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