Hello Dave,

Friday, October 29, 1999, 3:43:29 AM, you wrote:

>> I'm looking at the ASUS P2-B MoBo as a possible upgrade. Does anyone have
>> any comments on this unit, or, general thoughts about ASUS products?

DA> IMO, "$aving money" is never a great idea on a computer system, if your data
DA> is of any importance to you. Of all the parts to a computer system, the
DA> system mainboard is of highest importance [a good drive can still be
DA> scrambled by a bad controller; you're looking at a hard-knocks student of
DA> this fact]. Save your $$ on the keyboard, mouse, & monitor; don't skimp on
DA> M/B, drive(s), and power-supply; your data will thank you ;D

DA> (...but if you use your computer as much as I do, you'll quickly decide not
DA> to skimp on keyboard, mouse, or monitor either ;D)

This reply is OK, but I'd like to comment. Never save on keyboard,
mouse, and monitor - your hands and your eyes are more important than
a few bucks, (at least if you plan to spend over 15 min. daily near
the screen).

The best choice would be not saving at all - buy the best quality
components you can afford - mb, drives, cpu, keyboard, mouse, modem,
etc... However the things we want are almost always not the things we
can afford... =8-(

At the moment, the option to save $ is the memory. Buy as little as
you can live with and upgrade later - 64 mb is a "recommended minimum"
for Win98 systems, and some people (like me) can cope with the W98 on
32 mb of memory.

+=-.
| Max Timchenko [MaxVT]
| [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]
| (ICQ) 238-6792
|
| Freelance website and graphics designer
| Max Webdesign at http://maxwd.hypermart.net
|
| Editor - Graphics artist
| NOSPIN group
+=-.

               PCBUILD mailing list is brought to you by:
                            The NOSPIN Group
                  http://nospin.com - http://nospin.org