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    PII 450MHz user wants to join the real world

    I was originally thinking around C$1000 then came to my senses and realised that I probably wasn't going to get much change from C$1500 (around US$1250?). It seems like a lot of people are recommending AMD processors.. better price/performance compared to Intel? I'm a bit behind the times on...
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    PII 450MHz user wants to join the real world

    I currently have a 7 year old Dell Pentium II 450MHz with 384Mb RAM, some old nVidia 16Mb graphics card and a 17" CRT. The hard drive failed 4 years ago, I replaced it, and it's still going strong.. BUT WHO AM I KIDDING?! This machine is crap! It's OLD OLD OLD! Its speed is measured in...