Re: [Sheflug] Tesco computer??? in home service

[Tim Dobson <personalwebsite@xxxxxxxx>]

John Beaumont wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 16:03 +0100, Janet Simpson wrote:
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>> Hi Everyone,
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>> Rather shocked by the price of this computer, £139 and £189.  Does
>> anyone have any thoughts about it? Am I right in thinking it is not
>> internet ready?
>> http://direct.tesco.com/q/N.1999034/Nr.99.aspx?Ns=P_SORT_Price&btnResultSort.x=501&btnResultSort.y=419
> 
> Rather surprised they don't list whether it has a LAN connection or not.
> But am overjoyed Tesco are selling Linux ready PCs.
> 
> My brother just bought this for the company he works for and it's a
> lovely machine, really quiet. Only 170 quid and you could then load
> windows onto it if you wished. His came preloaded with Ubuntu.
> 
> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/133576

*working* Computers don't cost much.
*advertised* computers stay pretty much at a fixed price, as 
manufacturers add junk to "add value" to something joe user won't have a 
clue whether it is a good deal or not.

My computer cost 800 pound 5 years ago and now would probably cost very 
little at all. despite this i am happily running the latest version of 
ubuntu. (development version actually)

You might want to look at the Asus eeePC if you haven't seen it yet. it 
is a very low price laptop based on a GNU/Linux Distro (Xandros)

All computers will have ethernet these days. even if it doesn't there 
are harder things than adding a ethernet card.
Probably a 56k modem as well, though i don't mind much if this goes into 
the land of floppy drives.


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