Don't ever buy a compaq computer, they are junk.

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Well mine isn't, Compaq Presario S3100NX. 256 RAM Got my own retail XPHome
installed on it, even though it came with XP pre-installed, that got rid
of all Compaq software <g> the only thing I've had to do was get rid of
the CDRW drive and replace with a DVDRW drive. It's been happily sailing
along with no problems since I bought it about 3 years ago.
Joan
 
In Leythos had this to say:

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The PET 2001 and it's later versions didn't come in a KIT, they came
as pre-built units from Commodore. There were MOD's for them to take
them from 40 line displays to 80 line displays.

We got our first PET2001 in 77 if I remember correctly, we were the
first people in our area to have one....

Befoe that it was the HP9830A, the ELF, the IBM System 3/12, etc....
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Oh good God no, I'm not that old. This was a do-it-yourself package. Started
with the CBM *something* and the add-ons were a board, a couple of switches,
and, IIRC, RAM and it was discounted because I put it together myself else
it would have been still pretty expensive even though it was out-dated but
it turned it into a SuperPet (if the name's right). I believe, and this
could be skewed a bit, that the entire thing came to about $2500 (a lot of
lawn mowing and all of my allowance for what seemed an eternity) came in at
something near $2000 and was a few years old at the time. I wonder if it's
in my parent's attic?

I remember sitting there with boxes, bits and pieces, books, and completely
lost. It was interesting and it eventually worked. Funny how it was a pain
in the butt even back then and it took all of my money. So, when I look at
it, times haven't changed quite so much as I tend to think they have.

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which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
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ShitIsfunny said:
Don't ever buy a compaq computer, they are junk.
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The current crop of HP/Compaq are actually not that bad. What is bad is all
the spyware/trialware that is installed and the fact that you don't get a
Windows CD. If you wipe the drive and do a clean install of Windows you will
have a pretty decent machine. Of course this means you will have to purchase
Windows and then the price of the system will be about the same as the white
box computer you should have bought in the first place.

Kerry
 
: Don't ever buy a compaq computer, they are junk.
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Hello Shit; I don't think it's Compaq that's afu.
 
Myself and 2 of my friends all have compaqs. I have had mine for 2.5
years and it has run beautifully. The CD burner is on its last leg,
but for 10 bucks that can be remedied. I have thoroughly enjoyed mine.
The tower is very easy to get in and upgrade, and the Compaqs were all
about 100 bucks cheaper than their Dell counterparts at the time with
the exact same stuff inside.

While I agree that BYOS is an awesome way to go, its hard to beat a
system for that price. I think I've paid $550 total including base
system and all upgrades and it is still a very good system.

I would buy one again.
 
ShitIsfunny said:
Don't ever buy a compaq computer, they are junk.
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Hence the old (in IT terms, anyway) saying, "Friends don't let friends
buy Compaqs."


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Galen said:
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As I recall it was "Big Blue". "Old Blue" is a folk song.

I remember the old Compaq luggables running C/PM.
*chuckles* I was sad when Digital sold out to Compaq. Those old Alpha
systems were akin to tanks but the days of the big iron were pretty much
over. Today, still, IBM's out of the market for PCs, Sun's decided to open
source their OS in an effort to eat the thinning slices of Unix pie that
remain, and it's seeming like fewer and fewer OEM boxes are leaving the
shelves as more people opt for either custom build solutions or white boxes.
Alas, I'm not old, I just started really young though slightly backwards.
First with the VIC-20 and then backwards to (same company actually) a kit
from the back of Popular Science to build a PET. Hmm... Wow... That does
make me feel old. *grimaces*
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The first one I owned was also a VIC-20. I still have a C-64 in the garage.

Steve N.
 
In Steve N. had this to say:
As I recall it was "Big Blue". "Old Blue" is a folk song.
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I was pretty sure he meant Big Blue... I'd never heard 'em called Old Blue
until then at any rate but I figured I'd just assume the best and keep on
truckin'.

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