[K12OSN] *INEXPENSIVE* mobo/cpu options?

["Terrell Prudé, Jr."]

Richard K. Ingalls wrote:

> i've got to purchase some motherboards to replace some units in a 
> Windows lab... however, i'm planning on eventually using these boxes 
> in a K12LTSP lab as clients...
>
> they don't have to be "screaming machines".  700 - 1000 Mhz is fine.
>
> so, does anyone know of some good motherboard / cpu combos that are 
> fairly inexpensive and will work great with LTSP?  bear in mind that i 
> may just buy  refurbished IBM NetVista's online: ...
>
> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1027007&sku=J156-2040 
>
>
>

The only concern I would have would be whether *all* of the hardware in 
those NetVistas plays nicely with the Linux kernel.


For that kind of money, you might consider some of those $200 
LindowsOS/Linspire boxes, which you *know* will be compatible with the 
Linux kernel...'cause they're of course already running GNU/Linux.  You 
might check out http://www.pricewatch.com and look under the Linspire 
section.

--TP
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