[Pc_Support] Hardware recommendations.

[Austin Denyer (Ozz)]

On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 07:25:01 -0400, Homer Whittaker
<whittake at sbaflorida.com> wrote:
> 
> In re the 64 bit cpu, my personal advice is don't.  I have had an amd64
> bit machine for 6 or more months now and the 64 bit stuff stinks.  I now
> run only 32 bit programs on the machine.  I do not have Bryans technical
> knowledge on why or why not but I have used (not been able to) use(d)
> it.
 
I'm sorry you've had trouble with 64-bit systems.  What kind did you
run?

I have been running AMD64 with Debian Pure64 for over 6 months now at
home, and I'm very happy with it. 

I am also subscribed to the Debian AMD64 list.

Basically, I need to have a lot of apps open at one time (I run ten
virtual desktops!) so I may up the RAM to 2 gigs.  I also run some
virtual systems (mainly Qemu) and so on.  I've been known to code,
too...

I would LOVE to just buy the components and build the sucker (like I
did for my home box), but I really don't have the time right now.  For
example, I just got home an hour ago, after being at work since 3am...

The main reason I included the Dell was that my Boss is looking to buy
that box unless I come up with something better within the same price
range.  The rest of the department run the same basic machines
(Dell), but with just one Xeon processor.

I looked at HP, but they were FAR more expensive than the Dell.

As for SUN, well, I toyed with the idea, but decided against it.  I
am less than happy with the issues that the Debian SPARC ports have
been experiencing recently.  I don't feel that the support is there
any more.  For example, the issues I had recently installing Debian
on a Sun Fire v210 were known issues from a year or so ago.  I'm sure
it's not a major issue to fix, but no-one has done it, despite
numerous people suffering the same problem.  Yes, I could run Solaris
on it but I don't want to.  I wanna run Linux <stomps foot and pouts>.

Now, I know that SUN also offer AMD processors, but again their
hardware is WAY overpriced compared to the competition.

I do like AMD, so I would much rather go AMD64 than Xeon.

Thanks for the advice so far, guys.

Regards,
Ozz.