I believe usb is built into the motherboard. It is certainly an "el
cheapo" configuration and as such SHOULD NOT become the basis of a new
reliable whiz bang server. ;)
Take it for what it is. A Vega in the world of PCs. Drive it till it
breaks down and then throw it away.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gphillip@kaiser.aafp.org [mailto:gphillip@kaiser.aafp.org]
> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 9:44 AM
> To: Tony.Hall@jcw.org
> Cc: thinkmike@kc.rr.com; kclug@kclug.org
> Subject: RE: Microtel from walmart?
> 
> 
> I am thinking about getting one too, but I doesn't look very 
> exandable.
> (only 1 free PCI slot?, no USB?.  Is this right?) Does it 
> have room for a
> second harddrive?
> 
> > We bought one at work for "research" purposes. Lindows is based on
> Debian,
> > with a butchered KDE. "Click and Run" works off of Debian's apt-get
> utility
> > (at least it appears to). Instead of paying $99 for 2 years 
> of click and
> > run, and tech support (which really isn't bad) I would just 
> use apt-get
> and
> > install whatever packages you want. I've installed apache, done an
> update
> > and an upgrade, downloaded various utilities (it doesn't 
> come packaged
> with
> > man, or a rpm utility). Wine is pre-configured, and runs 
> the various M$
> > Office viewers, we opted for the click and run subscription and
> installed
> > Star Office. One plus is the OS installs in around 10 minutes. The
> downside
> > is you don't have any choices on packages to install, and 
> have no input
> into
> > the install process at all. Buy the box, look into Lindows, 
> then install
> > Mandrake or Red Hat. The 'puter itself seems fine for a generic box.
> >
> 
> 
> 
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