Are "system[76]" Ubuntu Desktop Computers Good?

[Ric Moore]

On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 22:22 -0500, Bill Stanley wrote: 
> Jesse Palser wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > My current main desktop computer is getting old.
> > (3.5+ year old Dell XPS - custom modified)
> > 
> > I DO NOT want to build a new computer from parts.
> > (done above before with mixed results)
> > 
> > I've been running Ubuntu for about 2+ years now.
> > I will continue to be running Ubuntu into the foreseeable future.
> > 
> > I found this company that builds Ubuntu computer systems:
> > system[76]
> > www.system76.com
> > 
> > Anyone deal with this company before?
> > Perhaps someone has a desktop from this company?
> > 
> > My only other option is to buy another Dell desktop
> > but I will obviously run the risk of hardware incompatibility
> > with current Ubuntu.
> 
> Only 3.5 years old?  One of the computers I have is a Dell computer and it runs 
> Unbuntu very well (and you could say quite fast).   Admittedly, I have upgraded 
>   much of it to include 2 hard drives and 4 GByte of RAM but I have had no 
> problems at all.
> 
> By the way, I am not a light duty computer user but also not a heavyweight. 
> (You could describe me as a medium weight power user) If your computing use 
> requires the ultimate computer, get a new computer but maybe you need to look at 
> FULLY upgrading your present computer.  (Probably what I said is heresy to many 
> computer geeks, but at least look at upgrading first.)

That or find someone local to build a custom machine for you. When I had
mine built, he did the job about as cheap as I could have. Plus, when
the power supply immediately went south, it wasn't ME coming up with
shipping and handling to fix it. I figure I came out ahead in the deal.
It's still running smooth 3 years later, although it's getting long in
the tooth. 

And, I got a quote before I told him I didn't want Windows on it. He
merely had to order a hard drive for my machine without the pre-install
already on it. Of course I expected the final bid to be that much
cheaper and it was. Turned out the guy ran Ubuntu on his own machine at
home, Ric


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