Test platform needed

[prog]

Dear fellow local techno-weenies: anyone have a handle on a cruddy ol Windows box that I could wrangle for cheap? If it can connect to the Internets and run MSIE without explording or taking a minute to launch it's probably good enuff for my purposes.

That asked, what's the average price of a new bare-bones DIY PC nowadays? I dunno man, I use Macs and I don't even know much about them these days...

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In other news a gaggle of preschoolers walking past the diesel saw a young couple with a baby and all stopped to say LOOK! A BABY! HELLO BABY!! etc, and the mother is bobbling the totally confused infant's arm up and down for the kids outside. And I have to admit that's pretty damn cute even to me.

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[karlvonl.livejournal.com]

Dunno what you'd expect to pay for a DIY PC, but I've heard good things about PCs For Everyone in Kendall square, near the Galleria. You could probably call them up and ask questions.