I run Kubuntu (9.04 at the current updates). I use the following programs a lot:
Amarok - a collection of over 8,500 tunes Digikam GIMP XSANE Gwenview - on a very large and growing family photo library (66+Gb) OpenOffice Quanta+ - editing and cleaning up eBooks for a Sony PRS505 Other than that I do typical e-mail and Firefox surfing. Occasionally I do a little programming in PERL. My current machine is an Intel dual core 2.6Mhz on an old mother board. Maximum 2Gb DDR1 and I'm there already. It won't support a modern video card so I use the on-board Intel graphics. It seems to be getting very slow on me and I can't do anything with it to upgrade. My budget is in the $700 range and lower if possible. I want 500Gb+ disk, a DVD/RW, and a multi-card reader on it. Also, a good graphics card for the type of work I do. I can't decide if I should go for a 3.0Ghz quad chip and 4-6Gb DDR2 memory or a 2.33Ghz quad chip and 4-6Gb DDR3 memory? I'm leaning towards the faster chip and the DDR2, but I'm confused about the DDR3 being faster memory and would that be noticeable given what I do with it? Staples has an Acer box with an Intel 8200 chip, 6Gb DDR3, and an ATI 4350 card with all the other stuff for $739. A DDR2 box appears to be about $100+ cheaper. Do you think I Would notice the difference? On top of all that I'm going on a road trip to Reno and San Francisco in a few weeks and wonder if I'd be better buying it down there? I did some searching on Google, but couldn't get much on local companies (kept getting DELL, HP, Office Depot, and such). Thanks in advance for your thoughts. -- An old mainframer getting current.
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