My son (or anyone with the skills, suppliers and inclination) can build you a pretty good new machine for less than $1500
Linux software is no problem. Distro recommendation would depend on your level of skill, internet connection type and any personal choice. I would recommend SuSE for a newbie. Regards, Robert -----Original Message----- From: Andy and Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 19 October 2004 1:25 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Newbie Hi All, I'm not sure if an intro of myself is appropriate here so I haven't written one :) Here's my question - I was planning to lurk longer before making a posting but having just moved to ChCh from England I'm looking to buy a desktop. I've tried buy/sell/exchange, dell ( well priced but 10-12 days delivery ) and a couple of local stores ( relatively overpriced? ) and have got nothing so far. I thought you all may have more ideas on where I can get something. It doesn't need to be flash, but I would like 80Gb+ hard drive space, which I can buy separately/expand if needed, and something that I can run a full windowing gui on. I am also looking for some flavour of Linux, I've kind of lost touch with it as I have been travelling for the past few years - basically I want to: run LAMP, play music and have the potential to watch films if I ever fork out for a DVD player. I would also like my 'not interested in Linux at all' partner to be able to use it so Gnome or whatever is definitely needed. Is there a flavour of choice among the group? Would anyone be able to make me a copy - which I would cover the costs of? Finally - can I attend the AGM? Many thanks and sorry for the long mail, Andy
