Last Friday, my main computer crashed -- a victim of overheating. Apparently, I had a few warning signs over the past few days that I did not recognize as such. The keyboard would quit working with the last two of the three lights labeled "1" - "A" - "(down-arrow)" on the upper right corner of the keyboard blinking. The first light "1" was lit when the numlock key was on, but I never did know what the other two lights were for.
In any case, the only way I found to restore the keyboard was to reboot. I should have posted a note to PLUG about this, and perhaps could have avoided the crash/disaster. But ... oh well ... c'est la vie. Fortunately, the hard drives are okay and my data is safe. But now the question arises, what to get as a replacement computer. The box that failed had a 750-watt power supply (seems rather excessive). As a temporary measure, I bought a little HP mini-tower off of Craig's list for $175 (1 gig ram, 175-gig hd) on which I've installed the newest version (10.1) of my distro of choice: PCLinuxOS. It is very fast and runs very cool, I think because it has a very low-wattage power supply. I'm actually setting this up as a small desk unit for my wife to replace her old windows box that she rarely uses any more since I got her an IBM Thinkpad running PCLinux. She now likes Linux better ... yes! So, after all that too-long-winded explanation ... back to the original question. I'm looking for ideas/suggestions for a replacement desk unit. I don't see any need for the latest and greatest high-powered unit. I just want strong, reliable, low-heat, low-power consumption (I think). So what does the collective PLUG wisdom suggest? --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
