new system shaping up

[Charles Hallenbeck]

I am springing for a new system with a 600 MHz Athlon processor and 64 MB
ram, an SBlive sound card, two 8GB hard drives, a 56K external modem, and
a NEC read/write CD drive all for under $1000 from folks I trust and have
worked with for several years. Two loose ends I could use some feedback
on:

The proposed video card is an "elsa" system. Anybody know if that is a
problem down the road? I have no clear need for video display right now,
but no point selecting a system with known problems.

Second, the CD-ROM is a NEC device - anybody have any information of a
go-nogo nature on that choice? I think I just got religion when it comes
to backup policy, and a CD drive with write capability is important in
this new system.

Thanks -

Chuck


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