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Clutch
I'm the man in the box
Clutch
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4 Jun 2003, 10:32pm

haha, omg you all have to see this

Well we got this thing on the mail today for the publishers clearing house. Inside was a gift vouchure of $400 good to buy something in the flyers included. Well I was about to throw it away when I noticed this awesome computer system they had. It's only $379.95 after the $400 voucher. Here are some pics I took of the flyer and specs.



here is a close up on the specs



I can't wait until I get mine in the mail
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aZnWanksta
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4 Jun 2003, 10:35pm
lol, hey, I want one too!!

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Black Hawk
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4 Jun 2003, 10:36pm
My mom recieved that a few months back. On the other side is a crappy laptop that also costs as much or more.

* Black Hawk wonders how many people have bought it
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godzilla525
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4 Jun 2003, 10:36pm
LOL... that's absolutely pathetic. It appears to be an IBM too, which explains a lot.

[edit]I just now noticed... "Factory Serviced" [/edit]
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godzilla525 edited : 4 Jun 2003 at 10:38pm .
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4 Jun 2003, 10:37pm
There is a lot of ram. 64MB of it.
That is what most people will say, back in 1998/99.
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TheLostSwede
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3,212 Posts
4 Jun 2003, 10:45pm
Christ on a raft!

For 380 bucks, you get a "computer" worth 40 bucks, top. This is scam on a high level.
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Clutch
I'm the man in the box
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4 Jun 2003, 10:47pm
Well you get a 15" COLOR monitor guys. And not only is it a Pentium, but its a new multimedia processor.
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4 Jun 2003, 10:48pm
Not only that, but its probably running Windows 95C or Windows98 First edition.
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Slick
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4 Jun 2003, 10:56pm
Heh, we tore the same boxes apart and reconstructed them in my digital electronics class .
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hitokiri
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4 Jun 2003, 11:17pm
Hahahh! I got something similar in the mail, a catalog from "Heartland America". What a rip-off, half the stuff in here is crap. For example, check out this raw power :P :
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4 Jun 2003, 11:24pm
Look how thick that is.
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hitokiri
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4 Jun 2003, 11:28pm
Just look at that GPU, the cheetah is practically popping out!
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4 Jun 2003, 11:29pm
Wooo hooo, 12" screen!
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Clutch
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5 Jun 2003, 12:31am
haha, too funny. I got to get my hands on a active matrix screen, with the name matrix in it, it has to be ubber 1337. One problem though, how come everytime I try to add it to my shopping cart nothing happens?
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5 Jun 2003, 12:50am
Isn't this a Dell Optiplex case?
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kanezfan
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5 Jun 2003, 1:02am
looks like it to me
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5 Jun 2003, 1:05am
Does it come with the horse actually leaping from the monitor?
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LawnMM
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5 Jun 2003, 1:30am
mmonnin said
Look how thick that is.
Thats what she said
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Clutch
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5 Jun 2003, 2:22am
LawnMM said
mmonnin said
Look how thick that is.
Thats what she said

How did I know someone was going to make that comment

And yes that is a dell optiplex case, haha

I wonder what the deal is with animals trying to hop out of the screen in these ads?
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Slick
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5 Jun 2003, 3:27am
Hahaha, it is a dell, my high school owns like a bazillion of those things.
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tycho
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5 Jun 2003, 4:39am
Ohhhhhh yeaaaaaahhhhhhh
get that baby folding and you will be cruisin'



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danball1976
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5 Jun 2003, 5:54am
LawnMM said
mmonnin said
Look how thick that is.
Thats what she said
* danball1976 says that is sooo funny.
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Zorki
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5 Jun 2003, 1:13pm
Wow guys, so you are saying that I have some serious cash sitting around! I have two dandy Pentium 75MHz boxes with Windows 3.1 and PCMCIA card readers just waiting for the "right" buyer That's even worse than the time the exchange had an two year old Celeron rig and they wanted pretty good money for it , like $400 if I remember.
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5 Jun 2003, 1:37pm
tycho said
Ohhhhhh yeaaaaaahhhhhhh
get that baby folding and you will be cruisin'

//edit: here for a day and i am already spelling poorly
We forgive ya. As you officially the only folding cow
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kanezfan
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5 Jun 2003, 2:28pm
Zorki said
Wow guys, so you are saying that I have some serious cash sitting around! I have two dandy Pentium 75MHz boxes with Windows 3.1 and PCMCIA card readers just waiting for the "right" buyer That's even worse than the time the exchange had an two year old Celeron rig and they wanted pretty good money for it , like $400 if I remember.
Give it up for the 5.25 floppy goodness. I can't believe you could buy a P75 with one of those.
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5 Jun 2003, 8:04pm
Horsepower man! horsepower! LOL, Those are some funny sales. And the shame is some unsuspecting soul will bye one of those thinking they got a deal. Hehehe.
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tycho
A buddhist... cow?!
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5 Jun 2003, 11:10pm
Shorty said
tycho said
Ohhhhhh yeaaaaaahhhhhhh
get that baby folding and you will be cruisin'

//edit: here for a day and i am already spelling poorly
We forgive ya. As you officially the only folding cow

moooooo

my way of saying thanks for putting up with me and my inability to spell
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Zorki
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6 Jun 2003, 2:14am
LOL actually the 5.25" floppy and 4x CD-ROM were taken from a 486 SX/25 system that is sitting elsewhere.
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6 Jun 2003, 2:16am
Clutch you still got any of them AMD stickers left?
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Clutch
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6 Jun 2003, 5:31am
I got about 40 or so of the little case badge ones, yes. I also have some pens left over.
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a2jfreak
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13 Jun 2003, 7:36am
I think it should read 45" Plasma display, not 15" monitor.

3.2TB of HD, not 3.2GB

64GB of RAM, not 64MB

Intel Pentium XII, not II.

I hated those old cases!

Clutch said
Well we got this thing on the mail today for the publishers clearing house. Inside was a gift vouchure of $400 good to buy something in the flyers included. Well I was about to throw it away when I noticed this awesome computer system they had. It's only $379.95 after the $400 voucher. Here are some pics I took of the flyer and specs.



here is a close up on the specs



I can't wait until I get mine in the mail
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profdlp
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13 Jun 2003, 7:58am

Isn't Technology Amazing?

Wow, a computer that can take you back in time five years.

MicroCenter in Northern VA had a table full of these for $40 over two years ago (no monitor). I pity the suckers who fall for this.

Nice call, jdii1215, I think you're dead right about the sticker - maybe it's Windows 93 ! Geez, I think I'd rather run that Lindows machine from K-Mart.


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Clutch
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13 Jun 2003, 9:23am
haha, I also pitty the fool profdlp. But can you imagine how many people actually fell for this. Heck they probably just ordered a pallet full of these because they were so old for like $100 and now making a killing.
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danball1976
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14 Jun 2003, 11:11pm
I would have been one of those suckers nearly 5 yrs ago, and I knew you could build a computer of your own, even though I had never been on the Internet until Sept 1998. Thats how I found out about TigerDirect in the end of 1998, and signed up for a cataloge, and then in Jan 1999 started buying parts.
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t1rhino
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14 Jun 2003, 11:20pm
Hahaha,
We use those old dells for doorstops at work.
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a2jfreak
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15 Jun 2003, 8:58am
The new Dells make a good doorstop too, albeit very expensive.

t1rhino said
Hahaha,
We use those old dells for doorstops at work.
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Zorki
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15 Jun 2003, 9:36am
Use the XPS to add a touch of color to your floor!
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15 Jun 2003, 7:49pm
nice and expanses DOORSTOPS
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15 Jun 2003, 9:37pm
But what else would u use a dell for anyhow? They aren't fast enough to be real computers...
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