The New Computer and The Giveaway Pile

2007-10-23T00:13:23-07:00

A few weeks back, I mentioned that I was having some trouble setting up the Zimbra Suite on my server. I finally got it to work, but it wasn’t as reliable as I needed it to be. When I looked into the problem, it seemed I just needed a newer computer to run it. Apparently they were serious when they talked about the minimum hardware requirements (who knew?).

I thought about just running a lighter-weight piece of software, but after I priced it out, I learned that I could get a new computer (sans monitor, keyboard, speakers, mouse and hard drives) for only $350. So I did. I just finished putting it together* and getting Zimbra working again (which was easy since I used the old hard drives), and now I’ve got a give away pile.

Here’s the list:

One computer, sans hard drive. It’s a P3, it’s got about a gig of RAM, graphics card, integrated ethernet. The case is a beaut, but it weighs in at about 20 lbs. If you get it a set of matched processors, it’s actually kind of fast -
A P3 processor and heat sink
Four SDRAM spacers
Working keyboard
Two DSL Modems

And that’s it. That computer could work well for somebody that does light computing. The rest is probably garbage, but you never know. Any takers?

*The specs, in case somebody is interested, are meager, but still infinitely faster than the predecessor. The new computer is a Intel Duo, 2.13Ghz ($150), 2GB of RAM ($70) and cheap motherboard with integrated video, sound and ethernet ($40).

A Boring Confession

2007-09-29T16:34:53-07:00

I need a heatsink for the mail server. Stupid thing keeps crashing. It’s got two Pentium III processors. Anybody have one they want to mail me? My birthday is coming up…sort of…

Michael Jay Lissner

The New Computer and The Giveaway Pile

A Boring Confession