I have a pleasant problem - my boss wants to upgrade my desktop pc.... Cost
is not too much of a problem, but I don't want to go crazy (or make a fool
of myself).
I guess what I need to know is what would give me the most 'bang for the
buck' as the Americans say... as well as not become too obsolete
over-night.
I need to be able to edit/record/encode audio, Real Audio and mp3 -
preferably in real-time. It would also be nice if I could 'live' encode
video at 15 fps in Real Video. So I'm guessing a twin-cpu 300mHz Intel P2
might fit the bill.
I need it (badly!) to be compatible with SuSE Linux - my main OS from now
on - as well as NT I guess (although I'm having fewer crashes with Win98
than with NT4 sp3 at present!)
I guess I also need a pc that can use readily available hardware such as
video cards and HD etc that will also work okay with Linux.
I'd be very interested to hear the comments of the list - should I stick
with the above , or would I be better served with something a little more
exotic like a DEC Alpha or whatever...?
Also - one hears comments that NT is so unreliable only because "you're
using some 'chinese special' motherboard and bios", and that a genuine IBM
or an HP or whatever, would work better. (I'm a little skeptical because my
'chinese special' runs so reliably with Linux - whatever the flavour....)
Is it better to go with one of the 'name brands'?
Thanks,
Richard King
Johannesburg (where its hot 'n humid and the mosquitoes are driving me
nuts....)
http://www.channelafrica.org
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