Trolling ebay for computers: Chips ahoy!

[ronnie gauthier]

Not to slam ebay but have you looked at 
http://www.tigerdirect.com

On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 22:43:14 -0500 - Joel Hammer <Joel at HammersHome.com>
wrote the following
Re: Trolling ebay for computers: Chips ahoy!

>I would like to buy some economical computers on ebay. I will need
>three at work and I'll be able to pick them out, me thinks. I have a
>reasonable budget so I am not trying to scrimp, but I don't want to
>over spend, either.
>
>One has to likely run windows98, the others maybe linux. This will be
>graphically intensive work (capturing 4 million pixel images from a
>nikon camera) and manipulating same later on.
>
>So, is a Duron chip worth looking at? They seem to be the cheapest,
>likely for a good reason. Athlons work fine with linux. Does Athlon XP
>work with linux? 
>
>Thanks,
>Joel
>
>
>
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