Gary Kjos
garykjos at gmail.com
Fri Oct 24 12:48:05 CDT 2008
And I see now that I got pretty much the exact same e-mail from the ALL NEW COMPUSA excepting the names changed everyplace. Exact same components and prices. So evidently Tiger Direct and Compusa are one and the same now...... GK On 10/24/08, Gary Kjos <garykjos at gmail.com> wrote: > Well it is called a Bare Bones system. They have a cooling fan for $14.98 > > GK > > On 10/24/08, John Bartow <john at winhaven.net> wrote: > > I love this statement: > > Note: A CPU cooling fan is not included with this CPU. In order to safeguard > > your warranty and achieve optimum performance we recommend purchasing a new > > compatible cooling fan. > > > > In other words, "if you haven't a clue as how to assemble a PC from scratch > > it will only last about 30 seconds before overheating and being a pile of > > scrap" ;o) > > > > John B. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos > > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 10:48 AM > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Virtual PC > > > > Tiger Direct had a deal yesterday the e-mailed me for $199 you got a > > 3.2Ghz Intel Dual Core CPU, 3 GB DDR Ra, 500 GB Hard drive, XFX > > Motherboard, Case with 450W power supply for $199. > > > > http://tinyurl.com/5ebrc8 > > > > GK > > > > On 10/24/08, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software > > <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote: > > > I get a better idea - I'll take Max's desktop. He's got this mondo lap top > > > now and he's gone. So I'll swap out old HAL9002 my venerable P3 machine > > > (which, BTW, for some reason seems to run circles around the P4s), for > > > Max's P$ which is only 1.6GHz but that's fast enough for my purposes. > > I'll > > > put VPC on that and make it a test bed machine. Only 40GB HD but 23GB > > free. > > > It only has 1/2G Ram so that may require an upgrade. > > > > > > > > > Rocky Smolin > > > Beach Access Software > > > 858-259-4334 > > > www.e-z-mrp.com > > > www.bchacc.com > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 2:55 PM > > > To: Off Topic > > > Cc: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Virtual PC > > > > > > Or you could upgrade that hard drive for about $50 to a 160GB > > > > > > GK > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 2:39 PM, <dickford1 at aol.com> wrote: > > > > Rocky, I don't use VPC anymore...my rig now hosts Vista, which won't > > even > > > install it, let alone run it. > > > > > > > > IIRC, you're gonna need a tad more than 1Gb to run VPC on that rig. How > > > about transferring some of those files/directories to your external HD, to > > > free up...say 3-4Gb? That should do it... li'l housekeeping never hurts. > > > > > > > > Dickford > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> > > > > To: 'Off Topic' <dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com>; List > > > > <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > > > > Sent: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 3:02 pm > > > > Subject: [dba-OT] Virtual PC > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Lists: > > > > > > > > > > > > I'd like to put VPC on a machine that has only about a gig left on a > > > > 34GB HD. But the machine has an external HD of 76GB with about 16GB > > > empty. > > > > > > > > I want to set up a VPC with Office 2007 so I don't have to go through > > > > the reinstall thing every time I change from 2003 to 2007 and vv. So > > > > can I set up VPC and O2K7 on the external HD and run it from there? > > > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Rocky Smolin > > > > > > > > Beach Access Software > > > > > > > > 858-259-4334 > > > > > > > > www.e-z-mrp.com <http://www.e-z-mrp.com/> > > > > > > > > www.bchacc.com <http://www.bchacc.com/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > dba-OT mailing list > > > > dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > dba-OT mailing list > > > > dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Gary Kjos > > > garykjos at gmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > -- > > Gary Kjos > > garykjos at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > -- > Gary Kjos > garykjos at gmail.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com