AOL PC

[Yolner]

bahahahaha what a piece of crap but only 299

 

[MercenaryForHire]

a blazing fast Intel Celeron 2.0GHz CPU

Okay, own up Felix, you work for AOL, and you wrote this!

- M4H

 

[Yolner]

From their faq:

What is an AOL® Optimized PC?
This is a complete system (PC, monitor, keyboard, printer, accessories and pre-loaded software) that includes the AOL® 9.0 Optimized service and AOL® Office, powered by Sun.

Is this a high-performance system?
Yes. It features an Intel® 2.0 GHz Celeron® processor, 256MB of RAM, a 56K modem, 40GB hard drive, 10/100MB Ethernet and comes with Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition pre-loaded.

Please excuse me while i throw up.

 

[Sideswipe001]

I saw that thing for sale at Office Depot. The box is so ashamed of the specs that it doesn't even list them.

 

[Cook1]

OH dear lord I'm sick now.

 

[Gurck]

:laugh:

 

[piasabird]

I think JNCS has a computer for $299.00

http://www.jncs.com/static-temp/sys-vp.php

256mb 512mb 1gb
Celeron 1.8 400FSB (OEM CPU) $299 $359 $469
Celeron 2.0 400FSB (OEM CPU) $319 $379 $489
Celeron D 2.4 533FSB (Retail CPU) $329 $389 $499
Celeron D 2.66 533FSB (Retail CPU) $349 $409 $519
Celeron D 2.8 533FSB (Retail CPU) $379 $439 $549
Celeron D 2.93 533FSB (Retail CPU) $399 $459 $569


Comes With:
Inwin L545P(Black) Thermally Advantaged Chassis with 240 Watt Power Supply
Intel D845GVFNL motherboard
Intel Celeron or Celeron 'D' CPU per above table
Kingston PC2700 Memory per above table
Seagate 40gb Hard Drive
Sony CD-ROM
Sony Black Floppy Drive
On-board 10/100 Network connector
USB 2.0 - 2 in back, 2 in front
On-board Video, 10/100 Network, Sound.
One Year JNCS Warranty
Note: No AGP slot - video cannot be upgraded.

Options:
$10 Substitute Asus P4SP-MX motherboard, has AGP 8x slot
$30 Upgrade to 52x/32x/52x Sony CDRW
$40 Upgrade to Sony Combo DVD Reader/CDRW
$25 Upgrade to Seagate 80gb Hard Drive
$60 Upgrade to Seagate 160gb Hard Drive
$129 Add Windows XP-Home, installed
$189 Add Windows XP-Pro, installed

 

[piasabird]

Add on the $25.00 a month for AOL for 12 months.

 

[Pacinamac23]

Laugh all you want, but a PC with these components will suit most AOL Users' needs just fine.

 

[imported_jediknight]

Originally posted by: Yolner
Is this a high-performance system?
Yes. It features an Intel® 2.0 GHz Celeron® processor, 256MB of RAM, a 56K modem, 40GB hard drive, 10/100MB Ethernet and comes with Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition pre-loaded.

I say we sue them for false advertising :->

 

[dguy6789]

No it wont. AOL is a huge resource hog with very large amounts of slowness.

 

[bigal40]

You knwo someone will buy this thinkingthey are actually getting a " high-performance system".
It makes me feel sad for the people who will and when they try to play pinball it is choppy.

 

[sharkeeper]

AOL optimized is about as oxymoronic as government intelligence or even Microsoft Works!

Cheers!

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: dguy6789
No it wont. AOL is a huge resource hog with very large amounts of slowness.

it's not that AOL is a resource hog as a problem with this computer...it's that win xp runs like teh suck on anything less than 512 megs of ram. AOL doesn't have that big of a memory footprint...

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

a blazing fast Intel Celeron 2.0GHz CPU

Okay, own up Felix, you work for AOL, and you wrote this!

- M4H

no reply from felix???? allow me...

[Felix voice]\ Oh yeah, well this powerhouse would stomp all of you wussies with your AMD 64 3000's which are only 1.8 GHz. Grow up and get some real computers and a life while you're at it. [End Felix voice]

how'd I do?

 

[dguy6789]

Originally posted by: sharkeeper
AOL optimized is about as oxymoronic as government intelligence or even Microsoft Works!

Cheers!

AOL optimized nor microsoft works are oximoronic.
AOL Optimized: The dial up users get a special compression algorithm that allows pictures and text to need as little as 1/5th the original bandwith without it, which makes huge internet performance gains, but does nothing for downloads.

Microsoft Works: It is a program. Also, microsoft does work very, very well seeing as they are the world's most profitable company, making over $40 billion a year. Windows XP is a VERY stable and reliable OS compared to previous windows iterations, so it is a huge step up, and dont you think we are moving in the right direction?

 

[w00t]

ROFL

 

[sharkeeper]

AOL Optimized: The dial up users get a special compression algorithm that allows pictures and text to need as little as 1/5th the original bandwith without it, which makes huge internet performance gains, but does nothing for downloads.

It's still AOL. It's still sh!t. There's no use to spit shine a turd. You will get bad breath and have dirty hands. Then again that probably describes most of their userbase...

Microsoft Works: It is a program. Also, microsoft does work very, very well seeing as they are the world's most profitable company, making over $40 billion a year. Windows XP is a VERY stable and reliable OS compared to previous windows iterations, so it is a huge step up, and dont you think we are moving in the right direction?

Microsoft Works is a POS that is bundled with computers. Ever use it? It saves your documents in a different format than Word which everyone uses at the office. Kind of hard to work with Works in that regard.

Cheers!

 

[thegimp03]

roflmao!

 

[Yolner]

Originally posted by: sharkeeper

It's still AOL. It's still sh!t. There's no use to spit shine a turd. You will get bad breath and have dirty hands. Then again that probably describes most of their userbase...

Priceless

 

[imported_Computer MAn]

Originally posted by: Yolner
From their faq:

Is this a high-performance system?
Yes. It features an Intel® 2.0 GHz Celeron® processor, 256MB of RAM, a 56K modem, 40GB hard drive, 10/100MB Ethernet and comes with Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition pre-loaded.

Please excuse me while i throw up.

ROFL and they forgot to mention its awesome integrated graphics it plays all the new games perfectly.

 

[BW86]

yuck

 

[Zebo]

AOL uses 80megs of ram, Add in all that spyware, java, shock, activeX, malware, OS etc my buddies comp (who uses AOL) using 555 MB of ram just web browsing. I pitty these fools.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

LOL, from the computer description page:

Assembled & Supported in the USA!
At Systemax, we believe in the American worker. That's why all Systemax PCs are assembled and supported right here in the United States. Every system we build is manufactured in our huge ISO 9001 certified facility in Fletcher, Ohio. And unlike our competitors, when you call our technical support staff, you'll get someone in the United States. Not someone across the Pacific Ocean. Buy American - get a Systemax PC!

 

[bluewall21]

Originally posted by: Zebo
AOL uses 80megs of ram, Add in all that spyware, java, shock, activeX, malware, OS etc my buddies comp (who uses AOL) using 555 MB of ram just web browsing. I pitty these fools.

Wow, that's just scary.