[wplug] eMachines?

[Tim Lesher]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 01:56:33PM -0500, Brandon Kuczenski wrote:
> I am looking to set up an inexpensive gateway/firewall in my lab ato CMU.  
> Some cmu.misc.market (cmu-private newsgroup) guy is selling an eMachines 2
> GHz Celeron system for $200.  Would it be a mistake for me to use such a
> cheap POS as a linux gateway and fileserver?  

I doubt it.  The places where emachines, et al, cut corners and use
cheap parts are usually in the modem, audio, and video cards, as well
as the case: all things that aren't terribly important to a
fileserver.

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Tim Lesher <tim at lesher.ws>
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