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Although I am not keeping it...
I got a contact from a person I did deals with on craigslist a bit back, and he told me he had a desktop he was trying to get rid of. It was a Dell Dimension 4400 Pentium IV 1.6Ghz machine. He told me if I wanted, I could get it for $40. I figured, what the hell. My friend has been looking for a machine for his friend so they had a computer to replace and aged Pentium 90Mhz machine that they used for the web 
These are the specs of the machine:
Pentium Celeron 2.4Ghz (up from 1.6Ghz Pentium IV) @ 400Mhz FSB
Intel 845 Chipset
2x 256MB PC-2700 RAM (512MB Total)
10/100 Etherphase II PCI Ethernet card
40GB HDD, CD-RW, Floppy
SoundBlaster 24 Live! PCI Soundcard w/ Optical out and Coax Out jacks (takes two slots. One for the Optical out)
He says the DVD-ROM Went Kaput on the machine, so he threw in a CD-RW (LiteOn) that he had lying around
Total, I spent $50, $40 for the tower, $5 for the 40GB HDD, and $5 for the Step up in processing speed (the Celeron 2.4Ghz will beat out a 1.6Ghz Pentium IV *ANYDAY*!)
So I am getting it ready. Oh, it came with XP Home OEM with a sticker on the side. I have a slipstreamed version of the disc I made with nLite to put SP3 on the machine from install as well as pre-configured setup. This will make a handy recovery CD
These are the specs of the machine:
Pentium Celeron 2.4Ghz (up from 1.6Ghz Pentium IV) @ 400Mhz FSB
Intel 845 Chipset
2x 256MB PC-2700 RAM (512MB Total)
10/100 Etherphase II PCI Ethernet card
40GB HDD, CD-RW, Floppy
SoundBlaster 24 Live! PCI Soundcard w/ Optical out and Coax Out jacks (takes two slots. One for the Optical out)
He says the DVD-ROM Went Kaput on the machine, so he threw in a CD-RW (LiteOn) that he had lying around
Total, I spent $50, $40 for the tower, $5 for the 40GB HDD, and $5 for the Step up in processing speed (the Celeron 2.4Ghz will beat out a 1.6Ghz Pentium IV *ANYDAY*!)
So I am getting it ready. Oh, it came with XP Home OEM with a sticker on the side. I have a slipstreamed version of the disc I made with nLite to put SP3 on the machine from install as well as pre-configured setup. This will make a handy recovery CD
90MHz. Are you serious?
Hell, I could put that P90 to some good use. 
Hey now, you're upsetting my 8mhz '286.
Yup! dead serious. They are kinda broke. They are in some tough situations, so I am including a Dial-up WinModem and 10 hours a month free netzero internet access.
It will work just fine, though being pentium IV derived, it will be rather slow. Even the 1.6Ghz Pentium IV was slow as hell. The celeron is the same way.
It just seems to lag a lot. but it's better than that pentium 90
This machine is far, far more powerful than a P90.
You should be congratulated for doing this.
You should be congratulated for doing this.