I came home from work today to find my 12 year old Dell Optiplex bit the dust. Not sure if it is the power supply or motherboard, troubleshooting help is rather vague. I haven't built a computer since 2006, so I'm a bit out of touch on hardware specs these days. I just need a basic desktop machine to run Ubuntu on. I have a real nice pair of Dell DVI monitors with sound bars. They also have VGA inputs. Is DVI video still being used? My video card has a big DVI connector that connects to a splitter cable to feed the two monitors. From a previous issue, I know I need to upgrade video as Google Earth would not render properly. Anyhow, any suggestions on hardware these days? I'd really like to try to find something local I can get back on line this weekend, but I don't know of anyplace with hardware other than Fry's. Is there a current video card with the dual DVI output to allow me to use my existing monitors? I really don't want to buy a Walmart or Costco machine to pay for and throw away Windows and I'm not interested in dual-booting. Or should I just try to find a junk machine to get me by until I can receive something from online purchase? Also, are modern motherboards still using SATA drives, or has that technology changed, too?
Thanks for any suggestions. Michael _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
