Re: [OT] Buying a new computer

2010-10-11 Thread Oron Peled
On Monday, 11 בOctober 2010 18:15:54 geoffrey mendelson wrote: > The Intel onboard graphics chipsets are perfectly fine for normal use. > They seem to be much better than the other onboard graphics chipsets > of 10 years ago. They are not really accelerated graphics devices, if > you want som

Re: [OT] Buying a new computer

2010-10-11 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On Oct 11, 2010, at 5:48 PM, Shlomi Fish wrote: I did not have any experience with the Intel graphics cards and their drivers (which are always built-in-on-the-board). Their Linux drivers have been open- source from the start, and Intel also released specifications, but someone told me th

Re: [OT] Buying a new computer

2010-10-11 Thread Amichai Rotman
There was a company selling computers pre-installed with Linux at the 2008 August Penguin. I can't remember the name. They won't ask you what is Linux... I just bought a computer at a regular neighborhood computer shop, with the following specs: 2GB RAM Gigabyte G41 Motherboard 500GB Hitachi SATA

[OT] Buying a new computer

2010-10-11 Thread Ori Idan
I would like to buy a new desktop computer. Can someone recommend on what display board and sound board? I don't need heavy graphics, it has to work fine with compiz and be able to play video clips. I do not use it for actually watching movies. Does anyone know of any good computer store in Herzel