Re: [PLUG] Do I want a quad-core Core-2 system?

2009-11-19 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009, Eric House wrote: > Ok, so let's say I wanted to build my own system (for the first time in > my life). Where to go in Portland? On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 05:16:14PM -0800, Tony Rick wrote: > I second the ENU suggestion. On the other hand, Keith went through an > exercise to b

Re: [PLUG] Do I want a quad-core Core-2 system?

2009-11-19 Thread Tony Rick
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 19 Nov 2009, Eric House wrote: > > > Ok, so let's say I wanted to build my own system (for the first time in > my > > life). Where to go in Portland? > I second the ENU suggestion. On the other hand, Keith went through an exercise t

Re: [PLUG] Do I want a quad-core Core-2 system?

2009-11-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009, Eric House wrote: > Ok, so let's say I wanted to build my own system (for the first time in my > life). Where to go in Portland? Eric, I've bought many components from ENU on NE 122nd Ave. They know what is supported by linux and will work with you to get you what you ne

Re: [PLUG] Do I want a quad-core Core-2 system?

2009-11-19 Thread dcouch
2009 16:00:10 To: Subject: Re: [PLUG] Do I want a quad-core Core-2 system? > Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:54:02 -0800 > From: Scott Garman > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Do I want a quad-core Core-2 system? > To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help; civil and on-topic" >

Re: [PLUG] Do I want a quad-core Core-2 system?

2009-11-19 Thread Eric House
> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:54:02 -0800 > From: Scott Garman > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Do I want a quad-core Core-2 system? > To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help; civil and on-topic" > > Message-ID: <4b05b06a.4010...@zenlinux.com> > Content-Type: t

Re: [PLUG] Do I want a quad-core Core-2 system?

2009-11-19 Thread Scott Garman
m0gely wrote: > If I build a machine for someone in your position, I always recommend > getting the current generation of processor, which here would mean an > i7/socket 1366 platform. This means you will spend more though. Having > said that, if you're computing needs are not specific, or deman

Re: [PLUG] Do I want a quad-core Core-2 system?

2009-11-18 Thread m0gely
Eric House wrote: > I'm shopping for my first new desktop in five years and hoping to have > it for as long. My desk area is tiny (converted closet) so I'm > looking at smaller and quieter systems. (But still mainstream: I've > been a bit disappointed with the stability of VIA-based systems so >

Re: [PLUG] Do I want a quad-core Core-2 system?

2009-11-18 Thread Aaron Burt
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 05:04:46PM -0800, Eric House wrote: > I'm looking closely at Dell's "Optiplex 760" system. It's available > in two smallish form-factors, one "ultra small" that'll fit on a > bookshelf and a "small" that won't. But only the latter is available > with a core-2 *quad* proces

Re: [PLUG] Do I want a quad-core Core-2 system?

2009-11-18 Thread chris (fool) mccraw
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 17:04, Eric House wrote: > I'm shopping for my first new desktop in five years and hoping to have > it for as long.  My desk area is tiny (converted closet) so I'm > looking at smaller and quieter systems.  (But still mainstream: I've > been a bit disappointed with the stab

[PLUG] Do I want a quad-core Core-2 system?

2009-11-18 Thread Eric House
I'm shopping for my first new desktop in five years and hoping to have it for as long. My desk area is tiny (converted closet) so I'm looking at smaller and quieter systems. (But still mainstream: I've been a bit disappointed with the stability of VIA-based systems so want to stick with Intel or