Re: hardware quote comments?
Since you're (Faheem) at UNC, you might even just check out the IBM deals
here. For $2000 you can get a 2ghz IBM desktop, including a nice monitor
and 512M RAM; it's $89 to add another 512M. The hard drive is IDE
(60GB) but otherwise largely comparable to your listing. I've had debian
running on the older version of this for a year or so with no hiccups.
ap
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Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin@unc.edu - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
269 Hamilton Hall, CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA
On 25 Feb 2002, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-02-25 at 13:04, Faheem Mitha wrote:
>
> > I got the following quote for a computer (now quite old). I am thinking of
> > going with this, with the modification that I'll be using the Microsoft
> > Intellimouse Explorer instead of the Logitech.
> >
> > The price is probably quite a bit more than I would pay if I was to build
> > it myself but these people are going to do a Debian installation, do some
> > stress-testing, and make sure everything works properly before sending it
> > to me. At least, that is the idea. This is worth quite a lot to me, since
> > it would be a nightmare to purchase expensive equipment and then not be
> > able to use it under my preferred platform.
> >
> > I just wondered if anyone had thoughts/comments about the hardware
> > configuation. I was just told that the Realtek ethernet card was a piece
> > of junk and that I should use something else instead, so I was thinking of
> > the 3com (10/100) PCI. Comments?
>
> All I can say about that price is OUCH! You can build this system from
> parts for ~ $1000. Unless this is going to be used as a server of some
> sort, I really don't think that setting up Potato for you is worth
> $1500. But that's for you and your pocketbook to decide.
>
> As for the hardware, it all looks good. I can't say that I have any
> experience with Realtek ethernet boards, but I have NEVER had a single
> problem with getting any of my 3com boards working under Debian. And
> 3com gives a lifetime warranty on all of their boards, so that may be
> something to consider as well.
>
> -Alex
>
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