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

[Robert Spanjaard]

On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 22:44:14 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:

> 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.

I always buy the parts and build it myself. But, like most (internet-)
shops around here (NL), the shop I order the parts from also offers the 
service of assembling those parts. So you can 'build' your own system 
without actually building it yourself. And that alse means you can order 
any kind of complete system without paying for Windows.

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