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Presario from Walmart - S4020WM
I got one of these a few months ago, upgraded to a bigger hard drive and
more RAM, and am happy with it now. The first one I got was a lemon (the computer), so I took it back and exchanged it. The second one (the computer) was OK, but the monitor konked out within a few days. I sent the faulty monitor directly to Compaq and eventually got a replacement, although it was a big hassel. I particularly like the AMD Athlon XP 2400+ processor (2.0MHz), which is very fast with my primary application. I'm not enthused about the XP Home op system, in fact I hate it, but it's usable after tweaking the hell out of it. Compaq support is mostly a waste of time, but they can help with a few fundamental things. I've been able to figure out most other problems on my own. Anybody else care to comment about these S4020WM machines from Walmart? -- Euc1id |
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"Euc1id" wrote in
nk.net: Anybody else care to comment about these S4020WM machines from Walmart? I won't ever buy another machine with "onboard" anything in it, Compaq or other. Because of the onboard stuff in my 5000T, I can't run Linux (Linux won't recognize the video card) or Windows 98 (98 won't support the Winmodem.) |
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wow, a 5 dollar modem?
"donutbandit" wrote in message ... "Euc1id" wrote in nk.net: Anybody else care to comment about these S4020WM machines from Walmart? I won't ever buy another machine with "onboard" anything in it, Compaq or other. Because of the onboard stuff in my 5000T, I can't run Linux (Linux won't recognize the video card) or Windows 98 (98 won't support the Winmodem.) |
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