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As another thought, do you know where your machine
is slow - is it the disk or insufficient CPU power? . I transformed one of my
elderly machines by purchasing an ATA 100 card and a new hard drive.
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Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 12:15
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Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC Custom Computer
Manufacturers
Neo,Although a new computer is always a nice thing,
chances are good that the hardware is not your problem.Take a look at
what software is loaded at startup and determine what can be eliminated. Too
often, the normal surfing we all do adds startup "features" which bog down
performance. Multimedia is the biggest offender. Also, as suggested,
defrag is a good starting place to find increased performance.If you
insist that it is hardware, Dell is a reasonable choice if you don't want to
DIY, as they use essentially off-the-shelf components that are almost always
industry standard. In other words, they use most or at least many of the
components you might choose for a DIY. (This from a DIY from the early 80's;
just bought my first "canned" box -- a
Dell.)HTH,24hAt 09:28 PM 3/17/2002, you wrote:
<FONT face=arial color=#008080
size=4>I apologize in advance for this somewhat off topic
post. My computer
is beginning to run slow particularly in real time with
MetaStock. Does
anyone know of computer manufacturers (or lists where I can pose this
question) that will build custom computers with one's exact specification of
components including the case, motherboard, and exact memory chips, as well
as all of the other components? <FONT face=arial
color=#008080 size=4>Thank you in advance. Feel free to email directly to
not bother others on the list. <FONT face=arial
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