
Rockwell Chameleon combo card
(supports V.90 K56 Flex protocols)

Data Speed
56 Kbps

Fax Speed
Up to 14.4 Kbps

Plug and Play
Yes

Hayes Compatible
Yes

Data Compression
v.42 bis

Error Correction
v.42

COM Port (default)
2

IRQ (default)
Variable

EIA Fax Commands
Class 1



Video
Attribute
Properties

Video Graphics
AGP

Controller
16 MB NVidia TNT2-Pro

Video Memory
16 MB SDRAM, AGP 2X upgradable

Feature Connector (game/joystick)
Yes

Resolutions:
640 x 480
800 x 600
1024 x 768
1280 x 1024
16/256/32 K/64 K/16.7 M colors
16/256/32 K/64 K colors
16/256/32 K/64 K colors
256 colors



MPEG-1/2
MPEG-1 for full-screen, full-motion digital video

Sound/Audio
Attribute
Properties

Compatibility
3-D Stereo, PCI, 16-bit Sound

Controller
AMC97 codec

Location
Rockwell Chameleon combo card

Noise Cancellation
Yes

Line Out
Yes

3-D Spatializer
Yes

Wavetable
Yes

Tone Control
No

Microphone
With HP Pavilion Multimedia Display

Speakers
HP/Polk Audio E stereo speakers (left and right)



External ports
Port Type
Quantity

USB
2

Serial
1

Parallel
1

Game
1

Digital Camera
1



Expansion slots
Total expansion slots

Port Type
Quantity

PCI
5

ISA
0

AGP
1


Available expansion slots

Port Type
Quantity

PCI
2


Drive bays
Total drive bays

Bay Type
Quantity

3.5-inch, external
1

5.25-inch, external
2

Combination
1

3.5-inch, internal
1

5.25-inch, internal
1


Free drive bays

Bay Type
Quantity

3.5-inch, internal
1

Combination
1


Keyboard/Mouse
Blue USB One-touch Internet keyboard
Blue USB scrolling mouse
Cables included
Phone cable
"Y" speaker cable
Power cord
Supported operating systems (OS/NOS)
Microsoft (R) Windows 98

Software Build ID
2.30.27

Complete software package
The following software is preloaded on the hard disk drive and can be reloaded by using the Recovery CD-ROM.

Software
Description

Operating System
Microsoft Windows 98 2nd Edition

Productivity and Finance
Microsoft Works 2000 (CD)
QuickLink III Fax Software by SmithMicro
Microsoft Money 2000 (CD)
Quicken (R) Basic 2000 by Intuit
Trellix Web by Trellix

Education and Reference
Microsoft Encarta 2000 Encyclopedia

Entertainment
eMusic icon/weblink
MusicMatch Jukebox by MusicMatch
Real Audio Player by Real Networks
Direct CD by Adaptec
Easy CD Creator by Adaptec
CineMaster 99 by Ravisent

Internet and Online
America Online
AT&T WorldNet
CompuServe WinCim
Disney`s Blast Online
Earthlink
GTE
HP At Home Owners Website/Customized Browser
HP Internet Connection Center
Mindspring
NETCOMplete by NETCOM
PRODIGY Internet Service





[Edited by Mrh0ax on 12-25-2000 at 11:33 AM]

[Mandrake]

Too much information... :)

[Coolin]

Woah! Where did you copy that from? I wanna find out that much about my computer too!

[Jerry]

my dad announced after the cable guy said our computer was too old for cable that we're getting another one.. we recently got an athlon 900 but thats going with my sister when she goes to college.. and we have a pentium III 500 and another amd k6-2 266 (rather old).. we wanted to install cable on the k6-2 because it runs winNT 4.0 server so we could network.. but the guy couldn't..

so now we need a new server to network the internet and my dad is getting another compaq presario amd athlon 1.1ghz its a little bit better than the 900 because instead of 30gb it has 60gb and it has a 16x dvd-rom instead of a 40x cd-rom and it has an 40x8x6x cd-rw.. it also has a 32mb nvidia tnt2 agp graphics card instead of the 8mb nvidia tnt2 agp graphics card..

costs $1,149 i think

[LeX]

MAN you guys are lucky. My dad got a comp in 1999 at a really expensive price. Well, actually, it was an all-performance thing laptop, so I suppose that's the reason for the extra bucks. No discounts either.

Specs:
Acer TravelMate 720 Pent II
233MHz (not sure, could be more or less)
64 MB RAM
6 GB HD
MAT----A 24X CD-ROM (you ever heard of that company? I haven't)
Lucent Win 56K Modem (never used)
15" Built-in Monitor up to 1024x768 True Color
NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV Audio
NeoMagic Magic 3DX Sound System <-- Fuktup, one day I woke up to find that no sound whatsoever comes out of the speakers anymore (yes, the speakers were ok) yet the comp says that it's still working...
Synaptics Touchpad 5.0.18
Win98
A bag

Later on, my dad bought a YAMAHA CD burner, 4x4x16, which we're using to this day, and a Logitech 3 button mouse. He also brought home a real keyboard. We connect to the net using an external modem, not sure of its specs, it's company name is Tecom. It's faster than the 56K.

Sad, ain't it? And I'm using it right now. Well, beats my old computer, which my dad was forcing me to use until he finally decided a few months ago that it's too out-dated. Anybody interested to know how good the old one was?

Specs:
Packard Bell 486 DX2/60MHz
4 MB RAM (with ONE extra slot for you to upgrade, and my dad installed another 4 MB)
8??MB HD, with a third of it used up by Win 3.1 and later on half of it eaten by Win95, leaving less than 400 MB for me to use. Of course, the other 400 MB was ONLY Win95, not including all the "necessary" softwares installed.
2X CD-ROM (forgotten what company's, I think it was Panasonic's)
15" Packard Bell monitor w/ nailed soundblaster on the sides of it
14.4 Modem
DAMNED Packard Bell Mouse, it's weak, broke almost the moment I started using it, and it's LOUD!
Packard Bell Standard 101 Keyboard - FU(KING SPACE BAR broke the moment I pressed it, and it's NOISY too!!!
Win 3.1 for Workgroups - it's actually more stable than 95/98/ME, with my experience. I'm not sure about NT/2000, haven't seen one in action yet. Too bad it wasn't very powerful.

How I managed to use it after all these years I don't know. So you can guess how happy I was when I was finally able to touch a decent computer. Which is like, at the end of the line now. *sigh*

[Edited by LeX on 01-06-2001 at 06:46 AM]

[stu]

Originally posted by LeX
MAT----A 24X CD-ROM (you ever heard of that company? I haven't)


Mat----a is the same company as Panasonic. It is the original japanese name.

[LeX]

oh, really? I guess that's okay, then...

[Frenzy]

Do you think it's a good deal ?
AMD T-BIRD 1.1 GHZ
512 MB RAM (133mhz)
30.7 7200RPM MAXTOR HD
Maxtrox Millenium G450 32M DDR Dualhead
17" screen

For 1272$US...

[Nick]

Originally posted by Frenzy
Do you think it's a good deal ?
AMD T-BIRD 1.1 GHZ
512 MB RAM (133mhz)
30.7 7200RPM MAXTOR HD
Maxtrox Millenium G450 32M DDR Dualhead
17" screen

For 1272$US...

Well, I'm usually not this nice, but if you buy it I will test it out for a year, and if it's a good deal, I'll let you have it, but if it's a bad deal, I'll just keep it and spare you from having to use it ;).