Advise on Acer G500

Acer are doing a good deal in UK on the G500 model. The spec in brief is: AMD-XP 2600+, 80GB, 256MB DDR-RAM, CD-RW+DVD, Audio On-Board, ATI9000 64MB VGA, Modem/LAN, Windows XP Home, Worksuite 2003, Speakers and Sub Woofer. A 15in TFT monitor is included. The price is UK£899, which is about US$1350. Does anyone have any experience of this or a similar PC? Comments on: 1) Does SuSE 8.1 install on the standard configuration shown above, and 2) Overall performance would be very helpful in making a decision on whether to buy this PC.