Yes he never mentioned that he was an accountant. But if you check the
software he is concerned about, you can make an educated guess.
We're not here to make educated guesses (nor assumptions) about what a
poster does for a living.
Also on a different tune, it occurred to me overnight that you can do
a good service to the community if you create a sample menu sort of
the one you did but more expanded (obviously there are many
variations) and keep posting it for such occasions again and again. I
am talking about putting together a totally new machine from spare
parts, not necessarily new, they may be refurbished. You should start
with a case. I would love to see if you can develop a sample with a
rack mount. They look especially nice.
Some people may have very vague idea that it is doable. When someone
tells them, look, you can purchase it all on the web and the machine
will cost you about half of what you pay at a store, it may trigger
some action.
While I can't tell if what you have written above is supposed to be
sarcastic or not, I can tell that while it may sound like a promising
venture, it is not.
Assuming that the entire reason for doing the above would be to build
inexpensive computers to sell to people that don't have computers, a
*completely legitimate* business model selling complete systems made up
of spare/used/older parts simply does not work.
Much of the saving's by building a 'spare parts' computer is immediately
wiped out when you figure in the cost of buying the OS to put on said
computer. Sure, you can build a complete system of used parts for < $100,
but add a copy of Windows in there, and the cost goes up by $100.
When people ask me about building a computer for them, unless they want
to spend $1000 or more, I recommend buying one.
For instance, in the beginning of December, Dell had this deal on a
SlimLine Vostro 200 system. It came with a Pentium Dual-core E2180 CPU, 1
Gig RAM, 80 Gig HD, Windows XP Professional, AND a 17" LCD monitor. The
cost was $429. Not much more than building the same thing from new parts.
I still have a rack mount 4-L case for a server sitting in my office.
I've been thinking filling it with semiconductors for more than a
year. One thing after another drags me away from it.
Great. Did you mean a 4U case ? I already have a rackmount server in the
other room, that goes with the rackmount switch and rackmount UPS. I
bought it used in 2003 for $80 from a company liquidating equipment. The
server is mainly used for network storage and runs a couple of network
services.
This server originally had a PII-based MB, and worked fine for it's uses.
Two years ago I upgraded it from the PII to a dual PIII-667 Intel server
board, which I picked up for $20...WITH (2) 667 Mhz CPU's and fans.
