heh, well here I am Irish
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Irish
Should I have it built, or should I just go out and buy one?
|
it all depends on how much you want to worry, if you want the best bang for your buck, then absolutely, build one (if you need me to spec it out, i will have no problems doing that), if you want something that comes with a warranty and tech support well, then you will have just that.
Hey i actually have a very good solution for you Irish
(as i always do)
you said that she has an old laptop, well i am thinking about it and here's what comes to mind:
Wouldn't it be great to give your kid a top of the line laptop that is cheap and will last her for at least 3-4 years without being depricated? well, there is a company called Averatec that produces awesome-looking laptops for a very reasonable price. Here's what i'd get:
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?pr...&price=between
here is the spec for this line:
http://www.averatec.com/notebooks/6240series.htm
you want the amd 64 version.
So why averatec? well their hardware is good, the video card, no matter how absurd of a chipset, has native linux drivers, dvd writer, wireless (might need ndiswrapper, but I'm sure your daughter wont run kismet, so), good screen. it comes with a 3000+ processor, 80 gigs of memory and 512 megs of Ram, which is more then enough for today, and it is upgradable to 2 gigs.
Pice ranges from $850 to 1500 bucks, depending on where you look, so follow that froogle link if you want to buy it
As to Linux, my friend runs that laptop with linux on it, no problem, just be sure to set it to 32 bit mode in the bios, that way anything you do is crazy fast and it is still compattible with all the binary packages built for amd procs. (dont know if all of them work, my friend, just like me, runs gentoo where everything is compiled, but he runs openoffice(2) out of a binary, and there are no problems, so i dont think you should have any as well...
And macs are cool and everything, but the hardware is waaay too expensive for my pocket, so i run OS X on my g4 400 for playing around purposes, actually trying to install it again, but its a pain in the butt trying to install that with Ubuntoo....
----------------
Microsoft, the leader in using innovative tactics to promote irksome experience, coupled with antiquated technology that's held together by a pyramid of makeshift afterthoughts.
Apple, the leader in using irksome tactics to promote innovative experience, coupled with an antiquated core that's enhanced by state-of-the-art afterthoughts.
Linux, the leader in not using any tactics to promote user-defined experience, coupled with state-of-the-art core enhanced by innovative afterthoughts.
