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alphageek31337 · 06-30-2001, 10:24 PM

Good call in sticking with 98e.2. Don't *ever* get Me, I know, I have it, it's crap. Also, about your ram, 256 is good for now, but make sure you have enough expansion slots to go to the moon. You can never have enough ram. Same thing for disc space...I recommend allocating half of it if you're going to ahve a dual boot machine...13gigs for a main linux partition, and a 2 gig swap partition. Also, 56k will make you cry, multiple times, so make sure you have at least the slot for a NIC, so you can get cable or DSL when you finally give up on dial-up. God-willing, your 56k modem is internal, and is a combination modem/NIC, they usually work well. BUS speeds are pretty high now also, but you may want to wait until the next major breakthrough, and get the highest speed BUS available, because that truly is your major bottleneck. You can process at 1300mhz, but if you can only BUS your data at 133mhz, you're still moving damn slowly. Shop around for the monitor, but get the biggest one you can find. Trust me, it's worth it. I'm sitting in front of a 19" viewabale here, and have a 16" viewable upstairs. The difference is more than you'd think. Also stay away from the flatscreens if space permits it. They look neat, but the picture quality is bad, and they're more expensive. Somehow, to me, paying more for less is a bad thing.

That's all I got

Steve

06-30-2001, 10:24 PM	#2
alphageek31337 Enemy Combatant/Evildoer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 263	Good call in sticking with 98e.2. Don't ever get Me, I know, I have it, it's crap. Also, about your ram, 256 is good for now, but make sure you have enough expansion slots to go to the moon. You can never have enough ram. Same thing for disc space...I recommend allocating half of it if you're going to ahve a dual boot machine...13gigs for a main linux partition, and a 2 gig swap partition. Also, 56k will make you cry, multiple times, so make sure you have at least the slot for a NIC, so you can get cable or DSL when you finally give up on dial-up. God-willing, your 56k modem is internal, and is a combination modem/NIC, they usually work well. BUS speeds are pretty high now also, but you may want to wait until the next major breakthrough, and get the highest speed BUS available, because that truly is your major bottleneck. You can process at 1300mhz, but if you can only BUS your data at 133mhz, you're still moving damn slowly. Shop around for the monitor, but get the biggest one you can find. Trust me, it's worth it. I'm sitting in front of a 19" viewabale here, and have a 16" viewable upstairs. The difference is more than you'd think. Also stay away from the flatscreens if space permits it. They look neat, but the picture quality is bad, and they're more expensive. Somehow, to me, paying more for less is a bad thing. That's all I got Steve __________________ The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. ---Friedrich Nietzsche