Chad Walstrom wrote: > Regarding cheap computers, I wouldn't bother reading the printed > classifieds. The paper charges some $80 to do the weekend ads, so > you'll be paying for that by proxy when you buy the computer. Also, > consider that you can generally buy a new cheap computer for under $500 > at the major retailers, consistently. Walmart sells (or used to?) > Linspire boxes on the cheap; a great way to get started with Linux. Not > sure I would buy from Walmart on moral principle, but it is an optinon. > > There are local white-box makers, too. General Nanosystems > (http://nanosys1.com/) and Tran Micro on University Avenue have pretty > nice little starter systems, sans monitor, in the $300-400 range. I've > got a 13" and a 17" monitor I'm not using. One of these days, I'm going > to replace the 19", too, so I'll make that available to the TCLUG > members off our classifieds site. > > And there's the segway... If you have less to spend, first look at the > TCLUG classifieds site. People are giving away free computers or cheap > computers all the time. One of these days, I'll be going through my > junk and listing everything there for free. I've got a couple old > pentium II's I'll probably be getting rid of some time. I have a couple > cases to get rid of. I've got an old UltraSparc 5 I'm not using, though > perhaps OpenSolaris 10 might work nicely on it (I've had issues with > Linux on it). > > The next stop is Craig's List. It's free. You won't be paying for the > seller's listing fees; there are none. Etc. > > Where else. I think there was a local company that purchases old > systems off of companies and sells them cheaply. The URL was posted to > this list a while back. > > Anyway, you get the idea. Good luck! > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > If I want to buy a cheap computer that has lots of power, I use the university computer recycle store. http://www1.umn.edu/ucs/usedcomp.php Tom -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: tompoe.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 340 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070503/a4c7929e/attachment.vcf