I am working on getting my own computer for my room, and I need some tips on good quality computers. But I can't spend thousands of dollars cuz I don't even have a job. The most common brands I know are Dell, HP, Gateway......Compaq(I think that is part of HP). Please help me, and like I said, I prefer e-mail. My e-mail is

What OS do you want?

WindowsXP Also, I either want a Pentium4 or I might wait for Windows LongHorn :)

I don't like emachines. And I only know one other person that has one.

is emachines a brand of computer?

yeah i know someone who has one.. i dont know what she thinks of it. i know i dont care for dell cause it kinda feels like a toy computer for some reason. hp and gateway feel more like serious peices of equipment to me :) if i wanted a computer and dident want to spend a lot i would maybey ask a collage around you if they had any old computers that werent being used that they wouldent mind selling to you cheap,(it would be funny if you got an old mainframe or something :lol: ) otherwise id try second hand stores or maybey garage sales. still whateer ya get i dunno if your gonna get windows xp on it since i think it takes a ton more RAM than a real cheap or free computer would provide. i have a computer in the garage that has a hard time with windows 98.

I have a n emachine as it were too :P
I run Gentoo Linux, all the packages are downloaded from the internet
I do a weekly emerge -u world

overall, dont take a brand pc
Compaq sux, I used over 116 compaqs and only 40 of them still function properly after one year.
Dell isnt bad, but you cant put in it what you want either (same with compaq) just choose your own components :)

Isn't Windows Longhorn coming out in 2005 or something? You're going to wait a couple of years?

well i have to have money to get a computer and right now i have.............$14 so i might as well save up for two years :D

i really like dell there really nice aspechally a pent. 4 and windowsXP

i think i'm gonna get my uncle to build me a computer. he is like a computer genius, it's cool! :)

You could probably build it yourself, It's really easy and if you cant figure it out libraries always have plenty of info about it.

he has access to good parts :D

Dells suck(partly becuase my dad works for mpc (www.mpc.com) they make awesome comps and computers are actually easy to build.

You mean assembling a computer, right? I don't think you can build your own motherboard, processor, etc. easily by yourself.

see that's what ive been thinkin when yall say 'build'. i thot yall meant building the WHOLE thing. lol :D

http://compgeeks.com/

That website has a lot of information!

I'll check it out.