hi list, Would you guys give me recommendations for a company around Massachusetts selling Linux pre-installed desktop computers at a good price/performance ratio? I would also appreciate Linux pre-installed laptop/notebook sellers are welcome, as well though I think that it is harder to find. Thank you baris
http://www.pcsforeveryone.com/ in cambridge will install various Linux distros. I just bought a machine last week for work there. Baris Hasdemir wrote:
hi list,
Would you guys give me recommendations for a company around Massachusetts selling Linux pre-installed desktop computers at a good price/performance ratio?
I would also appreciate Linux pre-installed laptop/notebook sellers are welcome, as well though I think that it is harder to find.
Thank you baris
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On Sun, 5 Sep 2004, Karl Hiramoto wrote:
http://www.pcsforeveryone.com/ in cambridge will install various Linux distros. I just bought a machine last week for work there.
Short of building your own, I would recommend these guys also. I haven't bought one there myself but I know people who have and were happy. Of course, I would recommend almost anyone but Dell. :-) Why not Dell? Because Dell doesn't do AMD and AMD64 is ruling the price/performance ratios at all levels against Intel right now and for the foreseeable future. Plus, they are an underdog...and we like underdogs! -- Gary
I have heard in the past that you cannot buy a dell with only linux on it....they have some special deal with MS that says every PC they sell MUST have some version of windows. They will install linux only as a duel boot. Not sure if that is still true...anyone know for sure? --- Gary Hanley <gary@hanley.net> wrote:
On Sun, 5 Sep 2004, Karl Hiramoto wrote:
http://www.pcsforeveryone.com/ in cambridge will install various Linux distros. I just bought a machine last week for work there.
Short of building your own, I would recommend these guys also. I haven't bought one there myself but I know people who have and were happy.
Of course, I would recommend almost anyone but Dell. :-)
Why not Dell?
Because Dell doesn't do AMD and AMD64 is ruling the price/performance ratios at all levels against Intel right now and for the foreseeable future.
Plus, they are an underdog...and we like underdogs!
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On Sun, Sep 05, 2004 at 08:03:02AM -0700, Mike Leo wrote:
I have heard in the past that you cannot buy a dell with only linux on it....they have some special deal with MS that says every PC they sell MUST have some version of windows. They will install linux only as a duel boot.
That's only true for desktops, not servers. The best way to buy a Dell Linux system for desktop use is to get a Dell PowerEdge 400SC. It is their entry-level tower server, but it uses the exact same motherboard as their Dimension line, so it has an AGP slot on it (they don't tell you this in their literature). So you buy this in the barebones minimum configuration with the 800MHz FSB P4 CPU you want, add more DDR400 RAM from crucial.com (cheaper than Dell's RAM), and get your own video card separately. You can get Linux preinstalled, or get no OS at all. Plus it usually comes with a 3 year on-site next-business day warranty...
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