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[pga2 at hot1.net]

As for building a system from parts, I can still do it cheaper than buying
off the shelf. I just take a little longer researching where to buy the
parts. I put together a system for a friend about a year ago and did a
fairly robust one running 98SE for under 400. That was an AMD Athlon
1.4Ghz system with 128Mb of RAM and a 40Gig HDD. She already had a
monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers.

Phil

> I agree Walt.  I just did that Richard, and am running XP and REALLY
> happy with it.  I asked  the same question you did to the list a couple
> of weeks ago--- almost all the replies said GET XP!  Get a Dell.
> Computer alone these days with lots of power and good solid stable
> program is around 500 clams..   Guys I know who used to put them
> together say thay can't do it for that price today.== they suggested
> buying off the shelf, too.
>
> I like XP-- it is easy to use -- a lot like manuevering  a Lincoln after
>  haveing driven Fords. :-D    The thing looks a lot like 98SE so it
> doesn't mean learning a whole new language to run it.