[SLUG] Hardware recommendations
Hi all, My mother-in-law has been using a Shuttle style PC running Ubuntu for a number of years and that machine has just died. Anybody have any recommendations for a small form-factor machine (shuttle sized or even mac-mini style) that can be bought without paying the windows tax? Sydney local preferred but open to other options. Cheers, Erik -- -- Erik de Castro Lopo http://www.mega-nerd.com/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Hardware recommendations
Zazz.com.au has ubuntu installed pc's from time to time. They seem to be ex-leases, form factor is usually smallish. Although you have to wait for them to come around for sale :) Dean Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Hi all, My mother-in-law has been using a Shuttle style PC running Ubuntu for a number of years and that machine has just died. Anybody have any recommendations for a small form-factor machine (shuttle sized or even mac-mini style) that can be bought without paying the windows tax? Sydney local preferred but open to other options. Cheers, Erik -- http://fragfest.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
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Hi Erik, I'm a computer dealer and a reseller for Altech and various other suppliers. I can get most anything. Have a look at kits at the address below... http://www.altech.com.au/kit.aspx Ignore the windows components as I can get everything without the windows tax. You can also mix and match parts to suit yourself if you want some other specs like more disks etc... I'm keeping this off-list for now but I can also do very good pricing for fellow SLUG members ;-) Shop around and, if you want, let me know if I can get a better price for you. Ben On 30/06/2010 11:10 AM, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Hi all, My mother-in-law has been using a Shuttle style PC running Ubuntu for a number of years and that machine has just died. Anybody have any recommendations for a small form-factor machine (shuttle sized or even mac-mini style) that can be bought without paying the windows tax? Sydney local preferred but open to other options. Cheers, Erik -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
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Oops sorry, I really did mean to keep it off list... Ben On 30/06/2010 11:25 AM, Ben Donohue wrote: Hi Erik, I'm a computer dealer and a reseller for Altech and various other suppliers. I can get most anything. Have a look at kits at the address below... http://www.altech.com.au/kit.aspx Ignore the windows components as I can get everything without the windows tax. You can also mix and match parts to suit yourself if you want some other specs like more disks etc... I'm keeping this off-list for now but I can also do very good pricing for fellow SLUG members ;-) Shop around and, if you want, let me know if I can get a better price for you. Ben On 30/06/2010 11:10 AM, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Hi all, My mother-in-law has been using a Shuttle style PC running Ubuntu for a number of years and that machine has just died. Anybody have any recommendations for a small form-factor machine (shuttle sized or even mac-mini style) that can be bought without paying the windows tax? Sydney local preferred but open to other options. Cheers, Erik -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Hardware recommendations
Asrock ion 330 is great as it accelerates video using an nvidia ion. I use one as my xbmc box Dave -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
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Many of the APUS machines come without O/S. For example, http://www.shoppingsquare.com.au/p_14849_APUS_AMD_Athlon_X2_245_Dual_Core_Budget_System They have a shuttle-like system too, http://www.shoppingsquare.com.au/p_9245_APUS_INTEL_Q8400_CORE_2_QUAD_MINI_PC_SYSTEM__1TB at a slightly higher price. Peter C -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
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On Wednesday 30 June 2010 10:00:03 slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: Hi all, My mother-in-law has been using a Shuttle style PC running Ubuntu for a number of years and that machine has just died. Anybody have any recommendations for a small form-factor machine (shuttle sized or even mac-mini style) that can be bought without paying the windows tax? Sydney local preferred but open to other options. I got mine an eee 1001HA which was cheap, comes with a mic and camera and u10.04 netbook remix made it quite usable for her. (After 17374 times of being told how to grab a window by the title bar ...) Also the LED display is quite nice. James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
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At 5:55 pm, Sunday, November 4 2001, DaZZa mumbled: Those travelling computer fares can give some shit hot prices too - last one I attended seemed to average about 15% lower than retail. They tend to have more recent stock - but I don't know if they come to Sydney anymore. The last one I went to was in Canberra. Sure they do. I can't remember the URL for the life of me, but there's a one that goes to the Roundhouse at UNSW, Parramatta Town Hall, somewhere in Penrith and a few other places. -- Steve SynrG the days when men were men, programmers were programmers, and broadband meant carrying an armload of magtapes down the hall PGP signature
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Steve Kowalik wrote: I can't remember the URL for the life of me, but there's a one that goes to the Roundhouse at UNSW, Parramatta Town Hall, somewhere in Penrith and a few other places. Tryhttp://www.computerfairs.com.au Stay well and happy Heracles -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Hardware - Recommendations
Greetings all, Anter much persuasion, and agreeing to put...ughhh... EvilWare back on her notebook (swapped drives !!), SWMBO has agreed that Xena, the P233 workstation, needs to be retired. Therefore, I'm looking for a new system. It will probably be a ready-built, but not necessarily name-brand one, as I can't seem to buy the parts for much less than the whole system, and at least I get warranty ! At the moment, I'm probably leaning towards a P4 1.8GHz, but would welcome thoughts on what might be better (for instance, I hear that a 1.4GHz Athlon will outperform a 1.8GHz P4 in most instances, given that most applications are not P4 optimised yet). Other options, price related, are a PIII/1GHz, or even a DUAL PIII/1GHz !! If this is considered off-topic, take it to slug-chat. Jon Greetings all, Anter much persuasion, and agreeing to put...ughhh... EvilWare back on her notebook (swapped drives !!), SWMBO has agreed that Xena, the P233 workstation, needs to be retired. Therefore, I'm looking for a new system. It will probably be a ready-built, but not necessarily name-brand one, as I can't seem to buy the parts for much less than the whole system, and at least I get warranty ! At the moment, I'm probably leaning towards a P4 1.8GHz, but would welcome thoughts on what might be better (for instance, I hear that a 1.4GHz Athlon will outperform a 1.8GHz P4 in most instances, given that most applications are not P4 optimised yet). Other options, price related, are a PIII/1GHz, or even a DUAL PIII/1GHz !! If this is considered off-topic, take it to slug-chat. Jon Greetings all, Anter much persuasion, and agreeing to put...ughhh... EvilWare back on her notebook (swapped drives !!), SWMBO has agreed that Xena, the P233 workstation, needs to be retired. Therefore, I'm looking for a new system. It will probably be a ready-built, but not necessarily name-brand one, as I can't seem to buy the parts for much less than the whole system, and at least I get warranty ! At the moment, I'm probably leaning towards a P4 1.8GHz, but would welcome thoughts on what might be better (for instance, I hear that a 1.4GHz Athlon will outperform a 1.8GHz P4 in most instances, given that most applications are not P4 optimised yet). Other options, price related, are a PIII/1GHz, or even a DUAL PIII/1GHz !! If this is considered off-topic, take it to slug-chat. Jon P.S. Any hints on where I can get GOOD parts CHEAP to build this will also be welcome !! -- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Hardware - Recommendations
If you have got the Nov LJ then there is a good article on building the Ultimate Linux Box. BTW, why the 3 copies of the text? On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Jon Biddell wrote: At the moment, I'm probably leaning towards a P4 1.8GHz, but would welcome thoughts on what might be better (for instance, I hear that a 1.4GHz Athlon will outperform a 1.8GHz P4 in most instances, given that most applications are not P4 optimised yet). Other options, price related, are a PIII/1GHz, or even a DUAL PIII/1GHz !! -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people Contact detail at http://www.lannetlinux.com We are either doing something, or we are not. 'Talking about' is a subset of 'not'. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
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At 08:52 4/11/01 +1100, you wrote: If you have got the Nov LJ then there is a good article on building the Ultimate Linux Box. Reading it now,..:-) BTW, why the 3 copies of the text? Yeah, sorry about that - playing around with macros in MUTT and is fscked something up - I only realised it 0.01 seconds AFTER sending the message...:-( Jon -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Hardware - Recommendations
On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Jon Biddell wrote:
[...triple copy of text about building a new box deleted...]
:-)
{Proecssor Choice}
Go for the Athlon. Actually, if you look on Toms Hardware page, there
*might* even be a dual Athlon board available now - SMP at 1.4 Ghz on
Athlon - now *that*'s speed.
The P4 is a stopgap until Intel get their 64bit processor ready - it's not
really much execpt a P3 with a thinner/smaller production method used.
P.S. Any hints on where I can get GOOD parts CHEAP to build this will also
be welcome !!
As always, North Rocks computer market. Not sure when they stop for the
year, though. Early December sometime, I think. You won't get the latest
and greatest stuff there, though. It's usually a genertion behind - older
stock that's being cleared out for cheap. Still a good deal, though.
Those travelling computer fares can give some shit hot prices too - last
one I attended seemed to average about 15% lower than retail. They tend to
have more recent stock - but I don't know if they come to Sydney anymore.
The last one I went to was in Canberra.
DaZZa
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