On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 04:42:59PM -0500, Meyer, David R (FL) wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm just buying my first PC from Walmart.com (couldn't resist the price)
> and am wondering if anyone has hand any experience with them? Are they
> well made, etc.?
>
I bought a Lindows one from Walmart some time ago, and wrote a review
for some of my wife's cohorts that Robin also ran at Newsforge. I wiped
Lindows and installed Debian. Runs fine, no problems per se.
There are a couple of cautions. First, it was a Mini-ITX form factor.
That means it's got a teeny fan and very small power supply. Only one
expansion slot, which has a WinModem in it. No adding of components to
_this_ system. Second thing is that pretty much everything is embedded
on the motherboard, including the sound and video. The video uses what
I'm told is a crappy chipset, the Trident Cyberblade i/1. There's
support for it under Linux, but it's still not a great chipset. I've had
no problems with it.
Paul
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