Trolling ebay for computers: Chips ahoy!

[kwall@kurtwerks.com]

Feigning erudition, Joel Hammer wrote:
% 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? 

I would avoid Duron's as being underpowered. Athlons are, IMHO, the best
deal for the money at this time.

Kurt
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