My machine died two days before I hit the road.

[Michael Havens]

Thanks guys. I went to best buy and got a hd for 60 dollars after tax.
I made it to gainesville two weeks ago. So i total I am spending 120
on this computer.

On 8/2/15, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
> Something to consider is you can get a decent SSD for another 60 or so and
> that machine will run like a champ. The only weirdness you may have is for
> multiple displays.
> On Aug 2, 2015 9:48 AM, "Steve Litt" <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:
>
>> Bring over a System Rescue CD and a Lubuntu 15.04 live CD to make sure
>> it works (no HD, after all). You can look at /proc/* and lshw to verify
>> that what he says is in there is in there. You can look
>> at /proc/cpuinfo to verify that it has hardware virtualization. If it
>> works with System Rescue CD, and it is substantially as described
>> including the CPU having hardware virtualization, do the following:
>>
>> * Do NOT grind him on price. He might change his mind.
>>
>> * Whip out $60 cash, get a receipt.
>>
>> * Drive 4 blocks away, where he can't see or hear you.
>>
>> * Get out of the car, do a victory dance.
>>
>> * Order a fifty buck SATA hard disk from Newegg when you get home.
>>   http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339.
>>   Because you're moving, have it go to someone you trust to keep it
>>   safe. DO NOT have it go to the address you're moving out of or the
>>   address you're moving to. It will be gone.
>>
>> * Install the hard drive, install Linux, have fun.
>>
>> * For extra credit, you might want to install 16GB RAM on there and
>>   turn it into a monster VM machine. Take it from me, VMs, not metal,
>>   are where you want to do your experimentation.
>>
>> SteveT
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 2 Aug 2015 09:09:04 -0700
>> Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Yep
>> > On Aug 2, 2015 8:07 AM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > the price is good even without the hard drive?
>> > >
>> > > On 8/2/15, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > > even without the hard drive?
>> > > >
>> > > > On 8/2/15, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > >> For 60 it's fine. It will run Linux very well once you wrangle
>> > > >> the AMD drivers. That will be a touch special.
>> > > >> On Aug 2, 2015 4:27 AM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com>
>> > > >> wrote:
>> > > >>
>> > > >>> I'm in Florida now and I have a University professor offering
>> > > >>> me a computer for 60 dollars. He built it himself around 2010
>> > > >>> and he gives the specs (below). I wish I didn't have to ask but
>> > > >>> does it sound like a good deal?
>> > > >>> --
>> > > >>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> ---  Case: Antec 300
>> > > >>>
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> ---  Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H
>> > > >>>
>> http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3138#ov
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> ---  CPU:  AMD Athlon II X4 620 95W AM3 2MB Cache 2.6 GHz
>> > > >>>
>> > > http://www.amazon.com/AMD-Athlon-620-2600MHz-Retail/dp/B002MAPTFW
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> --- RAM:  Mushkin Blackline 996587B (2x2GB)  total 4GB
>> > > >>>
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146731
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> --- Video:  Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 1GB GDDR3  PCI-E,
>> > > >>> HDMI,DVI-I,VGA.
>> > > >>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102837
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> --- Power supply: Antec SP-500, 500 watt PSU
>> > > >>>
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817103937
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> --- Optical:  LG DVD -  R/W drive
>> > > >>> ---------------------------------------------------
>>
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