Chosing cheap desktop: recommendation?

[S P Arif Sahari Wibowo]

On Thu, 13 Nov 2008, Madison Kelly wrote:
> If you are interested in a little extra work for a machine 
> that would be very low power,

Well, in this case I actually just looking for a machine which 
is "easy going", in the sense of easy to get, easy to install, 
easy to the pocket. :-)

> I'd recommend something based on the new Intel Atom CPU. It's 
> what is in my laptop (ASUS Eee PC1000h) and I use it as my 
> daily driver.

Thanks. I actually did think about getting such NetBook, but 
actually worries me that such new machines will have issue in 
installing standard distribution linux. Plus those laptop has no 
CD drive, while I am yet to master creating bootable memory key 
(I don't even have any USB key! Although I do have some SD card 
and USD SD card readed, which can function as USB key).

> The only thing I would warn is that, being a new chipset, the 
> onboard NIC can require a little finagling to get going.

Yeah, that's my worst worry.

Thanks!

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