RE: [PLUG] cheap boxes? really?

[Bob Razler <Bob@Razler.com>]

Yeah, my mistake, today at the show 256 Megs of RAM was $90.  So 128
must be around half that.  Sorry.

-----Original Message-----
From: Michelle Weber [mailto:umweber@mcs.drexel.edu] 
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 1:48 PM
To: 'plug@lists.phillylinux.org'
Subject: RE: [PLUG] cheap boxes? really?


Actually RAM prices are waaaaaaaaaaaaay down.
128 Meg on Pricewatch.com is $32
and 64 is only $15!


-- 
Michelle Weber
umweber@mcs.drexel.edu


On Sat, 31 Mar 2001, Bob Razler wrote:

> One other thing, you could knock about another $100 off by going with 
> 64 megs of ram and a cheaper, older, smaller hard drive.
> 
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Razler [mailto:Bob@razler.com]
> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 1:24 PM
> To: 'plug@lists.phillylinux.org'
> Subject: RE: [PLUG] cheap boxes? really?
> 
> 
> I build boxes for my friends and family for under $450 w/o a monitor.
> 
> Get an SiS all-in-one motherboard (LAN, Modem, Sound & Video) $80 They

> make them for both Intel and AMD
> 
> Celeron 733/800 or a Duron 800 for around $70
> 
> 128 megs SDRAM	$90
> 
> 5400 RPM 10-30 gig hard drive		$100
> 
> Generic CD-ROM	$30
> 
> Floppy	$10
> 
> Case	$40 (I use the enlite mid-tower w/300W PS)
> 
> You can get all this at one of the local PC shows.
> 
> 
> 
> Bob Razler
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Abrahamson [mailto:jeff@purple.com]
> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 9:01 AM
> To: PLUG
> Subject: [PLUG] cheap boxes? really?
> 
> 
> The news has been all aflurry the last year of various $200 - $300 
> intel boxes running linux. Does anyone know how to buy such a thing? 
> I'm looking to buy a new box, doesn't have to be 1 GHz or anything, 
> just trying to do it cheaply if I can. I figure I'll still have to 
> spend a couple hundred adding enough RAM for my tastes, but I'm 
> wondering if I can really put together a machine for $500 or so once 
> I'm done. Without spending days researching all the details and going 
> all over creation to do it.
> 
> As an aside, I'd love to be able to recommend a source of cheap 
> machines to friends.
> 
> Anyone know where these supposedly cheap linux boxes can be had?
> 
> 


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