Re: Dumb onboard vide question?

Paul <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Inclusion of integrated sound is pretty good. I cannot remember
the last motherboard that lacked some form of sound. Some of
the motherboards now, even include their own separate sound card.
And that is done, to improve the background noise level in the
sound subsystem. (The motherboard is an electrically noisy place.)

Ok thanks

The reason I ask these questions is that I'm on a
severe budget right now.... full time adult college
student with no income for a few more months.

But I NEED a computer ....don't have anything right now
at home. I thought abt a laptop but just hate lugging
anything around! And some of the things I want to
"play" with..... voice recognition software, VM Ware
maybe, just would probably work better on a desktop
system. Also thinking abt using it for TV DVR by
putting TV tuner card in it.

You just get so much more "bang for buck" with a
desktop over a laptop...even a cheap desktop!

Anyway..... been thinking abt this $519 Dell Optiplex
deal in link

http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/hot_offers_dt?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&dgc=BF&cid=27471&lid=639567

I was thinking I could buy it "bare bones" with onboard
video only just to get buy..... put TV tuner card in it
when back to work this summer. Work?

Then..... if I really do need some kind of mobile
device would get a super small device like a pocket PC
or palm unit with wireless built in.
.

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