The Making of "GOD"
~~Linda F.
Johnson, Linda's Computer Stop
What can I tell you? I wanted a new
computer so, OF COURSE, I went to Hal Cardona and told him just what I
needed and, AS USUAL, he came through with the perfect computer for me and
at a price far below what companies like Dell and Gateway were asking.
He patiently went through all of my needs and told me all the options for
different hardware and their costs and together we put together a list of
components that met my needs and the versions I could afford. I've
been running this computer now for almost three weeks and it runs like a
dream and I am one happy gal.Oh...and in case you wonder why I call this
computer "GOD", that was Hal's choice. Since the computer has to have a name
to be part of my network, he asked what I wanted. I told him I trusted him
to come up with a good name...and he sure did :-)
Here's what I ended up getting:
Product Information
ASUS A7N8X Socket A Audio LAN ATX Motherboard
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (Barton Core) 333 FSB
(2)
Kingston 256 MB DDR PC3200 400Mghz CL 2.5 RAM
ASUS 128MB V9520 GeForce
FX5200 DDR TV OUT 8X AGP Video Card
Western Digital 80GB Caviar 7200 8MB ATA/100
Plextor 24X/48X/48X CDRW EIDE
Black
Antec SLK3700AMB Case
Mitsumi 1.44 Floppy Drive
Black
Ahead Nero Burning ROM 5
Microsoft Windows XP Pro OEM ... and yes, I actually got the Windows
CD and not just some restore CD, tho I did get one of those too :-)
...AND some cool games and utilities
Hal also sent me a birth certificate for GOD
and lots of pictures he took while creating GOD.
Here's the birth
certificate, which is proudly displayed on the wall above where GOD now
lives:
If you would like to see a gallery of pictures of how GOD was put
together, click here.
If you want to contact Hal Cardona and see if he can make you your own
personal GOD, send an email to abcomputers@pcsleuth.com.
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If you want to see the archives of Hal's hardware articles he has written
for ABC so you can see just how good this guy is,
click here. <<<back to contents
Linda Johnson is a
college instructor of all of the Microsoft Office Programs, as well
as Adobe PhotoShop and Windows. She also teaches online distance
learning classes in Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Word at
Eclectic Academy. She has worked helpdesk and teaches
and lectures at many local businesses and tech schools in her area. Support this
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