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464158	2006-06-18 10:48:00	Hey people What do you think about this PC off trademe: www.trademe.co.nz Anyone had any experiences with these? Any problems with Linux/stability/etc? Cheers	forrest44 (754)
464159	2006-06-18 10:53:00	It doesn't say what the CPU is. No problems with Linux stability - it's not perfect but is a lot more stable than MS WIndows!	johnd (85)
464160	2006-06-18 11:05:00	I meant hardware stability, like no glitches that are going to make it shut down unexpectedly. Just trying to make sure there are no well-known problems with this sort of PC b4 I buy.. :)	forrest44 (754)
464161	2006-06-18 11:11:00	It doesn't say what the CPU is. No problems with Linux stability - it's not perfect but is a lot more stable than MS WIndows! Clearly states it is a 1.6 Ghz Pentuim 4. (and XP is rock solid :angry :rolleyes: )	Metla (12)
464162	2006-06-18 11:23:00	Clearly states it is a 1.6 Ghz Pentuim 4. (and XP is rock solid :angry :rolleyes: ) So it does - plenty of grunt for a modern Linux PC. If there is a problem with Linux, most likely area is the video card.	johnd (85)
464163	2006-06-18 11:49:00	Most Compaq D510's came with onboard video, but there were some models that came out with a slimline 16 or 64Mb video card (can't remember which). I wouldn't expect there to be any issues if it was an onboard video model. That said we have seen quite a few of the original 40Gb hard drives starting to fail - possibly due to excessive disk wipes but a number of these exact models (Compaq D510, 1.6GHz) have failed hard drives at one of my clients. From memory this model is at least 4+ years old now...? A	andrew93 (249)
464164	2006-06-18 12:20:00	But "Linux Obutan" ... ? Wonder if the seller actually means Ubuntu. Obutan sounds a bit Simian to me. They may be trying to make a monkey out of it?	godfather (25)
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