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Re: RE: Tesco direct shipping Linux PCs

towy71 — Sun Nov 11, 2007 7:29 pm

Author: towy71

Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 7:29 pm

Rhakios wrote:

Give me some money and I'll buy one too

me too [holding hand out smiley]

RE: Tesco direct shipping Linux PCs

Rhakios — Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:03 pm

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:03 pm

Give me some money and I'll buy one too

RE: Tesco direct shipping Linux PCs

georgemcbaingage — Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:56 pm

Author: georgemcbaingage

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:56 pm

But still, I feel I should buy one just to encourage them to continue allowing people a choice, even if most people havent the knowledge to make a educated decision.
Good one Tesco, never thought I'd say that !!

RE: Tesco direct shipping Linux PCs

munkyn — Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:23 pm

Author: munkyn

Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:23 pm

well looking at the Tesco PC it looks like a poor atempt at entering the PC linux market, I would be intrested in how many numbers they have sold............I certainly wouldn't buy a poor mans intel box.

RE: Tesco direct shipping Linux PCs

Ram — Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:50 pm

Author: Ram

Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:50 pm

You'll find review of the first one ( £140) in the October edition of LXF, The one in the Mag as 512 Ram.

RE: Tesco direct shipping Linux PCs

wyliecoyoteuk — Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:36 am

Author: wyliecoyoteuk

Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:36 am

http://www.esysglobal.com/contents/products/epc-with-linux.html

RE: Tesco direct shipping Linux PCs

Rhakios — Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:36 pm

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:36 pm

IIRC Ebuyer do some eSys systems with Linux pre-installed, so I expect they are the same ones.

RE: Tesco direct shipping Linux PCs

JS — Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:06 pm

Author: JS

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:06 pm

Very interesting. Although the latter doesn't specify which distro... and states:
"PC Sound Card": "6 x 2.0 USB"
6 USB 2.0 sound cards? ...hmm, mistake? Along with:
"Features of Product:
Less prone to virus attacks
Integrated support on PDF creation
Multiple platform file sharing"

The strange details don't inspire the most confidence. But I am looking for a new system (for a family member) but he "needs" MS Office for compatibility with work (has dual boot Win98/Office XP and Linux/OOo2.3 atm) - otherwise I'd set up just Linux (cheaper, easier for me to admin!).

I'd never heard of eSys before - are they any good on the whole?

Tesco direct shipping Linux PCs

wyliecoyoteuk — Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:41 pm

Author: wyliecoyoteuk

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:41 pm

There are 2 models:here and here
Maybe they are trying to beat ASDA (Walmartuk) to the punch.