Sorry to hear about the pooter, Wolf. I have been wanting to ask the Cellar regulars about what kind of new pooter to buy, but since I know nothing about RAM, ROM, megahertz, memory, etc. I have refrained for fear of being eaten alive for my lack of pooter knowledge.
My mom, who is more pooter illiterate than I, just bought an e-machine from Costco. She likes it, but what does she know (rhetorical question, Juju
) ? Hers came with a monitor, keyboard, tower, and speakers, but no printer. I think it was only about $600? My gripe about it is it comes w/ Windows XP, which for some reason, I don't like. The screen is too busy for me I guess. There are about 3-4 places to open the same thing on the screen which seems redundant to say the least. Anyhoo, I digress. This probably doesn't help you much, but I thought I'd offer my 2-cents worth anyway.
UT, I don't know if your offer to build (guide to build) a mo betta, mo fasta pooter is extended to lil ol me too, but I have a dumb question (hope you answer it before Dave gets to me). Is it correct that no matter how bad-ass your pooter is, you still can't utilize it's full potential (re: Internet, downloads) if you still have to use a dial-up connection?