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post #21 of 36
4/3/06 at 2:15am
If you get the MSI 1039 with a 40gb HD, a 1.6ghz AMD Turion wiht 1mb cache, only 256 mb of ram and XP Home and wireless, it comes out to $1299. If you already have XP you can remove that and add more ram... or you can buy the barebones with just the cpu and buy a cheap HD and ram off of new egg and add it in yourself. Check out xmeld

http://www.xmeld.com/html/msi1039.html
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post #22 of 36
4/3/06 at 2:23am
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yea i was going to get the barebone and add everything except the wireless card but im not sure how good specs i can get...damm..im in a buckle
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post #23 of 36
4/3/06 at 2:40am
The MSI 1039 should be easily upgradeable. So get the basics, even crappy 256mb of ram (MAKE SURE YOU GET WIRELESS, that is so important and trying to sell it later without it will be tough, or so I think). You can always upgrade ram later, as well as a HD. Adding a hundred more to your budget would make things alot easier
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post #24 of 36
4/3/06 at 2:55am
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well lets say i get $100 more dollars... which i can... i just think $1300 should be the most i should spend...but if $1400 is the sweetspot than i will...What can i get for $1400?
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post #25 of 36
4/3/06 at 10:41am
go here:
http://www.xmeld.com/html/msi1039.html

Click buy now and price it. Then go to www.newegg.com and look at laptop hard drives and laptop ram, which to save money you buy off newegg then install yourself. That will better help you!
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post #26 of 36
4/3/06 at 11:00am
I say build your own and go with the MSI 1032 barebones ($625 915,Pentium M, 6600) , 2GB memory ($182, newegg), Pentium M 1.6 off ebay ($75, pinmod it) and some sort of hdd ($67 newegg) ... You should be able to do this for $950 shipped (if you have XP already). Otherwise you could move to 1GB memory and pick up an OEM XP Home and still be at $950 shipped
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post #27 of 36
4/3/06 at 6:04pm
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well i really like the 1039 so i might go with that...the x1600 looks awesome and would prolly murk that 6600...Decisions decisions
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post #28 of 36
4/3/06 at 6:06pm
Are there any notebooks running the x1800 or x1900?
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post #29 of 36
4/3/06 at 7:16pm
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not to my knowloedge
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post #30 of 36
4/3/06 at 7:59pm
clevo m570u when it comes out, it wont be unter $1300 for sure though
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post #31 of 36
4/3/06 at 9:15pm
Hunt on the Dell outlet for an Inspiron 9300. They come cheap, and you have the option of getting a 7800GTX in the future, if the finances ever allow.
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post #32 of 36
4/4/06 at 5:52pm
MSI-1039 this is a no brainer.
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post #33 of 36
4/4/06 at 6:26pm
is there an MS1039 barebones?
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post #34 of 36
4/4/06 at 6:32pm
What's the brightness rating on those MSI barebones?
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post #35 of 36
4/4/06 at 6:41pm
http://www.xmeld.com/html/msi1039.html
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post #36 of 36
4/5/06 at 3:21am
Dude, buy mine.
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