On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 08:11:33PM -0700, Alex Perry wrote: > If you want a AMD64 3000+, 60 GB hard drive, 512 MB memory basic server, > two hour UPS, keyboard, scrollwheel mouse, etc ... > the e-machines M6805 laptop is available from best buy for $1100 or so > at the moment.
Does it have supported video? > The complexities of accelerated 3D, wireless networking and other > desktop peripherals are irrelevant if you're going to use it as a 64 bit > server. As a bonus, since it is a mobile processor, you can speedstep > it from 3000+ to 2700+ and even down to 1300+ equivalent speeds. Really > handy. Offhand I don't recall whether it uses ECC memory, but I'd > assume not. My wife bought a Compaq R3240ca for $1800cdn which is a 3200+ with 60G 512M, nvidia 440MX go video and 15.4 WXGA display and a DVD+RW drive and (stupid hard to make work) broadcom 11g. Still have to get her to try loading 64bit debian in addition to the 32bit. Lennart Sorensen
