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I just got in on it! Only tried for one--I never liked rebates, but this is just too hot to pass up!

Customer owned shipping is your own customer/company id for UPS or FedEx. Certain companies receive discounts through these shippers and often opt to use their own shipping account rather than pay rack rate.

What's the difference between VIVO and All-In-Wonder?

I want to upgrade my system. Will most Celeron 667's hit 1000mhz at 100mhz bus or am I taking a gamble in buying one to OC to 1ghz? If the odds are not good, where are some good places to get pretested CPUs?

I've tried Outlook with Net Folders. It does not seem to synchronize 100% of the time and that is just not good enough. What other programs are there that allow contact management and calendar sharing over a network? I'd love to use Outlook, but it just doesn't seem to work well enough the way...

The HP we're considering is a customized HP Pavillion w/ 800mhz PIII for $1737 with these specs... Memory 256 MB 133 Mhz SDRAM (1 DIMM) Hard Disk Drive 45 GB 7200 rpm Hard Drive CD ROM or DVD 12X Max. DVD Drive Floppy Drive Floppy Disk Drive Graphics Card 16 MB Nvidia RIVA TNT2...

Thanks everyone for your input. I know that adding stuff yourself voids a Compaq warranty..is this the case with HP too?

I know that. But those are the choices whether I like it or not...all I'm asking is which one is better? :\

I've been called upon to recommend a computer to my father. He has a rather large credit to Office Depot (home-built is out of the question) and needs a desktop computer. Which to buy? Compaq or HP? How are their track records/products/support/repair facilities? I generally build PCs myself so...