> None of these girly-man notebooklaptopportable dainty things, but a real > computer, a manly one, one that sits on your desk and takes up all sorts > of room.
So, you want a bigger, noisier one with room for more dust bunnies inside? > The only real question is... AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 3800+ (2.0GHz) 65W or > Intel(r) Core 2 Duo E4300 Processor. The difference is $150 ($600 vs $750). Unless Linda decides to get into video editing or some other processor-intensive activity, I think this is one of the least crucial parts of the machine. More RAM, more disk and especially a nice, large, clear, high-quality display is important. Which brand name is on the CPU is pretty uninteresting. 'Course if you want to run Xen on it in a couple of years if you swap the machine for another, that would be a different question. But it sounds like you want to give her a machine and not work on it for the better part of a decade. > (Ed. note: HP now offers boxes with 'FreeDOS', which means, well, you > know. Finally!) I'll throw FC6 or ubu (ha!) on it. Good deal! Yay for HP! -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
