--- Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 17:11, DGLUser wrote: > > Hi all, I need to buy a new computer, w/o monitor my budget is about $1000 > usd, and I need to have a decent system. I cheked the ones being sold by > Walmart online (microtel), but I didn't see any dvd/cd burner/drive > capability. I wasn't sure either about their integrated sound/video memory, > which has been a pain in the past for me at least. > > I would appreciate any recommendations or pointers. I would even buy parts > and try to put them together (far from expert, but willing to try if I know > that the parts will work with debian). > > Basically that's all. > > Thanks to all for any ideas forthcoming. > > > Hi Tony, > if you are buying things in person, > bring along a knoppix cd. While it does not represent 100% > compatibility, it will be helpful. If it works with knoppix, you can be > more confident about buying it. (if you dont know what Knoppix is, its a > live boot cd based on debian--google for it) > -Kev >
You can also buy an HP with Mandrake preinstalled (then wipe it and install Debian). http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF02a/12454-64287-89301.html The one I looked at was $711 with P4 2.4 GHZ, 512 MB, 40 GB @ 7200 RPM, 48/24/48 CD-RW, and nVidia 8X AGP 64 MB. It as a model 330. -Roberto ___________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Nueva versión GRATIS Super Webcam, voz, caritas animadas, y más... http://messenger.yahoo.es -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
