On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 11:02:31 +1200 Nick Rout wrote: > > I just dropped Miles at Science Alive so popped in to Computer future to see > what they have. They have compaq SFF boxes, 1.6G, 256 RAM, 20G HDD, > CDROM for @$349 with no OS or $499 with XP home - ex lease machines of > course. Sexy in black and silver. > > I have a 350 MHz one in the lounge as an ipcop firewall, apart from > intensive disk activity from time to time I find it unobtrusive. > > There is other second hand gear about the place too, worth a trip to > have a look. > > The one in my bedroom is an older model with PIII 650.
PS for completeness you might like to note that some compaq boxes will only take slimline cdrom drives, which can be expensive and/or hard to get. eg http://202.21.128.20/photoserver/61/9309561_full.jpg All of mine are of this sort, although the only one that regularly needs a cdrom drive is my wife's PIII 650, which came complete with slimline cdrom. the current black/silver models in C Future seem to have full height CD drives in them, and look a bit like this one: http://202.21.128.20/photoserver/33/9863833_full.jpg > > > > > Cheers, > > Carl. > > -- > Nick Rout -- Nick Rout
