While I love the concept of Ubuntu, a number of (still) unresolved
issues have me thinking every so often of going back to Fedora or
something else. I am fairly confident they are probably hardware
incompatibility issues. (I am guessing most of it is video - ATI issues).
I am wondering about the concept of someone who works in a computer shop
like Liam writing something *(like the following)* once every four
months. Or maybe someone who sets up a system where everything just
works, give feedback of what they bought. Reasonable email numbers apply.
I am thinking of upgrading the desktop this year as well as buying a
notebook. While price is a big issue for me *so is Ubuntu-hardware
compatibility*.
I am not sure whether this is a reasonable request or not and whether it
could get out of control. I am sure the are people like me who just want
to buy stuff that works.
regards
Chris
Liam Higgins wrote:
Hi,
I work in a computer shop and Asus boards have poor reliability - i'm
forever sending them off on warranty. No offence to anyone that owns
one.. Buying a DELL, HP also has it's limitations like PSU and RAM
being proprietary. Personally I would recommend:
Gigabyte P35-DS3L $125
((Realtek sound and network / No problems on linux)
Gigabyte nVidia Geforce 8500 GT 256 MB $101
INTEL CORE2DUO E8200 2.66Ghz/1333 $253 (To be released on
January 20th .45NM technology)
Or on a budget?
Gigabyte M56S-S3 $100
Gigabyte nVidia Geforce 8500 GT 256 MB $101
AMD Athlon X2 4000 2.0Ghz $93
Wack this with high quality RAM and HD:
Kingston DDR2 PC6400 800Mhz 2 GB Kit $62
Seagate SATA II 320 GB Hard Disk $120
And you have a fast system that is reliable. All parts are 2 year
warranty except for Seagate HD which has a 5 year warranty.
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Liam
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