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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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 >
