[sclug] Dell desktop for 175GBP inc. delivered - offer closes 2/11/2005

[Stuart Major]

Hi All,

This might seem like a daft question (and apologies if it is) but is 
there any downside to this machine, would you be able to dual boot XP 
and a Linux distro?

I volunteer for an organic food coop (www.truefood.coop) and we are 
wondering whether to buy a this machine as our old 98 machine is on it's 
last legs and we are migrating to OSS (albeit slowly).  Would a machine 
like this help or hinder us in such a step?

I'm getting up to speed with Linux, but not everyone in the coop is, and 
we would need some OSS accounting software (Gnucash KMyMoney) are these 
compatible with industry standard 'doze software such as Quicken?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thank you, Stuart.



Alex Butcher wrote:

> Free delivery (worth 49GBP+VAT) offer closes 2/11/2005.
>
> System is
>
> 2.53GHz Celeron D 325 (256KB cache, 533MHz FSB)
> 512MB memory (free upgrade from 256MB until 23/11/2005)
> 80G HDD
> 48x CD-Rom drive (DVD is 15GBP+VAT extra)
> USB mouse + keyboard
> No monitor
> 90 days collect + return warranty
>  To order, goto <http://www.dell.com/uk>, select 'Small Business',
> 'Desktops', 'Browse Dimension', 'Select' under Dimension 1100, 'Customise
> and Buy', then change the support package to '90 Day Collect and Return'.
>
> Alex.