RE: Re: OT: 5 new PC's required

["Graham Howe" <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Scott, that's not a bad price at all, though of course I still need
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d to upgrade in the future. However certainly worth considering. Thanks

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> From: Scott Ewing [mailto:scott.ewing@xxxxxxx]=20
> Sent: 22 May 2004 13:16
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: OT: 5 new PC's required
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> 5 of these?
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> http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/info_1447.html
> small and quiet barebones system apparently - =A3120 inc vat
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> http://tinyurl.com/ys3zf
> amd athlon 2500+ - =A354.04 inc vat
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> http://tinyurl.com/yvgmt
> Ebuyer 512meg PC2700 memory - =A355.14 inc vat each - =A3110.28
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> http://tinyurl.com/2jfp6
> Netgear Gig ethernet - 21.14 inc vat
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> 305.46 inc vat per box, leaving 100 quid for operating system=20
> and software (260 + vat since this is a buisness expense ;) )
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> not bad if you ask me
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> HTH
> Scott
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> Graham Howe wrote:
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> >>>I need to get a little server farm set up ...
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> >>Alternatively, one Very Fast (multiprocessor?) PC and
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> >>Virtual PC running five instances of W2003?
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> >I did think of virtual pc, but I know it is a memory hog and=20
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