[PLUG] Newbie Buying Preconfigured System- Seeks comments

[Art <art440@snip.net>]

Dear PLUG:

   I am about to buy a PRECONFIGURED Linux system

    I am replacing a real DUD system that I bought locally (two in a row)
- I believe that part of the problem that I have been having with LINUX
installations is that I would get Hardware failure before I could get started on
figuring out how to use LINUX.

    At the suggestion of one PLUG member - I checked out the seller
rating page:    http://www.resellerratings.com/

    I also checked out the following:
 http://www.linux.org/vendors/systems.html
 http://www.linuxlinks.com/Companies/Hardware_Retailers/

    There were only two vendors who were rated on the Reseller
page - one (nameless) received major WARNINGS !

    This left only ONE vendor on the list with good ratings:

           http://www.minotaur.com/

      So I am about to put about $1500 on a basic system from
   Minotaur -  (proabably will order on 1 -2 days as I will need
   some advice from them - they offer choices about items that I
    have NO idea about)

    ANY COMMENTS plus or minus on my process or on the
unrated vendors on the Linux Hardware pages ????



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