The fun value is one thing, but it takes the better part of a day to start with components and build a system. If the builder is making $50,000 per year, one days pay for him is half the price of the average new system.
Mark Wallace 60 Delaware Road Newburgh, New York 12550-3802 Telephone: (845) 566-0586 I can get your visa application ready to file in two weeks (except for required documents) for $699. It will take you a lot longer to do it yourself and the applicant won't be a resident of Canada until you do. You might also make a dumb mistake! (All services will be for free until I get my license!) Anthony Parks wrote: > id have to strongly disagree with the sentiment that a prebuilt is better. > perhaps if it is built with a linux distro preinstalled, but wheres the fun > in that?! my advice would just be to read the newegg reviews and google > every piece of hardware you consider to see how it works with whichever your > preferred distro is. more than likely this will get you a fully functioning > high power system. i would think this could be done for under $850 including > a 22" lcd monitor, that is, if the parts are all bought from newegg. > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Jay Gagnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Mark Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> I disagree on hardware. My computer, A Presario, has a bios that does >>> kernel panic over apic when you try to install. Koppix aborts >>> altogether, and it gives several other distros fits. Compaq says that >>> it updated the bios when they did a warranty servicing a couple of >>> months ago. Be sure that what you buy doesn't count on using a win >>> modem either, it might not even work for faxes, so using broadband won' >>> completely solve your problem. >>> Ubuntu tells you why it is having kernel panic, but doesn't tell you how >>> to fix it. >>> >>> Mandriva installs well, but I feel sorry for a newbie. I once saw an >>> old pro spend a week trying to get a win modem to work with Red Hat >> 7.3!!! >>> Don't go to Tiger Direct, either. They once sold me a barebone kit with >>> the memory sticks incompatible with the rest of the kit. >>> >>> Mark Wallace >>> >> Sensitive readers should find a commercial for the next minute or two. >> >> You aren't helping yourself here. A Presario is, a prebuilt Compaq, >> right? So putting aside how terrible Compaq is, buying a prebuilt didn't >> help you at all. You bought prebuilt because "the manufacturer has >> already >> figured out what hardware is compatible with what" and it didn't work! >> Didn't really get the intended result there. >> >> The winmodem thing is equally useless. I realize I'm gonna get the "we >> can't all afford broadband, and some people live where you can't get it" >> thing, but that argument gets less relevant by the minute, and I don't >> believe it applies to the original poster. Correct me if I'm wrong, John. >> And faxes? I've used a fax machine twice in my life, never on the >> receiving >> end, and there are services that convert emailed pdfs and documents to a >> fax >> and send them for you. >> >> And on top of all that, let's pretend that having the right modem is >> important. How on earth does that make buying a prebuilt machine better?! >> If you really really need to have a modem that works in Linux, wouldn't >> you >> rather buy the right modem separately and install it yourself? You are >> making my point for me, in a very awkward way. >> >> -Jay >> _______________________________________________ >> Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org >> http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug >> Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium >> Mar 5 - Wearable Linux Computing >> Apr 2 - Building a Kernel the Debian / Ubuntu way >> May 7 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using >> Linux >> Jun 4 - TBD >> Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) >> > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > > Mar 5 - Wearable Linux Computing > Apr 2 - Building a Kernel the Debian / Ubuntu way > May 7 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using > Linux > Jun 4 - TBD > Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Mar 5 - Wearable Linux Computing Apr 2 - Building a Kernel the Debian / Ubuntu way May 7 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using Linux Jun 4 - TBD Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative)
