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   Andy to All   
   Re: advice on hardware purchase   
   09 Feb 11 16:00:18   
   
   omp.os.os2.misc:2848   
   From: "Andy"    
      
   On Mon, 7 Feb 2011 22:27:40 UTC, rcpj@panix.com (Pierre Jelenc) wrote:   
      
   >    
   > I am in the process of gearing up toward buying a new computer, and I    
   > would like to get something with some flavor of Linux pre-installed, on    
   > which I can then add eCS 2. Knowledgeable Linux persons have suggested the    
   > following two vendors:    
   >    
   > http://www.system76.com    
   > http://zareason.com   
   >    
   > Are their systems compatible with eCS? (Mostly low/lowish-end desktops,    
   > but I could consider a laptop if it wasn't too expensive.) What should I    
   > look for or avoid in terms of things like video/sound, CD/DVD (at least CD    
   > burner and DVD player), etc? My ancient Dell is slowly losing its wits, so    
   > I do not intend to recycle any of its hardware.   
   >    
   > Thanks,   
   >    
   > Pierre   
   >    
   I don't know about eCS hardware compatibility but    
   http://www.curtissystemssoftware.com/cssdirMain.html   
   has preloaded Linux machines with eCS setup in a virtual environment.   
   Andy   
      
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