In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rick C. Petty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > Mike Meyer wrote: > >Boxes are cheaper than disk space - my last two low-end boxes cost > >less than my last small disk drive, even though I ordered them all > >about the same time. If you can afford the disk for some process, then > >chances are good you can afford a system instead, or as well. > > I'm not sure how that's even possible. A quick glance at newegg.com: > > $17.99 (+$6.13) [recertified] socket A motherboard > $39.99 [oem] AMD Duron socket A processor > $13.99 (+$4.99) 128MB RAM > =============== > $71.97 (+$11.12 shipping) = $83.09. > > This is assuming you have an extra case, power supply, and video card to > throw in it. What do you consider a "small disk drive"? Newegg has a 40G > for $39.99 + $5.64 shipping. Yeah, so small disk drives seem to be half > the price of the cheapest possible "box". Feel free to enlighten me, I'd > love to know where you shop that has a system under US$50 !!!!!
"Small disk drive" means "smaller than any drive I can buy at the local Best Buy/Circuit City/CompUSA/similar". At the time, I needed an 80GB drive, and paid about $60 for it. Try http://www.pcretro.com/. Their current special is the Dell PowerEdge 6350 (dual CPU, 255MB ram, 2 9GB hot swap drives on separate controllers) for $49.95. The boxes I bought had a mouse and keyboard included, no monitor or speakers. Not that I cared - I tossed the mouse and keyboard on the spare parts pile and plugged them into a KVM. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information. _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
