Desktop Computer from Tesco for £139.93!

Forgetful

I would ditch this from tescos
Lidl is selling a pc for £199 with much better spec and windows xp included
300gb hd
1024 mb ram

punamulta

here's the tesco spec, only 256 ram, i know linux is system light but will this do anything?

Accessories Included Relevant driver CD and manual, power cord
Box Contents Computer, keboard, mouse
Brand eSys ePC
Features of Product Less prone to virus attacks
Integrated support on PDF creation
Multiple platform file sharing
PC Graphics Integrated on board
PC Graphics Memory Max Shared Memory 64MB
PC Hard Drive 80Gb 7200 RPM
PC Keyboard Type Wired with multimedia keys
PC Memory 256Mb
PC Mouse Type Wired optical
PC Operating System Linux ( Ubuntu Version 6.06 )
PC Optical Drive Type 16 X DVD ROM
PC Processor Celeron D 331
PC Processor Bus 533 MHz
PC Processor Cache 256K
PC Processor Model Number INT-BX80547RE2667CN
PC Processor Speed 2.66 GHz
PC Software Load Open Office ( Linux )
PC Sound Card Integrated 6 Channel AC 97
PC Type of Speakers No speakers
PC USB Ports 6 x 2.0 USB

Forgetful

seems this pc from tescos has nothing!!!!!!!!!
go for the targa 3700 from lidl
lot better spec


£199.00

300GB hard drive
LG 16XDVD dual layer burner and DVD Rom
1024 MB (2x512MB dual memory)
DVB-T analogue TV antenna and FM antenna
Dolby-digital 7.1 with analogue IN/OUT and digital SPDIF out
Wireless multimedia keyboard and mouse
Stereo headset with microphone

FRONT PORTS
9 in 1 memory card reader includes smartcard function,composite IN,S-Video IN analogue,Firewire IEEE 1394, 2XUSB 2.0,Audio IN (video capturing), Line IN, Mic IN

REAR PORTS
1xPS/2 connection, 6XUSB 2.0, RJII,RJ45, 4XAudio Out,VGA,connection for LCD TV, beamer and HDT

unrich

A good point about Linux operating systems (and Ubuntu is just one of many) (link here), is that they run well on older systems.

Some Linux distributions are designed for older PCs. They can run happily on a 6GB disk and 256MB memory and pentium 1Ghz and above.

If all you want to do is run Firefox, Thunderbird, and OpenOffice then Linux is a possibility on an older second hand PC.

A couple of things to check are, if you have wifi will your wifi card work. Also will your printer work.

So rather than looking for a new PC for linux have a think about re-using some existing technology. £30 will sort you out with a base unit. £10 should get a wifi card if you need one. Instead of dual booting with windows buy a KVM switch, all that techno hassle vanishes. And when your PC breaks you can still access the internet, word process etc. etc.

hibees1875_2

linux is great for stability and range o things you can do with it. not so good if all you want to do is play champ manager all day long!

Note the tesco model doesnt have a modem and a lot of major broadband providers wont support linux so for it to be a bargain do your homework first. same with all the extras such as printers/scanners/webcams etc

to be honest though, i have a windows laptop and an old pc that i cobbled together with bits from car boots and skeletons of old pc's that runs linux. Both have their pros and cons, but i think i would actually begrudge paying over 100 quid for a pc running linux since mine cost less than 50quid.

However, hopefully this will be a good way that linux can reach more people and convince the masses that there is an alternative to microsoft, so well done mr tesco!!!!!

hibees1875_2

ps, if you really need a 300gb hard drive then maybe it's time to delete the !!!!!!!!! Only kiddin. really, though, 300gb hard drives just mean you collect crap on your pc. size isnt everything, especially with linux.

the tesco machine is more than capable and openoffice is fab! more stable than msoffice and equally (if not more) user friendly. Only windows users need 1gbram, especially vista users cos of all the airy fairy nonsense that they design into it to make it look good and crash.

Taffyscot

Lidl one sounds great and xp too I dont want vista thanks for that

keithwjones

unrich wrote: »

So rather than looking for a new PC for linux have a think about re-using some existing technology. £30 will sort you out with a base unit. £10 should get a wifi card if you need one. Instead of dual booting with windows buy a KVM switch, all that techno hassle vanishes. And when your PC breaks you can still access the internet, word process etc. etc.

That is a very good idea and a very cheap way for many to access the internet.

A KVM switch is a hardware device that allows a user to control multiple computers from a single keyboard, video monitor and mouse.

Keith