On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Marc A. Volovic wrote: > On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 22:16 +0300, guy keren wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Marc A. Volovic wrote: > > > What level of price/performance do you want? > > > > the performance should allow me to run a fairly recent linux distribution > > - i can't just choose it, since i have to use certain > > desktops,applications/whatever based on the lecture's subject. > > > > thus, it has to be "strong enough" to run things such as OO 2.0, KDE 3.X, > > firefox and the like. if i can have such a thing for 500-1000$ - that's > > You're moving it to fairly significant hardware requirements. Look at > these: > > http://www.boser.com.tw/products/barebone/bbs2521.htm > http://www.boser.com.tw/products/barebone/bbs2003.htm > > They are larger than what you want, in my opinion.
yes, a bit too large, thought if there was no other option, the 2nd one (i think) might have been interesting. > > what i want to know. once i know what options are available, i'll be able > > to make the trade-off between price and performance. > > Wait - I think I found one for you: > > http://www.bwi.com/product/14513 > > Add hard disk and voilla! aha! now that's very very interesting.... after a few more hours of web scanning, here are some interesting things to think about: 1. this shop doesn't seem to perform international shipments. and i heard that mustop's delivery prices are rather hefty... 2. there's no mention on their site regarding a power supply (which must come external). 3. i'll need to find a way to install linux on this system - perhaps via a USB-based external CDROM. some links i have found: http://www.epialinux.org/ - the HOWTO seems to be quite important - i'll check again what problems exist with the EDEN CPU that comes with the ebox-3850PS. http://www.epiacenter.com/ - has some interesting reviews - the 'system' reviews (look for them at the middle of the left side of the page) are most interesting, with the 'nimble-v5' looking very slick, and 'half cube' gets some silly extra points due to its non-conventional "custom-design" add-ons. > Your consulting fee is US$... Oh - you think of something. ;-) > > If you decide to buy one of these, tell me... i'll have to check linux compatibility and shipment issues, and then choose between this ebox-3850PS and the nimble-v5, most likely. according to the FAQ, the most modern distributions will pause a little challenge to install on non-Nehemia VIA CPUs.. what's the deal with these biblical names, anyway (Nehemia, Ezra, Esther, Eden...)? -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
