I hear very good thing about VA Research. I believe you can buy a
machine from them loaded with both NT and Linux. SuSE literature has
mentioned them. I believe there is another company that does similar,
but I don't recall the name. Look at the web page of the Linux Journal.
Regards,
Bob
Richard King wrote:
>
> 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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