On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 12:58:34PM -0500, David S. Cargo wrote: > I'm finally in a position to buy a new system (from scratch, not > just upgrading parts of my old system). > > I have seen low prices from mainstream vendors (Dell, Gateway, HP, IBM) > in the papers and Sunday supplements. I haven't priced local outlets > lately (General Nanosystems, Tran Micro, etc.). > > I'm looking to spend between $800 - $1200. Ideally I would like something > that runs Windows and Linux and both OSes can use all the hardware. > > It's for home use, but I'd like something with at least 256MB of memory; > 20GB to 60GB of disk; DVD and CD-RW; some reasonable kind of sound card; > ethernet; pretty good video card. Oh, yeah. A 1GHz processor. > > Where would you (anybody) recommend getting a system like this. (It could > come with Windows preinstalled; I've installed Linux on my own PCs before.) > Here is a good starting point: http://www.sharkyextreme.com/theguide/value_game_pc/ florin -- "you have moved your mouse, please reboot to make this change take effect" 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4