Anyone want a good laugh?

**macutty** · 12-23-2003, 08:11 AM

Look at the claims this site is making:

http://www.michaelscomputers.com/

Quote:

Michael's Computers are more than FOUR times faster than Apple's G5 and more than EIGHT times faster than Dell, Alienware, Velocity Micro, Gateway, or Compaq.

1600 MHz Front Side Bus

ATI's newest M10P VRAM Graphics card (3X Faster than ATI's 9800 PRO)

Utilizing the new AMD 64-BIT Clawhammer 3200+ processor, this is leading technology operating more than 15 times as fast as any competitor and appearing only at michaelscomputers.com

What a pile of BS.

**thebove** · 12-23-2003, 10:16 AM

wow.....nothin like some good 'ol false advertising for the holidays

XJ · 12-23-2003, 10:30 AM

Even his own graphs don't support those claims...

**2March** · 12-23-2003, 10:54 AM

Hold on a sec:

4x as fast as a G5 and 8 times faster then a dell.

So G5's are twice as fast as a real computer?

ok, ok, I give up...

**raider1v1** · 12-23-2003, 11:36 AM

hmmm,

well im sold i ordered 10 who wants one!!

**Nithos** · 12-23-2003, 11:45 AM

Did you see who he claims to sell these too, ie. the Navy and Walt Disney

**speedstream5621** · 12-23-2003, 12:21 PM

Boots up in 7 seconds...I should give these guys a call.

Can they just use Disney's, the Marines, and the Navy's logo like that?

The BBB would be all over this one.

**icecube_of_death** · 12-23-2003, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by raider1v1
hmmm,

well im sold i ordered 10 who wants one!!

I want one!!! I'll pay for shipping too

No matter how screwed up their advertisement is it's still better than my comp

**thrawn86** · 12-23-2003, 02:06 PM

ooh! I want a "cool liquid cooled" pc! anyone checked reseller ratings yet?

**mealeyma** · 12-23-2003, 04:50 PM

lol - check out his 3dMark 03 link - he claims to get 18,894 marks on 03!

**Kappa2001** · 12-23-2003, 04:56 PM

Quote:

MX51 Stands For (Michael's Xtreme 5 Year Warranty 1st)
We don't want you to be embarrassed using anything else...

OMG

EDIT: a 15" lcd monitor and the maximum resolution is 2048x1536

**icecube_of_death** · 12-23-2003, 04:57 PM

lmfao, in the part where you build your own PC, they say they have P4 3.6 - 4.2Ghz with HT

LOL

**icecube_of_death** · 12-23-2003, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mealeyma
lol - check out his 3dMark 03 link - he claims to get 18,894 marks on 03!

someone buy a rig from them, if you don't get near 18k in 3dmark03 go back and sue them

**Kappa2001** · 12-23-2003, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by icecube_of_death
lmfao, in the part where you build your own PC, they say they have P4 3.6 - 4.2Ghz with HT LOL

ROFLMFAO

**icecube_of_death** · 12-23-2003, 05:04 PM

Have you guys noticed one thing? They say they have 18k in 3DMark03, 700fps in some benchmarks, yet they have no prove. They don't have any links to any scores. To make it even worse, they tried to put screenshots on their forums to show others but the pix don't even exist

12-23-2003, 10:16 AM	#2
thebove Evil Monkey Shark Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: West Bloomfield, MI Posts: 6,820	wow.....nothin like some good 'ol false advertising for the holidays __________________ Abit IP35 Pro - Core2Duo E8400 - 4GB Crucial Ballistix 1066 - ATI 4850HD - 2xRaptor 150GB RAID-0 Dave? Dave?! Dave's not here...

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XJ Hammerhead Shark Join Date: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,942	Even his own graphs don't support those claims... __________________ Q6600 - Abit IX38 QuadGT - G.Skill pc2 -6400 cas4 2GB X 4 - BFG 295 GTX - WD 750GB SE16 - Seagate 1.5TB 7200.11 - Corsair HX620 - Klipsch Ultras - Dell 2407FPW

12-23-2003, 10:54 AM	#4
2March Reef Shark Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Amsterdam The Netherlands Posts: 406	Hold on a sec: 4x as fast as a G5 and 8 times faster then a dell. So G5's are twice as fast as a real computer? ok, ok, I give up... __________________ Fold in... Fold out...

12-23-2003, 12:21 PM	#7
speedstream5621 Great White Shark Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Lake Oswego, Oregon Posts: 7,136	Boots up in 7 seconds...I should give these guys a call. Can they just use Disney's, the Marines, and the Navy's logo like that? The BBB would be all over this one. __________________ Samsung SyncMaster 710N Thermaltake Purepower 420w Athlon 64 3200+ 939 @ 2.48GHz (248x10)(1.55v) Gigabyte K8NS Ultra-939 2x512MB Kingston Value PC3200 (2.5-3-3-10-1T)(2.7v) Visiontek X800 XT

12-23-2003, 02:06 PM	#9
thrawn86 Great White Shark Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Auburn Univ. Posts: 5,023	ooh! I want a "cool liquid cooled" pc! anyone checked reseller ratings yet? __________________ AM2 Windsor 2.4ghz -> Asus M2N-E/ 2048mb G.Skill ddr2800 -> Sapphire x1800xt A2 Plat eX -->Canare Cables/Pimeta --> AudioTechnica ATH-A500 & Ety ER-6 Infinity Primus 150 w/ Datyon 10" sub _____________________________ Join the Sharky Folding@Home Team! Sharky's Extreme 3dmark Team

12-23-2003, 11:45 AM	#6
Nithos Reef Shark Join Date: Oct 2000 Posts: 448	Did you see who he claims to sell these too, ie. the Navy and Walt Disney

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mealeyma Reef Shark Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 354	lol - check out his 3dMark 03 link - he claims to get 18,894 marks on 03! __________________ AMD x2 3800+@2.5ghz, DFI NF4 ultra D, Zalman 7700cu, 2gb OCZ Platinum 3200, 1WD 80gig (8mb), 2x Maxtor 300gb (16mb), Albatron 6600, Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, MH 505's, NEC 3540a, Enermax 2.0 470watt, MAG 15in LCD, XP Pro the Way, the Truth, the Life and apologetics

12-23-2003, 04:57 PM	#12
icecube_of_death Hammerhead Shark Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,049	lmfao, in the part where you build your own PC, they say they have P4 3.6 - 4.2Ghz with HT LOL __________________ [SIZE=1.5]XP 1700+ @ 2.3 Ghz (219 x 10.5) 1.63v \| Abit NF7-S rev. 2 d22 Alpha 1 Turbo \| 512Mb PC2700 DDR333 \| Thermalright SK-7 w/ Smart Fan II \| Maxtor 6E030L0 30Gb \| MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 128Mb 315/560 \| Thermaltake Giant II \| LG 40/12/40 \| WinXP SP1 Sharky Extreme 3DMark Team \| Alpha Dir icecube_of_death of the Cooler's Guild \| Sharky Folding @ Home Team 3DMark can kiss my *** [/size]

12-23-2003, 05:04 PM	#15
icecube_of_death Hammerhead Shark Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,049	Have you guys noticed one thing? They say they have 18k in 3DMark03, 700fps in some benchmarks, yet they have no prove. They don't have any links to any scores. To make it even worse, they tried to put screenshots on their forums to show others but the pix don't even exist __________________ [SIZE=1.5]XP 1700+ @ 2.3 Ghz (219 x 10.5) 1.63v \| Abit NF7-S rev. 2 d22 Alpha 1 Turbo \| 512Mb PC2700 DDR333 \| Thermalright SK-7 w/ Smart Fan II \| Maxtor 6E030L0 30Gb \| MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 128Mb 315/560 \| Thermaltake Giant II \| LG 40/12/40 \| WinXP SP1 Sharky Extreme 3DMark Team \| Alpha Dir icecube_of_death of the Cooler's Guild \| Sharky Folding @ Home Team 3DMark can kiss my *** [/size]

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