[Techtalk] Buying a machine without Windows

[Ellie]

Hi.  Before I invested in a computer with a P4, I would make sure that the other parts were of comparable quality.  A lot of vendors choose to include inferior RAM and video to keep costs down while advertising the speed of the CPU.  (What good is a fast processor if the other components can't keep up with it?)  Athlon processors are a better value in my opinion.  I am sorry that I can't give you more direct feedback on what exactly to buy, but I would watch out for inferior parts passed off in the name of the CPU.

Ellie

On Sunday, October 28, 2001 10:40 PM, Akkana <akkana at shallowsky.com> wrote:

>I've recently had a bunch of wonderful Linux successes/discoveries,
>and I'm now, finally, Microsoft free (or will be once I buy a new
>linux-compatible scanner).  And at the same time, I happen to be
>in need of a faster desktop system (probably around a
>1.4-1.5GHz P4).

>	...Akkana
>
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