[wplug] eMachines?

[Guy Patten]

You couldn't give me a Dell or any other OEM system.  

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> Buy a Dell.
> 
> You can get the Poweredge 400SC tower server for around $250 (I have
> seen as low as $228) after rebates when they run their specials
> (almost every week).
> 
> P4 2.26 ghz, 128 ram, 40 GB hard drive, CDrom. Also has SATA
> connectors on the board and 1 year warranty.
> 
> Ryan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brandon Kuczenski [mailto:brandon at 301south.net] 
> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 1:57 PM
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> Subject: [wplug] eMachines?
> 
> 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?  The only
> reason I even looked at the ad was because it had a couple peripheral
> devices I was personally interested in (like an internal DVD/CDRW
> drive).
> 
> -brandon
> 
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     Guy Patten 
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