Couple of new toys coming

[jimnyc]

Just bought these in the past few days and awaiting for them to arrive via UPS. I got a new computer, sort of. It' what they refer to as a "bare bones kit" - where the computer comes in parts, and generally not all of them, and you need to put it together. This is what I got for $149:

Black mind tower case with a 450 watt power supply
Biostar MB, socket 775, audio/video/lan built in
Intel dual core 3.2ghz processor
2 gig of ram

I added on the following:
Seagate 250gig HDD - $45
Premium processor colling fan - $19

Put it together in 15 minutes, use the 250 as my main drive and move my old drives over for D & E drives. I'll also move over my CD/RW as F and I have an external DVD burner. I have a corporate edition of XP - install it and it's ready to go! Here's the specs of the kit I bought:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3930690&sku=B450-2230%20A

I've been looking at the "Flip Camera" for quite some time and finally got it. It's a small camera/camcorder that can hold up to an hour of video, and then you just plug it into your USB port and upload.

http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3680671&CatId=3360

http://images.compusa.com/skuimages/large/PDT-Ultra60-P229-1010-main.jpg

[darin]

woot! :D new toys = awesome

[jimnyc]

woot! :D new toys = awesome

I used to get new computers like every 6 months to a year but have slowed a lot. I've been using my current system for over 2 years now, I think an upgrade is well deserved. The wife won't like that I also got the camera, but I'll shoot her a few videos of our son to her work email and all will be forgiven!

[jackass]

How much did you pay for the camera?