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Re: [PLUG] hardware - a deal I couldn't refuse
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Matthew Rosewarne wrote:
0. While I have no real preference when it comes to the current crop of
AMD/Intel CPUs, there is absolutely no way you could convince me to get an
AMD-based desktop/laptop system at this point.
Ah. Fortunately I wasn't.
Objection heard and noted.
market, I still don't want my GUI bogging down my pc. No Vista, no
Compiz, no KDE, no eye candy (except my wife and dog). I use a solid
color background for the desktop.
I've never quite understood that outlook.
That's ok, I've never understood people who use Vista or Compiz.
I almost had a brain hemorrhage when people on the Treo list started
going NUTS over `pretty' cases for the thing.
Unless you need an extra few FPS in
a game (and you don't, since you run Linux), or are trying to do some sort of
overwhelmingly-intensive task (like editing ultra-high-res video) on a
machine that isn't up to it, what is all that horsepower for?
Interesting question.
Since my days of being independently wealthy are over, I can't purchase
a new pc as often as I'd like. The expiration of my last system
hastened the process, although I was overdue.
I would've gone for a less expensive unit but my wife observed that I do
spend rather a lot of time with my computers and it would make sense to
buy something really nice that will serve me well for quite a few years.
Smart woman. Bad taste in men.
I wanted something that, to quote the man in the pet shop, `...would go
VOOM.'
Lastly, it turned out that I spent way less for this than I would for
almost anything else that was already built.
I'd much
rather use a little bit more of my machine's resources in order to save
myself time and effort.
I don't find that XFCE cripples me in any way.
KDE is prettier though. I have a work desktop with PCLinuxOS, which
uses KDE. Not sure I'd want to switch but might try just to see what
happens.
%!PS: I've been going 9 years on my P3, running Windows 2000 and later Linux
Just as you mentioned saving yourself time and effort via KDE, you could
do both with a newer processor.
But if it works for you, that's great.
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