Posts by HoofHearted

I went to hypersonic ands configured the same barebone GX8 (except without the cdrom -- about $100 on pricegrabber anyway) and the total was $1711. THey have a much better pixel policy, plus you can add another $100 for NO dead pixel...

I went to www.emachines.com and tried to locate a 6807 in my zip and ... nada (Used to get CC out-of-stock symbol). I then clicked "online resellers" (Which used to direct me to CC anyway). Did they stop making them? Did CC...

I emailed pctorque, requesting a quote for an "alternative" bare-bones configuration, and received a response from Tom. He was polite, courteous, and quickly responsive. The quote wasn't what I was expecting (I found a...

Most warranties have the wording to the effect of "manufacturing defect". If my screen is defective "out the box", then it is indeed a "manufacturing defect". That being said, I will gladly pay an extra...

I am almost in the same dilema. I am stuck between the 8790 and the acer aspire 17XX. My biggest concern is harddrive speed and space. The Acer can take 3.5 harddrive which seems quite apealling. Is the NV Go5700 any good? Is...

My 8887 hinge is suffering the same thing. Could you post the contact info so I can order a new lid? Quote: Originally Posted by bwalker5 So much for nobody else out of many not having the problem. Seems like it is...

I looked at the 8790-c configuration. Has anyone been able to work a deal with pctorque where they keep the 40G hd, the 512MB RAM, and the P4 3.0GHZ CPU? I would really like to get one and use my old 8887 components for the time being...

Quote: Originally Posted by archalien be careful guys, my neighbor got caught stealing internet through another neighbors wireless network. Dude ratted him out, 2 days later the cops and 2 fbi agents showed up took him...

Saw the same article on wired: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,56552,00.html

Wound up getting an emachine 6805. Will have to wait till next year now.