Re: [tlug] Linux compatible motherboards

["Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon" <ronfaxon@example.com>]

Joseph Essertier wrote:

> I appreciate all the help I'm getting, but I'm wondering if I have the 
> skills necessary to shop the way most TLUG people shop.
This has been part of the drive for my nearly always buying used 
computers.  With machines that have been out there for two or three 
years, there are usually drivers for their parts, and with the very low 
prices of used computers, it's not catastrophic to make a mistake and 
have to buy another used box.  Both of the last two used computers I 
bought were under Y10,000 (one just barely), and the old (new, but old) 
motherboard, CPU, memory set I bought cost about Y15,000 with the 
additional 512MB board I bought.  As things are looking now, that money 
will be completely wasted and next time I'll just lay down a large pile 
of cash for good equipment.

So - yes, I think you should buy a new computer, but this also reminds 
me of another advantage to used computers.  Granted, except for one of 
those, I don't need them to be game-capable, so just about anything on 
the market from P-III on works fine for the applications I use.

Lyle