From some of the postings on this thread, I'm getting the impression that there are enough components in the hands of various people to put together whole computers. This task could be given to some high school students, and then one of the completed computers could be sent to me. Various SchoolForge members get extra room on their shelves, students get valuable hardware experience, I get a new machine, my wife (and hopefully others) get to see what FLOSS can do.... Everybody wins. :-)
Joel