Steve,
I bet he means Dell Dimension. Of course, if you have to deal with Dell's
Tech Support, you'll feel like you're in detention.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 09:53
Subject: Re: computer shopping
> Butch,
>
> I doubt you can build one for what you can buy them for these days. Never
> heard of a Dell Detention, sounds like one they market to the Federal
> Bureau
> of Prisons.
>
> The Studio is an upscale line of desktops, whereas the Optiplex is the
> normal home line; they also have Vostro which is tailored for business.
> Most newer computers don't have parallel or serial ports any more, USB has
> really taken over because it is faster. You can get both USB-to-parallel
> and USB-to-serial converters. However, the HP-960 printer you said you
> couldn't find drivers for? Check this page
> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=4063&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=77146
> It appears that there are drivers for both 32 and 64-bit Win 7.
>
> As for some of your other questions:
>
> 1. You can probably get boards for floppies, but it's easier to buy a USB
> floppy drive for $20 if you really need one. I read that Sony will stop
> making floppy 3.5 inch disks next year, so I guess if I had a bunch of
> things on floppies, I'd move them to memory cards.
>
> 2. You can buy external USB card reader/writers for $15, or you can get
> them built in to the PC. My HP laptop has a card reader for SD cards; my
> desktop has a 19-in-1 card reader for almost any type of memory card.
>
> 3. I kinow some people don't like to consider refurbished units, but I've
> had excellent luck with them. Our HP laptop was refurbed but you'd never
> know it wasn't new. You can save 50% off the equivalent new laptop.
>
> My wife just bought a refurbished HP P-6230Y desktop. Specs: 750GB hard
> drive; 6GB memory; 2.8GHz Athlon processor; DVD-RW drive with liteScribe;
> 6
> USB ports; built-in memory card reader/writer; Wi-fi card supporting
> 802.11/b/g/n; Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. I think we paid $470 for
> that.
> The only bad thing about it was the stupid HP Multimedia keyboard which
> has
> a strange arrangement for the keys, so it got substituted with a standard
> USB keyboard.
>
> HTH,
>
> Steve, K8SP
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 2:04 AM
> Subject: Re: computer shopping
>
>
>> Well lets try this again. I should make sure the whole text is copied to
>> the blipboard before closing and not saving the file. My sister who
>> lives
>> in Eastern Colorado is thinking of getting a new laptop and desktop
>> Their
>> present desktop is getting a little old and they had a near crash last
>> week I helped them recover from, so she is thinking about upgrading to a
>> desktop and laptop. I would assume she Will want windows 7 although I
>> have never messed with that at all. If I'm talking main brand, such as
>> Dell or HP, Can you get boards with parallel ports any more?
>> Her printer is a parallel port, and I think they run quicken for their
>> office books. Their printer is an Hp 960, and I looked around on line
>> and
>> couldn't even find out for sure if windows 7 drivers are available. Can
>> you even get a board that will support a floppy any more? Can anyone
>> briefly tell me what the difference between a Dell detention, studio
>> desktop, or optiplex? I have a older dell Optiplex and like it.
>>
>> I guess I'm looking at Hp, or Dell, or could build my own, but I'd have
>> to
>> ship and that is another problem. The desktop is pretty much bisiness
>> and
>> should have an extra pci slot or two for adding a wireless network and so
>> forth. The laptop is used mostly for photos, I don't she does much
>> editing, but it should have a card reader. Any ideas, suggestions or
>> comments are welcome.
>>
>> Sorry the first note didn't go through.
>>
>> 73s, Butch, Wa0VJR
>
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