MicroCenter Systems

[mbsmith at dstsystems.com]

I just bought a K6-2 550 for $26 and a 128MB DIMM for $28.  Do a search at 
pricewatch.com for 10.0GB and you'll see a Quantum drive for $42.  These 
have/had free shipping.  So add that to your $99 machine and, yes, really 
- $200.  As to whether the BIOS would take a K6-2 550, that's an unknown, 
but the point is, decent parts are cheap!

Cheers
Mark Smith

Seth Dimbert <s.dimbert at fhmr.com>
09/18/2002 11:59 AM

 
        To:     mbsmith at dstsystems.com, kclug at kclug.org
        cc: 
        Subject:        RE: MicroCenter Systems

A $200 system that includes a monitor? Really?

i doubt it.

-SD

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net
[mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of
mbsmith at dstsystems.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 11:54 AM
To: kclug at kclug.org
Subject: Re: MicroCenter Systems

I'm amazed someone can still put together such low spec machines. 100MHz??
 1.7GB HD??  They must have come across an old stockpile of parts.  I
imagine you could add $100 and come up with a machine at least 5 times as
fast/large.  Your A) scenario would not fly.

Cheers
Mark Smith

Seth Dimbert <s.dimbert at fhmr.com>
Sent by: owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net
09/18/2002 11:28 AM

        To:     kclug at kclug.org
        cc:
        Subject:        MicroCenter Systems

MicroCenter is selling OS'less systems for $99. The package includes a
monitor and PC, spec'ed at:

 - Pentium 100mhz
 - 35mb RAM
 - 1.7gb HDD
 - FDD
 - No CD-ROM
 - NIC

Assuming I have a CD-ROM drive, can this system run a modern distro of
Linux? I'm looking for either:

A) a home/office machine with StarOffice and a GUI, or
B) a command-line-only httpd/ftp server with all the bells and whistles
(php, mySQL, Perl, etc).

These machines worth $100?

-SD