On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Philip S Tellis wrote:
>Guys, if I wanted to go in for an AMD processor based system, what would
>you suggest. Not high end, just something that will run the basic apps, a
>window manager, email & web, graphics and multimedia.
>
>What processor, RAM, HDD, Display card? Printer - HP 610 (old one) good
>enough? Colour not needed.
AMD K6 II (AMD K6 1 will be good enough) is supposed to be the best. Mobo from
Viatech. 128 M of Ram. Which OS(s)?
Win2K, Win98, NT? Win2K, go for 256 M of RAM, otherwise 128M max. (64 is
required now)
>As far as sound goes, I think a Yamaha card is good, and Creative CDROM.
Good enough. No need for the 52x though, go for the lower end ones like 48x.
>What software would be required for these tasks?
>
>- Graphics (apart from Gimp)
On windows, Paintshop Pro.
>- Games (I don't play any, so ya'll gonna have to suggest what I can get)
No idea here.
>- Office (SOffice or WPerfect?)
Either, test both and choose yours.
>
>
>These things must be MS compatible.
These are on windows (psp)
>Shouldn't be too expensive.
>
>Philip
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