[ale] Any suggestions for cost effective computing.

[Warren Myers]

You might also want to check sub300.com - I've used them a couple times,
though I've blitzed the default Linspire install first.

WMM

On 9/12/06, Byron A Jeff <byron at cc.gatech.edu> wrote:
>
> I'll respond to everything all together...
>
> >-------------------------
> >From: KingBahamut <gwosbahamut at gmail.com>
> >
> >Koala - http://system76.com
> >-------------------------
>
> $500 is too costly.
>
> >----------------------------
> >$500. Too costly.
> >
> >Used iMac running OSX 10.3
> >---------------------------
>
> An idea I actually considered when I saw Surplus Computers selling iMacs
> for
> $49 and $99. It turns out they was bastards with souped up MB. The reports
> I read were that they were dogs and to avoid at all cost.
>
> I actually have a Mac 6400 PowerPC that I bought off a table at a school
> fair
> for $20. I got a VGA adapter. However it doesn't have a ADB
> keyboard/mouse.
> Probably too old and slow to do anything effective.
>
> The other issue is that since I'm way more up to speed on Linux than OSX
> I'd prefer to have a Linux box. I'll be the system manager.
>
> ------------------------------
> >From: Magical Floppy Man <fd0man at gmail.com>
> >If Flash is the only requirement, then all you need to do is use a
> >32-bit browser on the 64-bit system.  There are a couple of ways to do
> >this; under Ubuntu (and probably Debian) you can setup a 32-bit chroot
> >environment where you can run "firefox32" that runs a firefox out of the
> >32-bit chroot environment, and shares the home directory.  All you have
> >to do, then, is change the desktop links that run Firefox.
> >
> >http://process-of-elimination.net/wiki/Ubuntu_32bit_CHROOT_for_AMD64
> >works, though IIRC, I had to do some trial-and-error with it when I used
> >that setup.
> ------------------------------
>
> Flash isn't the only requirement, but a critical one. Truth of the matter
> I'm
> probably going to have to explore running the Windows version of Firefox
> with Wine along with the Flash plugin. It's just terrible that Adobe is
> being so insistant to doing Linux development in a Cathedral. They refuse
> to release an alpha of their current Linux Flash Player, and won't be
> releasing a beat for another 3-4 months.
>
> ------------------------------
> >From: "James P. Kinney III" <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com>
> >
> >Get the 64-bit system and use 32 bit OS.=20
> >
> >Or use the 64-bit OS but get the 32-bit Firefox. It works just fine.
> -----------------------------
> I somehow apt-get upgraded my Debian Sarge to AMD64. That's when my own
> Flash troubles started. I real about the chrooted 32 bit environment. It
> seems almost as complicated as the Wine/Windows Firefox/Flash solution
> which will get me Flash 9.
>
> This isn't my machine, and truthfully it really isn't for my MiL. My kids
> will be the primary users and that's why Flash is high up on the list.
>
> -----------------------------
> >From: Jeff Hubbs <hbbs at comcast.net>
> >
> >Under Gentoo, if you use the binary-only mozilla-firefox-bin package
> >instead of the source-only mozilla-firefox package on AMD64, I think you
> >get the Flash plugin as part of the package.  That used to not be so and
> >was a major irritant with desktop Gentoo on AMD64.
> ----------------------------
>
> No chance of switching to Gentoo. I'm sticking with Debian.
>
> ----------------------------
> >From: "Brian D. Pitts" <bpitts at LearnLink.Emory.Edu>
> >
> >Be wary of the ECS motherboards that many of these combos include; I've
> read
> >lots of reports of poor video and memory compatibility.
> >
> >Below is the cheapest "combo" I could come up with in 5 minutes on
> Newegg.
> >
> >Athlon 64 3000+ (Socket 939, Venice) $64
> >Asus A8N-VM (nForce 410 w/ onboard graphics) $63
> >Kingston ValueRAM (2 x 256MB DDR 400) $57
> >
> >At $184 it's a bit pricier than what you've found for sale. It's also
> only $90
> >less than Dell's cheapest desktop.
> ----------------------------
> >
> >From: Christopher Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
> >
> >Also Dell includes a LCD, CD-ROM, HDD, Floppy?  The Dell has a good
> >price if you consider them disposable computers.  My wife's grandmother
> >is in need of a new PC with WinXP.  I used to get them at Ginstar and
> >take them to her but this time I just told her to get a Dell.  She wants
> >an LCD anyway and there is no way I can get the same from Ginstar that
> >includes a LCD.
> ----------------------------
>
> Well I really didn't need to buy a whole machine. I have a 200 GB IDE
> drive laying around. I also purchased a 17" flat screen Sony CRT from the
> Goodwill for $10.
>
> I just pricewatched something in the ballpark of Brian's specs. There were
> boards that were $50 cheaper with the dreaded ECS and Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9
> and MSI K8NGM2-L boards. Any opinions.
>
> BAJ
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