From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 31 14:40:15 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B834106573F for ; Thu, 31 May 2012 14:40:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phnxcs_rep@lycos.com) Received: from smtprelay.b.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0195.b.hostedemail.com [64.98.42.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25C8C8FC22 for ; Thu, 31 May 2012 14:40:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtprelay.b.hostedemail.com (10.5.19.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.19.251]) by smtpgrave05.b.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79ED04C2317 for ; Thu, 31 May 2012 14:23:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (b-bigip1 [10.5.19.254]) by smtprelay04.b.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with SMTP id B99A2121F32 for ; Thu, 31 May 2012 14:23:10 +0000 (UTC) X-Panda: scanned! X-Session-Marker: 70686E7863735F726570406C79636F732E636F6D X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 1848 Received: from webmail06 (imap-ext [64.98.36.5]) (Authenticated sender: phnxcs_rep@lycos.com) by omf14.b.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Thu, 31 May 2012 14:23:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 70.162.20.183 ([70.162.20.183]) by webmail06 (Webmail) with HTTP; Thu, 31 May 2012 14:23:10 +0000 (GMT) Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 14:23:10 +0000 (GMT) From: phnxcs_rep@lycos.com To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <1110880194.1468.1338474190360.JavaMail.mail@webmail06> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Webmail X-Originating-IP: [70.162.20.183] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Hardware compatability question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 14:40:15 -0000 Hello, I am moving away from MS products due to security = and stability concerns. Below are the machines I use and would like = to know which version of FreeBSD will work best with each. The compu= ters are used at home and away, for e-mail, preparing documents, databases= , and spredsheets, as well as, web browsing and some begining programing = (Perl, C, HTML, and Assembely I think). Here are the notes on my= machines: HP Compaq CQ5300Y MOBO M2N68-LA (Narra5) AMD Sempron LE-1300 2.30GHz Vidio Card NVIDIA GeForce = 6150SE nForce 430 RAM: PC2-6400 MB/sec 2 Gigs RAM HD:= WDC WD32 00AAJS-65M0A SCSI 320 Gig HD Toshiba Satel= lite A205-S5880 Intel Pentium Dual CPU T2390 @ 1.86 GH Vidio Card: Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset RAM: 3 Gigs = HD: Toshiba MK2046GSX ATA Both where bought new and = are stock off the shelf models. Thank you for your fine efforts = and your time in this, Phnxcs_rep