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DrewKaree:


--- Quote from: USSEnterprise on January 13, 2006, 11:55:20 pm ---Both Circuitcity and BestBuy have $300 eMachines Sempron systems on sale . Tomorrow is the last day
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That doesn't really help when you have to spend more money to upgrade everything and still have to deal with the other crap components they have in those things.

Those things are perfectly suited for mom, dad, grandma and grandpa to surf the intra-nets and check e-mail.  Oh, and they make good doorstops. ;D

Ninten-doh:

Thanks Quarterback.  One of the annoying things about the Dell Outlet site is there is no easy way to find out if the mobo has an AGP slot or not.  Any idea what's the easiest way to find out?  Probably just a Google search on the model plus "AGP"?

quarterback:


--- Quote from: Ninten-doh on January 14, 2006, 12:52:29 pm ---Thanks Quarterback.  One of the annoying things about the Dell Outlet site is there is no easy way to find out if the mobo has an AGP slot or not. 
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Yeah, I know.  They've got a knowledge base thing somewhere that lists all the specs, manuals etc, but I can never find it when I'm looking for it (or maybe it's only accessable after you log in and only for models you've purchased?  I can't remember)

If you happen to hit on a Dell thread on FatWallet, you can be sure that somebody will ask if it's got an AGP slot.  That question is sort of a running joke there (and is thrown into random non-computer conversations) because whenever there's a Dell deal, people want to know if it has AGP.

I'll go cruise the Dell site and see if I can find a link to their manuals, but otherwise Google/Fatwallet might be your best bets.

quarterback:


--- Quote from: quarterback on January 14, 2006, 02:53:55 pm ---I'll go cruise the Dell site and see if I can find a link to their manuals
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See if this works:

http://support.dell.com/?~ck=mn

Then you can select the Model # and go to "User Guides and Manuals".  After clicking a couple more choices, you should get to the "Technical Overview" of your selected model and be able to see a diagram of the mobo. 

You could probably do a preemptive strike and scan through a bunch of models so you know what to look for.  The outlet is funny because the prices will fluctuate wildly.  Sometimes there are a lot of systems there and other times, not so many. 

Things are a little tougher these days because people have written scripts that constantly query the outlet and will literally snag up the best priced systems immediately.  Once you've put it in your cart, it'll be taken out of the inventory for some amount of time until you purchase it, or let it go.     But the best deals usually come as some combination of coupons, luck and timing.   The end of Dell's financial quarters are usually the best time to buy because Dell loves to report that they've moved tons of merch and that sometimes means great sales (new Dells as well).

Good luck

USSEnterprise:


--- Quote from: DrewKaree on January 14, 2006, 10:22:22 am ---
--- Quote from: USSEnterprise on January 13, 2006, 11:55:20 pm ---Both Circuitcity and BestBuy have $300 eMachines Sempron systems on sale . Tomorrow is the last day
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That doesn't really help when you have to spend more money to upgrade everything and still have to deal with the other crap components they have in those things.

Those things are perfectly suited for mom, dad, grandma and grandpa to surf the intra-nets and check e-mail.  Oh, and they make good doorstops. ;D

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eMachines isn't considered good anymore? I got one prior to them being bought by Gateway, and it had damn good quality parts

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