Alan Erskine wrote:
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http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&vertical=COMP&pid=00364034000
That's ok, seems like a short-speced system with no monitor.
You lose the monitor (AU$460 was as low as I could find for an LCD 15") brings the price to 1200-
460 = AU$740.
But you get a card reader built in. I could only find a 6in1 card reader, but who cares, any more
than CF, SD and perhaps MMC or XD for cameras is pointless for most of the market (+AU$45).
It has five USB ports, dunno how many this one has, but a USB hub (+AU$20) or if you want to
splurge on USB2 (+AU$42) will cover you for that.
Which brings the total to about AU$830.
But you get XPhome (I'm guessing the M$ tax is about $200?), a name-brand PC, and the system
recover CD's which are useful for not-so-tech-savvy users, (you work out how much that is worth to
you), that would bring it to just over AU$1000.
Bring that over from the states, freight would cost a bomb, you likely lose the warranty, and
you're up for a new power cable at least (be warned that I've seen some PSU's for the US market
that are NOT 110-240 switchable), or up for a power supply at worst (will our standard ATX's fit
the HP? You guess)
Which brings the grand total to: Bzzzt, you lose. Thanks, but no thanks.
If you're talking Global Positioning Systems on the other hand, now *that's*
a rort. Depending on what you want, buying from the US would be well worthwhile.
And, it would be much easier to attach a GPS unit to your bicycle than it would be a desktop PC
(clutching at straws trying to keep on topic).
Of which I've done both (don't ask).
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