[ale] almost OT: Hardware for virtualization

[john at johnheim.net (John Heim)]

To whomever asked about a machine for learning about virtualization:

I found a message with a link to the article I used as the basis for the 
machine I am building to learn about virtualization. Here's a link to the 
article:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/building-a-barebones-budget-gaming-pc-for-under-550/13363?tag=nl.e539

So that's a bare-bones gaming machine for under $525 but if you leave off 
the graphics card and power supply, its under $400. I went to a retail store 
and bought a case for $60. So I'm right around $450 total for a machine with 
a quad-core processor, 8 Gb RAM, and 1 Tb HD.