Re [plug] - Off Topic - Advice re computer purchase

[Chris Caston]

On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 17:36, Quintin Lette wrote:
> I don't know the phone numbers, but it sounds like you would be getting dodgy 
> windows and office (atleast with the second one the M$ oem licences for XP 
> Pro and Office pro are over $600 - for both) 
> 

Wholesale prices ex GST:

 Microsoft Office XP Small Business Edition (SBE) OEM withPublisher 
$299.00 

  Microsoft Office XP Professional OEM withPublisher  $429.00
    
 Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003OEM  $235.00   

 Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003OEM $319.00 

Microsoft Office Professional Edition2003OEM  $423.00

Microsoft Windows XPHome Edition OEM Pack $129.00

XP professional OEM Pack  $209.00

And of course:

Debian Linux $0.00
OpenOffice.org $0.00

Access to source code: priceless


> pricing like that is definately doable without an os but I'd still worry about 
> the warranty with these people if they are doing dodgy M$ software as if they 
> get caught they will be out of business. (not to mention they possibly aren't 
> as good as they should be anyway)
> 
> just looking at retail pricing (mostly from Netplus - no affiliation, and no 
> extensive research into it - basically I had their site open at the time):
> 
> PIV 2.6 HT		$289
> 512mb PC3200	$130
> 128mb ddr vga	$  89 (radeon 9200se)
> 6ch sound		$    0 (onboard)
> seagate 80gb	$115
> liteon	cdrw		$  55
> pioneer dvd	$  59
> 350w case		$  50 (inc floppy)
> 56k modem		$  19 (int. pci)
> network		$    0 (onboard)
> kb mouse spks	$  50 (inc optical mouse)
> mainboard		$ 109(Asus P4PE-X)
> LG monitor 17in	$ 179
> 
> Now consider he's likely getting it cheaper wholesale and possibly using even 
> cheaper parts, thats making around $150+ for the bottom one (PIV 2.4 800fsb 
> replaced by 2.6 for same price last week 
> 
> Cheers
> Quintin
> 
> 
> On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 04:41 pm, Dave Dartnall wrote:
> > There are two guys? who advertise regularly in the Sunday Times (Page 8
> > yesterday paper) - both sound too good to be true:
> >
> > Pentium IV 3.0 Ghz, 512 Mb ram, 17" LG Mon, F/D, 120Gb H/D, LG 52x24x52
> > burner, 128 Mb ATI GFX, K/B, 3d Snd, LAN, Mouse, 56K mod, Win XP $1390.
> > As above w/- 2,66 Ghz, 64 Mb 3D 651 GFx, 80Gb H/D $1190 - 9371 6996
> >
> > and
> >
> > Pentium 4 Intel 2.4G 800 FSB Hyperthreading CPU, 512 Mb PC3200 DDR, 128
> > Mb DDR Graphic Card 8x AGP, 6 ch sound, Seagate 80 Gb 7200, LiteOn
> > 52x52x32 CD-RW, Pioneer 16x DVD, 350W case, 8- USB (2 in front), K/d mse
> > & speakers, 56k modem, N/work, 17" LG monitor, Win & Offoce XP Pro, wty
> > $1185... 9258 4960
> >
> > Can anyone recognise the phone numbers, had any experience with either
> > of these advertisers?
> >
> > Dave Dartnall
> >
> >
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