Re: recommendation(s) for new computer

2012-04-30 Thread Robert Bonomi
From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Mon Apr 30 05:55:04 2012 From: Chad Leigh Shire.Net LLC c...@shire.net Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:52:35 -0600 To: FreeBSD Mailing List freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recommendation(s) for new computer On Apr 30, 2012, at 4:41 AM, Erich

Re: recommendation(s) for new computer

2012-04-30 Thread Erich Dollansky
hI, On Monday 30 April 2012 17:52:35 Chad Leigh Shire.Net LLC wrote: On Apr 30, 2012, at 4:41 AM, Erich Dollansky wrote: - Enermax Platimax 600W I do not know about your location but at mine power supplies have the tendency to have a short life due to lightning strikes in the

Re: recommendation(s) for new computer

2012-04-30 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Monday 30 April 2012 18:22:18 Robert Bonomi wrote: If you have a bunch of 'sensitive' gear, also look at a Tripp-lite voltage conditioner. that gear, and and a lot of other Tripp stuff comes with an insurance coverate (in five figures) that will replace gear -behind- the Tripp

Re: recommendation(s) for new computer

2012-04-22 Thread doug
On Fri, 20 Apr 2012, Mark Felder wrote: On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:34:11 -0500, Dale Scott dalesc...@shaw.ca wrote: As do Intel (video) drivers Not if they require GEM/KMS like all the modern variants do; they're not supported in FreeBSD yet. I have a laptop (Google CR48) that's running

Re: recommendation(s) for new computer

2012-04-21 Thread Wojciech Puchar
about anything will run under Windows, so I won't make a fuss there. Windows will run on this machine (too), because from time to time I do enjoy a little gaming. I am not a hardcore-gamer though. About 80% of my time at the computer is spent in non-gaming-mode. And I certainly will not spend

Re: recommendation(s) for new computer

2012-04-21 Thread Christian Baer
On 21.04.2012 02:06, Adam Vande More wrote: I'm not sure where the power/performance/price ratio is at currently, but it wasn't that long ago purchasing an intel was a much better deal long term. It was something like it took a year and half of an AMD and intel cpu idling to draw even in

Re: recommendation(s) for new computer

2012-04-21 Thread Christian Baer
On 22.04.2012 01:04, Wojciech Puchar wrote: REALLY - i an for a long time not up to date what is modern today, as FreeBSD and software i use works lightning fast on ANY new computer you can buy today - if it works at all. [...] The real problem is graphics. I do not have any need of high

Re: recommendation(s) for new computer

2012-04-20 Thread Mark Felder
nvidia drivers just work. That's what matters. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org

Re: recommendation(s) for new computer

2012-04-20 Thread Dale Scott
As do Intel (video) drivers - Original Message - From: Mark Felder f...@feld.me To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 1:49:13 PM Subject: Re: recommendation(s) for new computer nvidia drivers just work. That's what matters

Re: recommendation(s) for new computer

2012-04-20 Thread Mark Felder
On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:34:11 -0500, Dale Scott dalesc...@shaw.ca wrote: As do Intel (video) drivers Not if they require GEM/KMS like all the modern variants do; they're not supported in FreeBSD yet. I have a laptop (Google CR48) that's running the very experimental GEM/KMS code

Re: recommendation(s) for new computer

2012-04-20 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:42:23 -0500 Mark Felder articulated: On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:34:11 -0500, Dale Scott dalesc...@shaw.ca wrote: As do Intel (video) drivers Not if they require GEM/KMS like all the modern variants do; they're not supported in FreeBSD yet. I have a laptop (Google CR48)

Re: recommendation(s) for new computer

2012-04-20 Thread Adam Vande More
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Christian Baer christian.b...@uni-dortmund.de wrote: Most of these components aren't all that thrilling (because they will run with just about anything), but you are welcome to comment on them if you think I could/should rethink an aspect. Remember that I