Was this a decent deal?

[ManyBeers]

After 6 years my Sony Vaio lappytop is showing it's age as the backlight is beginning to fail (monitor has a pink hue when it boots or comes out of hibernation) and the harddrive is "getting old" according to Speedfan's online Smart diagnostic tool. I do get random freezes now that I never got before and I am certain it is the harddrive. I will eventually fix the backlight, but I am putting it off because it is a pita to do so. Anyways I decided to get a desktop and have two computers so I bought this refurbished guy from Tiger Direct for 271.98 shipped. I also bought a 19"HPvs19e lcd from a local pawn shop for 80.00 and it's image quality is perfect.

I liked this computer because it has a parrelel port which my old HP 820cxi printer requires and the built in tv tuner so I can output the tv signal to my RCA tv and won't need a converter( rabbit ears here) box come Feb.

Good price?






Sorry, not the format needed to post in Hot Deals. You need to just post a link with a price and that's it. This isn't forum where we ask if it's a good deal or not. You can repost it in OT if you wish.


esquared
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[Fallengod]

This is HOT!

 

[novice]

Which OS did it come with? How strong is the power supply? Just wondered if you were intending to add a video card to it.

 

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: Fallengod
This is HOT!

You think so too huh. I was looking for 2 weeks both online and locally when I noticed this unit on Tiger's website and it sounded pretty damn good. I actually bought an Acer(SSF) package deal from Walmart that had a 19" widescreen monitor, but i returned it after 3 days. I just decided I didn't want to spend 600.00 on a secondary computer and thought I could do OK if I shopped around.
I'm pretty sure the one I got was the only one they had because the day after i ordered it their website no longer had it as available.

 

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: novice
Which OS did it come with? How strong is the power supply? Just wondered if you were intending to add a video card to it.

Windows Home Premium(both on a recovery partition and a recovery dvd) 300 watts, No but I can add one using the expansion slot. I don't do any gaming or anything that rquires a high end video card. hell, it looks brand new it even gas all the stickers on it. It also came with a wireless keyboard+mouse combo, speakers, tv remote control unit and the infrared usb dongle(or whatever it's called for the remote) and 4 Duracell AA batteries.