[ale] Any suggestions for cost effective computing.

[Christopher Fowler]

Used iMac running OSX 10.3


On Mon, 2006-09-11 at 11:29 -0400, Byron A Jeff wrote:
> I'm in the process of setting up a machine for my mother-in-law. Normally
> I'd wait for a Fry's special and buy. But I was hunting around Pricewatch.com
> and noticed that several vendors sell MB/CPU/memory combos in the $100-$125
> ballpark.
> 
> One problem when I last upgraded was purchasing a AMD64 3000+ on a MB. Works
> fine. But because of the 64 bit processor, I find I can't get any flash
> functionality at all under my AMD64 upgraded Debian Sarge.
> 
> So I'm trying to find a cost effective balance. Something that's 32 bit, so
> flash will work (and Adobe has no plans for Flash 64 on anything other than
> 32 bit Linux for now), but will function OK for the next couple of years.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> BAJ
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