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Please dont take this the wrong way - but it might be time to upgrade.

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Why? All I ever do with my computer is read email and sometimes surf the web. That's been expanded to ripping my
CDs, now that I have the empeg. Sure, my 486 (free from a friend), pentium and dec alpha (both surplus from my employer) are a bit slow for ripping CDs, but I'm in no hurry -- I haven't even installed the empeg in my truck yet, and it's been three months since I bought it -- and they're already more than I need for everything else. The empeg is the first bit of technology I've seen (in roughly the last 9 years since I bought my first computer) that I think has been worth spending money on. The second bit of technology will be the tuner...

Cheers,