[ale] Sub $250 PCs

Bob Toxen transam at verysecurelinux.com
Mon Feb 13 18:20:30 EST 2006


I've had repeated bad experiences from Ginstar that cost me substantial
time and money and refuse to deal with them any more.

I too bought a Linspire from Fry's (for $100 or $200) and installed
Slackware on it with no problem.  It was a quality box.

Bob Toxen
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On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 12:18:40PM -0500, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 11:20 -0500, Chris Farris wrote:
> > used won't do. I need a steady source.
> > 
> 
> You can get a G1 from Ginstar for around $249.  Or less.
> Remove the keyboard, mouse, speakers, floppy, etc and it goes a few
> dollars cheaper.  Good for running Linux on and does not come with an OS
> at that price.



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