Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 10:26:17 GMT From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: BSD and a new PC Message-ID: <E142sp7-00005A-00@post.mail.nl.demon.net>
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Hello, I am shortly going to be in the luxurious position of being able to afford a new computer :) My budget is fairly limited, but so are my needs. I want to ask BSD experts about tradeoffs in cost (I am familiar with these for Linux, I want to see if the same kinds of things hold true for BSD). - My disk space requirements are modest, and I have lots of space on other computers i can get at through NFS. Would it be better therefore to invest in SCSI hardware at the cost of lower processing power ? - Advice on a good reasonable price motherboard would be appreciated. - I require good graphics capabilities, again what tradeoff price wise should I make here against processor/memory costs. - Will I discernibly benefit from 256 MB ram as opposed to 128 ? The machine will be in use all the time, but traffic volumes will be low. One of the problems with only getting this information from hardware compatibility lists is of course the question "do all these things work together ?". Any tips and hints will be gratefully appreciated. Oh since I live in Holland dollar prices don't mean that much, everything electronic is much dearer here than in the states. I imagine comparitive prices are much the same though. thanks Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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