Andrew, I've owned 3 IBM used computers in my life: IBM PS/2 57 SLC2, IBM PC-360 (Pentium Pro), and an IBM PC600GL (PII 400MHz). The PII is my file server running RHEL 4. The PS/2 actually still runs but it's basically a doormat. The PC-360 I gutted to build a standard ATX machine.
So you shouldn't have any problems with the life a used IBM Machine. Though you do realize that IBM equipment is proprietary so upgrading will be relegated to hard drives, cdrom drives, etc. Motherboard or CPU upgrades will most likely be out of the question. Jesus M. Rodriguez On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:57:10 -0500 (EST), Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any comments on the wisdom of buying IBM Certified Used equipment? > Specifically, a couple of P4-grade PC's (NetVista). How used is it likely > to be? This is definitely not mission-critical, but would like it to be > reasonably reliable. > > Thanks, > Andy > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin > Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill > [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
