Where I'm buying my next personal computer (maybe you will, too)

Fridays Child

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Fri May-07-04 03:23 PM
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Where I'm buying my next personal computer (maybe you will, too)

http://www.unionbuiltpc.com/home.php?ref=

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Tempest

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Fri May-07-04 03:30 PM
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1. Not in this lifetime

Two reasons:

1) Buying a pre-built computer means you don't get the best parts available. And if you ask for premium parts, you'll pay a premium price.

2) It doesn't look like they offer AMD processors. Intel processors suck.

You'll always come out ahead if you buy the parts and put it together yourself.

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Fridays Child

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Fri May-07-04 06:42 PM
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2. Okay. I'll support the unions every chance I get...

...and my computer will have to be "off the shelf" because I don't know how to build one.

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Tempest

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Sat May-08-04 10:47 AM
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5. Don't you have any techie friends?

I build computers for friends all the time.

My asking price?

A home cooked meal.

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Deja Q

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Fri May-07-04 06:45 PM
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3. Though I prefer the Athlon and Athlon-64,

I'm amazed at what the Centrino can do, given its performance compared to a much faster Mhz-rated Pentium-4. They should replace the Pentium-4 rubbish with the Centrino for their desktops.

AMD is still better though...

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Tempest

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Sat May-08-04 10:46 AM
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4. Centrino not available for desktops

And I read an article today where Micro$oft is dropping production of a desktop version in favor of a new generation processor which will have two processors built into one.

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brandinius

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Sat May-08-04 09:30 PM
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7. We can do that

We can do AMDs. The vast majority of our clients want Intel, for whatever reasons.

Also, we try to use top-quality parts for our units, but we can also customize to whatever is desired for power users who want to spec it out themselves.

Brandon Weber
Union Built PC., Inc.
www.unionbuiltpc.com

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newyawker99

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Sun May-09-04 09:52 AM
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8. Hi brandinius!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

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TheWizardOfMudd

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Sat May-08-04 11:14 AM
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6. Has anyone ever heard of Allied Computers, in Texas?

I was wondering if they are any good.

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