Re: [Dorset] Upgrade or buy secondhand

2009-11-15 Thread Peter Merchant
On Sun, 2009-11-15 at 19:00 +, Andrew Drapper wrote: > Sorry I forgot to edit my last replies subject. wooops > > Walter, > > Thanks. I have picked up three pc through freecycle in the past, but had no > success with any. But thanks for the tip. the Bridport - Lyme Regis is not > very well co

Re: [Dorset] Upgrade or buy secondhand

2009-11-15 Thread Peter Merchant
On Sun, 2009-11-15 at 19:00 +, Andrew Drapper wrote: > Sorry I forgot to edit my last replies subject. wooops > > Walter, > > Thanks. I have picked up three pc through freecycle in the past, but had no > success with any. But thanks for the tip. the Bridport - Lyme Regis is not > very well co

Re: [Dorset] Upgrade or buy secondhand

2009-11-15 Thread Andrew Drapper
Sorry I forgot to edit my last replies subject. wooops Walter, Thanks. I have picked up three pc through freecycle in the past, but had no success with any. But thanks for the tip. the Bridport - Lyme Regis is not very well covered at the moment so I ended up travelling an hour each way and then

Re: [Dorset] Upgrade or buy secondhand

2009-11-15 Thread Peter Merchant
On Sun, 2009-11-15 at 16:09 +, Walter wrote: > Upgrade or buy secondhand (Andrew Drapper) > > Andrew, search and join 'Freecycle' in your area. These come up frequently > at no cost, just collect. > > I have a 600Mhz AMD which you could have. Might improve with some more > memory. Runs X

[Dorset] Upgrade or buy secondhand

2009-11-15 Thread Walter
Upgrade or buy secondhand (Andrew Drapper) Andrew, search and join 'Freecycle' in your area. These come up frequently at no cost, just collect. I have a 600Mhz AMD which you could have. Might improve with some more memory. Runs Xubuntu fine. -- Regards, Walter -- Next meeting: Bourne

Re: [Dorset] Upgrade or buy secondhand

2009-11-15 Thread Sean Gibbins
Ted Frater wrote: > You havnt read any of this, so dont mention it to anyone. I'm guessing that was meant to go off-list? Either way Ted, my lips are sealed! :-) Sean -- www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2009-12-02 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Ch

Re: [Dorset] Upgrade or buy secondhand

2009-11-15 Thread Peter Merchant
On Sun, 2009-11-15 at 00:57 +, Ted Frater wrote: > Andrew Drapper wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have several old computers, all beyond it. a P2 and a dead Celeron 2.2 I > > have very little spare cash. Should I upgrade the main-board and > > and processor or by something second-hand from ebay? > > >

Re: [Dorset] Upgrade or buy secondhand

2009-11-14 Thread Ted Frater
Andrew Drapper wrote: > Hi, > > I have several old computers, all beyond it. a P2 and a dead Celeron 2.2 I > have very little spare cash. Should I upgrade the main-board and > and processor or by something second-hand from ebay? > > What do you recommend to run something like Ubuntu 9.10 and may be

Re: [Dorset] Upgrade or buy secondhand

2009-11-14 Thread Tim
On Saturday 14 November 2009 21:39:12 Andrew Drapper wrote: > Hi, > > I have several old computers, all beyond it. a P2 and a dead Celeron 2.2 I > have very little spare cash. Should I upgrade the main-board and > and processor or by something second-hand from ebay? > > What do you recommend to run

Re: [Dorset] Upgrade or buy secondhand

2009-11-14 Thread Simon O'Riordan
ber 14, 2009 9:39 PM Subject: [Dorset] Upgrade or buy secondhand > Hi, > > I have several old computers, all beyond it. a P2 and a dead Celeron 2.2 I > have very little spare cash. Should I upgrade the main-board and > and processor or by something second-hand from ebay? > > Wh

Re: [Dorset] Upgrade or buy secondhand

2009-11-14 Thread Robert Bronsdon
On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:39:12 -, Andrew Drapper wrote: > I have very little spare cash. Should I upgrade the main-board and > and processor or by something second-hand from ebay? This would depend on how 'little' little is. What would be an ideal amount to spend? In my experience re-cycl

Re: [Dorset] Upgrade or buy secondhand

2009-11-14 Thread Sean Gibbins
Andrew Drapper wrote: > Hi, > > I have several old computers, all beyond it. a P2 and a dead Celeron 2.2 I > have very little spare cash. Should I upgrade the main-board and > and processor or by something second-hand from ebay? > What's your budget Andrew? Sean -- www.funkygibbins.me.uk -

[Dorset] Upgrade or buy secondhand

2009-11-14 Thread Andrew Drapper
Hi, I have several old computers, all beyond it. a P2 and a dead Celeron 2.2 I have very little spare cash. Should I upgrade the main-board and and processor or by something second-hand from ebay? What do you recommend to run something like Ubuntu 9.10 and may be to begin to use to rip and serve