Red Tag deal (US customers for 12-31-2011) Linux desktop $69

[Rudge]

Yup. mine had some sticker residue too but it was spotless on the inside.

[YouCanToo]

I wish I could say mine was clean inside, but there was enough dust in there to grow a garden.  Oh well nothing that can't be cleaned out.  The front plastic face is scratched like all get out, but I should be able to still repair it.

[CaptainSarcastic]

Pinning down what CPU that is could give you a little more useful information.  Some of the Pentium 4 chips at the clock speed you have supported 64-bit processing, while some didn't, for instance.

All things considered that should be a pretty competent machine, regardless.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Pentium_4_microprocessors

[Rudge]

I wish I could say mine was clean inside, but there was enough dust in there to grow a garden.  Oh well nothing that can't be cleaned out.  The front plastic face is scratched like all get out, but I should be able to still repair it.

In my mind,, offering a good deal is one thing but poor quality control like that is unacceptable business practice.

I am going to give them the benefit of doubt due the apparent quality of the other shipments that were received and Paul's apparent past experience.

If one were to conclude that 1 out of every (3 or 4) that shipped, was like yours (as this thread would seem to indicate) I would indeed be very skeptical.

Just my thoughts.  

[YouCanToo]

Pinning down what CPU that is could give you a little more useful information.  Some of the Pentium 4 chips at the clock speed you have supported 64-bit processing, while some didn't, for instance.

All things considered that should be a pretty competent machine, regardless.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Pentium_4_microprocessors

Well both the ones I got are just 32 bit. What I don't understand is the specs were

3.0Ghz processor
512Gig memory
30GB Hard Drive
Linux OS  namely the big Brown edition

well one of the two I received was exactly that, the other one had

3.2Ghz processor
1GB memory
80GB Hard Drive
Windows XP

[YouCanToo]

I wish I could say mine was clean inside, but there was enough dust in there to grow a garden.  Oh well nothing that can't be cleaned out.  The front plastic face is scratched like all get out, but I should be able to still repair it.

In my mind,, offering a good deal is one thing but poor quality control like that is unacceptable business practice.

I whole couldn't agree more.

I am going to give them the benefit of doubt due the apparent quality of the other shipments that were received and Paul's apparent past experience.

I would hope that this is not the norm for them. I would like to believe that it is just a one off issue.

If one were to conclude that 1 out of every (3 or 4) that shipped, was like yours (as this thread would seem to indicate) I would indeed be very skeptical.

Just my thoughts.  

I am willing to give them another chance to show me that this isn't the norm for them.

[YouCanToo]

UPDATE:   Well they did indeed give me a credit for $35.00 as they said they would.  I did take the time to sand both units down and reshot them with Rust-Olemu Universal Hammered paint. I kept the two tone silver and black. I think it came out looking very nice.  What do you think?  Now all I got to do is find one of those nice PCLinuxOS case badges for it

[Rudge]

UPDATE:   Well they did indeed give me a credit for $35.00 as they said they would.  I did take the time to sand both units down and reshot them with Rust-Olemu Universal Hammered paint. I kept the two tone silver and black. I think it came out looking very nice.  What do you think?  Now all I got to do is find one of those nice PCLinuxOS case badges for it

Hay!!!!    That looks pretty awesome. 

I haven't seen anyone that had access to the PCLinuxOS badges in a while though.  Good luck with that and let us know if you find them. I would kill for a few myself.

Nice job. 

[YouCanToo]

I might just end up making some of my own.  We'll see.  I just sold one of the machines. $225 with keyboard, mouse and monitor.   Geese, I wasn't planning on it, but it works out ok.  I am going to go set it up tomorrow for them.  Another new user/convert coming to the PCLinuxOS World.  They wanted  WindowsXP on it, but I told them that I did not do Windows and I would not sell it with Windows!  If they really want Windows, let them buy a machine with it already installed or buy the disk and install it themselves.

[Rudge]

I might just end up making some of my own.  We'll see.  I just sold one of the machines. $225 with keyboard, mouse and monitor.   Geese, I wasn't planning on it, but it works out ok.  I am going to go set it up tomorrow for them.  Another new user/convert coming to the PCLinuxOS World.  They wanted  WindowsXP on it, but I told them that I did not do Windows and I would not sell it with Windows!  If they really want Windows, let them buy a machine with it already installed or buy the disk and install it themselves.

This is a total success story in my mind.

You have that something special my friend. You take lemons and instantly think "meringue" without missing a beat.

I love it.   

[YouCanToo]

I might just end up making some of my own.  We'll see.  I just sold one of the machines. $225 with keyboard, mouse and monitor.   Geese, I wasn't planning on it, but it works out ok.  I am going to go set it up tomorrow for them.  Another new user/convert coming to the PCLinuxOS World.  They wanted  WindowsXP on it, but I told them that I did not do Windows and I would not sell it with Windows!  If they really want Windows, let them buy a machine with it already installed or buy the disk and install it themselves.

This is a total success story in my mind.

You have that something special my friend. You take lemons and instantly think "meringue" without missing a beat.

I love it.   

Well it is a big success, at least in the short term. It would be a long term success if they stick with it and don't drift back to the unenlightened side.