[MacDV] Re: S-VCD Refresher course needed

[Kunga]

If you don't need it right away and can be patient, get up at 3AM the 
day after Thanksgiving and drive to Best Buy or Fry's (if there's one 
near you) where you will find a state of the art PC for $299. But you 
must be among the first in line to get one.
k

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On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 09:47  AM, Erica Sadun wrote:

> I tend to buy clearance computers. Even brand new, an eMachine celery
> 2.20G/40 Gig/128 goes for under $400 (MSRP). If you look around
> Office Depots or similar, you're sure to find last years systems
> for closer to $200, many with FireWire cards. Dell often has small
> business refurbs for $150-$250, usually with free shipping. Walmart
> is a terrific source of under-$200 sales, particularly after Christmas.
>
> "Above Standard" sound card? I don't own one myself.
>
> Regarding a large hard drive? My cheapo PC has a 20G. Its plenty
> fine for my video work.
>
> Its running a P3 1000 and does what it has to for rendering.
> I just let it crunch as needed and get my work done on the Mac.
>
> (For the curious, my current PC is a Dell Dimension L1000R,
> 1G, 196 MB, 20 G (5400), Ethernet, 1394 and $5 radio-shack
> speakers and WinME.)
>
> It's more than adequate for crunching out VCDs, SVCDs, etc.
> I don't have a DVD drive (not even a DVDROM drive) on it