MadTux

[dsr-mzpnVDyJpH4k7aNtvndDlA at public.gmane.org (Dan Ritter)]

On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 09:51:01PM -0400, Rusty wrote:
> Has anyone here ordered a computer for mad tux?  I just ordered one and when
> I look at the prices for some I just think how can they be that low?  Anyone
> have any good experiences with them?

Here's what I see:

- no mention of component names.
- no recent technologies

I would suspect that they are shipping new-but-old, that is,
components that have never previously been used but have sat on
a warehouse shelf for two or more years.

Have you tried to buy a new 13 GB disk lately? You might manage it -
as a CF microdrive. 2.5" laptop drives start at 40GB, and there's no
sense in buying a 3.5" drive less than 80 GB -- especially when the
current $100 drive size is 400-500GB from a major name.

On the upside, all of these components are probably fully
supported by Linux... And the desktop prices are decent. If you
want to buy a spare box, it's not bad.

-dsr-

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