very nice. thank you so much Liam. f(t) <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Liam Proven <<a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com">lproven@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">On 8 July 2010 17:55, Francisco Diaz Trepat - gmail <div class="im"><<a href="mailto:francisco.diaztrepat@gmail.com">francisco.diaztrepat@gmail.com</a>> wrote: </div>> JAJAJAJAJAJA > > ROFLMAO@HINT :¬) Glad to provide some amusement. <div class="im"> > I know Liam, thanks for your thorough reply. > > It is exactly my point. To get a 2007 middle-high end workstation. jajaja I > am so glad I didn't say what I was using know. :-) > > Listen, I used to live in the US, also Barcelona, where I earned in the same > Units of the computer prices. Now I live in Buenos Aires, I earned in Xs/4 > so I really can't afford + I don't need so much hardware. </div>So you're shopping in Pesos? 1 Ar$ ~= 25˘ in US$ as far as I know. US$600 = UKŁ400, roughly, so in my currency, the budget is around Ł400. The current issue of UK magazine Custom PC (for which I used to write the /Inside Linux/ column) has a feature on building a "futureproof" upgradable PC for Ł400. Now, they are focusing on games, not CPU-intensive stuff, but still, the components are radically different from what you are looking at. <a href="http://www.bit-tech.net/latestissue/" target="_blank">http://www.bit-tech.net/latestissue/</a> More details here: <a href="http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=16903635" target="_blank">http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=16903635</a> There are several specs there you could reach for around this money. Of course you don't really need to buy a new case - you could reuse any old ATX one, possibly including optical drive or even floppy, and you don't need Windows, being a Linux user. I would advise looking at a /modern/ machine if you're going to build it yourself. Far more room for upgrades then. If you want a sealed box, ready-made, then good specs are available here in the UK for that money. I don't know about Argentina but I would guess some similar end-of-line/bankrupt-stock vendors might well exist there too. This is a good spec for the money, for example: <a href="http://www.sterlingxs.co.uk/scpages/cheapdellinspironminitowers545.html" target="_blank">http://www.sterlingxs.co.uk/scpages/cheapdellinspironminitowers545.html</a> Or for a bit more this: <a href="http://www.sterlingxs.co.uk/scpages/cheapdellinspironminitowers560.htm" target="_blank">http://www.sterlingxs.co.uk/scpages/cheapdellinspironminitowers560.htm</a> Here is another example from a different company: <a href="http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/shop/detail.asp?ProductID=6137&CategoryID=407&SubCategoryID=507" target="_blank">http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/shop/detail.asp?ProductID=6137&CategoryID=407&SubCategoryID=507</a> -- <div><div></div><div class="h5">Liam Proven • Profile: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven</a> Email: <a href="mailto:lproven@cix.co.uk">lproven@cix.co.uk</a> • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: <a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com">lproven@gmail.com</a> Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven MSN: <a href="mailto:lproven@hotmail.com">lproven@hotmail.com</a> • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div>