Cheap and Easy Upgrades
Fri., Aug. 14, 1998
Here's a quick tip on pricing upgrades. Check Price Watch, http://www.pricewatch.com, for the lowest prices available. Even if you don't want to mail or phone order, this will give you a good way to compare deals available locally. If you do mail, phone, or Web order, you won't pay local sales tax. Odds are next-day shipping is less than sales tax. Don't expect much in the way of service or tech support, though.
- Evergreen 486 to Pentium Upgrade, $80 to $100
- Diamond Monster 3D graphics accelerator, under $100
- New speakers, $10 to $200, depending on brand and options
- Memory, generally under $1 per meg of RAM
- DVD drive, starting at $100
- CD ROM drive (24x or faster), from $20
- Windows 98, about $90
- Ergonomic keyboard, from $29
- New mouse, from $10
- Top quality game joystick, about $60
- Surge protector, from $5
- Backup power supply, from $50
-- J.A.
