Ha! I'm posting this on a machine I literally dragged out of a lady's garbage can. It came complete with 19" monitor, printer, scanner, speakers, keyboard&mouse, cabling, and a stack of software disks. It was a windows ME machine, but the OS crapped out, errors so bad it would not boot. No OS disk, however.
I installed PCLinuxOS 2009.1 this afternoon, and am playing around right now. Total cost to me? $15 for a stick of RAM and a cheap LAN card.
Ha! I’m posting this on a machine I literally dragged out of a lady’s garbage can. It came complete with 19” monitor, printer, scanner, speakers, keyboard&mouse, cabling, and a stack of software disks. It was a windows ME machine, but the OS crapped out, errors so bad it would not boot. No OS disk, however.
I installed PCLinuxOS 2009.1 this afternoon, and am playing around right now. Total cost to me? $15 for a stick of RAM and a cheap LAN card.
but this is because you are brilliant. I on the otherhand got lost a few months ago when my numlock was on my laptop.
if you want to see something pathetic read this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2139000/posts
this is the level i am at...
BGH, You are the guy.....I just noticed that CostCo has the GREAT, brand new systems, with monitor, for 499. I saw a complete system in their add last week for 359....But, like you....I love dumpster diving for computer parts....My town has a recycle center for computers and TVs. I can go there and build a entire Fortune 500 company from the hardware I find.