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RE: [PLUG] cheap boxes? really?
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Actually RAM prices are waaaaaaaaaaaaay down.
128 Meg on Pricewatch.com is $32
and 64 is only $15!
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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.
>
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> 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?
>
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> I build boxes for my friends and family for under $450 w/o a monitor.
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> 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
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> 128 megs SDRAM $90
>
> 5400 RPM 10-30 gig hard drive $100
>
> Generic CD-ROM $30
>
> Floppy $10
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> Case $40 (I use the enlite mid-tower w/300W PS)
>
> You can get all this at one of the local PC shows.
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>
>
> 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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