Greetings, all, and excuse (in advance) the verbosity-- I have a friend (wish it was me) in the market for a computer who has happened upon what seems to be a particularly excellent package from a company called Video Computer Store div. Computer Personalities. The address is 107 North Broad Street, Doylestown PA 18901; web site www.vcstore.com. For $1999 + $98 shipping/handling they offer the following system: Pentium II 233 (don't know the mobo brand) 64 MB SDRAM 512 L2 cache 82440 LX chipset / 2 on-board USB / PS-2 port 5.1 GB Western Digital UDMA 33 hard disk 4 MB AGP STB Velocity 128 video adapter 1.44 MB Floppy 32X (max) CD-ROM (IDE) 56K voice/data/fax modem (Diamond Supra Express) Wave table sound card (Sonic Vibes PCI) AOC 15" SVGA .28 dp NIEPA-compliant digital control monitor Epson 720 x 720 photo-quality color ink jet printer w/IEEE (?) MS Intellimouse w/pad Win95 B Corel WP suite 8 Quicken SE Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia 1997 Groliers Multimedia Encyclopedia 1998 Many other edutainment titles including ADAM, 2 atlases, games,etc. Win 95 keyboard Altec Lansing speakers 3 year parts/labor warranty on the computer 1 year parts/labor warranty on the printer 1 year software reload warranty Toll-free tech support ALL MASTER DISKS and CD's <(|:-0)puff, puff> That sounds like an awful lot for the bux, and may fall into the category of "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." Indeed, when my friend showed the specs to some local VARs and assemblers, one recommended she call the BBB in the company's area to check up on them. This she plans to do. Has anyone had any experience with this company or their products? I need to know pro and/or con quickly, because this deal is only good until Friday, Feb. 13. (Ominous date, that . . . ) Thanks in advance, Paul A. Shippert Library/Media Specialist Margaret Brent Middle School web: www.smcps.k12.md.us/mbms/index.htm Phone: 301-884-4635 FAX: 301-884-8937 ************************************************ "There is a theory which states that, if ever anyone discovers exactly what the universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened." Douglas Adams ************************************************ PCBUILD: http://nospin.com or [log in to unmask]