Re: Lisp/Unix impedance [a programming challenge]

John wrote: 
Just to back up that point, you can finance a Dell with an Intel Celeron D
330 (2.66 GHz, 533 FSB) processor, 512 MB DDR memory, a 160 GB hard drive,
17 inch flat panel, and speakers for $20 a month (assuming your credit
rating isn't in the toilet).


Plus energy costs, of which the Celeron might eat plenty.

A used quality PC off ebay is often a better idea, IMHO, than getting a new cheapest-possible machine. If I needed a PC right now (I have a Mac), I'd get a Siemens Scenic (excellent, quiet enterprise machines) running at 1GHz for maybe €150. Energy consumption is about half, as well.
(There are faster Scenics as well, 2.6GHz etc., for maybe twice the price, but I guess they eat twice as much energy too.)

Ok, I don't think they offer credit buy, but cancelling the shell account for a year, and working+saving instead might work.

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