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eep! cheep!
Wednesday, 16 June 2004 12:47 amI went to an auction today to get my parents a better computer. Their poor tired old computer has been dying, with one thing after another going wrong.
The auction was a real eye-opener. I bought them a 933MHz computer with 17" monitor, 128Mb RAM, 20Gb hard drive, AGP video card, network card for.... wait for it... $225. (Those of you in USA recall that our Oz dollars are about half the value of US$ -- maybe a bit more than half.)
At that price I couldn't resist buying myself one too. I could retire one of my slower machines now. :)
The auction was a real eye-opener. I bought them a 933MHz computer with 17" monitor, 128Mb RAM, 20Gb hard drive, AGP video card, network card for.... wait for it... $225. (Those of you in USA recall that our Oz dollars are about half the value of US$ -- maybe a bit more than half.)
At that price I couldn't resist buying myself one too. I could retire one of my slower machines now. :)