My $366 Vista PC

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Andre Da Costa [Extended64]

And you have installed Vista on it?
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roman modic said:
Hello!

http://www.sellsbrothers.com/news/showTopic.aspx?ixTopic=1972
Fry's Genuine Quality 3131 PC: $170.99
1.67GHz CPU
128MB of RAM
40GB HD
10/100 integrated Ethernet
56KB modem card
52X CD-ROM
Stereo speakers
Keyboard + Mouse (including roller ball)
ATI Radeon 9550, AGP 8x/4x, 256MB DDR RAM: $94.99
1GB RAM SIMM(for a total of 1.1GB of RAM): $99.99

I then added an LCD panel and a DVD drive I had laying around. Total cost
$365.97.
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Roman
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roman modic

Hello!

Andre Da Costa said:
And you have installed Vista on it?
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No. not me - Chris Sells has:
http://www.sellsbrothers.com/news/showTopic.aspx?ixTopic=1972
At 12:04am, I started the Vista Feb '06 CTP installation. At 12:44am, I was running Vista, it having recognized all of hardware
(except the sound device) from my $366 PC, including enabling those cool "glass" effects and the nifty animations, integrated search
and all the neat things you've read about in the Vista reviews.

I know I work for "the man," but even so, I'm seriously impressed. The install was fast and seamless. The performance is way better
than I thought it would be. And the little UI tricks are fabulous. I can't do any media stuff 'cuz my audio device wasn't
recognized, but it was cool when I tried to play video and a DVD, that the Vista Media Center UI came up (my complete home
entertainment needs are served with a coupla TVs, a Media Center PC and an XBox).

I know, I know, I got the OS for free, but come on! It's still beta and it runs great on my cheapo PC! I don't know what Vista's
going to go for, but I bet the whole she-bang (including LCD panel and DVD drive) could be had for ~$500 when Vista ships. Plus,
I've only been playing with it for about an hour, but I already don't want to go back to my XP boxes...

P.S. This post was composed and posted from "visto," my new Vista PC.

Chris Sells , Saturday, March 11, 2006 2:15 AM
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Roman
 
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Zack Whittaker \(R2 Mentor\)

Nice <G>

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roman modic said:
Hello!

Andre Da Costa said:
And you have installed Vista on it?
Click to expand...

No. not me - Chris Sells has:
http://www.sellsbrothers.com/news/showTopic.aspx?ixTopic=1972
At 12:04am, I started the Vista Feb '06 CTP installation. At 12:44am, I
was running Vista, it having recognized all of hardware (except the sound
device) from my $366 PC, including enabling those cool "glass" effects and
the nifty animations, integrated search and all the neat things you've
read about in the Vista reviews.

I know I work for "the man," but even so, I'm seriously impressed. The
install was fast and seamless. The performance is way better than I
thought it would be. And the little UI tricks are fabulous. I can't do any
media stuff 'cuz my audio device wasn't recognized, but it was cool when I
tried to play video and a DVD, that the Vista Media Center UI came up (my
complete home entertainment needs are served with a coupla TVs, a Media
Center PC and an XBox).

I know, I know, I got the OS for free, but come on! It's still beta and it
runs great on my cheapo PC! I don't know what Vista's going to go for, but
I bet the whole she-bang (including LCD panel and DVD drive) could be had
for ~$500 when Vista ships. Plus, I've only been playing with it for about
an hour, but I already don't want to go back to my XP boxes...

P.S. This post was composed and posted from "visto," my new Vista PC.

Chris Sells , Saturday, March 11, 2006 2:15 AM
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Roman
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Richard Urban

I know I work for "the man," but even so, I'm seriously impressed. The
install was fast and seamless. The performance is way better than I
thought it would be. And the little UI tricks are fabulous. I can't do any
media stuff 'cuz my audio device wasn't recognized, but it was cool when I
tried to play video and a DVD, that the Vista Media Center UI came up (my
complete home entertainment needs are served with a coupla TVs, a Media
Center PC and an XBox).

I know, I know, I got the OS for free, but come on! It's still beta and it
runs great on my cheapo PC! I don't know what Vista's going to go for, but
I bet the whole she-bang (including LCD panel and DVD drive) could be had
for ~$500 when Vista ships. Plus, I've only been playing with it for about
an hour, but I already don't want to go back to my XP boxes...

P.S. This post was composed and posted from "visto," my new Vista PC.
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<<<Big laugh>>>

You are running Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670 as your news
reader. Do you really expect us to believe that you posted this on your new
computer using Vista (which uses Microsoft Mail - BTW)?
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Zack Whittaker \(R2 Mentor\)

He was quoting someone else... Roman has OE 6.0 as do I at the moment,
seeing as I prefer OE still for newsgrouping :blush:)

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of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
that up!


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