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[Deepcrush]

If she just needs a cheap pc, toshiba has 500$ laptops that are decent enough. You can buy them from the site and they only cost 40$ a month or so.

[stitch626]

Wow, my PC was only $425. It was getting the XP CD that was expensive. Of course, I got mine at a computer show, so it was cheaper than if I had gotten it at a store.
And she shouldn't use floppys. They've already started to go the way of the dinosaur.

[Blackstar the Chakat]

They've already started to go the way of the dinosaur.

Started? They're already a dead technology.

[Teaos]

I havent seen a floppy in years.

[Aaron]

I havent seen a floppy in years.

I'm staring at two right now.

Oh...a disk! I just threw all mine out.

[Blackstar the Chakat]

I havent seen a floppy in years.

You know you're supposed to call your doctor after four hours right?

[Tsukiyumi]

All the Cd drivers I have are on floppy. Without a drive, I wouldn't be able to use the CD-ROM to install Windows. I've no intention of buying her a new computer; I get the new one, she gets my current system.

[stitch626]

Floppy refers to the disk and the drive that takes it. You know, those square things.
CDs go in CD drives, not floppy drives.
Unless I misunderstood what you were saying, in which case ignore what I said.

[Tsukiyumi]

Floppy refers to the disk and the drive that takes it. You know, those square things.
CDs go in CD drives, not floppy drives.
Unless I misunderstood what you were saying, in which case ignore what I said.

Yeah, you missed it. The motherboard has drivers on 3.5" floppy disks, and I can't use my CD-ROM without first installing their drivers (also on 3.5"). Without a floppy drive, the CD-ROM won't work, and I would be unable to install Windows. I'm talking about a completely new system. I think I can get around it by wiping a bunch of individual files, and not reformatting (in other words, not a completely new system).

[stitch626]

Oh. Sorry. Now I understand. Thank you for clarifying that.

[Mikey]

Why don't you (in the future) burn your drivers?

[Tsukiyumi]

Why don't you (in the future) burn your drivers?

That might work, but my motherboard doesn't even recognize the CD-ROM until the drivers are installed, so...

The damn thing is over five years old (and was cheap for the time), so I'm not sure I can set it up any other way.

1.7 Ghz Celeron

1.5 Gigs of PC-3200 SDRAM

80 Gig HD

The newest thing on it is the 128 MB AGP video card.

Thus, why I need a complete upgrade, and Uzume gets this junk. It's not like I'm asking any money for it.

[Mikey]

It's like my personal motto - "If it's free, it's for me!"

[Captain Picard's Hair]

Why don't you (in the future) burn your drivers?

That might work, but my motherboard doesn't even recognize the CD-ROM until the drivers are installed, so...

The damn thing is over five years old (and was cheap for the time), so I'm not sure I can set it up any other way.

1.7 Ghz Celeron

1.5 Gigs of PC-3200 SDRAM

80 Gig HD

The newest thing on it is the 128 MB AGP video card.

Thus, why I need a complete upgrade, and Uzume gets this junk. It's not like I'm asking any money for it.

That sounds a bit like my old machine. 1.7 GHz P4
1 GB DDR SDRAM (started with 254 MB when I first got it)
160 GB HDD (started out with a 20 GB that eventually crapped out)

I traded it in, plus my sister's old machine, which was the same as the original specs of my old machine, plus $570 for my new machine:

2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo
2 GB DDR2 SDRAM
160 GB HDD
About 7 USB 2.0 ports and a card reader/writer, DVD-RW drive

It wipes the floor with my old machine.

Thus, why I need a complete upgrade, and Uzume gets this junk. It's not like I'm asking any money for it.

With the trade in I got $60 credit for my sister's old computer, which was pathetic compared to YOUR piece of junk

I'm looking forward now to a 19 inch LCD monitor listed at newegg.com for $169.99 (currently have the old 16" CRT)

[Captain Picard's Hair]

It's actually a Pentium dual core at 2 GHz - essentially the same as a somewhat downrated Core 2 Duo. Despite the "pentium" tag, it is based on Core architecture. It delivers similar performance for one on a limited budget - my whole machine delivers pretty well for a low budget machine. I'm quite happy with it; my uses don't require a top-of-the-line Core 2 Quad/16 GB RAM kind of machine. In any case, it still wipes the floor with the old one...