RE: Uh-Oh, look out Phil, it's a B.. B.. Bargain!

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

I've seen these at Maplins before and they're not at all bad!

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]=20
> Sent: 28 December 2001 10:20
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Uh-Oh, look out Phil, it's a B.. B.. Bargain!
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> Chaps,
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> Went out and braved the new year sales yesterday (fool that I am!)
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> Ended up (purely because of traffic congestion) in M**lins,=20
> where I ended up=20
> purchasing a "book PC kit", which I have to say I'm
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> rather impressed=20
> with! - currently in the catalogue at =A3249, but recently=20
> reduced to =A3199,=20
> (and you can get a =A310 voucher from inside the catalogue...)
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> for which you get:
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> a seriously nice-looking ultra small PC unit, in shiny silver=20
> & pale blue,=20
> containing:
> an Intel 810 based motherboard,
> a DVD-ROM drive,
> a floppy drive,
> built-in 10/100 ethernet port
> built-in V90 modem port
> PS2 mouse & keyboad ports
> built-in VGA, with both composite and S-Video outputs
> built-in Soundblaster 5.1 soundcard, with outputs for=20
> front/rear/centre &=20
> sub (with Dolby digital 5.1 decoding)
> 1 serial & 1 parallel port
> 2 USB ports on the back, and 2 more on the front (behind a=20
> flap) There's also an area on the front of the case that=20
> looks intriguingly like=20
> an IR window, but I don't know yet if theres IRDA hardware=20
> behind it... Also in the box is a wheel mouse, a matching=20
> multimedia keyboad, a rather=20
> nasty-looking pair of speakers, a CPU fan, manuals & a CDROM=20
> with drivers &=20
> a copy of Win-DVD, and a plastic stand for the base unit.
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> All I have to add is a socket 370 CPU (the manual says it=20
> will take either a=20
> PPGA or a FC-PGA variety), a hard disk, and some RAM (all of=20
> which I just=20
> happen to have "spare") and Bob's yer proverbial=20
> aunties-live-in-lover.
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> So, for less than the cost of a Playstation 2 I've got a
fully-loaded=20
> multimedia box, that plays DVD's with dolby digital surround,=20
> plays music,=20
> plays games, connects to a 100MB LAN, can access my broadband=20
> connection,=20
> and anything else you can think of!
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> Going out again today - Tottenham Court road & Oxford street=20
> this time...=20=20
> :-)
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> Paul G.
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