-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/12/08 19:49, s. keeling wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> On 06/11/08 16:07, Paul Johnson wrote: >>> On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 12:24 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >>> >>>> But does the modem work? >>> What modem? "Winmodems" aren't modems, they're sound boards with the >>> wrong audio connector. >> I think he was trying to be ironic. > > As was he, I believe. > > I just subjected myself to Dell's site, looking at the vostro 1500. > Once I tweaked it, turning off any crap I could see, and boosting its > specs somewhat (! Celeron), price was ca. $1300. > > I'd rather buy a three year old used box, buy it new batteries, and > load it to the gills with RAM. $600, max.
Hmph. All a college student needs is a KayPro II, a dot-matrix printer, WordStar 3.x and a library card. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIUcpCS9HxQb37XmcRAt5mAJ9DzhBCT19jWKWsnqrGhC4ZkXjAwgCgzkyc D/KSLYlSVDXqLjHhdyXroGE= =hb6g -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
