WHat do ya think ?

[john levin]

Frank McCormick wrote:

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>    I have a chance to pick up this HP computer:
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> p4 2.66 with 256 ram and 40gbb hdd. nit has cd rom and network connection. has 6 usb ports and does not have any pci slots for expansion. Intel® Pentium® 4 ™ processor Intel 865G chipset with Intel Extreme 2 integrated graphics Integrated Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit ethernet for HP 533 MHz processor front side bus support SMART III Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive SoundMax Digital AC97 integrated audio with internal speaker 6 USB ports Dual channel DDR 333MHz (PC2700) memory
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>    Does anybody see problems running Dapper or even Breezy on this machine ? Have there/is there problems wth the Broadcom net card? of the integrated audio ?
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Nothing sounds particularly alarming, but then, I've not used any 
gigabit ethernet cards.
Is it possible for you to try a live cd on the machine before buying it?

John