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[Michael Hughes]

Are there any custom PC building shops in Folsom that are willing to barter to pay for services / goods (e.g. trading web development, LCD TV, other computers, xbox 360, etc)?

And for that matter would there be any businesses in general who can do that for that matter? (barter)?

Thanks!

Michael Hughes

[rda]

Hey Michael...Give Mel at PC Fix It Live a call or email. He can point you in the right direction.

He has a business that fixes pc problems without him having to come to your home or you having to take your pc to him. It's an amazing service, off-site tech support. They don't really sell hardware but he can recommend something for your needs.

Mel is a member of the Folsom Business Club. His contact info is here:

http://folsombc.com/

[mylo]

I'll help ya build a PC for an LCD TV or decent spare PC parts.

[mylo]

This is what I would build today. Note, you can save quite a bit by cutting the video card/monitor out, but the 8600gt is a good gaming setup.

PRICE: $ 886.50

Motherboard Asus P5gc-Mx/1333 945gc Sata2 Pci-E Ddr2
Intel Core 2 Duo Processors Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0ghz 1333fsb
CPU Processor Fan Recommended Upgrade - Heavy Duty Cooler
DDR2 System Memory 2gb Pc2 6400 800mhz Ddr2 Kit 2x1gb Chips
Hard Drive 400gb Serial Ata 7200rpm 16mb Cache Sata
Pci Express Video Card Adapters Geforce 8600gt 512mb Dvi/Hdtv Pci-E X16
Internal Dvd-Rom/Rw Drives Dvd Burner Dvd-Rw Drive House Brand
Sound Cards REALTEK ALC662 6-CHANNEL HIGH DEFINITION SOUND CARD ADAPTER Internal Floppy / Flash Card Readers Mitsumi 3.5" Black Floppy Disk Drive
Networking REALTEK RTL8101E 10/100Mbps ETHERNET ADAPTER (LAN)
Tower Cases Atx Midtower Case W/ Power Supply
Standard Power Supply With Case Selected
Operating System Ms Windows Xp Home Edition
Antivirus & Utilities Symantec Norton Antivirus 2008 Software
Keyboards Usb 107-Key Keyboard & Mouse Combo Kit
Monitors Dell 19" Tft Cld Recertified Monitor

[Robert Gary]

This is what I would build today. Note, you can save quite a bit by cutting the video card/monitor out, but the 8600gt is a good gaming setup.

PRICE: $ 886.50

Building a PC makes sense if you like generic software. However, if you want a full Microsoft office suite its cheaper to buy an entire PC with it pre-installed than to buy the software stand-alone. MS charges something like 20 times the price for office for non-OEM installs.

-Robert

[dlutz]

Building a PC makes sense if you like generic software. However, if you want a full Microsoft office suite its cheaper to buy an entire PC with it pre-installed than to buy the software stand-alone. MS charges something like 20 times the price for office for non-OEM installs.

-Robert

True, but you can buy OEM versions of MS Office from third party vendors fairly cheap. Better yet, just download Open Office for free and be done with it. I've been playing with it does 99% of what I'd need in an Office suite.

[Dave Burrell]

Building a PC makes sense if you like generic software. However, if you want a full Microsoft office suite its cheaper to buy an entire PC with it pre-installed than to buy the software stand-alone. MS charges something like 20 times the price for office for non-OEM installs.

-Robert

You're right about that - purchasing MS Office with a PC runs on average $128 bucks, buying it alone it costs about $298

Been looking into buying the misses a new PC - this is the one we really like...
ULTIMATE COMPUTER

[mylo]

Or you just install OpenOffice and don't care about MS licensing...

[Robert Gary]

Or you just install OpenOffice and don't care about MS licensing...

I guess it depends on the type of user you are. I found that OpenOffice doesn't do a fraction of what I needed. My wife does a lot of volunteer work (in fact she spends more time volunteering than most people spend at a job). She finds MS Publisher to be an invaluable tool for putting together newsletters, flyers, etc. I'd say if you are a notive MS Office user you could probably find the same functionality in OpenOffice, but if you are a moderate to power user of MS Office you would probably be disappointed.

[Darth Lefty]

"buy" software? What is this, the 80's?

[Dave Burrell]

"buy" software? What is this, the 80's?

pirating is for cheapskates and cheaters

[Robert Gary]

"buy" software? What is this, the 80's?

Hey, dude. Some of us spend 60 hours a week writing software that we expect people to buy.

-robert

[Dave Burrell]

Hey, dude. Some of us spend 60 hours a week writing software that we expect people to buy.

-robert

Exactly! that's the #1 reason I don't believe in software piracy -and to the pirate/thieves out there, you're bogging down the net with all your freakin bit torrent downloads, knock it off already - or quit complaining about company's like comcast throttling usage, its entirely because of these pirate people who are downloading terabytes of stolen software and pirated movies and music that the networks are clogged and why telecom companies are now considering even more throttling - knock it the eff off already and man up and buy the software and media you are using folks!

DO THE RIGHT THING! It's called ethics people, everyone needs to have some.

P.S. I'm not 100% innocent, I used to pirate a few wares here and there too - about 10 years ago when I didn't know any better about how it messes up software development, music production etc..

once again... DO THE RIGHT THING and pay for ALL your software, music and movies... you don't do your job for free so don't expect software developers, movie producers and music bands to do their work for free by having you stealing their hard work

this has been a public service announcement, I'll step off my soap box now...

[Michael Hughes]

Exactly! that's the #1 reason I don't believe in software piracy -and to the pirate/thieves out there, you're bogging down the net with all your freakin bit torrent downloads, knock it off already - or quit complaining about company's like comcast throttling usage, its entirely because of these pirate people who are downloading terabytes of stolen software and pirated movies and music that the networks are clogged and why telecom companies are now considering even more throttling - knock it the eff off already and man up and buy the software and media you are using folks!

DO THE RIGHT THING! It's called ethics people, everyone needs to have some.

P.S. I'm not 100% innocent, I used to pirate a few wares here and there too - about 10 years ago when I didn't know any better about how it messes up software development, music production etc..

once again... DO THE RIGHT THING and pay for ALL your software, music and movies... you don't do your job for free so don't expect software developers, movie producers and music bands to do their work for free by having you stealing their hard work

this has been a public service announcement, I'll step off my soap box now...

Cough * thread jack *cough jk

I forgot to say my minimum specs also include every video game made in the last 5 years, Windows Vista Ultimate, Adobe CS4, and software yet to be coded. At no charge of course

[Dave Burrell]

Cough * thread jack *cough jk

I forgot to say my minimum specs also include every video game made in the last 5 years, Windows Vista Ultimate, Adobe CS4, and software yet to be coded. At no charge of course

hehehe d'oh sorry dude, you're right, as you can tell there's a few computer geeks here and we get into this stuff.

hey now if you get your hands on Adobe CS4, I'll glady help "evaluate" it...

one thing I wish is that software upgrades didn't cost so much.... each Adobe new release is usually $150 minimum