Dell have lost this Australian as a customer.
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| Author | Content |
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| tracyanne Oct 12, 2007 5:13 AM EDT |
They've sat on their hands for too long, and I won't bother with them ever again. |
| Bob_Robertson Oct 12, 2007 5:37 AM EDT |
I must agree, he's been at it for 7 years and he "can't" get his vendors to provide Linux kernel compatible hardware? I guess he never tried the argument, "If you use chipsets that are already supported, you don't have to pay anyone to write drivers." |
| jdixon Oct 12, 2007 5:44 AM EDT |
They lost my purchase when they didn't offer an AMD system with Linux, only Intel. :( |
| Bob_Robertson Oct 12, 2007 6:29 AM EDT |
Hmm, I knew I wasn't the only one with an AMD prejudice. Glad to see I'm in good company. |
| dinotrac Oct 12, 2007 6:40 AM EDT |
>Glad to see I'm in good company. You're in bad company, too. I seriously considered building a myth frontend with the new Celeron D-430, a 35W Conroe chip. Then I saw the 45W Sempron, allowed a little to make up for the integrated parts that are external chipsets with Intel, and stuck with AMD. Yeah, I know -- the latest Intel pieces have jumped ahead in the performance curve,but AMD still competes in the price-performance and performance per watt segments. |
| jdixon Oct 12, 2007 6:53 AM EDT |
> You're in bad company, too. I don't think so, Dino. You always have good reasons when you disagree. > ...but AMD still competes in the price-performance and performance per watt segments. Yep. |
| dinotrac Oct 12, 2007 7:17 AM EDT |
>Yep. Yeah, the little box really flies, too. de-i nterlaced 1080I HDTV around 40%, including the lousy wireless lan overhead. Not bad for a $40 chip. Looking forward to mac80211. |
| Bob_Robertson Oct 12, 2007 8:28 AM EDT |
> Looking forward to mac80211. Gee, you're going to be waiting a while. Isn't Apple only up to MacOS10.2 or such? But seriously, I thought AMDs coup with x86-64 was wonderful. The Giant Intel had to adapt to someone else for a change. Other than that, it really is just prejudice on my part. I'm using a P4 right now, just because it was in the machine I wanted, and it's worked fine. Edit: Ooops, forgot "Some of my best friends use Intel." |
| tracyanne Oct 12, 2007 12:17 PM EDT |
Quoting:I seriously considered building a myth frontend I've just built myself a MythTV device using an oldish (second hand) 2 Gig Compaq, using KnoppMyth, an Hauppage PVR500 and an nVidia 5200 card. I thought it was rather easy to set up, and I love what I can do with it. Unfortunately at the moment I don't have a remote for it, so I'm using the keyboard. |
| Bob_Robertson Oct 12, 2007 12:32 PM EDT |
> Unfortunately at the moment I don't have a remote for it, so I'm using the keyboard. I've resolved that when I build my PVR, as with yours, it's going to be MythTV. But I am just fine using the keyboard, and have found on NewEgg some wireless keyboard/touchpad and keyboard/trackball one-piece combinations that look good. I would like a white one, so I can sit on the couch and make changes. So what are 2G surplus towers going for? |
| hkwint Oct 12, 2007 2:06 PM EDT |
Quoting:So what are 2G surplus towers going for? I guess it's cheaper to buy a 1G tower and add the other G yourself. Be sure to use DDR2, since it's two times as cheap as DDR(1). Over here, 1GB is 20 Euro's, so I guess over there it's $20? |
| jdixon Oct 12, 2007 2:09 PM EDT |
> ...so I guess over there it's $20? Closer to $25, I believe. |
| Bob_Robertson Oct 12, 2007 2:17 PM EDT |
Sorry, 2GHz not 2GB. :^) Never mind, no money for it anyway. |
| dinotrac Oct 12, 2007 2:45 PM EDT |
> Unfortunately at the moment I don't have a remote for it, so I'm using the keyboard. Ditto. Side effect of having to work on the cheap, but I am reading up on LIRC... |
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