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Thread ID: 97960 2009-03-05 09:36:00 Very Cheap Computer Needed For UNI MongooseRoadkill (13197) Press F1
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753740 2009-03-06 02:56:00 Whats wrong with a USB -> Serial adapter?

Visual Studio isnt that much of a memory hog, it runs on 512MB. Nobody said it would be lightning fast though ...
Chilling_Silence (9)
753741 2009-03-06 03:01:00 I used to run it on a athlon 2800 with 512mb ram quite happily, i wasnt doing overally intensive stuff with it but it wasnt "slow" at all really hueybot3000 (3646)
753742 2009-03-06 04:08:00 I run Visual Studio on an Athlon 1800+ and it is quite usable. My total memory usage (according to task manager) is still less than 512mb (about 480mb).

Theres nothing wrong with USB-> serial adapters, i figured if they were any good, my company would used them. We just currently put in an additional pci COM port card in addition to the 2 provided by the motherboard.
utopian201 (6245)
753743 2009-03-06 04:35:00 I have researched it but yet to buy it.
He does admin work only, webmail and the net.

$100 motherboard, $50 CPU, $100 HDD 500GB, $50 DVD Writer. Motherboard has builtin graphics. No one uses floppy drives these days. Case and power pack to add.
Nomad (952)
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