Cheap PCs - was RE: [Scottish] Linux advocacy - $199 PC with Linux in USA

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aidan wrote:
>       Old news we know (saw it on /. months ago), but has anyone 
> seen one of these boxen in the UK? I've had two friends harassing 
> me for sources of  cheap boxen in the last week, 

Hi Aidan. Personally I'd be very wary of buying really cheap hardware 
regardless of the OS (even before a friend of mine bought one of those 
nasty little 'Patriot' boxes). I posted a list of some of the places we 
get cheapo hardware from to the list a few weeks ago. With the exception 
of bottom-of-the-range Compaq's and top-of-the-range hard disks although 
we usually stick with branded boxes, I've got no qualms about buying 2nd 
hand. Last time I looked GMC (www.gmcuk.com) had some nice laptops with 
dodgy batteries going cheap. EuroPC (www.europc.co.uk) are also quite 
handy, but a bit more $$

HTH

Colin