On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 04:08:38PM +0800, Migs Paraz wrote: > Hey all, > I'm buying a new PC for the house (haven't had a dedicated home PC in over > a year), and it will be shared between me and my 10 year old brother. > > For myself, I only need Linux compatibility and the basics for development > and surfing. >
Well, perhaps a good processor would be an AMD Athlon or Duron, 750MHz and up. > For my brother, he needs 3D video for shooters, flight sims, etc. > If you want 3D, I think Orly would probably recommend an ATI Radeon, as it seems to have good compatibility with Linux and provides good 3D acceleration performance. An nVidia GeForce also works well, apparently, but then nVidia seems to be playing lip service to the open source movement... > Both of us want a good sound system - bro for the games, me for music. > (I'd like to try that lossless CD archiving format I read about earlier. Gotta > fix up the room too, hehe) > Well, get a nice set of speakers. I guess a set of Altec Lansing speakers similar to those Alistair once brought to the office should be fine. Cambridge Soundworks are also pretty good, 'cept I've never heard them myself. > What do you recommend to achieve both? > I haven't bought PC ware in a long time... AMD Athlon 750 or better 128-256MB of RAM as much hard disk space as you can get (20G+) ATI Radeon or nVidia GeForce ... -- Rafael R. Sevilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +63(2) 8177746 ext. 8311 Programmer, Inter.Net Philippines +63(917) 4458925 http://dido.engr.internet.org.ph/ OpenPGP Key ID: 0x5CDA17D8 Heute die Welt und Morgen das Sonnensystem! _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
