I would tend to agree with Tom. I personally have been messing with building
PC's for years. My suggestion is to buy the best parts and build your own.
Moose
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From: Tom Brinkman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 1:31 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Off topic, I but need some advice guys! ;)
On Wednesday 07 February 2001 11:24 am, Kuis A. Sanes wrote:
> Hi guys,;)
> I am considering buying a new pc, my search have begun with
> pricing on the top of the list.
http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews.shtml there's plenty of other
linux orientated hardware sites including compatibility lists. I
strongly urge you to ignore recommendations/reviews on "magazine"
webpages (eg, C-net, PCmag, ZDnet, etc). They for the most part
recommend hardware from their advertisers. Also ignore "Windoze" type
reviews. What works very well with Winblows, might not work at all with
Linux.
> Price: $468.00
The old adage, "you get what you pay for". The very foundation of
any system, a decent motherboard costing $90 up, a good case/power
supply (300watt) a min. of $50+, a decent _hardware_ modem at $50+
..... these will not be found in any low end ready made. Also, try to
_avoid_ integrated (into the mobo) as much as possible, eg, video,
sound, modem. IMO, you'd be better off looking at AMD based systems
(Athlon/Duron/VIA) than an Intel/Celeron/i8xx deal, both for price and
quality.
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Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
