New PC ... deal or no deal ?

xc-andy · June 2007

i need a new pc , but dont know a lot about em.
There seems to be quite a few geekazoids on this forum so thought i would ask.
i need it just for general home use, never play games really. I have come accross this system.

AMD athlon AM2 4600 dual core
1GB DDR RAM
250GB HD
16x DVD ROM
18x DVD RW
7.1 surround sound
6 USB2 ports
3 firewire ports
in built card reader

this would set me back œ280 with a years warranty.
any thoughts would be appreciated

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jamiejim · June 2007

That system looks pretty good for the money

Although you will need a better set up if you're into games much?

You could get a better system if you made it yourself, although seeing as you dont know much about 'puters it probably isnt the best thing to do

HappyZZZCamper · June 2007

Definetly deal. That's a very good buy for the money.

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xc-andy · June 2007

cheers guys , will purchase shortly when i get the beans.

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Fantastic Mr Fox · June 2007

Although, it seems a little to cheap. All the parts are going to be really bad quality.

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jamiejim · June 2007

Give us a link to the computer

xc-andy · June 2007

you understand that some of the cheapness comes from the fact that this is for the base unit only .... no monitor no keyboard no windows.

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xc-andy · June 2007

here is the link
its system no 4 i am looking at

http://www.quaytec.co.uk/computersystem ... stems.html

they are local to me , and have been in business round here for about 15 years.

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jamiejim · June 2007

yer looks like a good spec. What OS you gonna use?

Fantastic Mr Fox · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by XCandy

you understand that some of the cheapness comes from the fact that this is for the base unit only .... no monitor no keyboard no windows.

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Yes, but for a base unit with that spec its still cheap. They just skimp on things like Power supply, RAM and hard drive. I'm sure it'll be fine, just the RAM wont be very fast and the Hard drive and Power supply will be a little more prone to failing.
They're listing it with open office, isn't that illegal seeing as open office is free ware?

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jamiejim · June 2007

I'm assuming they are not charging extra for Open Office

Big Red S · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Fantastic Mr Fox

They're listing it with open office, isn't that illegal seeing as open office is free ware?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Huh?

OOo is licensed under the GPL. The GPL doesn't mean you can't charge for it.

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xc-andy · June 2007

jamiejim was just gonna ram a copy of XP on, as it's something i am familiar with. It's easy enough and seems to behave well enough too.

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jamiejim · June 2007

good choice, XP is good enough for the average user

Gingersaurus · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Fantastic Mr Fox

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by XCandy

you understand that some of the cheapness comes from the fact that this is for the base unit only .... no monitor no keyboard no windows.

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Yes, but for a base unit with that spec its still cheap. They just skimp on things like Power supply, RAM and hard drive. I'm sure it'll be fine, just the RAM wont be very fast and the Hard drive and Power supply will be a little more prone to failing.
They're listing it with open office, isn't that illegal seeing as open office is free ware?

<hr noshade size="1"><center>I'd rather not.</center>
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Yep it is.

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Big Red S · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Gingersaurus

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Fantastic Mr Fox

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by XCandy

you understand that some of the cheapness comes from the fact that this is for the base unit only .... no monitor no keyboard no windows.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Yes, but for a base unit with that spec its still cheap. They just skimp on things like Power supply, RAM and hard drive. I'm sure it'll be fine, just the RAM wont be very fast and the Hard drive and Power supply will be a little more prone to failing.
They're listing it with open office, isn't that illegal seeing as open office is free ware?
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Yep it is.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

That's not what the authors of the license think:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html

Freedom, not free beer.

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Gingersaurus · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Big Red S

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Gingersaurus

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Fantastic Mr Fox

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by XCandy

you understand that some of the cheapness comes from the fact that this is for the base unit only .... no monitor no keyboard no windows.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Yes, but for a base unit with that spec its still cheap. They just skimp on things like Power supply, RAM and hard drive. I'm sure it'll be fine, just the RAM wont be very fast and the Hard drive and Power supply will be a little more prone to failing.
They're listing it with open office, isn't that illegal seeing as open office is free ware?
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Yep it is.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

That's not what the authors of the license think:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html

Freedom, not free beer.

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Fantastic Mr Fox · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Big Red S

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Gingersaurus

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Fantastic Mr Fox

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by XCandy

you understand that some of the cheapness comes from the fact that this is for the base unit only .... no monitor no keyboard no windows.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Yes, but for a base unit with that spec its still cheap. They just skimp on things like Power supply, RAM and hard drive. I'm sure it'll be fine, just the RAM wont be very fast and the Hard drive and Power supply will be a little more prone to failing.
They're listing it with open office, isn't that illegal seeing as open office is free ware?
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Yep it is.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

That's not what the authors of the license think:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html

Freedom, not free beer.

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Yeah, I realise that now. Because of the whole ethos behind free ware I assumed that the hippy types that made it did not like people selling it full stop. But thinking about it, the PS3 and countless other things run Linux.

<hr noshade size="1"><center>I'd rather not.</center>

Big Red S · June 2007

Nah, the free in the free software 'movement' refers more to liberty than to price. The freedoms generally are freedoms of redistribution, modification and usage. So, for OpenOffice, anyone is free to look at how it works, and tweak it if they like. They can also give it to all their friends if they like it, and use in on as many PCs as they like.

I'm not aware of any form of licensing where selling (as opposed to giving away free) is oulawed - for most it is the act of redistributing.

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