[Lvlug] Business Selling Computers

[ptis not]

sis 735 chipset
has agp 4X,  but not no on board vid.

Has proven a reliable board for me.  I have three 
systems with it, it takes 1900AMD and i've heard
some using it at higher speed.

see >>>>  www.ecs.com.tw

Good luck.

--- Randy Kramer <rhkramer@fast.net> wrote:
> Ross,
> 
> Thanks for your response!
> 
> ptis not wrote:
> > It sounds like a good idea but -on paper it didn't
> > make sense to me because I've tried it.  You can't
> > build a machine and be competitive w/Windows
> machines
> > for the price.  IMO.
> 
> I know that it's not easy -- we'd have to buy our
> parts at a better
> price.  (Somebody does it!)
> 
> > 
> > I just built a ECS K7S5A, DURON 1.2G, 80GHDD, 17"
> > Monitor, 128MRAMk/b,mse,etc.,altec spkrs,100M NIC
> > built in, built in sound, ... easily loaded linux
> on
> > it and was up and running for about $400 in matter
> of
> > a about 4 or 5 hours effort.     A very nice home
> use
> > machine.
> > 
> > Trouble is that it is easy to find brand new
> machines
> > w/Windows XP that sell for same price.    
> Basically
> > they bundle in the OS and give it away.    I'm
> kicking
> > myself for putting in the effort to do all the
> > building
> > when I could have just bought one of those off the
> > shelf systems (with all the warranty I might add)
> and
> > then dropped my Linux on it.
> > 
> > IMO it is difficult to see how one can be able to
> > compete w/o top notch warranty and technical
> support
> > to go along with it. 
> 
> These are problems we'd have to deal with.
> 
>    I don't believe you can make
> > money selling h/w... 
> 
> Somebody does. ;-)
> 
> > also I don't think you can
> > actually sell Linux (or can you?), just have
> license
> > to use it, right?
> 
> Yes, you can "sell" Linux, or any GPL'd program. 
> Problem is, so can
> anybody else at any price,  to undercut you.  Just
> minor problems. ;-) 
> Anyway, we'd be adding value -- what we sell would
> be preinstalled and
> tested.
> 
> > If you do it, K7S5A works very nice and it is nice
> low
> > price abt. $50 to $60.   I recommend it.
> 
> On board video?  What chipset?  Does it also have an
> AGP socket to use
> an add on video card?
> 
> regards,
> Randy Kramer
> 
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