What Computer to Buy?

Gregory Piñero gregpinero at gmail.com
Thu Jul 20 15:02:49 UTC 2006


On 7/20/06, Kent Borg <kentborg at borg.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 11:18:36PM -0400, Gregory Piñero wrote:
> > Plus the choices out there just seem overwhelming.  What motherboard,
> > video card, etc?  I'm definately considering this route though.
>
> Consider getting something like an Intel 915G ATX
> (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813121248R).
>
> The key item here is that it has onboard accelerated video that is
> Ubuntu compatible out-of-the-box, period.  No messing with proprietary
> drivers!  This board also has lots of slots, takes upto 4GB of RAM,
> audio, gigabit ethernet, good number of USB ports, SATA and ATA.
>
> At $53 bucks *it* is not going to crush your budget.

This looks excellent but I can't tell if it supports a dual core
processor?  If not can you reccomend an equally good mb that supports
that?

Greg Pinero




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