deciding on a new amd64 system

2007-05-22 Thread Alexandru Cardaniuc
Hi All! I've been using HP Pavilion zv5260 as a desktop replacement for a while and now decided to get a real desktop. I am not sure if I should build a new box myself or buy a pre-built one. I need a home workstation that is going to be used primarily for writing and debugging code, browsing

Re: deciding on a new amd64 system

2007-05-22 Thread Francesco Pietra
Alexandru: I use to buy the components and assemble what I need. There is guidance on internet, just choose a reliable guidance. If you go through a reliable European internet dealer you can save money and have just what you need (and the latest - albeit latest on European standard - components,

Re: deciding on a new amd64 system

2007-05-22 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 11:24:11PM -0700, Alexandru Cardaniuc wrote: Hi All! I've been using HP Pavilion zv5260 as a desktop replacement for a while and now decided to get a real desktop. I am not sure if I should build a new box myself or buy a pre-built one. I need a home workstation that

Re: deciding on a new amd64 system

2007-05-22 Thread M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
Alexandru Cardaniuc wrote: Hi All! I've been using HP Pavilion zv5260 as a desktop replacement for a while and now decided to get a real desktop. I am not sure if I should build a new box myself or buy a pre-built one. I need a home workstation that is going to be used primarily for writing and

Re: deciding on a new amd64 system

2007-05-22 Thread M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 11:24:11PM -0700, Alexandru Cardaniuc wrote: Hi All! I've been using HP Pavilion zv5260 as a desktop replacement for a while and now decided to get a real desktop. I am not sure if I should build a new box myself or buy a pre-built one. I need

Re: deciding on a new amd64 system

2007-05-22 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 08:24:07AM -0700, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: Well ... I don't want to get into Intel vs. AMD (until the AMD Quad Cores are out, anyhow) :). But I can't conceive of running a processor that fast in Linux with only a GB of RAM, and I can't conceive of getting only

Re: deciding on a new amd64 system

2007-05-22 Thread Neil Gunton
Lennart Sorensen wrote: Well I would certainly prefer 2 or 4GB ram on a new system. Are we talking about desktop workstations here? Forgive my ignorance, but what on earth requires that much RAM? Video processing? I have 1 GB in my desktop at the moment, and that's useful for when I'm

Re: deciding on a new amd64 system

2007-05-22 Thread Stephen Cormier
On May 22, 2007 02:37:41 pm Neil Gunton wrote: Lennart Sorensen wrote: Well I would certainly prefer 2 or 4GB ram on a new system. Are we talking about desktop workstations here? Forgive my ignorance, but what on earth requires that much RAM? Video processing? I have 1 GB in my desktop at

Re: deciding on a new amd64 system

2007-05-22 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 12:37:41PM -0500, Neil Gunton wrote: Are we talking about desktop workstations here? Forgive my ignorance, but what on earth requires that much RAM? Video processing? I have 1 GB in my desktop at the moment, and that's useful for when I'm running VMWare, but that's

Re: Installing flash plugin

2007-05-22 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 01:00 -0300, Stephen Cormier wrote: On May 22, 2007 12:18:04 am José Alburquerque wrote: Hi. I recently read the Plugin thread started on 5/4/07 that explains that in order to use the flash plugin the nspluginwrapper can be used. I was able to install the package

Re: Installing flash plugin

2007-05-22 Thread Stephen Cormier
On May 22, 2007 11:46:34 pm Kenward Vaughan wrote: On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 01:00 -0300, Stephen Cormier wrote: On May 22, 2007 12:18:04 am José Alburquerque wrote: Hi. I recently read the Plugin thread started on 5/4/07 that explains that in order to use the flash plugin the