Another Office Computer

Gaz · **Joined:** Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:24 am **Posts:** 1373

Another computer in the office...

It would be good.

Shall we get refurbished or new?

Easily done yes?

chris · **Posted:** Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:44 pm

great idea. commission infoseed to make us a good one, for not much money?

chombee · **Joined:** Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:01 pm **Posts:** 1325

Infoseed might be a good idea as they offer very good prices.

You'd be best off putting Ubuntu on it rather than Windows.

Don't buy a new computer, that's just a pointless waste. If you want something that comes with a warranty, you could buy a second-hand refurbished one from a shop (which is more expensive than the freegan or infoseed route, but much cheaper than buying a new one).

beev · **Joined:** Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:46 am **Posts:** 1626

Yes, and lets get rid of one of those useless sofas!

Duncan · **Joined:** Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:22 pm **Posts:** 405

I've got a machine almost ready to go for this, same spec as the existing one. Been sitting waiting for us to get cash which I guess we have now.

I'll finish it off.

Gaz · **Joined:** Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:24 am **Posts:** 1373

Sounds perfect...

chris · **Posted:** Wed Nov 15, 2006 2:12 pm

how much?

chombee · **Joined:** Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:01 pm **Posts:** 1325

Running Ubuntu? I can install it if you want.

chris · **Posted:** Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:59 pm

if duncan hasnt done this by the end of the week i suggest we get another from eleswhere.

Chris

beev · **Joined:** Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:46 am **Posts:** 1626

Will Ubuntu allow use of Photoshop & Word & other such essential stuff?

chombee · **Joined:** Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:01 pm **Posts:** 1325

Well, no, those are proprietary softwares. But there is OpenOffice and The GIMP, Inkscape and Xara. Infoseed would be a good place to drop into if you want to see this stuff in action.

chris · **Posted:** Tue Jan 30, 2007 3:05 pm

we should keep one windows computer for photoshop (it has no equal). but i guess the new one could be ubunto...?

Gaz · **Joined:** Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:24 am **Posts:** 1373

Quote:

if duncan hasnt done this by the end of the week i suggest we get another from eleswhere.

i agree...we need this..now(!)

Duncan · **Joined:** Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:22 pm **Posts:** 405

It's in. Needs a mouse, keyboard and net connection.

A switch and a couple of network cables would do.

Anything spare at Infoseed ?

We could also use another power bar.

Machine is Windows atm. Should add Linux, run one normally Windows one normally Linux I reckon. It's got Openoffice, firewall, spybot, winrar etc. Needs some more stuff installed. Admin pass the same as the other machine.

chombee · **Joined:** Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:01 pm **Posts:** 1325

I'll see what infoseed has. We probably have a crappy keyboard, maybe not a mouse. May have a network cable too. Such things are inexpensive though. Think Graeme has been talking about having lots of hubs and switches spare.

I could install Ubuntu dual-boot on it sometime... shall I just go ahead with this next time I'm about? What kind of applications would people like added? I'll stick on what I think will be useful.

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