[Leica] RE: LUG, Computer Help!!!

[lambroving at worldnet.att.net (William G. Lamb, III)]

Hello Mike,

Don't know whether you'd be willing to do the same for me
as you may have for Seth who is Pres. of the LHSA, but my
needs are similar and I work in Parsippany and live in Allamuchy.
When it comes to computer components I'm relatively clueless.
My last two PC's were built by my son in Richmond, VA but he
no longer has time to do this, nor is he "up" on the latest stuff.

Should you be willing to help me out, my needs are for something
which is quiet and fast for PS, general home and business use,
solid and reliable as a brick, and not needing an upgrade for 4 - 5
years to cope with the latest software and add-ons. Am I dreaming? :-)

If you want to give this a go, I'm happy to pay whatever to obtain
a P4 unit which you would not mind owning yourself. Like you, I
believe in paying the price and crossing my fingers! :-)

Regards,

William
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/Miscellany>

William G. Lamb, III
Land Rover Parsippany
189 U.S. Route 46,
Parsippany, NJ 07054
U.S.A.

Bus.Tel. 973-575-8055
Mobile    908-319-1634
(My day off is Thursday, BTW)

At 08:16 AM 07/29/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Seth,
>
>I live in Westfield, New Jersey. Give me a call at 201-573-2637 or
>908-347-0603(Cell)
>
>Take care,
>Mike
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Seth Rosner" <sethrosner@nycap.rr.com>
>To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 9:39 PM
>Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: LUG, Computer Help!!!
>
>
> > Mike, where are you? Build one for me! Please!
> >
> > The Leica of PC's!
> >
> > Seth
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael J Herring" <creativevisions@verizon.net>
> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 8:58 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: LUG, Computer Help!!!
> >
> >
> >>I have been building my own PCs for over 10 years. I use nothing but the
> >>highest end motherboards and hard drives. All of these components come
> >>with at least 3 year warranties.
> >> Many of today's hard drives fail very very early. I have had drives fail
> >> in a matter of days. Most of the drives for consumer use only come with 
> >> 1
> >> year warranties.
> >> I am afraid it is just like fine photographic equipment:
> >> You get what you pay for (Hopefully).
> >> I generally use ASUS or ABIT motherboards which have been very, very
> >> reliable.
> >> Dell uses the cheapest motherboards they can source from China.
> >> I work in IT and I am totally paranoid about backups. Redundancy is the
> >> name of the game:
> >> ANY important database I work on is backed up at least 3 times a day and
> >> archived to different servers and media (DVD and Tape).
> >> I have been burned to many times in the past when I discovered one of my
> >> files was not backed up by somebody else.
> >>
> >> Take care,
> >> Mike
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Javier Perez" <summarex@hotmail.com>
> >> To: <lug@leica-users.org>
> >> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 12:04 AM
> >> Subject: RE: [Leica] RE: LUG, Computer Help!!!
> >>
> >>
> >>> Unfortunately modern Dells use the dirt cheapest boards around. The
> >>> onboard controllers have a way of failing and collecting the drives. 
> >>> The
> >>> flimsey chassis don't help matters much either!
> >>> I am not a fan of Dell!
> >>> Javier
> >>>
> >>>>Tina,
> >>>>
> >>>>My Pentium II Dell was purchased in 1998 and just gave up the ghost 
> >>>>this
> >>>>year.  About two years after I bought it, I started having problems 
> >>>>with
> >>>>drives "disappearing" .  I called Dell and their rep came to my home 
> >>>>and
> >>>>replaced the CD Rom drive and thought the problem was solved.  When the
> >>>>problem recurred, someone at Dell suggested replacing the motherboard.
> >>>>That was done by the rep at his next visit, and I got five more years 
> >>>>of
> >>>>faithful service until the power supply voltage began to sag a few
> >>>>months ago.  I salvaged most of my files and bought another Dell, which
> >>>>is going great.
> >>>>
> >>>>Ask Dell if the motherboard could be causing your problem.  It sure
> >>>>sounds like some common failure mode, rather than a bunch of bad hard
> >>>>drives.
> >>>>
> >>>>Jim Nichols
> >>>>Tullahoma, TN