Thanks everybody, we should have all the info we need now: for anyone wanting to use Linux, but not there yet- a cheap old laptop and a 16GB USB thumb drive will get you started, bring it to NLUG meeting; it will pay off
On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 1:42 PM Justin W Elam <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello y'all: > > This is Justin and I am replying to the previous message as a top post > regarding hardware upgrades that are relatively cheap and available in the > marketplace without having to have a RFQ, RFP, and talk to a sales rep > before buying to run say a IBM z11 or iseries and so forth... > > Well. Yeah I totally understand what you mean! > > I would say go with at least a quad core Intel or AMD system with at least > 16 GB Ram. > > This is what I ordered to upgrade my current personal workstations. > > They work extremely well > > I purchased mine from a refurbished reseller selling on Amazon. > > Basically these are the 1 year old systems that Corporate Businesses are > upgrading from currently. > > I recently purchased both a HP Z Book and a HP ProDesk. > > To upgrade my current Microsoft Workstations to be compliant with the > protocol for Windows 10. > > As I have a number of Java remote systems that query the user's machine to > check that it is in compliance before granted access to the Java remote > website hosted elsewhere. To access the applet it requires x,y,z. > > So I had to upgrade as my current hardware did not like the Windows 10 > upgrade it could only run Windows 7. Eventually the Systems will get > converted to some BSD /fedora or Debian flavor... Once I have more time. > > There are a number of companies selling these business workstation systems > on NewEgg and Amazon. > > > > $$$$ > > HP ZBook 14 G2 14in Laptop, > > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GCSVWHR?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share $ 447.99 > > > - ASIN: B07GCSVWHR > - > - Best Sellers Rank: 25185 > - Shipping Weight: 5.8 pounds > - > - Date First Available: August 11, 2018 > > > Dimensions :15 x 10.1 x 1.4 inches > > $$$$ > > HP ProDesk 600 G1 SFF Business > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074V2ZKHF?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share > 292 88 > > > - ASIN: B074V2ZKHF > - > - Best Sellers Rank: 74242 > - Shipping Weight: 16.7 pounds > - > - Date First Available: July 9, 2019 > > Processor: Intel Core i5 4590 3.3Ghz, up to 3.7GHz > Graphics: Intel HD Integrated > Memory: 16GB DDR3 > Hard Drive: 2TB HDD > > $$$$ > > Both of these machines have 4 CPUs .... > > Hopefully this will help you out. > > Of course just over the last several weeks there are always more faster > machines being refurbished that are faster and the costs are getting > cheaper. > > When these machines originally were new on the market the MSRP was 200 to > 300% more in Price. > > Most of these machine cases are a bit rugged depending on how you have it > vertically or horizontally or in a desk. > > The ones I currently use at the office do not have as much capacity. > They are only 8GB ram and have only "dual core" but " it just works". I > have been using the workstation system to connect to our other information > systems for the last three years daily with no issues but it needed a > little oomph for what. I use it at home for. > > And we run them 24/7/365 until they break and then we order a new one from > HP. > > Hopefully this helps someone who is running. 'mission critical' small > business or personal systems running your favorite operating system some > flavor of BSD/ AIX/ HP-UX/ Unisys /Oracle /Sun/SuSE/Red Hat /Debian/ etc. > > Your mileage may vary. > > If you need help reply to the mailing list. > > Cheers from Justin > > > > -- > ------------------------------------- > Justin W Elam > ### > > > > On Sat, 29 Feb 2020, 12:47 Howard White, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Well, Michael, you coulda asked me first... :D >> >> Memory != power. Processor = power. Memory allows the processor(s) to >> do more work. >> >> Lemme go kicking about and see what I find. >> >> Howard >> >> On 2/29/20 12:42 PM, Michael L wrote: >> > Long story short: need powerful desktop system to run Linux on; where >> > to buy? >> > My idea of powerful was more than 8GB RAM, that's probably more than >> > 12GB RAM now. >> > >> > less short: >> > Howard's 1st rule: if it doesn't break in a year, you paid too much >> > (buy used?) >> > >> > I'm happy to say that we've had not a single issue with Linux for our >> 77 >> > year old computer hater; didn't even need an introduction to go from >> > Win7 to Kubuntu and thankfully avoided Win10- >> > So now I need a desktop system to get my other more (computer) >> > knowledgeable co-worker going on Linux. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "NLUG" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected] >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> > >> > --- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "NLUG" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> > an email to [email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> > >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CALdmzXZbzwLGLpU7d6fUS0x%3DLkbpB_hdSFhYdtNzWoh%3DTerS2A%40mail.gmail.com >> > < >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CALdmzXZbzwLGLpU7d6fUS0x%3DLkbpB_hdSFhYdtNzWoh%3DTerS2A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer >> >. >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/e1a5a72b-b0d7-7be8-8225-8840c4b99de2%40vcch.com >> . >> > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAB0k3ib2hfAO6mr-yOJCHOFSCzDUC3AykQ8HRJFMOGaao7BVOg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAB0k3ib2hfAO6mr-yOJCHOFSCzDUC3AykQ8HRJFMOGaao7BVOg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. 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