Gary Kjos
garykjos at gmail.com
Fri Oct 24 12:50:29 CDT 2008
Sure enuff..... http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080107-back-from-the-dead-compusa-assets-snapped-up-by-tigerdirect.html http://news.digitaltrends.com/news-article/15365/tigerdirect-buying-compusa-assets http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9056599 Guess I missed it back in January GK On 10/24/08, Gary Kjos <garykjos at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com