Re: [SLUG] Cheap Linux boxes by the dozen?

From: Joe Brandt (bytemepc@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Mon May 06 2002 - 16:37:48 EDT


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Ostrowsky" <ostrowb@tblc.org>
To: "SLUG" <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 12:52 PM
Subject: [SLUG] Cheap Linux boxes by the dozen?

> I may need to buy a dozen or so cheap Linux boxes soon. To keep things
> standard and easy to install, they'll have to be the same model. I'm
> not averse to buying Wal-Mart PCs for $399 and popping in a 530TX+ NIC,
> but it could take them a while to ship.
>
> TCWO has machines for $600 without NICs, but I'm not sure whether
> they've got a dozen in stock.
>
> Ideally there'd be something in this price range that has a built-in NIC
> and plenty in stock. (Even one in stock would be good, if the rest
> could be delivered in a week or so.)
>
> Any ideas welcome.
>
> Ben

I got my machine (1.4 ghz) thruogh www.pricewatch.com and zony systems in
Tampa for $335 complete sans monitor. Mandrake 8.2 loaded with no hitch.



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