In Luck-Need expert consultation

Mon May 17 11:58:08 PDT 2004

I've never personally dealt with MyAopen, however their reviews here
aren't all that great:
http://www.resellerratings.com/seller1947.html

-L

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Matthew Carpenter wrote:

> If you are interested in bang-for-buck, check out http://www.myaopen.com/
>
> I've bought two 2.6+GHz machines from there for under $900each in the last year.  They have a lot of "AOpen" brands which tend to be good quality without the name-cost.  Their pricing on Name-brands is great as well:
>
>
> ?STEP01:?(+31.00) MyAopen 313B4 400W w/Front USB Mid Tower Case
> ?STEP02:?(+134.00) AOpen AK79G Max MB **,AMD nForce2 IGP/ 333MHz/DDR400/ USB2.0/ 1394/ LAN
> ?STEP03:?(+366.00) ** AMD XP-3200+ ** 400FSB Retail Box CPU
> ?STEP04:?(+83.00) Apacer 512MB DDR400 Memory
> ?STEP05:?(+103.00) -- WD 120GB -- 7200RPM ATA100 8MB /WD1200JB
> ?STEP06:?(+10.50) MITSUMI 1.44 Floppy Drive
> ?STEP07:?(+55.00) AOpen COM4824 48X24X48X16 DVD CDRW Combo Drive
> ?STEP08:?(+34.00) AOpen DVD-1648 16X48 IDE DVD-ROM
> ?STEP09:?(+139.00) AOPEN Aeolus Ti4200 8X 128MB DDR
> ?STEP12:?(+26.00) AOPEN FM56-PX V.92 56K FAX/MODEM
> ?STEP18:?Free Assembly W/ Original case box
> ?STEP19:?One Year Parts and Labor Warranty
> ?Total:? $981.5
>
> I embelished on the Processor and Video a bit, and gave you another DVD drive.  The LAN card is 10/100/1000.  The GF4Ti is NVidia's high-end GPU with TV-out and Capture capabilities (I've not tested the capture in LInux) I know that 3D works well in Linux, even if I could shoot the guys at NVidia sometimes :)
>
> The Logitech 3button wheel mouse is $7 and Speakers with 450W sub is $30, but everything is optional and the people at myaopen are good to work with.  I keep trying to get them to offer Linux, but I can get that through BestBuy and SuSE.com just as easily I suppose.
>
> Check out the site.  Under the System Configurator you have nearly complete control of what is in the box.
>
>
>
> On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 15:50:52 -0800
> "Bob" <bobhemus at sisqtel.net> wrote:
>
> > Looks like my insurance is going to replace my computer.  Need expert
> > advice.
> >
> > should I go with an ASA computer: (Athlon, I saw an add in Linux Journal)
> >
> > CPU AMD ATHLON XP 2400+ 256K 266FSB THOROUGHBRED B...(AXDA2400BOX)
> > MEMORY 512 MB DDR PC2100(5MD21NUHG)
> > FLOPPY DISK 1.44 MB FLOPPY DRIVE(FLOPPY)
> > HARD DISK IDE 120GB 7200 RPM ATA100 8 MB CACHE (3 YEAR W...(I-012-07-0-8)
> > VGA (ONBOARD VIDEO PORT) GEFORCE2 MX200 32MB AGP 2D/3D
> > VIDADPT(3DFORCE2_MX-32)
> > NETWORK (ONBOARD 10/100 NETWORK PORT) NETGEAR FA311 10/100 PCI RJ45
> > NIC(FA311)
> > CD ROM 52X CDROM(CD)
> > DVD/CD-RW DVD AND CDRW COMBO(DVD-CDRW-COMBO)
> > KEY BOARD None
> > MOUSE Logitech 3 Button Regular Mouse(lg3o)
> > MODEM/SPEAKER 56KBPS;V.90 Modem(Modem)
> > MONITOR None
> > OPERATING SYSTEM LINUX 0/S (SPECIFIY FLAVOR AND VERSION)(LINUX)
> > MOTHERBOARD  ASUS A7N266 MOTHERBOARD.
> > CASE  Med Tower ATX. 300W Power Supply.
> > SOUND  Onboard Sound.
> >
> > Slower system, but a real modem and a bigger hard drive.  The Dell is on the
> > refurbished list so this one may be gone when I get OK, but they'll have a
> > comparable one, I'm sure.
> >
> > Or a Dell:
> >
> >     SYSTEM SPECIFICATION
> >     Dimension 8250 (System Identifier FLVAE5E0)
> >     Dell Dimension 8250: Pentium? 4 Processor at 2.4GHz with 533MHz system
> > bus/512K L2 Cache, Integrated Audio and NIC
> > Microsoft? Windows XP Home
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ----
> >
> > System Price $1,004.00
> > Promotion Discount ($225.00)
> > Discounted Price $779.00
> > Dell recommends Microsoft? Windows? XP
> >
> >
> >    Operating System: Microsoft? Windows XP Home
> >    Memory: 512 MB PC1066 RDRAM (2 RIMMs)
> >    Floppy Drive: 1.44 MB Floppy Disk Drive
> >    Hard Disk Drive: 120 GB EIDE Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
> >    Video: 64MB GEFORCE4 MX 420 with TV Out
> >    Modem: 56K Telephony Modem for Windows-Sound Option
> >    CD Read-Write Drive: 40X/10X/40X CDRW Drive
> >    DVD Drive: 16X DVD-ROM
> >    Software: Resource CD
> >     Software
> >     DPS Paint Shop Pro Try and Buy Software
> >     Music Match 7.1 Software
> >     Dell SecurityCenter by McAfee, 90-day introductory offer
> >     WordPerfect Productivity Suite 10.0
> >     Quicken - New User Edition 2002
> >     AOL 8.0 ISP Software
> >     DVD Software
> >     Britannica Software
> >     Image Expert Standard Software
> >     Dell Support 2.0
> >     Dell Support 2.0
> >    Misc: QuietKey Keyboard
> >     Logitech PS2 Mouse
> >     Shipping Material
> >
> >  Seems a shame to have to pay for all the M$ crap.
> >
> >
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