On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 16:10, civileme wrote: > Hmmm, > > DDR RAM only... no problem > > Driver CD has no linux drivers which I found pretty much par for the course. > > Driver CD has NO DRIVERS FOR winNT, Win2K, or WinXP, and the manual says > the graphics _won't_ work with them!!! > > Mandrake 8.2 is running using the XFree drivers, and I will soon (this > weekend) be taking the plunge tfor the binary only drivers (You can bet > this computer gets its very own DMZ on my LAN; I absolutely do not trust > binary-only proggies that can rub shoulders with the kernel.) > > Now we have the largest selling board maker producing for the > inexpensive computer market a single integrated board, very new and > about half the price of previous NForce boards, and it tops out at WinME > or Win98SE.... > > Does ASUS know or _very_ strongly suspect something we don't? > > It seems a high-production item like this would be a huge gamble unless > their inside information says a great deal about future OS usage > patterns, or they think someone's bubble is about to burst, or implode. > > Civileme
VERY interesting. Yes indeed.... If this goes where you are pointing, this is very encouraging news. You heard it here first, folks!! ;) Then again, when I think about it, maybe I need to make a very large withdrawal.... Hmmmm... LX -- ��������������������������������������������������� Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5 Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ ���������������������������������������������������
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