[ILUG] cheap pcs (Was Lindows Based Walmart pcs)

[James McBoyle]

>
>> www.marx-computers.com have been mentioned a few times
>> and are still worth a look. www.komplett.ie and www.pcp.ie
>> are probably worthy of mention also....
>
>Something really cool from realtimeltd.co.uk (trade only, so 
>get an account...)
>
>Via EPIA 5000 + GA610 case for about 110 stg ex VAT
>
>The board is a passively cooled (soldered on!) Via C3 533 with 
>onboard NIC,
>graphics, shite audio, 2 x IDE, -no floppy-, 1 x PCI slot, 2 x 
>SDRAM 100/133
>slots.  Just add memory and drives.  Supposed to be linux 
>compatible out of the
>box....
>
>I'm getting two of them as VPN firewall router things.  If 
>everything works out,
>then I'm getting a shedload more as sub-250-euro *silent* 
>(nearly) xterms... :-)
>
>Anybody heard anything good/bad about these?
>
they're great for what they do, and if you don't mind a fan
that's less noisy than a HD you can go for the 800mhz version

it's all mini-itx, and www.mini-itx.com (uk site) has loads
of extras to build silent / quiet pcs...

Have Fun,
Jim.