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тАО05-08-2005 08:21 AM
тАО05-08-2005 08:21 AM
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My daughter needs to know what to look for when buying a new pc. She uses it mostly for the book keeping of their business and not much else. So far I have suggested a 2 to 2.5 giga hz., 80 gig H.D., dual bios, windows XP professional edition, Cd-rewrite and dvd. Is there a lot of difference in quality of brand names or would she be better off to have one assembled? Does HP have dual bios? I have not seen it thus far.
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тАО05-08-2005 11:38 AM
тАО05-08-2005 11:38 AM
Re: components
Refurbished desktop PCs
From $359.99*
As low as $20/mo├в
HP and Compaq PCs that perform like new
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/generic_category.do?storeName=storefronts&landing=outlet_store&category=refurb_desktops&catLevel=1
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тАО05-08-2005 02:41 PM
тАО05-08-2005 02:41 PM
Re: components
It might be cheaper in the end to buy one in Canada, considering the shipping cost.
It there such a thing as a dual BIOS with HP?
I have one on a gigabyte KT 400 motherboard and was told that it works something like a back up.
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тАО05-08-2005 03:47 PM
тАО05-08-2005 03:47 PM
Re: components
generally speaking, the idea of a redundant ROM is there to prevent you from a motherboard BIOS failure....so on majority of the new PCs & Servers (e.g. HP Proliants) basically its a logical partition on the ROM chip that can hold two seperate images of the BIOS. If you are carrying an upgrade of the BIOS and it goes south....then you can boot up your PC/Server, go into BIOS Selection menu and choose the original BIOS coming from a seperate partition of the ROM which was not impacted as a consequence of the failed BIOS upgrade, boot the system up...and you are fine.
Assuming, the PC is used for primitive stuff and the likelihood of upgrading BIOS is fairly low (am I right in saying this??) - I would not be too concerned about this....ofcourse if you get this feature embedded in a deal for no extra....I would not say NO...either!
My 2cents worth....
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тАО05-08-2005 05:10 PM
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тАО05-08-2005 06:02 PM
тАО05-08-2005 06:02 PM
Solutionhttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/choosing2.mspx
Hope this is what you are after
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тАО05-08-2005 08:12 PM
тАО05-08-2005 08:12 PM
Re: components
I don't think dual bios is much necessary, as you can boot with motherboard cd and restore bios if corrupted in up-to-date computers.
I also recommend having a dvd-rewriter, instead of cd-rewriter, which can burn CDs (600 MB) and DVDs (4.7 GB) also. I am using an LG one, and quite ok with it.
Difference between Home and Professional Edition is networking capabilities, as you can't join a HE to a domain etc. If you will use it only at home, PE is not necessary, although I never like/use HE.
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тАО05-09-2005 12:21 AM
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тАО05-09-2005 12:22 AM
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