On Tue, 2008-06-10 at 14:41 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:
On 6/10/08, Bob Taylor bob8221@gmail.com wrote:
Best Buy currently has an eMachine on sale for less than $300.00 without monitor. I didn't see any recent complaints on
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HW guru I am not. Linux guru I am not. I have a suggestion for you, which I believe is a valid one: Take a Knoppix Live CD (that you've previously tested on another box and know is working properly) or a CentOS Live CD, with you to the store. Boot the box with it and see if the HW works with Linux, before you buy. Preferably, do this on *the* box you are going to buy, in case the HW in the floor sample and the one you are going to buy are not identical.
Sheesh! Gotta get my brain working properly! I should have thought of that. Still thinking I have a dial up Internet connection.
Sounds very cheap and I'd like to have one too. Does Best Buy let one bring something back, for a refund, within a certain number of days, if they are not satisfied with the product?
Dunno. I would presume yes.