Yeah but it's too bad that you had to pay the Microsoft tax. Robin
On Feb 1, 2008 10:44 AM, Gary Z. (If forwarding, PLEASE delete address from body of e-mail!) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, but last month I got a Compaq Presario SR5250NX from Best Buy with 1 > GB RAM and 320 GB hard drive for $349. > There is an Intel video chip (GMA950) on the motherboard, which, with the > Linux open driver, supports Compiz without buggering around with > proprietary > NVidia or ATI drivers. > Worked fully for just about every distro I tried 'out of the box', > including > sound and Internet connection. > MEPIS and PCLinuxOS were exceptions. I can no longer remember what failed. > Ubuntu, Mandriva, SuSE, Freespire were A-OK and all sit in their own > partitions on the hard drive to play with as I see fit. > Seems a far better deal to me as long as you're prepared to install your > own > distro(s). > And it's got Vista in sda1. > Gary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'CLUG General'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 8:31 PM > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] $200 linux box > > > Unfortunately it's not available in Canada and cannot be shipped here > unless > you have a friend do it. :-( > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf > Of Kin Wong > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 11:56 AM > To: CLUG General > Subject: [clug-talk] $200 linux box > > Sears is selling a Linux box for $299 with $100 rebate. > > Here's the link > http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00373907000P?keyword=linux > > -- > Regards, > > Kin W > > >
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