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

[Dave Stevens]

Quoting Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com>:

> On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 22:22 -0500, Bill Stanley wrote:
>> Jesse Palser wrote:

but didn't write enough.

Jesse,

what do you use or want to use your computer for? and what  
cpu/ram/disk configuration do you have and want? I don't know about  
system76.

Dave


>> > 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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