[Cialug] New desktop ?

[Matthew Nuzum]

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Terry A. Haimann
<terry at haimannonline.com> wrote:
> I am wanting to upgrade my desktop at home and am considering an
> inexpensive quad processor.  Is there any hardware devices I should try
> to avoid on these machines.  When I install should I stay 32 bit or
> install the 64 bit version.  I am most comfortable with Fedora, is there
> any other distributions that I should be considering.

I'm getting a new computer in the summer and I'm seriously considering
using 64b. I don't mind fiddling a bit though and I also have a nice
help desk I can call with problems. :-) I think it's the way of the
future. I just don't know if it's the near future or the distant
future.

Regarding architecture, make sure your final solution has hardware
virtualization. You may not need it but in case you do you'll be glad
to have it. I know the AMD quad core's have it and I think the Intel
ones too, but I'm not sure. I know in Intel's dual core products there
is the "Pentium dual core" which don't have it and there is the Core
Duo / Core 2 Duo which do.

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