Re: [Hampshire] What is the PC to buy ?

On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:10:39 +0000
Sean Gibbins <sean@???> wrote:

> Alternatively you (Jon) could do what I do and build your own: it's no
> cheaper and no more reliable but it's fun, there's a sense of
> achievement and you've no one but yourself to blame if/when it goes
> wrong! ;-)

Most systems I've had since buying my first complete system from 'Dan
Computers' back in the late 1980s have been rebuilds, either upgrading
the mother board or the case (never both at same time I think) with
other components getting changed on a regular basis.

Most of my secondary systems have been acquired from 'free' sources
and as an example I got my current Maxdata case from a fellow
lugger last year with an AMD motherboard which failed very recently. All
the internals have been upgraded this time, with stuff from Novatech,
so it is effectively a brand new 64bit system.

Building a system is easy but picking components which are fully Linux
compatible is the trickier bit.

--
John Lewis
using Debian Sid with windowmaker for a nicer desktop