[Cialug] Buying a new PC

[sthiessen at passitonservices.org]

Fair reasons. :)

Stuart
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-----Original Message-----
From: jason at benalto.com

Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:48:38 
To:"Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Buying a new PC


There are a few reasons for not wanting an Intel Mac and going back to PC
architecture, the biggest being if something goes terribly wrong with my
machine I want the ability to rip out the offender and fix it myself. I am
never going back to a 'genius bar' and have some punk kid tell me I've got
to blow a few hundred on a new 'logic board'. Less flamewar-riffic; I use
some very specific hardware for recording music and the OSX drivers for
the I/O device have been really really buggy...

-Jason


> Why not an Intel Mac? Couldn't you set that up three ways even?
>
> Stuart
> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Jason Warden" <jason at benalto.com>
>
> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:22:54
> To:cialug at cialug.org
> Subject: [Cialug] Buying a new PC
>
>
> Hello Cialug!
> I have a question. I'm buying a PC for the first time in a few years after
> using primarily Macs. This PC will have to have Windows on it as well as
> Linux as my wife takes online classes at DMACC. I've just spent a few
> hours browsing at tigerdirect.com <http://tigerdirect.com>  and it's quite
> the different world out there, isn't it?? I have a few questions (Linux
> and Windowz related), if anyone wants to take the time to answer:
> 1) This new SATA transport for drives - Linux doesn't have a problem with
> this, does it? Anything I should know?
> 2) One desktop I really liked on tigerdirect is actually a 64 bit. I know
> Linux has had 64 bit support for years, but I've heard iffy things about
> using XP with 64 bit systems (and I don't trust Vista yet) Would it be
> possible to put a 32 bit XP and a 64 bit *nix on the same computer? Are
> those 64 bits backwards compatible to the OS level?? I don't think this is
> possible because I think the RAM you buy commits you to your bitrate; is
> that correct?
> 3) In the past (I was a hardcore Linux user from about '97 to '03) I've
> always preferred the easy-on-the-user stuff like SuSE and
> Mandrake/Mandriva. My biggest issues have been with the crazy package
> management systems (apt-get on SusE 9 worked pretty well but then
> 'broke'...) What is the easiest distribution in terms of package
> management going these days? I know this question may start a flamewar,
> sorry.
> 4) Nvdia are still the Linux friendly graphics people, right?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jason
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