[sclug] Cheap Tesco PC's (with Ubuntu Pre-Installed)

[Adam Trickett]

On Monday 12 Nov 2007, David Given wrote:
> Adam Trickett wrote:
> [...]
>
> > Like the Tesco model by not shipping Windows they can shave a fraction
> > more of the purchase price and keep the retail price just that bit lower.
> > They know full well Linux users will be happy and Windows user will put a
> > boot-leg copy of Windows on it. Either way the retailer doesn't have to
> > pay Microsoft so they appear a tad cheaper in the ultra-competitive
> > retail sector.
>
> Does anyone have any detailed information about exactly what these
> things are yet? For example, what kind of memory, whether it's PCI-e or
> some left over AGP boards, etc?
>
> They do seem to offer a very nice bang:buck ration, but I still can't
> help feeling that there must be a catch somewhere...

I gather someone on the Hants LUG may have ordered one, I'll cross post what 
they have to report.

-- 
Adam Trickett
Overton, HANTS, UK

While it may be faster than DLT tapes, 're-typing' is not a
valid recovery strategy.
	-- anon