On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 11:14:00PM -0500, Bill Johnson wrote: > I plan to do a little bit of everything. I'm an Oracle DBA, and plan to load > and develop using Oracle on Linux. I also plan to try some other development > as well. I will use it as a very light duty web server, running Apache. I > will also use it for normal office work - Open Office, most likely, and > Microsoft Office running on Crossover Office from Codeweavers. > > I don't do much gaming any more, but I do want the ability to manipulate > photos from my digital camera, and I would like to eventually put a TV tuner > in and use that. > > I saw an HP at Walmart the other day. It had a 17inch monitor, Celeron 2.0 (I > think), 256MB, 60GB HD, and a cheapo HP printer. All for $698.00. That's > about the cheapest I've seen for an entire system. Any reason why that > wouldn't work?
One of the things to really, really watch out for is the printer. Go to http://www.linuxprinting.org and make sure the printer is supported. Many printers these days are "winprinters" and *only* print using Windows drivers. Check out the Staples deals to see if that works. They're pretty cheap and they've got packages that include the printer and monitor. There's a $150 instant off and a $50 mail-in rebate. A 17" monitor doesn't go for much over $100 or so if you pick them up locally, and printers are pretty cheap too. > I really think I'd get the most bang for the buck, though by building my own, > and that's why I'm exploring that approach. Having never done it, though, I'm > leary about the motherboard, processor and memory. I figure if I can get > that right, the rest will be easy. Most of them work. I've already built two from scratch but find that ordering the low-end ones are cheaper if you don't mind everything on the motherboard and no upgradability. I learned a lot building my own, and for an ideal system I would do it again, but you do pay a bit more. Not as much more for Linux, but a fair bit more if you end up running Windows. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
