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PCs For A Workshop Environment?

Posted by timothy on from the giant-dust-hood dept.

bryanporter writes "I'm a geek-turned-homeowner, and am in the processing of setting up my workshop for doing odds and ends around the house. I want to install a cheap, decent PC out there for looking up building plans, shopping for tools while I'm on a job, etc. The shop is going to be in a wooden outbuilding with a shingled roof but the building won't be heated or cooled (although I don't plan on using it much in the summer)." Read on for a bit more on what he's looking for -- what would you suggest for computing in a hostile environment on a non-industrial budget? "I plan on doing things like sawing wood for shelves in here so dust will also be prevalent. Can any of you Slashdotters recommend components for building a machine resilient to cold weather and lots of dust? I was a PC upgrade/repair technician in a former life, so building my own machines is not daunting in the slightest (I've built all my own home machines). The ruggedized machines I've found online are all too pricey, and all seem more designed for avoiding shock damage than environmental dust and cold."

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  1. Use plastic wrap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    you fucking weenie. Why not just use your regular computer in the den, instead of putting a computer in your shed just so that you can check out the home depot site twice a year, and masturbate over she-male porn the rest of the time?

    You sicko.

  2. Re:How about a laptop? by mickyflynn · · Score: -1, Troll

    I droped an iBook g4 the day after i got it. i got triped in the cord and pulled it off the table. It took me two days to get it to boot again. Then about 4 months later, the hard drive crashed and i had to replace it. The trackpad has been fucked ever since. The other day, the new hard drive (an offical apple disk put in by official apple people) crashed and wiped itself. I had to do a low-level reformat before it'd install again. I took my eRacks workstation back from my sister (1GB of RAM and 1.2Ghz Duron i got 2 years ago when I came to college) and let her have the iBook. iBook is not good. PowerBooks allegedly can survive being run over by Suburbans. I think the metal shell has most to do with that. but iBooks are gay and fragile.

  3. Dual G5 iMac by Sophrosyne · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'd suggest you get a Dual G5 iMac-
    At first you are going to say that this machine is total overkill...
    ...The beauty of this machine is it can cool and heat the shed with it's massive heat production, and insane amount of fans.