I have had good success with the Asus barebones VIA C3 just needed to add a
hard disk drive and ram. Runs quiet and uses only 25 watts of power for cpu.
Runs XP Pro without any problems with 512MB Ram, not a speed demon but
works good for basic internet and office use.
I haven't tried it with OpenBSD but I see that it is supported. The Esther
VIA C7 is just around the corner.
Best regards,
rogern
From: Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: OpenBSD Misc <misc@openbsd.org>
Subject: OpenBSD on Dell Dimension 2400 or 3000?
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:59:24 -0500
A friend needs to order a basic computer with a good warranty,
to run as a very basic OpenBSD 3.7 firewall for a cablemodem.
I'd put one together from parts, but I don't relish doing "won't boot"
hardware support from 1600 miles away.
Looking at the Dell Dimension line (probably the 2400 or 3000)
one concern is that I don't see *any* reports, success or failure,
running OpenBSD on this particular product?
One reason to choose the Dell (with a CPU that is way overkill) is
that the box may be eventually repurposed as an XP desktop...
Alternately, any other suggestions for a US mail order PC
vendor with fair prices, quick turnaround, a hardware warranty
and a pre-built small tower which will reliably run OpenBSD?
This is just going to get shoved under a desk, so rackmount
is not a consideration, and it doesn't need to be perfectly quiet.
Thanks,
Kevin
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