Doug McGarrett wrote:
Fully agreed
Although I confess being a silent PC geek and there is hardly anything
that nerves me more than noisy PCs that I must work with for hours ,
this does not apply to keyboards.
This is typed on a Model M style keyboard with 122 keys that I got from
ebay
Doug McGarrett wrote:
On Wednesday 08 August 2007 05:03, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
Hi
One missing thing in your list imho:
How silent will your computer need to be and what will you be able to
spend for silence?
Anyone has any input to this? Any sites that can help
On Thursday 09 August 2007 03:48, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
Doug McGarrett wrote:
On Wednesday 08 August 2007 05:03, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
Hi
One missing thing in your list imho:
How silent will your computer need to be and what will you be able to
spend for
Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
Hi
It's time to find me a new machine for home office and related work. But what
is the best choice right now? It's a tough one. I need to balance the
requirements and make choices like
- 32 or 64?
If you are buying secondhand or very low down, this question could
If you are buying secondhand or very low down, this question could be
discussed, otherwise 64bit is what you get.
Aren't there still problems with some applications, plugins for Firefox,
binary drivers for graphics adapters?
:
How silent will your computer need to be and what will you be able
If you are buying secondhand or very low down, this question could be
discussed, otherwise 64bit is what you get.
Aren't there still problems with some applications, plugins for Firefox,
binary drivers for graphics adapters?
It depends on how you define problems. You can run a complete
On 8/8/07, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you are buying secondhand or very low down, this question could be
discussed, otherwise 64bit is what you get.
Aren't there still problems with some applications, plugins for Firefox,
binary drivers for graphics adapters?
It depends on
Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
If you are buying secondhand or very low down, this question could be
discussed, otherwise 64bit is what you get.
Aren't there still problems with some applications, plugins for Firefox,
binary drivers for graphics adapters?
:
Just to clarify:
I understood the OP's
Imho, for a desktop nowadays, it comes very close to be the most
important consideration since it is the machine's noisiness that either
supports or distracts my mental attention.
Doesn't it (mostly) come down to CPU heat production? (And btw. which 64 bit
CPU is using least power)?
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* Kaare Rasmussen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [08-08-07 05:15]:
If you are buying secondhand or very low down, this question could be
discussed, otherwise 64bit is what you get.
Aren't there still problems with some applications, plugins for Firefox,
binary drivers for graphics adapters?
Yes, but
Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
Imho, for a desktop nowadays, it comes very close to be the most
important consideration since it is the machine's noisiness that either
supports or distracts my mental attention.
Doesn't it (mostly) come down to CPU heat production? (And btw. which 64 bit
CPU is
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On 8/8/07, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
Aren't there still problems with some applications, plugins for Firefox,
binary drivers for graphics adapters?
Yes, but there are 32-bit versions of FireFox and flash that work fine
on the x86_64 systems.
* Andy Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] [08-08-07 11:50]:
On 8/8/07, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
Yes, but there are 32-bit versions of FireFox and flash that work fine
on the x86_64 systems. I use 32-bit FireFox on my x86_64 system w/o a
problem.
Can you elaborate a little more on this?
I just
Andy Harrison wrote:
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Aren't there still problems with some applications, plugins for Firefox,
binary drivers for graphics adapters?
Yes, but there are 32-bit versions of FireFox and flash that work
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On 8/8/07, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
I have *no* idea :^( but the first place I would look is in the
is the Preferences - Advanced - Network - Connection
all I did was install the 32-bit edition originally from the iso, and
updated
Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
Imho, for a desktop nowadays, it comes very close to be the most
important consideration since it is the machine's noisiness that either
supports or distracts my mental attention.
Doesn't it (mostly) come down to CPU heat production? (And btw. which 64 bit
CPU is
Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
Imho, for a desktop nowadays, it comes very close to be the most
important consideration since it is the machine's noisiness that either
supports or distracts my mental attention.
Doesn't it (mostly) come down to CPU heat production? (And btw. which 64 bit
CPU is
On Wednesday 08 August 2007 05:03, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
Hi
One missing thing in your list imho:
How silent will your computer need to be and what will you be able to
spend for silence?
Anyone has any input to this? Any sites that can help me with the
Doug McGarrett wrote:
On Wednesday 08 August 2007 05:03, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
Hi
One missing thing in your list imho:
How silent will your computer need to be and what will you be able to
spend for silence?
Anyone has any input to this? Any sites that can help
On Wednesday 08 August 2007 14:12, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
...
From my perspective, A good start for reading on the subject could be this:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/
Should you be able to read and understand german, I would definitely
recommend www.silenthardware.de
Also:
On Wednesday 08 August 2007 17:47, James Knott wrote:
...
I bought some a few years ago, for $5 each.
Oh, please tell me where! There hasn't been a good keyboard since, as
far as I can recall.
Maybe I should spend more time at Weird Stuff
(http://www.weirdstuff.com/)...
RRS
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To
As regards silence, the old IBM keyboards are absolutely the most wonderful
and loud keyboards in existance. Some electronics/computer/ham-radio
fleamarkets have these. If noise is no object, get one! They seem to last
forever. No Windows keys, but you probably wouldn't care.
I swear by
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