Because it will run Linux just fine and a VPS will be $20 - $50 or more per month. It is a great buy. If this machine is anything like the Vista machine I bought about 7 years ago it will be a nice Linux box to play with and learn on!! The CPU might even support Visualization. Mine was a little under powered, however it would have run just fine with something like Mint. You could even make it into a LAMP server. I'm running an old single core AMD laptop as a dev box and it run Drupal just fine. It struggled with Drupal Kickstart but still worked. I think the Vista machine might have more power than my old laptop. On 2014-12-08 19:59, Stephen Partington wrote: > Why would I want one of these ancient monsters... I am better off with > a VM. > On Dec 8, 2014 7:18 PM, "Michael Havens" wrote: > >> There isn't really an excuse not to have a second PC with all of the >> windows PCs that are being donated to second hand stores/thrift >> shops. You go in there and look at what they want for the computers >> and then find a person to negotiate a price with and if it has an OS >> less than windows seven start negotiations at 1/4  to 1/2 what they >> are asking. I got a Vista PC for $25. Tell them that the PC you are >> looking at has an operating system that is no longer supported and >> that because of that it will take extra work. >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [1] > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Keith Smith --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss