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so, christmas time mom using ancient p4 256mb of ram. enjoys facebook , other java/flash web-based games, listening music, booking flights, checking e-mail, working on resume once in while, etc. typical web-centric computer user.

mom , pop place down street told me purchasing desktop computer them without operating system preinstalled discount system price $100. no optical drive save me $50 (im fan of "one external usb optical drive per set of friends , family living in same county" theory.)

...they told me replacing conventional 250gb hd 60/64gb ssd make $200 more expensive.

last part found interesting, considering this.

so, conventional hd $200 less ssd means conventional hard drive must sell $14.99? joking, of course, im sure understand getting at.

going e-mailing , forth them bit. going ask them if can bring own ssd in, give them still in shrink wrap, , have them put computer hard drive. not expect 1 year parts/labor warranty cover hard drive provide, of course.

(and specified not have 'warranty void if seal broken' type warranty, deal breaker of around here.)

by-the-by, offer bang-for-the-buck opinions on this cpu in "e5200" variant in 2gb ddr2 800mhz system around usd $700 typical/standard config including optical drive, win7, 250gb hdd, , microatx form factor?

potentially $500 or without os , optical drive, , me providing hard drive purchased separately - 1 year parts/labor warranty require me drive trivial 10 minutes street.

<3 local shops.

edit: this system, quoted @ website.

is possible update ram on computer?
how old p4 computer?
curious.

pricing want, seems fair in retrospect small computer stores dont have overhead , inside deals of major computer stores.


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