Thanks again Simon.
Al - thanks to you too, btw are you storing the entire internet in your little black box!? (think i.t crowd) :-) On Jun 10, 2011 10:00 AM, "Simon Greenwood" <sfgreenw...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10 June 2011 09:49, Dave Hanson <d...@hansonforensics.co.uk> wrote: > >> Thanks Simon - very interested! >> >> Exactly what speed/core processor do they have in? >> >> Dave >> On Jun 10, 2011 9:40 AM, "Simon Greenwood" <sfgreenw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On 10 June 2011 09:30, Dave Hanson <d...@hansonforensics.co.uk> wrote: >> > >> >> Morning all, >> >> >> >> I'm toying with the idea of buying a barebones pc from maplins to run >> web >> >> server on. (potentially more) I would quite like a dual core processor >> and a >> >> gig or so of ram < £120, the rest i can beg borrow and steal. >> >> >> >> It should obviously be compatible with Ubuntu & so does anyone have any >> >> recommendations as to anywhere else to pick one up? >> >> >> >> I'm also open to charitable donations in the Leeds area! :-P >> >> >> > >> > I'm in the Leeds area and have a couple of Xeon machines on eBay at the >> > moment: >> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310323874379 >> > and http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310323874270 >> > >> > I don't expect them to get a lot so it might be worth bidding (sorry if >> this >> > contravenes any guidelines by the way) >> > >> > For that matter, HP do occasionally sell the more recent version of those >> > servers for very cheap, probably less than a good barebones package at >> > Maplin. >> > >> > > They're Xeon 2.33Ghz so two cores (but not dual core). They have both been > running Ubuntu until recently. > > Alan's Ebuyer deal sounds quite good though. > > s/ > > -- > Twitter: @sfgreenwood > "Is this your sanderling?"
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