Web Standards, Accessibility & More » Computers http://weboverhauls.com/dennislembree/blog Personal blog of Dennis E. Lembree, web site professional Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Selling Computer Stuff http://weboverhauls.com/dennislembree/blog/2009/07/29/selling-computer-stuff/ http://weboverhauls.com/dennislembree/blog/2009/07/29/selling-computer-stuff/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:11:52 +0000 Dennis http://weboverhauls.com/dennislembree/blog/?p=482 Continue reading →]]> I’m selling the following computer hardware and software on eBay if anyone’s interested. (PS: my old Dell Axim PDA sold in 1 minute!)

And on Craig’s List:

Addendum Aug 3, 2009

Now listed! redhat Linux 7 OS Standard with CDs, original box, and even the stickers!

Addendum Aug 8, 2009

Now listed! Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Standard (Windows; upgrade)

Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Standard (upgrade)

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]]> http://weboverhauls.com/dennislembree/blog/2009/07/29/selling-computer-stuff/feed/ 0 New PC with Vista http://weboverhauls.com/dennislembree/blog/2008/05/24/new-pc-with-vista/ http://weboverhauls.com/dennislembree/blog/2008/05/24/new-pc-with-vista/#comments Sat, 24 May 2008 21:09:51 +0000 Dennis http://checkengineusa.com/dennislembree/blog/2008/05/24/new-pc-with-vista/ Continue reading →]]> I recently purchased a new PC at Fry’s. I don’t have the budget for a new Mac yet, so I got a pretty decent Windows box for only $300! Plus the tax and extended warranty, of course. It’s an HP Compaq Presario and has 2 Gigs of RAM and 250 Gig hard drive. So the computer came with Windows Vista. To my surprise, I’m really liking it. It has more of a Linux-like GUI which is pretty cool.

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]]> http://weboverhauls.com/dennislembree/blog/2008/05/24/new-pc-with-vista/feed/ 0 Wal-mart Sells Computer of the Future? http://weboverhauls.com/dennislembree/blog/2008/03/18/wal-mart-sells-computer-of-the-future/ http://weboverhauls.com/dennislembree/blog/2008/03/18/wal-mart-sells-computer-of-the-future/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:30:44 +0000 Dennis http://checkengineusa.com/dennislembree/blog/2008/03/18/wal-mart-sells-computer-of-the-future/ Continue reading →]]> Wal-Mart is selling a computer for $199. It’s called the Everex TC2502 and I like it.

Everex TC2502Why is it so great? First of all, it uses less energy than a typical desktop computer so it’s friendly to the environment. Second, the price is right; it doesn’t come with a monitor, but monitors are so inexpensive now, and you may even have an extra lying around somewhere…I do.

Last, but not least, it’s not Windows! The Everex TC2502 runs on the gOS operating sytem, a Linux system that’s based on Ubuntu and Enlightenment). This is a great alternative to that crap OS and obviously much more affordable than the pricey Macintosh.

Some of the specs:

  • 80GB hard drive
  • 512 MB RAM (2 GB max)
  • CD burner and DVD player
  • OpenOffice software
  • Ethernet port
  • Keyboard, mouse, and stereo speakers
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]]> http://weboverhauls.com/dennislembree/blog/2008/03/18/wal-mart-sells-computer-of-the-future/feed/ 0 Old TV Ads for Computers http://weboverhauls.com/dennislembree/blog/2006/11/01/old-tv-ads-for-computers/ http://weboverhauls.com/dennislembree/blog/2006/11/01/old-tv-ads-for-computers/#comments Thu, 02 Nov 2006 02:45:52 +0000 Dennis http://checkengineusa.com/dennislembree/blog/2006/11/01/old-tv-ads-for-computers/ Continue reading →]]> “A Brief History of Computers, As Seen in Old TV Ads” is a really cool article by PC World, so I just had to share. It’s about past television ads for computers and contains many of them embedded on the page to view (via YouTube). The commercials include Atari 400, Commodore 64, Apple Macintosh, Tandy 1000, IBM, and many more. Brings back the old days when I was a kid and my brother and I would write funny BASIC programs and save them on a special cassette tape recorder (seriously). And didn’t we all just love the dot matrix printers, monocrome monitors, and powerful 133Mhz processors?

Still frames from old Atari and Commodore tv ads

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]]> http://weboverhauls.com/dennislembree/blog/2006/11/01/old-tv-ads-for-computers/feed/ 1 Funny computer cartoon http://weboverhauls.com/dennislembree/blog/2006/10/26/funny-computer-cartoon/ http://weboverhauls.com/dennislembree/blog/2006/10/26/funny-computer-cartoon/#comments Thu, 26 Oct 2006 04:13:19 +0000 Dennis http://checkengineusa.com/dennislembree/blog/2006/10/26/funny-computer-cartoon/ Sales lady: This system is Windows Vista ready, with a four gigahertz processor and two gigs of RAM. Older man: How fast does it run Notepad?

Blaugh.com is pretty good. I had to post this one. Seems like computers as well as digital cameras are like this these days…the salespeople totally oversell the average user…

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