____/ dapunka on Thursday 12 July 2007 00:29 : \____
> On 12 Jul, 00:02, ed <e...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:16:49 -0700
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>> dapunka <dapu...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > A friend of mine wants to buy her son a new PC. But she's poor, on
>> > benefits, so she's gonna get one from Littlewoods catalogue (for the
>> > benefit of non-Brit readers, it's a big catalogue company that sells
>> > stuff for quite expensive prices but lets you spread the payments over
>> > many weeks or months).
>>
>> > I was having a look with her, and their cheapest desktop PCs cost
>> > about £500, have Vista preloaded... and have 1GB of RAM. I thought
>> > Vista needed 2GB of RAM /minimum/?
>>
>> > What kind of computing experience is her son gonna get from one of
>> > these machines? I'm trying to convince her to buy a used PC and I'll
>> > install Ubuntu or something on it... or, if her son insists on
>> > Microsoft, then get one with XP. Coz I can see an underpowered Vista
>> > box as being a /real/ disapppointment.
>>
>> I think there are places around that will donate computers to the under
>> privileged. Lookup some computer recycling in google regional search.
>
> I don't think she'd go for that. Pride and stuff, y'know?
eSys sell systems for under £150. They have channel partners. The PCs come with
Linux, but you could probably install something else or dual boot.
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