[sclug] Cheap'n'nasty Tesco Linux machines

[Phillip Chandler]

Would anyone know if its a mini tower case or a small desktop. I ask
purely from the point that if its a mini tower, then you can upgrade
sourcing from internet shop very easily, because of having two cd/dvd
slots and two hdd slots minimum.

Whereas with a branded desktop like a NEC POWERMATE VL260 you probably
only have room for one of each. Im assuming that Tesco have opted for
the cheapest they can get, so the price still makes them a nice tidy
profit. Especially if they get them assembled in the Asia area. The only
option then for a Powermate is to upgrade the hdd and buy an external
case for the 89gig hdd you replaced.

On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 18:28 +0100, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:01:20 +0000 (GMT), "Alex Butcher
> lug-at-assursys.co.uk |mailing list/linux mailing lists|"
> <sohmjtjzd70t at sneakemail.com> said:
> > On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Pete wrote:
> > 
> > > --- Phillip Chandler <phillip.chandler at ntlworld.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >> And who cares if their low spec. 2.66 ghz is
> > >> actually  a good speed for
> > >> a standard box for the average joe home user,
> > >> especially for linux.
> > >
> > > Anyone else remember when a Pentium 100 was good
> > > enough for email, web surfing and writing some
> > > letters?
> > 
> > It still is, but you'll have to accept that you'll have to use the
> > applications that were around when the Pentium 100 was around, rather
> > than
> > today's applications. 
> 
> You can still use Slackware 11.0 and X and fluxbox and opera and you
> have a minimal but decent system.
> 
> I haven't tried Slack 12.0 but I presume that kernel 2.6.x.x won't
> compile on that processor but I could be wrong.
>