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Re: [OT] Re: [Full-Disclosure] lame bitching about xpsp2



----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Fitzgerald" <bkfsec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 11:56 AM
Subject: [OT] Re: [Full-Disclosure] lame bitching about xpsp2



OK - put your money where your mouth is. Pretend I'm a consumer. I have 2000 USD to spend and want a good PC with a good warranty with GNU/Linux on it. Find me a link to a major OEM that will ship me a PC within those specs with decent hardware and a generally recognized name (Dell, Gateway, HP, IBM...).
The PC must be listed as a desktop system and must be easy to find.

I went to www.dell.com. Typed "Linux" in the search. Clicked on Systems (because it defaults to the OS itself because it's the best match).... and found this in Desktops...


http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/precn_370n?c=us&cs=&l=en&s=bsd&;

Dell PrecisionTM  370n with Linux
NEW! Small Mini-Tower

     $979
     Monitor not included.


Processor/Display Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 2.80GHz, 1MB/800


Operating System Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (V.3) with one year RHN


Memory 512MB, 400MHz, DDR2 SDRAM Memory, NECC (2 DIMMS)


Boot Hard Drive 40GB SATA, 7200 RPM Hard Drive without RAID


CD-ROM, DVD, and Read-Write Devices 48X CD-ROM


Hardware Support Services 3 Year Basic Plan (No Mail-In Rebate offered with this Plan)


-- Joshua Levitsky, MCSE, CISSP System Engineer http://www.foist.org/ [5957 F27C 9C71 E9A7 274A 0447 C9B9 75A4 9B41 D4D1]

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