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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:2761 comp.os.linux:40959 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.linux Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!timlee From: timlee@netcom.com (Timothy J. Lee) Subject: Hardware Suggestions Wanted Message-ID: <timleeC7rrAp.GtA@netcom.com> Sender: timlee@netcom.com (Timothy J. Lee) Reply-To: timlee@netcom.com (Timothy J. Lee) Date: Sat, 29 May 1993 03:35:12 GMT Lines: 20 Suppose a person wants to buy a computer and put NetBSD or 386BSD or Linux and Xfree86 on it. What types of improvements and features would be most cost effective? I.e. which features improve performance enough (on which OS) so that you would spend the money on them? * Processor: 486DX/33 vs. 486DX/50 vs. 486DX2/66 vs. Pentium/66 * Cache: 128K vs. 256K vs. 512K vs. 1M * Memory: 8MB vs. 16MB vs. 32MB * Disk controller: IDE vs. SCSI, ISA vs. EISA vs. local bus, disk cache? * Hard disk: 300MB vs. 500MB vs. 1G * Video controller: ISA vs. EISA vs. local bus, video cache? * Monitor: 1024*768 vs. 1280*1024, interlaced vs. non-interlaced Also, information on any particular brand of hardware that is particularly good or bad would be welcome. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Timothy J. Lee timlee@netcom.com No warranty of any kind is provided with this message.