[ale] Linux hardware

[Jeffrey B. Layton]

Dow,

   I know where your office is! Don't leave it unlocked!
That machine would look good in my house!

Take Care!

Jeff

> One thing I love about this machine, a Precision i360n workstation, is 
> that it is completely silent.  It is a P4 at 2.8GHz, 1Gb RAM, 800MHz 
> FSB, Nvidia Quadro FX1000, 1x120Gb and 1x80Gb HD, external Firewire 
> LaCie 2x DVD-R/RW/RAM, internal DVD-ROM, and a Floppy drive.  Came 
> with Hyperthreading enabled and RH9.0 installed.  Dell has an extra 
> partition with sound and video SRPMs that reconfigure automagically 
> with kernel updates via Dell boot scripts.  I have two 19" monitors 
> that the Nvidia card drives as one OpenGL enabled desktop.  Works 
> great for molecular modelling using Schrodinger's Maestro/Macromodel 
> package for Linux.
>
> I just checked and if you go thru the Medium to Large Business pages 
> the Precision Workstations are offered with Redhat Linux.  The small 
> business and home pages don't show it as an option.
>
> I just priced thru the Medium to Large Business pages my workstation 
> now and it comes to $2998 including the 19" CRT monitors and 3 years 
> parts with next day onsite labor.
> Dow
>
>
> Eric VanWieren wrote:
>
>> I would love to know where you found the Dell's with linux on them. I 
>> have searched the site and have not been able to find any with it 
>> installed on it by default.
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> Dow Hurst wrote:
>>
>>> Dell workstations such as the i360n come with Redhat and are fully 
>>> supported. I have one and love it. You have to spec the workstation 
>>> line, not the Dimension or Optiplex desktop line.
>>> Dow
>>>
>>>
>>> Matthew Brown wrote:
>>>
>>>> Where does one go to spec out Linux hardware? Never actually tried 
>>>> it this
>>>> way, but I need a full system put together and I want the latest 
>>>> hardware
>>>> available that will stably run Linux.
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Matthew Brown
>>>> matthew.brown at cordata.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (888) 681-2262 . (770) 795-0089 .
>>>> http://www.cordata.com
>>>>
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