<span style='font-family:Verdana'><span style='font-size:12px'>Hit the thrift shops/ pawn shops<p style="margin:0px; padding:0px;" > </p><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid #CCC; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" type="cite"><p style="margin:0px; padding:0px;" ><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:12px">----- Original Message -----</span></span></p><p style="margin:0px; padding:0px;" ><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:12px">From: Mark Galassi</span></span></p><p style="margin:0px; padding:0px;" ><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:12px">Sent: 06/23/13 10:23 AM</span></span></p><p style="margin:0px; padding:0px;" ><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:12px">To: NMGLUG org mailing list</span></span></p><p style="margin:0px; padding:0px;" ><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:12px">Subject: [nmglug] where to pick up a low-end, possibly small desktop right now</span></span></p> <div><div><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word; font-size:11;pre">Amigos, today's "need hardware in a hurry" question is that I need to
pick up a desktop PC for a friend who needs to run GNU/Linux for the
next two months. She just needs enough for simple desktop work (emacs,
latex, web browser, ...)
My guess is that any not-too-ancient vintage PC will do.
As I see it my options are:
* hope that someone says "dude, I have a box I'm not going to use for a
few months; it's not too noisy"
* hope that someone says "dude, I'm selling an old box"
* walk in to a store and see if I can get something tiny
So my question is: what stores in town would you walk in to to buy
today's cheapest new-or-used-or-refurbished-or-whatever desktop?
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