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Re: [PLUG] Death in the family
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Have you thought about building from a generic barebones system? I find
that most of the brand name computers are generally proprietary in
annoying ways. For example, I tried adding a hard drive to a dell, but
the cage was in a funny place and had room for only one drive. You had
to buy a second cage from Dell to put it in. Also, the USB headers often
have proprietary setups, so adding front i/o is difficult. Then, it is
often difficult to identify chipsets, as these computers ship with
re-branded components.
Come to think of it, why not just buy a new mobo/processor combo off of
pricewatch or froogle, keep your case and other components, and save
some $$?
On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 14:06 -0400, Eric wrote:
> Quoting Jon Nelson <quincy@linuxnotes.net>:
>
> > Eric Lucas said:
> > > I've leaned to take NOTHING for granted. Particularly, the 'integrated
> > > ATI RADEON
> > > XPRESS 200 graphics with 128MB shared video memory' gives me the
> > > "willies" :-)
> >
> > Looks a little shakey...
> >
> > http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_8.13.3.html
>
> Thanks for the warning. I've decided that since I have a working video
> card at home that I can use in the new box I'll decide based on other
> factors.
>
> The principle ones being:
> AMD 64 vs Pentium D Dual Core
> Gateway's systems have the BTX style case + to Gateway
> HP's CD/DVD burner has the ability to burn the labels + to HP
>
> Decisions, decisions.
>
> Thanks
> Eric
>
>
>
>
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Christopher M. Jones <cjones@partialflow.com>
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