[Klug-general] end of the PCSpecialist story

[Jonathan Kaye]

Sharon Kimble via Kent wrote on 19/08/16 20:11:

> I used to get my computers from ebuyer, just like you're now doing,
> until I discovered that you could only ever have one hard drive in!
> There was just never the connections for more hard drives on the
> motherboards, and it was that fact that led me to PCSpecialists.
> 
> PCSpecialists didn't have any concerns when I said that I wanted a
> machine with no OS as I was going to install debian 8 on it, which is
> what I've done.
> 
> Sharon.
> 
Hi Sharon,
I'm not too fussed about having only one hard drive since it's a 3TB
drive. In addition I've always used 2 external drives for backups and
various media collections.

Yes, one of the options (which I put into my specs) was no installed OS.
I consulted their tech support to get some reassurance that the items on
the specs I sent them played nicely with Linux. That was when I received
the reply that they could not give me that reassurance.

Finally, I paid a much lower price at ebuyers for a tower with similar
(perhaps even superior) specs. In any event I'll report back on its
performance once I've had a chance to put it through its paces.

Jonathan