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  From: Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
  To  : Joseph Tan <j.tan@softhome.net>
  Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 19:50:04 +0930

Re: Dell Inpspiron 8200 and Linux?

On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 03:53:51PM +0930, Joseph Tan wrote:

> $5000-$8000. For that kind of money you could be buying a brand name
> server-class dual-CPU 2Ghz+ Pentium 4 Xeon or Athlon MP, 1Gb+ RAM, a lot
> of hard drive room, and room for more expansion. A full GeForce 4 Ti
> would easily outclass the GeForce 4 Go by a large margin in higher
> resolutions, since the notebook variety is a GeForce 4 MX.

I'd debate weather or not you could get a brand-name server-class
machine with the specifications that you have listed with that kind of
cash. Brand-name Xeon boxen are often over $10K.


If you buy non-brand-name stuff, your money goes a lot further, and
you could (definitely) get that kind of machine (possibly not the
Xeon, though) for that kind of money.

   - andrew

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