64-bit AMD chips are nice. Under Ubuntu they will both feel quick. I would say
£50 for more Ram and a DVD rewriter was probably worth it on a stock PC.
To be honest, it's more powerful than my machine at work (except for RAM). For
the price I don't think you'll be disappointed. That said, I haven't used
one, so I don't know how noisy it is or what the build quality is like. Even
if the build quality is pants, you can always buy a cheap case from e-buyer
for £10, but I doubt you'll need to do that.
If you get one, could you take the side off and post a photo of the innards so
we know how expandable it is?
Cheers,
Tim B
On Saturday 10 November 2007 20:30, Peter Salisbury wrote:
> Hi, we 'need' a new PC and the Tesco Ubuntu offering seems good value
> for money and saves building a machine myself. It also tells the
> market there's a call for Linux.
>
> The more expensive one [1] has a DVD rewriter and more memory which
> probably make it worth the extra £50. It also has an AMD 3600 64 Dual
> Core processor. Can anyone comment on how well Ubuntu handles that,
> and whether you really do get any better throughput for normal
> operations? (The cheaper PC [2] has a 2.66 GHz Celeron).
>
> TIA, Peter
>
> [1]http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-6129.aspx
> [2]http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-3224.aspx
