Re: new computer

["Jeff Palmer" <somedamnfool@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Hi All, I am going to buy a new computer to run only linux-maybe-- and 
>am
> > looking at model PW102 at Cyberpowerpc.com... Any input you may have on 
>this
> > system or this Company would appreciated.
>
>INTEL PENTIUM III 450 CPU
>INTEL BX MB W/ 512K CACHE
>
>Great, no complaints their.
yah thats all fine...
>
>64MB PC 100 SDRAM
>
>Eh.  Not a big fan of PC100 SDRAM,  it can be flaky,  I'd prefer something 
>like
>EDO or maybe even ECC,  but it will probably work.  Ask how they get to 
>64MB (4
>16's, 2 32s, 1 64) so you can add more without having to remove anything.

EDO is NOT SDRAM.... BX chipset REQUIRES some form of sdram... anything less 
than pc100 is probably NOT going to work.... and ecc.... is 
EXPENSSSSSSSSSSSSSIIIIIIIIIVE.......
ummmmmm... 128 is a better number than 64........ get 128.. believe me... 
it's worth it...
>
>6.4 GB UDMA HARD DRIVE
>
>It works.  I won't go into the technology assumptions behind UDMA-ATA, as 
>we've
>hashed it out on this list lots of times.
sounds a little small... but then again i don't know what you'll be doing 
with this machine.... who makes the HD?... and... as we all know.... SCSI is 
our friend :)

>
>ATI RAGE II 3D AGP VIDEO CARD W/ 8MB
>
>XFree86 lists this card as supported as "3D Rage II",  this card uses the 
>Mach
>64 server.

BLEH!!!!!!!!!!
TNT or TNT2.... both are cheep..... support in X is more reliable... 
faster.... higher max res.... can run 32 bpp above 1280x1024..... can play 
q3test... (with the nvidia provided xserver) ... that means hardware 
accel'ed glX :)
>
>40X CD-ROM
>
>Yep.
... hmm... i guess not a problem..
>
>YAMAHA 719 SOUND CARD
>
>This is not listed on the Redhat FAQ as supported, so I don't knwo if it 
>works
>with the free drivers.  But it IS listed as supported by OSSPro ($20), the
>commercial drivers.  If you do any real multimedia I recommend the $ 
>drivers
>anyway,  they support more features, better MIDI, and full duplex.

yah... what he said :)
>
>120 WATT STERERO SPEAKERS
>
>Cool.
whatever.. :)
>
>1.44 MB FLOPPY DR
>
>Wow! Really?

yah thats amazing :)
>
>PCI 56K V.90 FAX MODEM
>
>Are we sure this IS NOT a Win Modem?

again...... be SURE!!!!!!! :)
>
>106 KEY WINDOWS 98 KEYBOARD
>
>Great.  Did you know you can program those extra keys in X as well?
>
>PS2 INTERNET MOUSE
>
>Make sure it has THREE buttons,  X wants three buttons,  and you'll want to
>make X happy.
>
>ATX TOWER CASE WITH 250 WATT POWER SUPPLY
>
>Gotta stick all that crap in something.

get a good case........ it will be worth it if you intend to do any work in 
the machine later............
and..... bad airflow can lead to instability...
>
>WINDOWS 98 ADD $89
>
>Hah!

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